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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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Does that ring a bell?
“Does that ring a bell?” – How often have we heard that saying? – some long time memory forgotten maybe? Something that has just been brought back to your mind? Maybe a phrase or a word or especially a name… Read More ›
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Singapore, Australia, World War 2 and Radji Beach
This is the sad story of Australian nurses executed on Radji Beach Singapore. In was 12 the February, 1942 and Singapore was in the grip of a mighty Japanese invasion that would see hundreds of people scrambling onto the wharves… Read More ›
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A clear conscious is a soft pillow (French proverb)
Ever gone to bed with this huge worry on your mind that gives you this amazing knot in your stomach? I have and I know it can be an absolute horrible and trying night – that’s for sure! There… Read More ›
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The Barn Dance
Oh the Barn Dance and variations thereof! Right side, left together, right side kick and repeat Then: Left step forward, right kick across (scoot to the left), Right step forward (scoot to the right) then Do-Si-Do and around you go… Read More ›
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Requesting -v- Demanding
It was the case of the missing computer that got my mind in a bit of a twist! My 17 year old Grandblessing lost his work at school just the day before the pre-lims tests for the year 11 finals… Read More ›
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And…..The cow tripped over the moon
Whatever would we do without our Grandblessings? That’s the question I asked my wife SueAnn as we both commented on Amelia excitedly telling us about this amazing book that was her reading material for the BOOK WEEK special. Amelia is… Read More ›
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The Letter
The letter arrived quite unexpectedly and Alex wished with all of his being that he hadn’t opened it at all because then he wouldn’t have known exactly what had caused it. Could he have lived with himself then? A question… Read More ›
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Going in reverse
How is your Christian life progressing? A question that has been asked a few times through my life and each time I have replied “OK I guess”. Although to be perfectly honest, often I feel far away from God and… Read More ›
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Tilting at Windmills
Over the years I have heard the saying “Your tilting at windmills again” but I never really understood what the saying meant – so when I read it again just this week and in the context in which it was… Read More ›
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Feeling disqualified, ruled out, suspended?
Following Jesus was never meant to be an easy road! We are told that God wants 100% of our lives not just lip service – not just some ordinary howdy doody kind of faith that saps your energy in TRYING… Read More ›
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Assumptions
I heard once that “assume makes an ass out of U and me”. It has been brought home to me recently just how easily we can assume something and so easily be so wrong in our assumption. We can assume… Read More ›
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We are all so unique
We are all individuals and all unique – something that has come home to roost with my brain this week. How can God in this vast universe with our planet just the tiniest speck in the hemisphere know or even… Read More ›
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Seeing the heart
Have you heard of the saying “Talking the talk but not walking the walk” – well that can just about sum it up for a lot of us Christians. Many of us are in that situation as Christians and that… Read More ›
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Temper Tantrums, Vengeance and God
How amazing is God? This amazing!! He takes arrogant, openly rebellious, messed-up, broken, weird, quirky and imperfect people like me and uses then to accomplish his purposes. Just recently I was registrar for a men’s weekend retreat come convention in… Read More ›
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Two left feet? Keep on dancing
Listening just recently to the Aussie group “For King and Country”, I was again hit by the magnitude of what following Jesus and indeed Christianity is all about. Loved their song LONG LIVE and listening, was taken again on just… Read More ›
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Is it really all about the bunny?
WOW!! I’ve been staggered by the invasion of the BUNNY this Easter time – it seems to me that more and more and more and more emphasis is on eating and chocolate and so-called Easter bunnies. I was gobsmacked last… Read More ›
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Confidence amidst persecution
Unfortunately in our world today, we as Christians, are going to be persecuted but hey! hang on minute! It’s not just the world outside who is out to get us – very frequently it is our best friends, our family… Read More ›
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Embracing Change
One thing about life as we know it here on earth that will never change is that change will happen! Life changes ~ daily sometimes or so it seems. As we get older our priorities change as our circumstances alter… Read More ›
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YAY!! Jesus has won!
Because of Jesus sacrifice where He actually killed off sin and death, anyone who aligns with Him can genuinely claim Christ as his/her personal Saviour. Obviously sin and evil still exist in the world! Otherwise extreme evil like ISIS and terrorism… Read More ›
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Victory in Jesus
Its amazing isn’t it how often we can read something and re-read it over and over again yet miss out on the point that it brings. It was so for me when I read in 1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks… Read More ›
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God IS in the detail
You know ~ our God is amazing! The older I get the more and more I see His hand in everything I do and all creation around me For years and years now I have struggled on and off, trying… Read More ›
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About Face
I have been reading just recently in 2 Chronicles chapter 33 about one of the amazing turn-arounds mentioned in the Bible. It’s well worth reading for yourself and to take encouragement for those of us who have family and/or friends… Read More ›
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The Illusion
Everyone has heard of Harry Houdini – the greatest escape artist in America, if not the world. A man who performed before crowned heads of state and U.S. presidents. Some of his escapes are so difficult no one has dared… Read More ›
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God provides
Been reading through Jonah this week and all I have to say on this matter is WOW! How God speaks though this amazing book and how much love as He got for His people. Right at the very beginning of… Read More ›
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Hand it over
Just recently I was chatting to a friend of mine and we both agreed that so often we take our eyes off the goal. We know how important it is in life to have goals and to set our boundaries…. Read More ›
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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 ›