Intimacy with God
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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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True Maturity
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like it when other people ...
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Back to Job
It’s easy to be hopeful about your future when the going’s good. ...
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Protracted Singleness (1)
Whilst most people end up married, that’s not the case for ...
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Martha or Mary
I regularly have days that are so full, so busy in doing the things I ...
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Guilt and Anxiety
Guilt over the mistakes you’ve made in the past and anxiety over ...
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Have a Drink
Have you ever woken up one day and found your faith in Christ to be ...
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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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Know Christ, Like Christ
As a father, there have been many times over the years when I’ve ...
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God Enjoys You
Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What brings God joy?” I ...
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The Time is Now
How often in our lives have you and I put off something that we know ...
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God Shows His Love for Us
Here we are … It’s Good Friday. The worst and the best day on the ...
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The Jealousy of God
Might I ask you today, what’s the one thing in your life that ...
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The Oil of the Spirit
Have you ever been sunburnt? I remember as a child, a few times being ...
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Don’t Grow Stale
Every relationship in our lives at some point is at risk of growing ...
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I Messed Up – Now What?
When was the last time that you felt ashamed of what you’d done? ...
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The Tip of the Iceberg
Success is a word that we all like to embrace. After all, who ...
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Enjoy without Complaining
You know how it is … out of all the important things in your life ...
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Lend Without a Return
In this day and age, the deal is that when you invest in something ...
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One Soul at a Time
If you’re someone who joins me daily in this Fresh devotional ...
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Dr Livingstone I Presume
When something’s truly important it’s worth saying twice, would ...
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Never Go it Alone
Few people realise the very significant burden that leaders carry. ...
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Are You Crazy Too?
Some people I know think that I’m crazy. Perhaps they’re right. ...
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The Lord is Faithful
Yesterday I shared a bit of what’s involved in producing this daily ...
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The Compassion of a Father
So, the other night we had a good friend over for dinner. His son and ...
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How High? How Far?
Life has a habit of … I don’t know … chipping away at your ...
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Thank God for Grace
Yep, it’s Christmas Eve … time to get serious about wrapping our ...
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A Worthless Kind of Faith
Down through the centuries, the resurrection of Jesus – was it real ...
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Blessed is Anyone Who…
Here’s the thing about temptation. It’s so alluring. It’s so ...
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I Have Only You
So let me ask you today, what’s at the top of your prayer list? ...
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Facing Storms Alone
None of us likes it when those inevitable life storms come our way, ...
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Your Place of Safety
We chatted yesterday about suffering – the privilege of suffering ...
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Your Protector
Personal safety is one of our highest order needs. It follows on ...
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Sustained by God
Scripture is often quoted out of context. One of the most common ...
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With Every Step You Take
It’s easy to say you should trust God through the difficult times. ...
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Yearn for God
There’s a scary thing happening amongst God’s people today. It ...
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Listen Without Interrupting
Have you ever been with a group of people where one person clearly ...
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Christ in You
It’s all too easy to believe in Jesus on the one hand, and yet to ...
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God’s Handiwork
Both as a society, and as individuals, we have the most amazing ...
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Leaving a Lasting Impression
I’ve been in the workforce for close on half a century – ...
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Actions are Driven by Beliefs
I don’t know about you, but I am a master of self-delusion. So many ...
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To Walk Humbly With Your God
If there’s one human attribute that seems to be missing from the ...
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What is Good?
The world these days seems intent on blurring the line between good ...
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O God, You Are My God
Over the last few days, we’ve been discovering that Jesus is not ...
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The Thorny Weed of Wealth
The reinvention of Jesus – who He is and what He said – has been ...
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Things We Take for Granted
One of the things we take for granted is the notion that a human life ...
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In No One Else
Why is it, as time goes on, that Christianity … that Christians … ...
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Fact Checking
Fake news is not merely a political cliché. It’s a profound ...
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Speak Up!
In any society, any community, there are winners and there are ...
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Highly Entitled Individuals
We live, more and more, in the age of entitlement. I deserve better ...
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Hatred is Verboten
When I was growing up, I wasn’t allowed to use the word “hate”. ...
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Leaning on God
As we’re growing from childhood through those awkward teenage years ...
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God In Your Old Age
One of the things that I find so intriguing is how God can take ...
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Saving Sinners
Yesterday we read about loving your enemy – one of the many ...
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A Mother’s Teaching
The things that our parents taught us tend to remain with us for the ...
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The Tender Love of God
It’s a rough and tumble world that we live in. Criticism can be ...
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Don’t Expect Them to Applaud
As counterintuitive as it may seem, the moment we set out to live a ...
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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 Importance of Discernment
The one thing we’re not short of in this day and age is ...
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Red Wine
Good Friday – the day when we remember that on that Cross, Jesus ...
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Times of Refreshing
When we’re being tempted, the devil dangles something seductive, ...
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Release for the Captive
One of the things that Jesus promised would happen through Him was ...
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Closer Than You Think
Yesterday we read about how small, how inadequate, how empty we feel ...
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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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Asking the Wrong Question
Too many so-called Christians are asking the wrong question. Instead ...
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A Place to Call Home
Do you believe in Jesus? Have you put all your eggs in one basket by ...
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The Wonderful Things of God
What a treasure that God has preserved here for you and me in Psalm ...
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The Kindness of God
Why? Why did God choose you? How come He opened His heart to you, to ...
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A Cry for Help
There are times in our lives when we need God to step in to help. ...
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God Hates Pride
Evil comes at us in many different forms in this world. But somehow, ...
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The Steadfast Love of the Lord
There is a pandemic unfolding amongst God’s people, well, not just ...
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You Don’t Have to Go it Alone
Anyone who’s set their heart like flint to follow hard after Jesus, ...
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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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Who Exactly are the Children of God?
So, I’m sitting in a Bible study the other day with a bunch of ...
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Don’t Be Fooled by Half Truths
One of the consequences of the rising tide of evil in this world is ...
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You Have an Unfair Advantage
You may have noticed that this week, we’ve had a bit of a focus on ...
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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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Which Jesus Are You Following?
Back when Jesus was walking the dusty roads of Israel, there were ...
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How to Grow in Your Blessings
Do you feel some days that your faith is under pressure? That people ...
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Up Close and Personal
Today … something different. I’d like to get up close and ...
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Why Betrayal Hurts So Much
When was the last time someone betrayed you? You trusted them, you ...
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Remember the Good Times
In the darker, more difficult patches we seem to travel through in ...
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God’s Comfort
Let me ask you something: What burdens are you carrying around on ...
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The Blessing of Obedience
As any parent will tell you, obedience has its rewards. A rebellious ...
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True Peace
Peace is something that we all want in our lives: A life free from ...
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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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How Great is the Father’s Love
In my neck of the woods, today is Father’s Day. If that’s not the ...
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Adrenaline Filled Moments
There are many things that happen in our lives that we find ...
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Things Money Can’t Buy
It’s so easy, isn’t it – whether you’re rich or poor – to ...
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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
Do you know what I find really, really scary? It’s the people who ...
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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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Leaning Into Adversity
There are times in life when people, circumstances, storms and even ...
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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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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 ...