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Faith in God is believing His Word over anything you may see, hear or experience. Married to SueAnn and living in Newcastle NSW Australia - We both love Jesus - he is our strength, our Hope and our Redeemer.
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He's still out there
Appalling news from Nigeria. This week while worshipping their Lord, hundreds of people were killed when the roof collapsed in their half built church. When I heard of this horrible tragedy, I couldn’t help but think back to the ancient… Read More ›
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It's not over yet
Oh! I wonder just how many times I have struggled with me myself and I saying to me myself and I that “You won’t get past this one?” – “You have done it now” – “You have gone beyond that… Read More ›
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My God is MIGHTY
What does it mean when people go on about How MIGHTY God is? I know what mighty means but really what does it mean to say My GOD is MIGHTY? When we just stop for a moment and try to… Read More ›
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Abandonment
Did you ever experience being lost as a child or left at a pre-school or kindergarten without your Mum – horrible feeling isn’t it. Separation anxiety is a real problem – a feeling of abandonment or rejection. Do you remember… Read More ›
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PRIDE
WOW!! what is pride? Took a good look at some dictionaries and here’s what I reckon is the best definition I came across:- “High or inordinate opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit or superiority whether as cherished in the… Read More ›
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Temptation
Satan is a pro’s pro when it comes to temptation. Look at the strategy against Jesus. Remember, Jesus hadn’t eaten for 40 days. So Satan attacked what he assumed would be Jesus vulnerable area. He tempted Jesus to turn rocks… Read More ›
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Plans
Have you ever realised that God has a plan for your life? Yes you! Our great God the Creator of the universe – the one who hung stars in space and surrounded our magnificent world with all sorts of incredible… Read More ›
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Resting in Purity
Do you ever wrestle with feelings of guilt and unworthiness? I know I have. Have you made mistakes from which you can never seem to recover? Are there blemishes on your record that just won’t go away no matter how… Read More ›
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Wolves in sheep's clothing
In our Aussie chat through Twitter on a Wednesday night we have been studying “The Sermon on the Mount” and we have all learnt/learning so much – God is speaking in very real and amazing ways to us. My last… Read More ›
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Worrying
Corrie ten Boom wrote the following in her “Clippings from my Notebook”. A journal she kept. Corrie and her sister were imprisoned by the Nazi’s for hiding Jewish people from the inevitable slaughter in World War 11. “Worrying is carrying… Read More ›
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Denying what is Plainly evident
Denying what is Plainly Evident Going through our bookshelves this week I came across the Family Bible and once again sat intrigued by the history of it all – the underlined passages by people long gone the little notes… Read More ›
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A new look at STRUGGLES
I hate struggling – I just wish life would go along so smoothly and that everything just fell into line like it should and there was no real problems to face – no one being hurt – no family breakups… Read More ›
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Follow your convictions
Feel like a failure? Ashamed to follow Christ? The accuser is Satan – he is the one who not only tempts us but he accusers us night and day. Praise God for the Holy Spirit – the advocate who is… Read More ›
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It's all in the game
Facing opposition? Facing temptations right at this moment? Feeling frustrated because you have fallen yet again? Aggravated with yourself because you have once again let God down? You know Jesus has been there before you – He has struggled… Read More ›
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When everything seems like it is failing
When life throws us out and makes us feel like everything we have done has been so worthless. When all around us is failing and we are losing our friends, our confidence and our security. When we feel like God… Read More ›
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Suddenly
Suddenly things can change Suddenly life can throw us a curved ball Suddenly our life as we know it can be over! I didn’t realise just how suddenly life can end until this very week when our neighbour and friend… Read More ›
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The idol of "ME"
I used to think that I was so rid of idols in my life! Or so I thought!!! What is an idol anyway – I have heard it explained that an idol can be anything! In fact an idol can… Read More ›
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Sometimes we have to drop the curtain
How amazing is communication these days – we have everything at our finger tips – just recently there was a huge debate in our home as to what computer our year seven Grandblessings was going to take to High school?… Read More ›
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To Submit or not
Peter was an amazing apostle – a Man who knew Jesus – a Man who was named by Jesus as THE ROCK – what an awesome name – THE ROCK!! Jesus said of Peter – “Upon this ROCK I will… Read More ›
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When God Shows Up
We know deep in our hearts that God is with us all the time – He never lets us go as we have been banging on about in heaps of our blogs over the years – God’s promise that He… Read More ›
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Holding onto God when it seems so much easier just to let go!
When you can hold onto God even when you are hurting, when you can hold only Him even when you can’t see the forest from the trees, that is the very moment when you know deep in your heart that Jesus… Read More ›
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Jesus and the Doggy Bags
Love this amazing story of Jesus and the twelve disciples on the shores of Galilee. We can read all about it in John chapter 6. Jesus had had a pretty trying day – he had cured a grossly paralysed man… Read More ›
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Stay the Course – Keep going no matter what!
I’ve been reading James in the Bible and our church has done a whole series on the book just recently. I have been so convicted about some things and others I have found to be extremely difficult. To be completely… Read More ›
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One Step at a Time
Ever built a wall – our neighbours built a wall between our properties years ago and just this month it has decided to become our very own “leaning tower” with incredible cracks and 45 degree angles but amazingly is still… Read More ›
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Holding the tongue and controlling the temper
Omar N. Bradley aka Brad, was a highly distinguished senior officer of the United States Army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Western Europe during World War 11, and later became General of the Army. He wrote the… Read More ›
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That moment when FAITH overcomes FEAR
What does it mean to risk everything, believe everything about Jesus? A question and thought that I have pondered at length upon recently. What does it mean to you? And certainly what does it mean to me? Would you and… Read More ›
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Lord: please give me a love for others
Even when things look their blackest, when others forsake and things go pear-shaped in your life we have an answer, we have a rock and we have a fear-defeating spirit we can tap into at any time. That blows me… Read More ›
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Striding out with Jesus
Ever had a really good look at God – I mean a really good look? He is the Architect of the universe! Leaders of our world can never explain Him – they can’t ignore Him – there have been heaps of… Read More ›
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Letter to Self: Regrets, unforgiveness, consequences
Dear Self, Wish we knew then what we know now eh! – things would have been a lot easier to bear or to control but as it is, here we are you and me – just the two of us… Read More ›
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Three major questions about God – WHOA!! Abandonment, punishment & Killing
Had such an interesting and I’m afraid futile (as far as I was concerned anyway) conversation with a beautiful person on social media just recently. This lovely Person had turned away from Christianity because they couldn’t reconcile the God of… Read More ›