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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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"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 ›
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Blood stained pages
We have some really beautiful Christian friends and I praise God for them – they are such a blessings to us. When we are together the conversation invariably turns to Christ and we encourage each other in the Lord. Some of them… Read More ›
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Call your next witness
The justice system! Where would we be without it? Angelina Jolie made this quite famous quote:- I don’t believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don’t judge people… Read More ›
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My Mum's amazing message
I was the most fortunate of kids! I was brought up with a Mum and Dad who loved God. Being the youngest of five, (I had twin sisters but sadly one died of TB when she was only one year… Read More ›
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Against All Odds
Amazing and extraordinary things happen to all of us through our journey here on earth; some very good and some very very bad. In January this year I wrote a blog entitled “Consequences”. In that blog I fictionalised a story… Read More ›
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Mysteries; Great and small
WOW! Mysteries – I love em!! – Well sometimes anyway – I must admit that the mysteries of the computer make me frustrated, angry and despairing!! But other mysteries well that’s another matter; the mystery of creation; the universe; the… Read More ›
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Way way down deep!
Don’t you just love computer viruses?? A few weeks ago – the old laptop started to do strange and amazing things – like not shutting down – then shutting down 1/2 way through something! Then it started dropping things off… Read More ›
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Got the guilts? You can fix that.
As I get older I am realising more and more just how forgiving My God is. When I look back on my life and see the incredibly stupid decisions and mistakes I have made and how I have botched up… Read More ›
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IS THE RESURRECTION REAL?
Big question! Obviously there are some big and very compelling evidence that Jesus did in fact rise from the dead but first lets go back to the trial of Jesus and have a closer look at what He went… Read More ›
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Why do I keep on sinning??!!!
At the time of our accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour – we were given the gift of the Holy Spirit. God replaced our old hearts and our old longings which were always rebelling against Him and put inside… Read More ›
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Motives
We all have motives! Some good – some bad – What is your motive for following Jesus? I would like to think that my motive was all about love, obedience and gratefulness! We were reading in Phillipians yesterday about how… Read More ›
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Hold on – Press on – Hang on tight
“Sometimes life just seems to get the better of me.” Probably we have all heard that statement many times and in many situations. You may have even said it or felt it yourself a number of times as well. Life… Read More ›
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Falling Away…….
Hmm falling away – can we fall away from God? This has been the probably one of the most debated questions of all time and one which I guess each of us has our own definition. From what I have… Read More ›
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Consequences
Joe Long killed a man in 1941. The Great war was horrible, terrible and to put it bluntly a bloody slaughter for all involved. To top it all off the 2nd World War was even more terrifying then the Great… Read More ›