Blessing
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Your Contribution to Peace
Question: how do wars end? Answer: after a protracted conflict with ...
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The Blessing of Peace
Today is Armistice Day, when we turn our hearts and minds toward the ...
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A Floodtide of Blessing
Have you ever been so full of joy – the sort that remains with you, ...
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You Can Still Win the Race
You and I will possibly never be the fastest, smartest, or most ...
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Open to Learn
So you’re cooking this great meal, but then you discover that ...
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You Were Created For Victory
The idea of living a victorious life is a seductive one, but also one ...
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The Power of Words
If only we realised the power of our words. I heard someone say once ...
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When Problems Become Miracles
Life is mostly just about doing the same things day after day. As a ...
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In the Eye of the Storm
The stuff that life throws at us sometimes can be downright ...
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What God Won’t Bless
There are times when God feels a million miles away. And that’s ...
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When Brokenness becomes Blessing
Do you mind if I ask you today, have you ever felt broken? Have you ...
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You’ve Been Given So Much
Some people absolutely love receiving gifts – they’re wired that ...
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You Have Been Blessed
Let’s be honest. There are days when things just don’t seem to be ...
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More Than You Can Imagine
With all that’s going on in your heart and mind, with all that’s ...
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The World Has Enough Critics
Criticism and conflict seem to be de rigueur these days in the public ...
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The Wealth Snare
Is it reasonable or unreasonable for a professing Christian to save ...
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The Generosity You Dish Out
Do you mind if I ask you what may be a somewhat confronting question? ...
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The Kindest Person in the Room
Different people are smart in different ways. You may be highly ...
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Along the Path of Goodness
Time and again, studies have found that companies that experience ...
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Don’t be Lazy
When does the need for rest become our excuse for laziness? We all ...
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Be Kind, Generous and Fair
You know what I think? I think that it’s all too easy to ...
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God’s Timing is Perfect
I’ll be honest with you. I haven’t always been that enamoured by ...
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Remember Your Reward
Impressing others can, without doubt, bring short term rewards. ...
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Have You Unwrapped the Gift?
Imagine for a moment that on one of those really significant ...
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Remember the Promise
Back in the days of old, the only sort of boats that existed were ...
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Your Letter of Recommendation
Quick question: how wealthy are you? Because if you have the basic ...
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The Riches of His Glory
In a world that’s becoming increasingly affluent, it’s getting ...
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Expect Great Things
I wonder whether when we pray, we don’t sometimes go to God with ...
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Wait for It
We used to have a saying back in my army days. “Hurry up and ...
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Wise Up Early
Do you remember being young and stupid? I certainly do; the things I ...
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On to Greater Things
When troubles come your way, do you ever wonder what part God played ...
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Your Pain Will Turn to Joy
God has this knack of taking our greatest disasters and turning them ...
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Be Bold
So let me ask you, what does your future hold? I’m sure you have ...
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The Three Stages of Life
The irony of possessions is that they can very easily end up ...
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Waiting for a Breakthrough
Waiting on God for a breakthrough, in whatever area of your life in ...
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The Lord Gives You Strength
When things turn against us, when strife, confusion and pain come at ...
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Don’t Take Revenge
In a moment of anger, in that place of complete disbelief at the ...
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Keep Your Eye on the End Game
Well, the first week of the year is all but over. As you step into ...
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Take the High Road
The world is full distractions. Some of them are very good ...
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Be Confident in Uncertain Times
Whatever situation you and I find ourselves in at the moment, ...
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And That’s a Wrap
Here we are, the 31st of December, New Year’s Eve, the last day of ...
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And So Life Goes On
Pretty soon the whole Christmas thing, that briefest of blips in the ...
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Life in Your Place
Right around the world in cities, towns, villages, isolated rural ...
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Not What I Wanted to Hear
Today I’d like to share with you a story that Jesus told. But ...
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The Riches of God
There’s something that happens to you when the glory of God fills ...
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The Hungry Hordes
So you’re getting ready to celebrate Christmas. Of course, there ...
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A Bountiful Eye
Sometimes when I’m being spiritually rather thick, I’ll have to ...
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Those People Who Don’t Count
Believe it or not, Christmas is just two weeks away – in fact, ...
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Double Edged Sword
It’s one of those strange paradoxes of life, almost to the point of ...
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The Power is the Proof
Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to change just a single bad ...
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Where are You At?
Might I ask you quietly, plainly, directly … where are you at in ...
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The Chosen
If only some days we’d lift our gaze to the cosmos and realise how ...
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Being Beethoven
All too often, the gifts and abilities that God’s woven into our ...
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On That Day …
Most of us consider accountability to be a good thing. We should all ...
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The True Test of Character
There are times in life when, as the expression goes, we feel the ...
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Having a Curious Mind
Have you ever felt that you’re living life in a rut? You know what ...
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Perseverance isn’t Passive
The temptation to do the wrong thing is something that comes our way ...
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So, Do Not Fear
Do you believe in Jesus? If so, then your faith in Him is meant to ...
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Faith Comes by Hearing
Why is it that children need to be both encouraged and admonished by ...
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Re-evaluating the Company You Keep
Our faith in God – yours and mine – isn’t meant to wax and ...
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Don’t Let Your Faith Dwindle
Have you ever found your faith in God waning? Once, way back when, ...
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A Radically Balanced Life
If someone came along and offered you contentment … you know … ...
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Blessed Beyond Measure
What are the blessings that you’re hoping will come your way soon ...
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The Lord be With You
Just living out each day honouring God, following Jesus wherever He ...
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Jesus Came to …
I feel the need today to chat with you about the little compromises ...
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More Power
The truth be known, no matter how strong a person you may be, there ...
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A Stern Warning
I’ll tell what really scares me: people who’ve convinced ...
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Pride Plunders
Over the years, I’ve come across some really clever, successful ...
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Exquisite Peace
Sometimes just living out your life can feel like you’ve been ...
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Your Fingerprint
It’s a sad thing when we compare ourselves with others and in our ...
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Don’t Squander Your Liberty
Yep, it’s the fourth of July. No matter where on this planet you ...
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Your New Life Should Be …
When things aren’t ticking along quite as you’d planned, when ...
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Is it Making a Difference?
As Jesus walked the dusty roads of 1st century Israel, He did and ...
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Removing Sin’s Stain
When you do something that you know is wrong, the reality of that sin ...
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Encourage Each Other
No doubt you’ve had the experience of feeling a bit down, and then ...
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Walk a Mile
Doubtless, you’ve heard that saying that to understand someone, you ...
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Right in God
Any husband and wife will tell you that arguments are one thing, but ...
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The Message
We love getting good news, no matter what’s going on in our lives. ...
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Your Destiny
So did you choose God, or did He choose you? Which came first, the ...
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The Simple Blessings of God
Despite all the incredible advances in science down through the ...
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The Highest Privilege
Having done the whole “kids” thing in my younger years, I ...
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Always Wanting More
The world that God’s created for us to enjoy is so rich and ...
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Dead to Sin
Why is it that God, in His Word, appears sometimes to say the same ...
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While We Were Still Weak
I wonder if you’ve ever heard of “Maundy Thursday”. Well, ...
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But I’m a Good Person
When I first became a Christian, I used to wonder why Jesus had to ...
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Old-Fashioned Wisdom (6)
There are times in our lives when our circumstances are far from ...
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If Only…
Regret is an emotion that, obviously, we wish we’d never ...
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Dr Livingstone I Presume
When something’s truly important it’s worth saying twice, would ...
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The Gold Standard
Who or what we allow to influence our thoughts and actions is ...
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The Marque of Spiritual Maturity
Question … what does spiritual maturity look like? What’s the ...
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All I Want Is…
So, what matters most to you? What do you place the highest value on ...
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Nothing is Too Hard for Him
You and I need reminding on a regular basis of just how big and ...
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Insisting on Your Rights
In your life here and now, with all that you have going on, what are ...
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We’re Praying for You
Well, today is your final instalment in the “behind the scenes ...
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The Lord Gives Us Confidence
It’s an odd feeling, you know, sitting on this side of the Fresh ...
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What’s the Point?
There seems to be three different phases in life. Things can be going ...
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It’s Not a Comfortable Life
If you’ve ever read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ public ministry ...
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Embrace Your New Life Today
If you were able to join me yesterday, you’ll recall that I ...
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How Does Grace Change Your Perspective?
Can I ask you something? On a scale of zero to ten, to what degree ...
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More Grace Than We Can Ever Imagine
The more time you spend looking at and thinking about the grace of ...