Joy
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Not Hyped, Not Happy, Just Here
Some days you wake up feeling flat. Hey, some days I wake up feeling ...
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Joy Amidst Trouble
Can I ask you, what is it that brings you joy in your life? At the ...
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God Enjoys You
Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What brings God joy?” I ...
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Suffering for Christ
In just a couple of days, on so-called “Good Friday”, we’ll be ...
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Over and Over Again
There have been times in my life (and no doubt, in yours too) where ...
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Don’t Wilt on the Vine
It’s funny how sin – I know, it’s not a popular word these days ...
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He’s Already Blessed Your Socks Off
Inevitably, as we compare this past year that’s just been with the ...
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Busy Bee
I used to think that the aim of life was finding happiness – until ...
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God’s Handiwork
Both as a society, and as individuals, we have the most amazing ...
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Old Keys Don’t Unlock New Doors
We all have difficult relationships, don’t we? Some seem to fester ...
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Make a Joyful Noise
Do you know what I’ve noticed? It’s much easier to make a joyful ...
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Release for the Captive
One of the things that Jesus promised would happen through Him was ...
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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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The Heavens Shall Declare
One of the great tragedies playing itself out here in the 21st ...
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A New Day from Heaven
With all the ups and downs we’ve been through over these past ...
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Free, Full, Final, Forever, Forgiveness
No doubt you, like me, hate it when you stuff up; when you fail God, ...
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Blessed Assurance
There have been many times in my walk with Jesus when I’ve become ...
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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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That One Thing
I wonder whether sometimes you find yourself suffering from ...
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I Ache for You
How can a dead Jesus, in a dark tomb two thousand something years ...
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A Letter from Alligator Creek
Every now and then I feel the need to get right in your face, and ...
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Win Some Lose Some
What are the little compromises in your life that are robbing you of ...
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Battle After Battle
God promises us a lot – but all too often it feels like the reality ...
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Christianity Works
If we’re going to believe in Jesus then surely, that faith has to ...
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Spiritual Blockage
Working harder at being a better person isn’t the answer – ...
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Your Words Have Power
The words we speak can either build people up, or tear them down. So, ...
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Attitude
When we use our natural gifts to serve others … well, there’s ...
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O’Hare International Airport
What’s the single, most powerful thing that you can ever do for ...
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The One Thing
What’s the one thing that you’d really like to have right in this ...
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The Problem of the Ages
When I use a word like “sin”, what thoughts does it bring to ...
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Does it Work?
It’s a stark reminder to me when I watch the evening news – the ...
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George Lucas
It’s funny how much different things cost in different countries. ...
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Bangladesh
Joy, strength, satisfaction, contentment … it’s easy to go ...
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How Long Oh God?
Adversity is a fact of life. That’s not in dispute. But when ...
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Colour Your Life
The sad face is that, for many people, life just seems flat, grey, ...
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Life’s a Parade
The hardest thing in the world to do is to admit that we’re wrong. ...
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Need a Feed
There’s a strange thing going round these days. It’s this sense ...
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Hidden Treasure
If someone could give you the one thing that you really, really want, ...
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That One Thing
“I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow.” That’s uncertain hope. ...
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Unwelcome Interruptions
No one likes having their plans disrupted. So how do you deal with ...
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Enjoy the Simple Things
It’s all too easy to imagine that all God’s interested in is the ...
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The Afflictions of the Righteous
You know what they say: life wasn’t meant to be easy. Yeah, right, ...
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Love Rejoices in …
As much as you and I like being part of the crowd, like being ...
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Love is …
Love is such a wonderful thing. We all love the idea of love. We all ...
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The Most Difficult Person You’ll Ever Meet
Introducing you to the most difficult person in your life.
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Now Here’s a Crazy Idea
Imagine praying to God for a week, without asking Him for anything.
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The Communication Gap
Be still today and know that God is God.
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Making the Effort
When I first became a Christian, honestly, I found the Bible ...
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The End of the Line
It is a staggering and frightening statistic that in just about every ...
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Don’t Fret Over the Bad Guys
Don’t you hate it when the bad guys prosper? I mean you’re doing ...
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Do You Expect God to Bless You?
God’s blessing … what does that look like in your life? Do you ...
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Note to Self
I’m a numbers guy, so let me ask you, on a scale of zero to ten, ...
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Generosity Was Always God’s Idea
We love to be around generous people, you and I. We really do. But ...
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You Are Precious
If I asked you to write down a single sentence to describe how you ...
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Cause and Effect
One of the great paradoxes of life is that the more we try to make ...
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It’s Time to Get Off the Merry-Go-Round
Freedom, for many, is an all too illusive concept. We know we should ...
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SECRET: How to Live in Harmony
Let’s face it, relationships can be jarring. Conflict has this ...
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How to Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself
Hope is one of the most precious things that you and I can ever have. ...
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Rocky Road
I think that somehow, we all think, we all imagine, we all hope that ...
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It’s Not About Money Dummy
Money is, I think, one of the most seductive commodities on planet ...
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Stop Comparing
Have you ever noticed how happy and successful everybody else seems ...
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Don’t Expect the World
The truth is that we all want our lives to go along swimmingly well, ...
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Laughter is the Best Medicine
Life is full of seasons. Seasons to be serious, and seasons for ...
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Dying and Living
Looking back on Easter, what was it all about again? What did we just ...
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How to Quench the Holy Spirit
Every morning when we get up out of bed, the biggest determinant of ...
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Patient Love
The pressure seems to be rising, have you noticed. In society ...
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Whatever it is that Ails You
If only life were perfect. If only we didn’t have to deal with ...
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Disappointed in Love
All too often in our lives, the imperfect experiences of the past, ...
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Handling Rejection
Most of us don’t handle rejection all that well. Whether it’s ...
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Look Up to See
Have you been finding lately, that you’ve lost a bit of the spring ...
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Really Bad Taste
The way we spend our money, says a lot about how happy we are with ...
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Going Through the Motions
At some point, when you’ve been living your life for Christ, when ...
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A Dog With Two Master
It’s a sad fact that so many people who say that they believe in ...
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Losing to Win
From very early on in life, we’re taught that it’s far better to ...
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Good Money, Bad Money
Some people are embarrassed by the wealth that God has given them. ...
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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
If I asked you to describe God in a sentence of twenty-five words or ...
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Why Did God Rest?
So how often to you stop from everything you’re doing, just to take ...
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The Global Tiredness Pandemic
If you’re anything like most people, then there’s every ...
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His Abundance
A question for you today: on balance, are you a person who’s filled ...
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A Pig in Mud
When you feel as though no one appreciates you or understands you, ...
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What’s Eating You?
Anger, resentment, the desire for revenge – they’re all pretty ...
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Heart Starter
Some people think of Christianity as a religion. Fair enough. But the ...
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Closer Still
I was chatting with a friend, Tony, recently. We were talking about ...
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The Farmer
What pressures are you facing at the moment? What’s eating away at ...
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One Cheering Gleam
Let me be blunt. Large swathes of the church are just going through ...
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I Can Only Imagine
Question: when this life is done and dusted, what are you hoping for? ...
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The Joy of the Lord
When things aren’t quite going your way, whether it’s an ...
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Pastors of Poverty
Many a time I’ve run into the attitude, this thinking, that pastors ...
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What Happened to KFC?
I spent a week and a half in India recently. It’s hard work, ...
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Emotional Pea Soup
Most of us want to leave some legacy behind in the lives of others, ...
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My Prayer to You
Call me crazy (and some people do!) but I love to pray for you and ...
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Three Truths to Cling To
We’ve all had good years and bad years. I’m sure there are one or ...
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You Can’t Un-spill Milk
As you look back on this past year, I’m sure there are some things ...
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The Pain of the Past
So here we are in this funny little week between Christmas and New ...
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Kindness is Like a Magnet
I was visiting a friend, recently – Greg, he’s a pastor in a ...
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Putting Possessions in Perspective
Do the things that you buy make you happy? Consider your last impulse ...
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Is it Really Worth It?
Let’s face it, we live in an era of conspicuous consumption. In ...
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What’s the Advantage?
One of the reasons that I gave God rather a wide berth for rather a ...
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Learning to Laugh Again
The evidence is in. In fact the experts tell us that the evidence is ...
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The Most Wonderful Person in the World
The thing about being husband and wife is that, over the years, you ...