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Colours of the Rainbow

Yesterday we were looking at how our heartfelt thanksgiving can bring us into God’s presence, or ‘face to face’ with our Lord. This whole year as we have sought to thank God is so many different ways, in so many different situations, (the good the bad and the ugly!!) for the many, many different ways […]

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We were in a church on Sunday, a church with a small congregation, some of whom I have previously spoken with on several occasions. I was sitting at the back (the chairs there were more comfortable!) and so, because I was looking at the back of people’s heads, I recognized very few of them. No […]

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One of the most wonderful ways in which God demonstrates His love to us is through His faithfulness. Even the notion of ‘Faithfulness’ is something that only a God created sentient being can understand. This is because faithfulness is not about instinct, or feelings, but about choice. Faithfulness is embedded in God’s character, and if […]

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There are several places in the New Testament where we are encouraged to ‘build ourselves up’. Paul in Colossians 2:7 speaks of us needing to make sure that we are being ‘continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in […]

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A few days ago Mark used the illustration of lots of small bullets being fired, the accumulative effect being very powerful and effective. To quote, ‘Lots and lots of little thanksgivings, day by day, are likely to lead to an explosion of grace, an increasingly passionate love for our wonderful Lord Jesus, deeper rest in […]

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We hear and read alot in the media these days about the value of meditation and its value to human wellbeing. We also know that meditation is a biblical concept, and that Godly, biblical mediation is of great benefit to us, not only to our wellbeing and peace of mind, but also in our walk […]

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