“You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left.” Acts 1:9-11 MSG I remember as a child staring up at the sky and enjoying the dizzy feeling that came afterwards when I […]
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“God, the one and only— I’ll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not? He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.” Psalm 62:5-6 MSG Life can be hard, and doing life with people can be messy.
I started my day like most others, cup tea in hand and opening my bible ready to read and hear God’s voice. It was a bright Good Friday morning and I started on Mark 15. In it was a deep yet quite short account of Jesus trial before Pilate moving on to his crucifixion. But
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“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT What does the word ‘new’ mean to you? The dictionary defines it as ‘Produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before.’ I
“Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions. Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you. Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.”Proverbs 4:25-27 (msg) I woke up one morning with the word direction on my heart.What is direction? The dictionary has two definitions of it. 1.
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness
What are you afraid of? It is an easy question to ask, but not an easy one to answer honestly because it puts you at risk. If people know what scares me, perhaps they will think I am weak or will use the information against me. The problem with that way of thinking is that
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If you are like me, then you may be a problem solver. When I come across obstacles in my life or the lives of those around me I like to find solutions to them. This aspect of my personality is not always helpful however when I am in one of the tougher life seasons and
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The power of a seed is not found in its size, but in its potential. In Matthew 17:20 Jesus lets His followers know that with faith the size of the mustard seed, we can tell a mountain to fall into the sea (paraphrased). I’ve realised of late that faith is a gift…and it’s also a
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