Wisdom
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One Day …
Some things are black and white. Thou shalt not murder – obvious, ...
Day Before
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Be Strong and Brave
Do you like change? No? Well, you’re not alone. The truth is, very ...
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Yes and Amen!
Life’s messy. You can’t argue with that. Show me a single family ...
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Get Comfortable With …
No one likes not getting their own way. You don’t, I don’t. It ...
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The Gateway to Joy
It’s easy to imagine that the joy, the fulfilment, the contentment ...
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Participation, Not Performance
I often think that it’s easier to go off the rails in the good ...
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To Panic or to Pray
Life is a puzzle that, all too often, seems impossible to solve. You ...
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Worship is More than a Song
Have you ever tried to do something, but your heart wasn’t really ...
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Finding Your Place
From a very young age, we each try to figure out our place in the ...
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Surrounded by Turkeys
Other people can be so incredibly frustrating, can’t they? Why ...
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Make No Room for Lies
If there’s one thing that history’s demonstrated time and again, ...
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Bitter or Better
The bad things that come at us out of the blue often feel so ...
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Hold Your Tongue
If only we could take back the hurtful things we’ve said over the ...
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God Has Your Back
The world appears to be sharply divided between authoritarian regimes ...
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His Crown Isn’t Up for Grabs
Elon Musk is, without doubt, a polarising figure. But he’s also a ...
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Don’t Do Delusions
We’ve all heard it said that pride comes before the fall. And it ...
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Rough Seas Forge Resilient Faith
It’s stating the obvious to say that suffering is universally part ...
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You’re Only Human
Irrespective of our different personalities, we’ve all been in a ...
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When Winning Isn’t an Option
There are times when we’re confronted by circumstances so dire, so ...
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Crucified by Culture, Chosen By Christ
From a very young age we’ve relied on the feedback of others, ...
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The Devil Knows Your Sweet Spot
Let’s face it, we like hanging out with people who agree with us; ...
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Surrounded by Evil, Secured by Grace
We live in a world that’s not only drifting further and further ...
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Reset and Refocus
So, did Easter have an impact on you? Did engaging with the story of ...
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Hope Hits Back
Life can be a grind. Whether it’s the repetition of putting one ...
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Stand Against Evil with Love
One of the things we seem to have lost these days is the ability to ...
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Pulling in the Same Direction
Isn’t it amazing how differently people see things – in ...
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A Repugnant Return
Without doubt, one of the dumbest things we can ever do is to repeat ...
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Dealing with the Damaged
Despite the respectable facades that most people maintain for the ...
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Deep Waters
Have you noticed how unpredictable other people can be? ...
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Gazing Upon Beauty
Adversity, though a fact of life, is never a welcome visitor. I get ...
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Even Greater Things
Can I ask you today to look back on your life thus far and, on a ...
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Failure Happens When You Stop
We don’t like talking about our failures. We’ve all failed at ...
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Your Tribe Creates Your Vibe
So, a question: who are the people you hang with; those whom you ...
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Clueless but Called
Have you ever felt completely inadequate for a task? Yeah, me too! ...
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When Yesterday Calls, Don’t Answer
Sadly, many people unthinkingly acquiesce to the unhealed wounds of ...
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Unfollow the Noise
Sociopaths aside, I don’t think that there’s a one of us who ...
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Stop Comparing
Have you ever found yourself comparing your life’s journey to that ...
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When the Only Way Out, is Through
When adversity strikes, even when we find ourselves moderately ...
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When Silence is the Best Response
In this age of social media, where outrageous views and falsehoods ...
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Small Habits, Big Results
So much these days is available instantly. Ask your favourite AI tool ...
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What Were You Thinking?
I wonder, do you ever stand back to consider the things you’ve been ...
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You Can’t Run on Empty
Truth: You can’t keep running on empty. Yet so many are trying to ...
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Persevere in Prayer
I think you’d agree that perseverance is a tremendous quality for ...
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Be Patient in Suffering
Have you noticed how slowly time seems to pass when you’re ...
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Love Must be Real
Sadly, some of the people we’ll meet along the way, even some who ...
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Don’t Jump to Conclusions
Question: Do you believe everything you read on social media? Answer: ...
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Skip the Office Gossip
Gossip, I think you’ll agree, is a double-edged sword. On the one ...
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Listen First, Speak Second
Have you ever been so convinced that you’re right, that your view ...
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Be Early, Every Time
Different people have different attitudes towards how they use their ...
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Keep Your Word, Every Time
Respect doesn’t come automatically through your position or title. ...
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The Well Will Never Run Dry
Emotional and spiritual dryness afflicts us all from time to time. ...
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Put God First
Might I ask you, as you embark on this new year, what’s foremost in ...
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Use Your Time Wisely
Look, I totally get it. Some people are entering this new year tired, ...
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Trust God With Your Plans
Planning something new can be both exciting and daunting all at the ...
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Let Go of the Past
Well, here we are. A happy and blessed new year to you. But before we ...
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Think Carefully About Your Future
Well, here we are, about to step over the threshold into yet another ...
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Post-Christmas Markdowns
Whether a nation has a Judeo-Christian history or not, most ...
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Light Breaks Into Darkness
So, it’s Christmas Day. But rather than wishing you a Merry ...
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The Long Hard Road
Okay, so we’re two days out from celebrating the birth of Jesus. ...
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Repairing the Damage
Simply living life in this imperfect world in which we reside takes ...
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Politics and Religion
This past year has been a turbulent one on the world stage, ...
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Get Your Hands Dirty
Some people, let’s face it, are downright objectionable. The moment ...
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Don’t Undermine Your Faith
Unless you’re one of those annoyingly blessed people who never has ...
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Make Up Your Mind
Some people are blessed with a natural strength. That’s great. Good ...
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A Confident Life in Uncertain Times
So, question … do you like uncertainty? Do you relish not knowing ...
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The Stress of Being Disorganised
People in this world seem either to be organised or disorganised; ...
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Be Warned: Stay Away
Astrology, it seems, is making something of a comeback. Celebrities ...
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True Strength
So, on a scale of zero to ten, how strong, how robust do you feel? ...
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The People You Choose to Trust
The plain facts of the matter are that not everyone in this world can ...
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Waiting Well (2)
So, if I might ask, what are you waiting for at the moment? It seems ...
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Waiting Well (1)
When you think about it, life involves a lot of waiting. Whether ...
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Renouncing Hustle Culture
I wonder if you’d agree with me that busyness is ruining many a ...
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When Contentment Seems Out of Reach
Before we kick things off today, let me ask you this: on a scale of 0 ...
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What Does it All Mean?
There are so many different belief systems available to us these days ...
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The Gift of Giving
I hope you’ll forgive me for asking you a rather direct question ...
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A Woman’s Duty to Her Family
Years ago, women had no rights. They were mere chattels tethered to ...
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A Man’s Duty to His Family
Families, the world over, are falling apart. Sure, there are vibrant ...
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Highway to Hell
The relationship between work and rest is an interesting one. Many ...
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In Your Wildest Dreams
One of the saddest of all human conditions is complacency. Each of us ...
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The Closer You Are …
It’s a paradox of human relationships that, on the one hand, we ...
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Seeing the Glory of God
Do miracles still happen? I mean, when was the last time you ...
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Worry is a Signal to Pray
When you think about it, it’s really quite natural for us to worry ...
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Understanding or Trust?
I’m sure you’ve met really smart people along the way. Me too. ...
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Stay Alert: Scammer in the Vicinity
Self-awareness is so vitally important in keeping ourselves safe; in ...
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Warning: Don’t Get Scammed
None of us likes to be misled, duped, scammed. It’s awful, isn’t ...
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Family Faithfulness
So let me ask you, what do you think about the institution of ...
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Make No Mistake
The roles of men and women in running a household and raising a ...
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Family Unity is Important
In some cultures “extended family” is still very much a thing. ...
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Parental Responsibility
For many parents these days, raising children is becoming harder and ...
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Honour Your Parents
The idea of raising obedient children is much maligned these days. We ...
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The Blessing of Children
Anyone who’s ever brought children into this world and raised them ...
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Becoming Radically Unselfish
I think you’d agree with me that selfishness is downright ugly. And ...
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The Furnace of Affliction
Look, I don’t know what sort of a life you’ve led up to this ...
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A Lesson that Needs to be Learned
No matter how much we already have, there’s something inside each ...
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Discerning Wants from Needs
The more affluent we become, the harder it is to distinguish between ...
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He Is Who He Is
When you’re faced with what seems to be an insurmountable problem, ...
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Be Careful Who You Trust
One of the most important needs that we each have is to be loved. And ...
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Spend it Wisely
I don’t know about you, but every now and then I stop to think ...
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Live Your Best Life
So … life’s busy. Pressures to the left, problems to the right ...
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The Opposite of Evil
The problem with bad habits is that they’re so incredibly difficult ...