“…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) In late 2022 I offered to review a new release “The Challenge to Trust on the Path to Peace” by Cindy Janecka and Cindy kindly sent me a physical copy of …
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Devotional | A Little Something
‘It’s okay to be small,’ He whispered to my soul. And He wasn’t talking about my 5’1½”. We were in ‘therapy,’ which is the completely accurate name I give to receiving trained prayer ministry as a mutual adjunct to psychology. These wonderful folk use a specific framework to isolate the origins of spiritual problems, as …
DEVOTIONAL: Selfless love.
“We just want what’s best for you.” Those were the words spoken to me some years ago. On the surface, they sound caring and loving. But as I dwelt on them days later, I realised that under the surface of these words was not a desire for me to experience what is best. Under the …
An Open Heart Opens Your Passion
As the saying goes, ‘Practice makes perfect’ but practice can never make anything perfect. We live in a flawed, imperfect world and practice and perfection cannot coexist because one will inevitably cancel out the other. Perfect is about avoiding mistakes in the process of practice and the sense that everything needs to be perfect before …
Devotional | From Depleted to Dependent
From Depleted to Dependent: Mark 5 verses 25 -34 ( NIV ) Mark 5 v. 27- When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” The whole idea of the Holy Spirit drawing us …
DEVOTIONS: God knows
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. – Psalms 139:10 NIV Even there. What a beautiful thought to ponder. Even there, God’s hand will guide and hold us. Even there could be anywhere; the mountain top, or the bottom of the valley. In our joy or suffering, even …
Clearing Out The Clutter
A few years ago, I decided I would become a minimalist. Inspired one evening after watching a Netflix documentary about how to live a simplistic and minimal lifestyle. I eyed up, and stared down every object, every article of clothing and each gizmo we had collected and accumulated over the years because this mamma bear …
Devotional: Is the New Year Already Old?
The old year goes out with fanfare. Restaurants create elaborate menus for New Year’s Eve dinners. Shopkeepers dress their windows using party clothes to entice customers to buy their sparkly offerings. Friends and family ask, “What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?” In New York City, crowds stand for hours in Times Square waiting …
Devotional | Finding Freedom in God’s Directives
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.- Psalm 25:4-5 NIV Did you set resolutions at the beginning of the year? If so, how are they going? Gone are the days …
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Devotional | In The Storm
A devotion by Karen Rees “Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.” Matt 8:24 As an author, I know readers want stories filled with conflict, crisis, and danger. In contrast, we like our lives to be basically predictable, free of …