“Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.” Jeremiah 17:7 It was a sunny Saturday afternoon at the end of October, and the garden was calling my name. I grabbed my gardening gloves, pulled on a hat and plastered on sunscreen. It was time to set to work mulching …
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If we know what it is that Jesus wants us to be, if we have been given a vision (an idea, a dream, a promise) showing us a clear direction from Him, then we must be obedient to that Calling. It is not up to us to say it cannot be achieved or attained for …
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CULTIVATING KINDNESS In October this year, I chose kindness. There were other options. I could have gone with joy, or faith, or love, or happy. No, that isn’t a typo or an errant autocorrect. I don’t mean happiness. The exact word was happy. I wasn’t deciding what emotion to feel, but which to buy. The …
As an author, speaker, or your average Christian trying to share the gospel with someone, it’s hard to know how to please God and not chase the praise of men. I mean, if you aren’t relatable, likeable, or at least moderately proficient, no one will hear the precious message entrusted to you to share. So, …
I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it. Ecclesiastes 3:14 When the choice lies between God’s timing and our own, how often do we succumb to our own desires? If we were to live entirely according to God’s timing and plans, we …
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If I was to ask you to nominate your best feature, what would you say? For me, I would say my legs. I have GREAT legs. I haven’t always felt that way, but that all changed when someone who doesn’t lie – someone I trust – told me so. When I was at school, I was …
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“Let your light shine…” – Matthew 5:16 God often speaks to me through nature, and after a long, wet winter on the eastern seaboard, I’m excited at the arrival of spring in Australia. There are clues everywhere that what lay dormant for months on end, is now bursting forth from its winter home. The first …
In my previous devotional “Two Truths” I mentioned how I had some really intense chest pains and then 2 days later I had heart palpitations, my heart was racing and it felt like it was booming out of my chest. I also noticed that my heart would boom, boom, boom and then take a pause. …
One of my favourite verses in the Bible is Ephesians 3:20: Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us. It’s a verse that is very personal and dear to me. And one that I have recited and …
Hebrews 4 verse 16: (NIV) Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. For some reason, grace, in it’s many forms, has turned up in my world in big and little ways recently. I guess grace …
