People & Relationships
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Just Being There is What Counts
When someone else is hurting, a natural tendency (especially, let me ...
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People Can Be So Horrible
There are some truly nasty people in this world; people who’ll take ...
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When Someone Else is Suffering
How do you respond when someone else is suffering? It’s not easy, ...
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Adrenaline Filled Moments
There are many things that happen in our lives that we find ...
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The Angry Boss
It’s easy to get the impression that the Bible – the thing that ...
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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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Undefiled Religion
Yesterday we looked at the complete and utter worthlessness of ...
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Self-Delusion
So you go along to church, sing the songs, hear the sermons, enjoy ...
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Being Told that You’re Wrong
Yesterday we read about God’s powerful advice for reducing conflict ...
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Know This!
When was the last time you blurted something out at someone without ...
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Your Measure of Success
That sense of self-importance that some people have is so… well… ...
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Filling an Empty Life
The sense of emptiness that we sometimes feel – that sense that ...
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Impacted by Negativity
The negativity of other people has a habit of dragging us down with ...
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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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Whom Are You Serving, Really?
When things aren’t going all that well, when we’re facing ...
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Obey Your Masters
One of the most frustrating and even hurtful situations that we can ...
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Excellence Versus Perfectionism
Excellence is one thing, but perfectionism … that’s quite ...
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A Powerful Combination
As we saw yesterday, when you and I operate in a spirit of ...
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Learning to Fail Forward
I don’t think any of us wake up in the morning and set out to get ...
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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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Selfie-Culture
If you’d used this ubiquitous term “the selfie” back when I was ...
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Don’t Brag
There’s no doubt that we’d all like to be liked. There’s no ...
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The Getting of Wisdom
Different people can look at the same thing and see it completely ...
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Making Excuses for Mediocrity
When you encounter a bad person in your life … come on, that ...
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God’s Best
Forgiveness is a funny thing. We all realise it’s a good idea, but ...
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Biting Your Lip
When someone does or says something that annoys you, how do you ...
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Spoiling the Vineyard
At the end of the day, good, strong, enduring, loving, supportive ...
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Three Blind Mice
Have you ever wondered to yourself, How come that person could see ...
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Don’t Just Sit There
I don’t know if you’ve ever been so hungry that you’re ...
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Yellow Sticky Note
How can we, you and I, live lives that actually matter – that ...
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Poor Me
The more affluent we become, the more difficult it gets to separate ...
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Loving People
Have you ever prayed, “Lord, show me someone whom I can help”? ...
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Investing in People
I want you to think of the one person on planet Earth that frustrates ...
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To Forgive
Of all the people on this planet, who is the one person who has hurt ...
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Dealing with Menopause
Anyone who has ever been married knows that on their wedding day they ...
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Greener Pastures
We often think of marriage as an institution and yet when you get ...
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The Cart Before the Horse
In all honesty, we would like Jesus to be a nice, comfortable, ...
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A Carpenter Called Adam
How much do you spend comparing yourself to others? How helpful is ...
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The Cost of Love
Loving others can be a tough gig. Truly. But God is right here to ...
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I Just Blew It
Nothing speaks more powerfully of who Jesus is, than when we show His ...
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Poor Li’l Old Me
Just when we’re thinking, “Poor li’l old me” … there’s ...
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We Are Now One People
The way we treat those with whom we disagree shows how well we’ve ...
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Here Comes da Judge
When we stop judging others, it brings a whole new peace into our ...
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Feeding the Poor
In the next two and a half minutes, around 45 children will die of ...
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Forgiving the Unforgivable
When your son is hit by a drunk driver and left to die on the ...
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Forgiveness is Healing
The hurts of the past will never stop hurting until we forgive those ...
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Forgiving is Accepting
How we treat the people with whom we disagree says a lot about the ...
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Forgive and Forget
Forgiveness is one of the most powerful forces for change that the ...
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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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Another Year Begins
It doesn’t matter what plans you have for the future. It’s how ...
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A Gift for the Poor
There’s a tradition that goes back centuries that God wants you to ...
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A Lonely Affair
How will you spend today? Surrounded by people, or completely alone?
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Dealing with Disappointment
So when was the last time that you were disappointed by someone or ...
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The Communication Gap
Okay, on a scale of 0 to 10, how close do you feel to God right in ...
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Forgiving on the Fly
The easiest thing in the world for you and me to do is to rationalise ...
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The Power of Words
So many people in this world are so tired, so stressed out. Life is ...
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Husbands and Wives
Why is it that so many marriages either end in divorce or linger on ...
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God’s Fingerprints
Have you ever thought to yourself, as the busyness of all that your ...
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Being Told that You’re Wrong
Yesterday we read about God’s powerful advice for reducing conflict ...
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Know This!
When was the last time you blurted something out at someone without ...
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Your Measure of Success
That sense of self-importance that some people have is so… well… ...
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Hanging Around
I wonder … how do you choose your friends? Most of us befriend ...
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Avoiding
I don’t think there’s a single person on planet Earth who, right ...
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Take the Plunge
Relationships are funny things. The more you dive in, the riskier and ...
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Pre-emptive Forgiveness
When someone does something to hurt you or annoy you, what’s your ...
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The Halo Effect
It’s funny how often God speaks to us through simple ordinary ...
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The Bus Driver
The more technologically sophisticated we become, the more distant ...
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Mercy Me
Mercy is not something that we talk a lot about. Oh, we might do, in ...
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Gentleness
Something we don’t often think about is how we treat others. On the ...
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Am I Missing Something?
So, last night, what did you have for dinner? Did you enjoy it? And ...
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Pastor Jesus
For many people, church is great – not for everyone, mind you, but ...
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The Screeching Parrot
Good News: Jesus didn’t come to judge us, but to save us. So you ...
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Replacing the Toilet Paper
Growing up is about moving from selfishness to selflessness. So, are ...
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Church Evacuation Plan
The easiest thing to do as a Christian is to give up on church. But ...
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Maximum Impact
How we use the freedom we have in Christ speaks to others about the ...
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Communicating in a Connected World
How much time do you spend plugged into technology rather than ...
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When I’m 91
Rush, rush, rush … have you noticed how transactional our world has ...
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Cancer of the Soul
Ever wondered, “Why should I forgive that person?” Well, there is ...
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That Smelly Guy
Some things in life are pretty cut and dried. There’s right over ...
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Keeping Up Appearances
Can I ask you how much of your time and energy you spend in keeping ...
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It’s Black and White
Okay, so this may be a bit uncomfortable, but the fact is that many ...
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Lousy Service
People are getting scratchy, have you noticed? There seems to be an ...
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I am the Greatest
More often than not, God’s wisdom and the world’s wisdom are ...
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The Tree and It’s Fruit
Don’t you just hate it when someone pretends to be something on the ...
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Nice Little Doggy
I hope you don’t think me rude, but as you look at your disposable ...
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Full-on Forgiveness
You’ve heard that saying no doubt: “Don’t get angry, get ...
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God is Love
Whilst love is a word that we all think we understand I wonder ...
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Love Never Ends
I think that one of the greatest achievements in life, is to love ...
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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 Isn’t … (2)
Without even knowing anything about you, I am 100% certain that you ...
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Love Doesn’t …
Right from when we’re little, getting on with others isn’t always ...
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Love Isn’t … (1)
Sad to say, there are rather a lot of not very nice people out there. ...
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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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A World Without Love
Over 60% of new songs written in the past year have been about love. ...
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The Face of Perfection
To a greater or lesser extent we each have a plan for how things ...
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The Face of Aggression
The more pressure we’re under, the more prone we are to outbursts ...
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The Face of Confidence
We live in a world that values success and, up to a point, there’s ...
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The Face of Disapproval
We tend not to think too much about the expressions that we allow to ...
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Say What You Mean and Mean What you Say
I can’t tell you, over the years, how many times, in business ...