Sacrifice & Service
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When Love Prevails
As movie themes go, love stories would have to be amongst the most ...
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Addicted to Outrage
So, how do you feel about the people running your country, your state ...
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Take Stock of Your Motives
So, the last time you said or did something that on reflection just ...
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Be Careful!
Self-promotion is an ugly thing. People saying or doing things ...
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Please the Spirit
Okay, can I ask you today to take a deep breath and ask yourself: How ...
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The Message from the Beginning
Love is such a simple word. And when you think about being loved – ...
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The Ultimate Goal of God’s Love
I’d like you, if you would, please, to picture the face of the most ...
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Will You Compromise?
Sometimes we’re faced with an ethical dilemma. On the one hand, you ...
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What the Lord Has Prepared for You
When you’re trying to live your life well … with goodness, with ...
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Have a Pure Heart
We’ve all had that experience when someone not only does something ...
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Humbling Yourself
We’ve been chatting this week about achieving greatness – true ...
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Salt That Loses its Flavour
Salt is something that most of us use daily to add flavour to ...
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Shifting Our Priorities
Serving others is something that, on the one hand, we know we need to ...
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A Radical Rethink
A lot of the bickering that goes on in this world is about who’s ...
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Shameful Behaviour
The desire to be thought well of is a secret that many harbour in ...
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Sacrifice 101
There’s a tectonic shift going on in people’s mindsets – one ...
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Empowerment 101
Many a time we know all too well that we’re falling short – that ...
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The Dividends of Discipline
I have yet to meet someone who enjoys being disciplined; who loves it ...
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When the Time Comes
We all have hopes and dreams. One day this … one day that … And ...
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Serve God with a Pure Heart
Have you ever had someone do something for you with a bad attitude? ...
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You’ve Been Chosen
I wonder what it must be like for a sports man or woman to be chosen ...
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Becoming a Willing Servant
Perhaps you’ve heard of enzymes, but do you recall what they do? ...
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When All is Lost
Life, it seems to me, is a tug-of-war between good and evil; between ...
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Do What You Can Do
When things aren’t going quite the way you’d planned, when ...
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Teach Me
One of the greatest signs of humility that any of us can ever have is ...
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The Ultimate Price
The central message of Christianity – the ‘Good News’ as it’s ...
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Love is Never Wasted
Have you ever done someone a good turn and then been miffed when they ...
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When Safety is Overrated
Aside from skydivers, mountain climbers and other assorted adrenalin ...
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What God Really Wants From You
Like anything, Christianity can be turned into a lucrative business. ...
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Even When You Grow Old …
One of the great tragedies playing itself out as a global pandemic ...
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A Gospel of Contradictions?
There are times, to be honest, when this good news of Jesus doesn’t ...
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The Generosity You Dish Out
Do you mind if I ask you what may be a somewhat confronting question? ...
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When You’re Guilty of Harm
In most countries, occupational health and safety (or OH&S, as ...
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Are You Still Trying to Impress?
No matter how humble we think we might have become, there’s always ...
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When the Holy Spirit Leaves the Building
Question: what’s the difference between following the rules and ...
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The Very Definition of Failure
Have you ever worked hard, sacrificed much to achieve something, only ...
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Things Jesus Never Said
The meta-narrative, the overarching story that the world today wants ...
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Your Letter of Recommendation
Quick question: how wealthy are you? Because if you have the basic ...
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An Instrument of the Lord
The rescuing hand of God is a constant theme throughout the Old ...
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Stand Out from the Crowd
Sad to say that as I examine my own heart, I realise time and again ...
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Give the Lord a Chance
Imagine that you’re digging for diamonds. Month after month of ...
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Do I Really Need Saving?
In just a few days’ time we’ll be celebrating Christmas – the ...
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His Redemptive Intent
When we’re travelling through difficult times, we start asking … ...
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When You Have Nothing to Give
Have you ever felt even just a bit embarrassed at how little you have ...
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A Powerful Partnership
Who doesn’t want a more fulfilling life – one that’s free of ...
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Comfortable Christianity
Let me be bold today and say to you that there’s no such thing as ...
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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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Shout it From the Mountaintop
I try to imagine sometimes, what it must have been like for people ...
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From Father to Son
One of the more special relationships we can have in this life is as ...
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Something Interesting
When Jesus speaks, you and I can afford to hang on to every word ...
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Simple Really
Back in the days of old, God’s people sacrificed animals on altars. ...
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An Audience of One
It’s going on thirty years since my dear old dad passed out of this ...
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When You Do Good
We live in a world today where the things that we’ve always known ...
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Obeying the Law of Christ
Okay, let’s imagine that somewhere deep in your heart, you want to ...
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For Our Sake
There are times in our lives when we need to step up and do something ...
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Always Wanting More
The world that God’s created for us to enjoy is so rich and ...
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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 Insurmountable Opportunity
Christians say some stupid things sometimes; seriously … like, ...
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Take a Stand
So, might I ask you today, what is it that’s chipping away at your ...
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A Sense of Urgency
Our days on this earth – yours and mine – are numbered. We have a ...
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Spreading Your Investments
All the things in this world that we take for granted – whilst ...
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Throwing Stones, Washing Feet
Loving people who don’t love us in return … well, it’s not ...
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Time is Slipping Away
How much time do you have left to love the people around you? When ...
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There is But One Way
Why is society so down on Christianity these days? What is it that ...
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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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Have a Plan
Trust in God. We all know that we should. If you’ve ever opened a ...
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A Beautiful Strategy, but…
Westminster Abbey in London has been the site of every British ...
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Your Job and Mine
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I look at all that’s going ...
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Out to Lunch
In this tech-driven age in which we live, our senses are constantly ...
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The Gardener’s Job
When you’re out doing good things for God, using your gifts and ...
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The Big Squeeze
Just at the moment, many of those who believe in Jesus are feeling ...
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The Deception of Certainty and Safety
In this day and age, “biblical truth” is very much out of vogue. ...
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Saved From the Lion’s Mouth
There are times in life when things seem to be going along pretty ...
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A Helping Hand
When you see someone heading in the wrong direction, about to make a ...
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Meanwhile…
We know, you and I, with absolute certainty that one day our time on ...
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The Price of Peace
Most of us consider wealth to be a good thing. Who doesn’t want to ...
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Giving Without Sparing
Have you ever asked yourself, “How much should I give”? Perhaps ...
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Pleasing God
Life seems to be a pretty constant tussle between pleasing ourselves ...
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Whom Does the Lord Save?
When you find yourself in hot water, which of course happens from ...
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Valuing the Efforts of Others
Have you ever been trying your hardest, and yet people don’t seem ...
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What is Good?
The world these days seems intent on blurring the line between good ...
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An Attitude of Gratitude
There’s one word that will completely, radically, change your life. ...
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Whom Does Jesus Serve?
If only God would do what we want Him to do. If only Jesus would just ...
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Afraid No More
Boldness and bravado often mask deep insecurities and fears. I can ...
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Good Criticism, Bad Praise
None of us likes being criticised. In fact, we much prefer to be ...
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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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Own Up to Your Christianity
It’s becoming more and more difficult, not just to be a Christian, ...
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The Deafening Sound of Humility
Most days, I make sure that I read the news – local, national and ...
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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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Oh Please!
You see some amazing things on social media … I mean, mind blowing ...
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Memorial Day
No matter what country you happen to live in, there are men and women ...
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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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Saving Sinners
Yesterday we read about loving your enemy – one of the many ...
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The People You Dislike
A question for you today … well, two actually. Firstly, how many ...
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What Suzy Says of Sally
We read earlier this week about judgementalism, and I just want to ...
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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 Right Way to Defend Rights
Without a doubt, Christians these days are suffering more persecution ...
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Closer Than You Think
Yesterday we read about how small, how inadequate, how empty we feel ...
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Let’s Go Fishing
So you believe in Jesus. Great, but what are you doing with that? ...