Transformation
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Pure Hope
So many people have such a bleak outlook on life. You may or may not ...
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Beyond Comprehension
How would you react if someone rich or powerful – royalty, a famous ...
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The Gift that Keeps on Giving
I remember way back in my life that when those Christians started ...
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Changed by Grace
Every parent at some point is terrified that their child might end up ...
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A Miraculous Metamorphosis
I’m pretty sure that you, like most of us, have things in your ...
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You Can Still Win the Race
You and I will possibly never be the fastest, smartest, or most ...
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Your Change of Heart
Have you ever tried to kick a bad habit? It’s not easy. Whether ...
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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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The Power of His Word
Evil is something that we see all around us, if only we’ll look. ...
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Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Have you ever wondered what baptism is all about? It’s an odd ...
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Preparing the Way of the Lord
In my experience – perhaps in yours, too – God does some rather ...
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Holiness 101
Can I ask you today just to stop and think … what’s the highest ...
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Sanctification 101
Cleaning up your act, whatever act you’re needing to clean up in ...
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Repentance 101
Question: If God forgives us our sin through Jesus’ sacrifice on ...
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Salvation 101
Every now and then, it pays to go back to basics – both to ensure ...
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A Cleansing from Within
When you stop and think about it, we know instinctively that our ...
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Be Open to God
When we head down the wrong path, when we know that what we’ve done ...
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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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Dying To Christ Daily
If we’re going to be completely honest with ourselves, a good many ...
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Radical Surgery is Required
Most of us have a pretty good sense of the difference between right ...
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Why Bother with Holiness?
Being good, doing good, can be hard going. When everyone else is ...
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Is the Bible a Fairy Tale?
Let’s be honest, this thing those Christians call “the Bible” ...
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The Foolishness of the Cross
Can I ask you today, how smart are you? As you look back on your ...
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God Will Keep You Strong
Perseverance is a word that we don’t much like, you and I, because ...
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True Freedom
Would you be free of the burden of sin? I think we’d all ...
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Then Jesus Told Another Story
If you’re someone who’s struggling to make the spiritual ...
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An Extraordinary Destiny
Have you ever considered the possibility that through all your ...
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Bring Your Deeds Into the Light
If I were able to interview you on a radio program and ask you to ...
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So Much Misery
Do you know what strikes me about this present age in which we live? ...
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Good News, Bad News
Well, today there’s good news and there’s bad news. Let’s start ...
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The Most Radical Remedy
Long-standing, deep-seated hatred is as old as time itself. It began ...
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The Ultimate Price
The central message of Christianity – the ‘Good News’ as it’s ...
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A New Way of Thinking
Might I ask you, what’s dominating your thoughts? What do you tend ...
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How to Overcome Dismay
When circumstances conspire against us to produce one of those ...
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More Than You Can Imagine
With all that’s going on in your heart and mind, with all that’s ...
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You Can Depend on Him
Emotions are a huge part of who we are, absolutely. But when they go ...
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Examine God’s Word
Have you ever wondered why you’re struggling with the things ...
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Good Theology Ain’t Enough
Different people understand the Good News of Jesus in different ways. ...
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Incredibly Good News
How good are you at obeying the rules? If you’re licensed to drive, ...
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Sorrow That Leads to Change
Sorrow isn’t something that we’d ever wish upon ourselves. Why ...
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Make Yourself Pure
God makes some powerful promises to those of us who put their trust ...
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By the Grace of God
So many things in this life seem to demand so much hard work. Good ...
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The Evil that Lies Within
There’s so much evil in this world. Pride, selfishness, arrogance, ...
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The Power of Life
There’s absolutely no doubt that Jesus performed some amazing ...
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The Light that Shines in Your Heart
You know when something’s been baffling you for ages, something’s ...
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Let Life Begin
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! A refrain of Christians down ...
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He Did it For You
Well, here we are … that day we call “Good Friday”, remembering ...
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But Then, You Stumble
In just a couple of days we’ll be commemorating that terrible day, ...
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Despite Your Best Intentions
It’s one thing to have good intentions; it’s another thing ...
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That Unshakeable Sense of Guilt
There are many obvious things about each one of us that are there ...
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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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Leaving the Lawless Life
If you look closely at how governments mostly formulate and enact ...
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Hate Your Sin
It’s amazing how often we cast a judgemental eye over the bad ...
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Wise Up Early
Do you remember being young and stupid? I certainly do; the things I ...
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Don’t Worry
At this very moment, all that’s happened up to this point in your ...
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Don’t Bow Down to Evil
The world, more and more it seems these days, is requiring us, ...
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Waiting for a Breakthrough
Waiting on God for a breakthrough, in whatever area of your life in ...
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Grown-Up Thinking
The longer you exert yourself to do anything worthwhile in life, the ...
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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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The Freedom Paradox
Freedom is something that we all yearn for. Freedom from rules, from ...
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Refusing to be Ordinary
It’s a big step – a huge one, in fact – to believe in Jesus. To ...
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Live a Full Life
There’s a world of difference between a full life and an empty ...
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Changing Values
Anyone who believes in Jesus in this day and age is under enormous ...
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Whom Will God Make Strong?
One of the things I absolutely love about God is His desire to help ...
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The Person God Wants You to Be
Life throws a lot of stuff at you, right? Constantly, day after day ...
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You Won’t Be Lost
One of the worst things that can ever happen to small children is to ...
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Exalted in Humility
It’s nice, isn’t it, when other people value you – who you are, ...
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A Helping Hand
Have you ever seen someone in desperate need and thought to yourself ...
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Use Your Head
One of the great tensions of following God’s call on our lives is ...
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Bring Your Habits Before the Lord
Here’s a powerful truth that should never escape us. God wants to ...
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Yearning to be Transformed
Pretty much everyone wants a better life – whatever that happens to ...
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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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Have a Drink
Have you ever woken up one day and found your faith in Christ to be ...
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The Great Turnaround
There are times when all we see ahead is adversity. But it’s in ...
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Something Interesting
When Jesus speaks, you and I can afford to hang on to every word ...
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The End of the World
One day, all the things that we hold dear in this world – our ...
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Wanting the World
Duplicity is one of the most dangerous things that we can allow to ...
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The Peace of God
Since the beginning of time, anxiety has been a chronic disease ...
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Removing Sin’s Stain
When you do something that you know is wrong, the reality of that sin ...
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Seeing Things Differently
It amazes me how two people can look at the same issue, the same ...
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Out in the Light
Invariably, whenever we have something to hide, it involves sin. Not ...
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The Worst of Motives
Sometimes, to get what you want in this world, you just have to go ...
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Jealousy and Selfishness
Jealousy and selfishness are two of the most basic of all human ...
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The Simple Blessings of God
Despite all the incredible advances in science down through the ...
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The Highest Privilege
Having done the whole “kids” thing in my younger years, I ...
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From the Pit not the Pedestal
That feeling of complete inadequacy before God is one that many, many ...
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Alive to Christ
So do you mind if I ask you, is the life you’re leading a life ...
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A Slave No More
The thing that I love most about God is the depth of the passion in ...
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No, Wait – It’s Real
I believe with all my heart that today God means to set you free from ...
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The Reality of Your New Life
Today we’re going to dive into one of my favourite passages in the ...
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A Tiny Spark
As body parts go, your tongue isn’t particularly large – not like ...
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Your Tongue and Your Heart
So, a question: how do you treat people … at work, your family at ...
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But I’m a Good Person
When I first became a Christian, I used to wonder why Jesus had to ...
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Confidence in the Lord
There’s a fine line, isn’t there, between confidence and ...
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Tenderness of Heart
Have you ever eaten a tough piece of meat? Meat’s allegedly good ...
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God’s Kindness and Mercy
Life has a funny habit of taking a sharp turn from good times into ...
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Trust Without Wavering
Have you ever had someone in your life – perhaps a member of your ...
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When I Think
So, a question for you today: how often do you think about how ...
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One Soul at a Time
If you’re someone who joins me daily in this Fresh devotional ...