God’s Sovereignty
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Fact Checking
Fake news is not merely a political cliché. It’s a profound ...
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Your Sense of Purpose
Do you ever get the wobbles in your faith walk? Sure, you believe … ...
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God is in Control, But …
When we’re confronted with some daunting task, something that we ...
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Reading Your Own Death Warrant
We’ve been reading this week about dealing with the difficult ...
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Your Inner Core Strength
There are people in this world who will oppose you – some for the ...
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Don’t Get Carried Away
It’s easy to come to the conclusion that being a Christian, ...
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The Faithful Love of God
So, at what point did we come to the conclusion that it’s all up to ...
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Saving Sinners
Yesterday we read about loving your enemy – one of the many ...
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Count Your Blessings
There’s no doubt that together we’ve all been through some really ...
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Grace Without Truth
We’ve been chatting these past few days about the truth – God’s ...
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“Opinion” versus “Truth”
One of the things I’ve noticed – and perhaps you have too – is ...
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For Your Own Good
I look back on some of the times in my life, some of the things that ...
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The Key to Peace
We each yearn for peace – for our hearts to be at rest, for the ...
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The Rules Don’t Apply
Have you ever come to the conclusion that because God loves you so ...
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The Risks of Overthinking
With the glut of information (and indeed, misinformation) bombarding ...
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Red Wine
Good Friday – the day when we remember that on that Cross, Jesus ...
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Bitter Herbs
This whole notion of “sin” … well, it’s not particularly ...
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Roast Lamb
So here we are in Easter week casting our minds back to that Passover ...
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A Time to Remember
Easter week comes around so quickly. And we seem to pass through it ...
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Making Jesus Your All
Can I ask you today, have you made Jesus your all? What I mean by ...
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Release for the Captive
One of the things that Jesus promised would happen through Him was ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of Being Small
We’ve all felt small and insignificant from time to time – ...
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A God We Can’t Contain
So, what’s your concept of God? From everlasting to everlasting? ...
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The Burden of Wealth
This world in which we live, you and I, operates on the unwritten and ...
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The Day of the Lord is Coming
There’s a great business bestseller called “The Seven Habits of ...
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Creating Order from Chaos
The unpredictable things that often happen in life have a tendency to ...
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Set Apart for a Higher Purpose
A single spark can set off a fire that will burn a whole forest. And ...
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Asking the Wrong Question
Too many so-called Christians are asking the wrong question. Instead ...
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A Change of Appetite
Believe it or not, your body has a finely tuned appestat – that ...
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The Power You Need
Whenever I’ve set about trying to fix something in my life that’s ...
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The Multiplier Effect
One of the big mistakes that you and I are prone to making, is ...
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I am the Light of the World
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been chatting a bit about the ...
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God Will Make a Way
Imagine, you’re a bunch of slaves fleeing Egypt. The Egyptian army ...
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Way, Way Too Small
The more I read Scripture, the more I listen to God speak, the more I ...
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Straightening Out a Twisted Mind
Have you ever made a serious blunder along the way and afterwards, ...
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Keep Things Simple
My sense is that sometimes, as we think about our lives, we ...
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The Anger of God
I’ll be honest with you, as I choose the verses to share with you ...
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Tired and Thirsty
So you’re on a journey. You’re thirsty, you’re tired and all ...
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Divine Appointments
There are times in life when ordinary, everyday occurrences turn out ...
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Making it Through
As we saw yesterday, turning away from what we know is wrong to do ...
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But What Sort of Plan?
It’s one thing for us to have a plan for our lives, that’s a good ...
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It’s Time to Have a Plan
Well, here we are! A happy new year to you. Of course, to a great ...
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God Loves a Sinful World
Why did Jesus come to this earth? Why is it that in a week or so ...
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The Heavens Shall Declare
One of the great tragedies playing itself out here in the 21st ...
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Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart
We know that we should have faith in Jesus. We know that we’re ...
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Saved from a Useless Life
One of the things that we all crave is a sense of purpose. A sense ...
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Free from the Power of Darkness
As darkness creeps across the globe, as this shroud of abject evil ...
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No Such Thing as Insignificance
Have you ever felt, well, insignificant? This sense that other people ...
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When You Do Trust in God
It’s possible to believe that Jesus died and rose again for us, but ...
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When You Don’t Trust in God
One of the things that happens when we become so preoccupied with the ...
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Hang On For the Ride
Life sometimes seems a bit like a rollercoaster ride … up and down, ...
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Remember the Good Times
In the darker, more difficult patches we seem to travel through in ...
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The Lord Will Be Your Confidence
With pretty much anything in life, there are different levels of ...
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The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
Have you ever heard of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone? It’s a ...
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Slipping on the Banana Peel
Sin. The same one seems to trip us up over and over again. It’s ...
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Seek Good, Find Favour
The last few days we’ve been poking around in God’s Word to ...
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The Peace of Christ
These last few days we’ve been chatting about peace, because peace ...
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Peace of Mind
Peace is a subject that I love to circle back to again and again ...
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God’s Comfort
Let me ask you something: What burdens are you carrying around on ...
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God as Your Guide
I don’t know how it goes for you, but what I find in life – yes, ...
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Having an Impact
A man or a woman of true character is a man or a woman of real ...
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The Desires of Your Heart
Right now, right in this moment, perhaps you’re going through some ...
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Conquering Fear
The most difficult time, I think, to cope with fear is when the thing ...
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Adrenaline Filled Moments
There are many things that happen in our lives that we find ...
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Blessed Assurance
There have been many times in my walk with Jesus when I’ve become ...
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Standing Up for What’s Right
What a bloomin’ mess the world seems to be in right at the moment. ...
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Are You Wilting?
It’s a sad thing to see a beautiful pot plant wilting, drooping, ...
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Waiting to Die
What’s life all about? Is it just about getting up and doing the ...
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Claustrophobia
Have you ever felt locked into a situation or a set of circumstances ...
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Where is Your Reward?
Without a doubt, it’s nice to receive a pat on the back for a job ...
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Humility: The Easy Way or the Hard Way
Yesterday, we explored the difference between perfectionism and ...
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A Powerful Combination
As we saw yesterday, when you and I operate in a spirit of ...
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The Demons of Mediocrity
When we operate in a spirit of excellence, the shocking truth is that ...
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Excellence Stands Out from the Crowd
People who operate in a spirit of excellence are exceptionally rare ...
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Son, There Are No Shortcuts
Excellence: The more commoditised the world becomes, the more choices ...
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Taking Risks
One of the incredibly inconvenient things about God is that His ways ...
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Under God
Some people are rather good at quoting half-truths; “Resist the ...
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Permission to Fail
Failure is a fact of life. We all fail at things on a regular basis ...
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Are You Treating People Fairly?
When it comes to this idea of justice, all too often we’re tempted ...
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The Things Money Can’t Buy
There are so many fun, amazing things for us to spend our money on ...
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Selfie-Culture
If you’d used this ubiquitous term “the selfie” back when I was ...
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A Victim Mentality Will Destroy You
Identity politics is something that seems to be taking the world by ...
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The Spring that Never Runs Dry
How often have you been in a situation and prayed, “Lord, get me ...
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Waiting Patiently
I have to be honest with you … waiting isn’t one of my strong ...
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The Wind Beneath Your Wings
None of us likes to face adversity. We just don’t. You don’t and ...
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Don’t Stop Dreaming
It’s a cruel fact of life that the burdens and responsibilities ...
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Political Correctness Gone Mad
One of the things that disturbs me greatly amongst God’s people is ...
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A Tough Choice
The place where our faith is truly tested is when we’re on the ...
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No Pain No Gain
When you’re going tough times, it’s very easy to lose sight of ...
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Don’t Shoot the Messenger
The idea that the Bible is a stuffy old religious book that belongs ...
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Independence Day
Okay, so it’s the 4th of July. No matter where you live, you’d ...
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Dealing with Envy
Let me be perfectly honest with you. I can be spiritually quite thick ...
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Overcoming Disappointment
I’m sure there have been people in your life over the years who ...
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Great Expectations
Do you know what I hate? Do you know what I really hate? It’s when ...
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Onwards and Upward
When we make a mistake (and seriously, who doesn’t?!) we have two ...
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The Power of the Past
For many people, the past holds such an incredible power over them ...
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The Seasons of Life
Whether we like it or not, whether we would have planned it this way ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
Different people can look at the same thing and see it completely ...
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Am I a Christian?
Faith is an interesting notion. We’re told that we gain a ...
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God’s Best
Forgiveness is a funny thing. We all realise it’s a good idea, but ...