Be Better

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One of the political campaigners has used the slogan, “Build Back Better”. It just hit me, though, that instead of Build Back Better, we should aim to BE BETTER. Too often we excuse our behavior because of what someone else did. We excuse our behavior because its not as bad as someone else’s. We excuse … Read more

2/9 – Prayer and Trust

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Faith and trust are similar and yet very different. Faith believes based upon evidence, trust believes almost despite the evidence. Unless otherwise noted, all quotations are taken from E.M. Bounds’ book, The Necessity of Prayer. What is the difference between faith and trust? ” There is, when all is said and done, a sort of … Read more

1/9 – Prayer and Faith

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Over the next 9 weeks I want to share a selection of quotes by E.M. Bounds from his book, The Necessity of Prayer. I’ll make a few comments along the way, but mostly I want to simply share these statements to encourage myself and others to pray. But without faith it is impossible to please … Read more

Enough

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Do you ever feel like you’re not doing enough? Do you ever feel like YOU are not enough? I often feel bad for parents, moms especially who constantly receive the message that they need to be more than a parent, more than just a mom or more than just a dad. Society says that if … Read more

God Our Strength & Refuge

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My grandparents instilled in me a love for the old war movies. One that I’ve returned to often is The Dambusters. It tells the amazing story of how an eccentric inventor, Barnes Wallis, developed a bomb for brave RAF pilots to use to destroy Nazi dams and cripple their heavy industry. The depiction of the … Read more

Sacrifice and Rest

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Reading through the books of Leviticus and Numbers we can find ourselves getting lost in all the details of Judaism. Judaism, that body of belief which God gave to Israel to protect them as a nation, to prepare a path from Jesus would emerge, and to prove our inability to save ourselves. Wading through the … Read more

“Fighting and Praying”

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This is a sermon by C.H. Spurgeon titled, “Fighting And Praying”. It is taken from Exodus 17: 8-9. It is rare that I would post an entire sermon like this, but I found myself posting so many extracts to social media I thought it best just to share the entire sermon. I hope it challenges, … Read more

For God So Loved

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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16, The Bible When playing college football, in 2009, Tim Tebow reached the national championship. Leading up to the big night he knew he had an opportunity to point … Read more

“Con”

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This is a long read, but PLEASE take the time to read it and find hope. There truly is nothing new under the sun. With a backdrop of pandemics and violent riots, God has raised up trophies of grace before, and He will again. This is an excerpt from a book called Mended Crockery. It … Read more

Weeping and Warning

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This is part 3 of 3 articles looking at Palm Sunday. More specifically, Luke 19 which records Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem the week of His crucifixion. Part 1 – Palms, Florida, and Praise Part 2 – The Song of Praise Will Never Cease In this final article in the series I’d like to focus … Read more