Faith
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Goodbye Ego. Hello Jesus.
Let’s get real. How often has your ego led you down a dangerous ...
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The Truth About You
Here’s a tragedy that I see playing itself out time and time ...
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Reset and Refocus
So, did Easter have an impact on you? Did engaging with the story of ...
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Hope Hits Back
Life can be a grind. Whether it’s the repetition of putting one ...
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A Day to Celebrate
This day – the Monday after Resurrection Sunday – is, in ...
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The First Among Many
Christ is risen – He is risen indeed! That’s the joyous ...
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Your Invitation to Believe
Easter Saturday is traditionally a pretty quiet day – Good ...
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You, Me … and Barabbas
Yep, we’ve arrived at this terrible day, Good Friday. A day soaked ...
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Barabbas Goes Free, So Do You
Chances are, you know something of the Easter story. An angry ...
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The Weakness of Pilate
As we try to wrap our minds around this whole Easter thing this week, ...
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The Most Unjust Act in History
As each Easter week comes and goes year in, year out, it’s so easy ...
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You’re Worth Dying For
As we roll into yet another Easter week, I wonder, in your scheme of ...
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Now Comes the Good News
Hey, welcome to Sunday. If you’ve joined me through Fresh over this ...
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We Live in Tumultuous Times
Man, there’s so much going on in the world today; wars and rumours ...
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Changed by God
If you were to look back on how (if at all) you’ve changed as a ...
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Potatoes and Eggs
Adversity tends to elicit one of two very different responses: we ...
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Take the Risk or Lose the Chance
There are times in life when you have to stand, risking it all to do ...
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Failure Happens When You Stop
We don’t like talking about our failures. We’ve all failed at ...
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Don’t Let Fear Decide
Have you ever been so afraid that it stopped you from boldly doing ...
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Focus on the Future
It’s utterly tragic to see people who are brimming with potential ...
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The Coming Reunion
Reunions are so incredibly special: Family reunions. Class reunions. ...
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When the Only Way Out, is Through
When adversity strikes, even when we find ourselves moderately ...
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Contentment Isn’t a Destination
Contentment is something that we all want, but all too often it ...
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Progress is Progress
If you’re one of those people who consistently plugs away at doing ...
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Persevere in Prayer
I think you’d agree that perseverance is a tremendous quality for ...
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Dance for Joy!
Almost by definition, hope is most beneficial when things today ...
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Hate What is Evil
Don’t you absolutely hate it when those with power perpetrate evil? ...
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Joy Comes in the Morning
When you’re on the receiving end of someone’s anger, whether ...
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A Parched Dry Land (2)
These days, wealthy people pay a great deal to go on so-called ...
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A Parched Dry Land (1)
Have you ever felt dry inside? You know what I’m talking about, ...
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Live With Purpose and Perspective
It’s funny how caught up we become in the things of this world; the ...
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Embrace Your Identity in Christ
A good many people on planet Earth today are living sub-optimal lives ...
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Trust God With Your Plans
Planning something new can be both exciting and daunting all at the ...
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Think Carefully About Your Future
Well, here we are, about to step over the threshold into yet another ...
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Reality Sets In
With Christmas done and dusted, the reality that another year has all ...
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Post-Christmas Markdowns
Whether a nation has a Judeo-Christian history or not, most ...
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Light Breaks Into Darkness
So, it’s Christmas Day. But rather than wishing you a Merry ...
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Shut Out, Not Shut Down
When circumstances turn against you, no matter how good or noble your ...
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The Long Hard Road
Okay, so we’re two days out from celebrating the birth of Jesus. ...
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When God Upsets Your Apple Cart
One of humanity’s greatest pursuits is comfort. We all want a soft, ...
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An Unexpected Invitation
When a royal child is born, it’s a time of great celebration. And ...
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Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy (5)
If I asked you to take a wild guess at how many refugees there are in ...
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Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy (2)
Masculinity is much spoken and written about these days and, in many ...
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Are You All In?
When it comes to doing the things you have to do each day, your job ...
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Being Jesus in This World
When you hear the word “obedience” what comes immediately to ...
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This is My Beloved Son
You know how it goes. We know that life has its ups and downs, its ...
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Be Bold Before God
There’s a fine line, isn’t there, between boldness and arrogance? ...
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Let’s Get Something Straight
Duplicity and unfaithfulness are personal attributes that we don’t ...
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The Time Will Come
There are times when something truly important in our lives hangs in ...
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When Evil Assails You (3)
It seems that these days the louder people shout, the more others ...
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When Evil Assails You (2)
There are times when evil strikes at us from the outside, in … ...
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When Evil Assails You (1)
‘Evil’, I think you’d agree, is a strong word. So there are not ...
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The Good News
Can I ask you to cast your mind back over all the mistakes – big ...
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Don’t Go Off the Rails
Imagine for a moment that you’re starving … I mean, you haven’t ...
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Don’t Just Sit There
Have you ever dreamed of doing something really good, something ...
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Don’t Undermine Your Faith
Unless you’re one of those annoyingly blessed people who never has ...
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On Level Ground
As you look around at the leaders in this world, bluster and bravado ...
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Live Your Life in True Confidence
I think we’re all looking for things that’ll make our lives ...
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A Confident Life in Uncertain Times
So, question … do you like uncertainty? Do you relish not knowing ...
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Waiting Well (2)
So, if I might ask, what are you waiting for at the moment? It seems ...
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Waiting Well (1)
When you think about it, life involves a lot of waiting. Whether ...
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Coming Face to Face with God
So, it’s Sunday … is today the end of your week or the beginning ...
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Just You Wait!
It’s not at all unusual to go through patches where you find ...
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What Does it All Mean?
There are so many different belief systems available to us these days ...
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Troubles that Test Your Faith
Can I ask you today to think back to the most testing time you’ve ...
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God’s Power of Protection
Can I ask you … what keeps you going day after day, through the ...
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Your Living Hope
As we puddle along day by day, I think it’s all too easy for us to ...
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Where Does Your Confidence Lie?
Wouldn’t it be great to live through all life’s ups and downs ...
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Just What Jesus Predicted
I think it’s pretty true for all of us that there never seems to be ...
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A Definite Plan
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to suffer. Hey, I ...
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Punished for Doing What’s Right
Ideally, life would be fair. Good people would be rewarded for doing ...
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Highway to Hell
The relationship between work and rest is an interesting one. Many ...
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Seeing the Glory of God
Do miracles still happen? I mean, when was the last time you ...
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Now, for the Good News
I’m pretty sure there’s not a one of us who hasn’t been at the ...
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Faith Demands Change
Isn’t it ironic that on the one hand, we all want a better life, ...
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You Will Never Walk Alone
Loneliness is one of the worst afflictions that can ever befall us. ...
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The Furnace of Affliction
Look, I don’t know what sort of a life you’ve led up to this ...
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The Place Without Peace
We all want peace, don’t we? A peaceful life free of conflict. A ...
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A Long Time to be Wrong
Can I ask you something? Are you a betting man or woman? Do you enjoy ...
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Watered Down Faith
As we become more and more self-centred – and look around, that’s ...
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He Is Who He Is
When you’re faced with what seems to be an insurmountable problem, ...
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An Anchor For Your Soul
Have you ever felt like a small boat tossed about on an angry sea; ...
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When Prayer Doesn’t Come
I pray that life’s good for you right now, without too many ...
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Wait Patiently
Hope is rather a strange word. It’s like a double-edged sword in a ...
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Wait for the Beginning
There’s a certain inevitability to childbirth. A woman carries ...
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Triumph Amidst Tribulation
The trials and tribulations of life can some days seem ...
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How You Live Matters
Loving families, when you think about it, are the very bedrock of our ...
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When He Calls
Have you ever set out to achieve something – something you really ...
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Against Overwhelming Odds
Every now and then we find ourselves confronted by overwhelming odds. ...
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How to Grow Fruit
Sadly, whilst almost one third of the world’s population – 2.5 ...
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Christianity in Decline
There’s a lot of talk these days that Christianity is in global ...
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The Breath of Life
Sometimes – often-times, in fact – the simplest things in life ...
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Be Confident in the Darkness
Do you remember as a child being afraid of the dark? Yeah, so when ...
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Stop! Trying to be a Better Person
Over the years, it’s frustrated the living daylights out of me ...
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The Authentic Christian Life
Authenticity and integrity are attributes we tend to value highly. ...
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With Radiant Face
Some people seem to be more resilient than others. Okay, your ...
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A Life Worth Living
I never actually set out to offend people … honestly, I don’t! ...
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A Rewriting of the Script
Had you been able to write the script for your life at, say age ten, ...
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Great is His Faithfulness
Sometimes life dumps us in places where we feel powerless, completely ...
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Trust in the Lord
Picture this – you’re in a small boat on a calm sea when suddenly ...