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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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Treasure, Triumph and Tragedy
He was a man possessed! He was more than possessed, he was also obsessed – obsessed about a certain treasure – he knew existed and he knew he would have to find!! He had read about it, dreamt about it,… Read More ›
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Little miss Giggles
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” (Luke 18:27) Can the impossible happen? Short answer Yes – I know for a fact it can – I would have thought it was impossible for me to change… Read More ›
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Princesses, Princes and Paupers
Hypocrisy! Even the word sends chills down our spines. Don’t you just hate hypocrisy? I have heard many many times when talking about my Christianity these words (and I guess we have all been on the receiving end of them… Read More ›
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Jumping in Muddy Puddles
Peppa Pig just LOVES jumping in muddy puddles! – Makes me wonder just how many of us like doing the same? Muddy puddles come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes we don’t just love jumping in them but we wallow… Read More ›
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Keep a zip on ya lip
Ever shot your mouth off and then been very sorry? I have – it seems to me that I just maybe the King of sticking my foot in it – will I ever learn?? You know, God in… Read More ›
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Nightmare on Straight Street
Ananias was a great old guy – dedicated to Jesus and I imagine, living a pretty isolated life. After all every Christian in Damascus wore a target on their back and was open to persecution. But first lest flip back… Read More ›
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The BIG Shake
The BIG Shake! I have read lately from 1 John and in Chapter 2 and verse 16 it says (in the expanded version of the Bible) “These are the ways of (all that is in/associated with) the world: wanting… Read More ›
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Please get me out of here!!
Oscar was an Orange tree! he wasn’t just an ordinary orange tree he was a tiny tiny orange tree – in fact he was so tiny that with the naked eye – you could hardly distinguish Oscar from the tiny… Read More ›
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Choosing
Boy! I hate making decisions – always have done and I guess by now I never will be comfortable in that particular arena.I reckon decisions are made every day sometimes quite unconsciously. We make decisions about what to eat, what… Read More ›
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How a 20 year old piece of paper saved my life
I was always a ‘good’ boy! Loved my mum and dad and always stuck by the rules – never really got into trouble (well maybe just a little) and nearly always did what I was told. When my parents said… Read More ›
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God and the bully
Ever been bullied? Not nice is it – been there done that I hear you say – and when It comes right down to it I guess we have all felt it to some degree or at least… Read More ›
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Don't worry – just pray
For years and years I have had a policy of worrying!! I worry about just about everything – you name it – I will worry about it. It drives my family bonkers to say the least. I would… Read More ›
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Whispers
On your walk with Jesus have you ever felt the “guilts” – I certainly have and can assure you they are not nice!! Feeling guilty and not good enough for God and the “am I truly saved?” feeling can be… Read More ›
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Deadly Secrets
Ever had the past thrown up in your face? Just when you think you past is over and forgotten, some secret comes screaming back at you – that secret is no longer secret! A lot of Christians can relate horror… Read More ›
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"Closer than a brother" or Sibling Rivalry?"
Proverbs 18:24 refers to a “Friend who sticks closer than a brother”. Brothers!!! WOW! Wouldn’t it be great if all brothers would stick together like the Proverbs verse! The writer here seems to assume that all brothers (and I guess… Read More ›
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Ordinary or Extraordinary??
Think God can’t use a person like you? Think again! You may be thinking “I can never be of any use to God – I’m too old – what use has my life been” – or you may be thinking… Read More ›
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Oh My!! How things have changed.
Well it’s summer time in good old Australia and with the temperatures way above 40 deg C, sweaty and hot days are the norm. Made me think as I turned on the air conditioner just how times have changed and… Read More ›
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Are you a Pharisee?
While here in earth Jesus gave his harshest criticism to the Pharisees! Who were these amazing people? They were the leaders of Judaism and ‘kept the law” of Moses. They were so ‘good’ at it they became wholly devoted and… Read More ›
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Professor or Possessor?
Where are you in your walk with Christ? I wish I had been asked that question years ago then maybe I wouldn’t have wandered far and away from God but unfortunately I wasn’t and I did. Are you merely a spectator?… Read More ›
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The Gimme's
Our society makes it so easy to abandon responsibility. Tired of your job – then walk away ! Up to your neck in bills – then declare bankruptcy! Tired of your family – then leave – abandon them – walk… Read More ›
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Making the possible impossible
“Red tape” – don’t you just love it – I love this quote from R.A J. Philips “To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it helps to know what part of it… Read More ›
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….and we used to be so close
“We used to be so close” I wonder how many times we have used that phrase? Even now I still use the old age adage – ” I wonder how we drifted apart”. Usually when we use that “and we… Read More ›
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Knowing God – One who watches.
Ever thought “I am quite alone – no-one understands me at all” – even in crowd we can be lonely! Loneliness is awful – even the word “Lonely” sounds sad and desolate. We can be lonely anywhere – work, home,… Read More ›
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Living in a cut-throat world
It’s a cut throat world all right! If you don’t have a ‘win-at-all-costs’ attitude you can’t really survive – I know some would immediately disagree but basically that’s so true. No matter were we are – at sport, in the office,… Read More ›
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WHAT DID YOU DO??!! (PRINCESS ATTA QUOTE – "A BUGS LIFE")
Ever seen the movie “A Bugs Life” ? – I love it; great story; seen it heaps of times – and well with five Grandblessings that would have to be inevitable. It would have to be No 1… Read More ›
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Wolves in the Dark
Ever thought about wolves?? Ravenous, mean, cunning, cagey, crafty and insidious just about sums ’em up. They are all about one thing and one thing only to destroy, kill and eat. But the wolf that comes in the darkness as… Read More ›
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Cosmic killjoy!
God has taken lots of bad raps throughout history. He has been labelled and ridiculed as being unfair, bizarre, foolish, preposterous and ludicrous. He has been assumed to be conceited, egotistical, imperious, lofty and even narcissistic. Yet, I reckon one… Read More ›
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The Evil Twin
Just read a book by Daniel A Brown entitled “Embracing Grace” – if you can get hold of it I thoroughly recommend it. He deals a lot about on-going guilt in our lives. Even though we may know we are… Read More ›
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Bracing as a slap on a sunburned back
Ever come to a place of realisation that brings you up with a jolt! I do often but the latest ‘jolt’ I had was just this week. We were fortunate to have squirrelled away a week where we were able… Read More ›