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A Strange Thing to Do
In a world dominated by winning, the idea that loss can be a good thing is something of an anathema. And yet, throughout human history, loss has forged characters, changed nations ...
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Sorrow is a Powerful Thing
“Identity politics” is a term that’s doing the rounds these days. It’s this idea that you have no right to comment on my lifestyle because this is who I am. But if ...
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The Best for His Kids
We all have a tendency to allow compromises into our lives. And you know, when we do that, it’s like giving the devil a foothold to start plundering our lives. And that … ...
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Do You Know Him?
We tend to live this life as though it’s going to go on forever. But it isn’t. We know that. And yet, still we think and behave as though it will. So, when it is over, when ...
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Black and White
God loves every disagreeable person in your life, as much as He loves you.
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A Fresh Start
What to do when just living life is getting you down.
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When Good Men Do Nothing
Stand up for what’s right; help those who are in need.
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What Will People Think?
Have you ever been in that situation, where you feel victimised by someone? It’s not a nice feeling is it? And for some people, it can be overwhelming. What if I told you that ...
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It’s My Way or the Highway!
Okay, so when was the last time someone criticised you. It hurts, doesn’t it? Even when they have the best of intentions. And yet criticism, if we channel it in the right ...
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A Stupid Thing to Do
Worry, worry, worry. We all do it, don’t we? We don’t think about it all that much. When something’s out of our control, something that could go the wrong way, we tend to ...
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Setting Boundaries with Your Children
The relationship between parents and their children across society seems to have changed quite a lot over the course of my lifetime. But not all change is good change … not at ...
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Anything Goes
We all know that we make mistakes, that we do things that are wrong. But have you ever found yourself thinking, “Oh well, it’s only a small thing. Besides, God knows what ...
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Take God at His Word
It’s one thing to believe that this thing that we call “the Bible” is God’s Word, that it’s true. That’s one thing. But it’s quite another to believe that what God ...
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Your Achilles Heel
You know what they say. When you fall over, get up, dust yourself off and keep on going. But there’s another bit to that. You don’t want to keep on falling over in the same ...
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Three Things to Teach All Children
Bringing up children is a huge responsibility. It’s a huge investment too, requiring a lot of sacrifice along the way. But inevitably, it’s an investment that also pays huge ...
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Smoothing the Way
Okay. It’s time for some straight shooting today on relationships –specifically, your relationship with the people who drive you nutty. The ones you see coming and straight ...
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Power from on High
The Holy Spirit is God. We talk about God the Father and God the Son, but how often do you hear people talk about God the Holy Spirit? And in any case, why is it that Christians ...
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Blood is Thicker than Water
Families are something that, all too often, we take for granted. Perhaps that’s why so many of them are falling apart these days. I was really convicted by something I read in ...
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Shipwrecked
There can be nothing more frightening than being on a small ship on a stormy ocean, with the prospect of sinking. And frankly, sometimes, that’s exactly how our lives appear. ...
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My Best for My Children
The Bible says that children are a blessing from God, and, of course, they are. But let’s face it, bringing up children is hard work. It’s a long road. And it’s easy to lose ...
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It’s the Little Things
Can I ask you bluntly, up front today, are you right now, being tempted into some small dishonesty? Just a little thing that you think no one will notice? Sometimes we like to ...
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Fellowship
Making time for other people is becoming more and more difficult. After all, so many of us have so much to do. And yet, making time for others, is one of the most important things ...
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Nothing Left to Chance
Those unpredictable things that happen in life, those unexpected twists and turns, can I ask you, how exactly do they fit with the plans that God has for you? Sometimes, it seems ...
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Love is Something You Do
What do you do, when someone wrongs you, over and over again? When they treat you badly? Well, how exactly do you handle that? My hunch is that there’s not one of us who ...
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So Far, Yet So Near
In that moment when God seems a million miles away, He is in fact closer than the deepest secret of your heart.
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What Makes You Happy?
All too often, the things we thought we wanted aren’t the things that make us happy.
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The Banana Skin
We all experience fear at some point. But some people live with chronic fear.
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Mother’s Day
The reason that mothers are so amazing is that they are made in the image of God.
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Time with God
God is always ready to help us in times of trouble. Do you have time to listen to Him?
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Lookalikes
Do you believe in the Jesus of the Bible, or have you created a more convenient version?
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Boys and Beds
No, you can’t solve global poverty on your own. But yes, you can make a real difference.
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The Wasp’s Nest
When a storm blows in on your life, as it’s prone to do from time to time, how do you react to it? Do you go with the flow? Do you trust that God knows what He’s doing? Or do ...
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Coincidence and Prayer
Prayer is a funny thing. Sometimes we turn to prayer as a last resort. But what if, instead, it was our first option. What if, instead, we took more and more to God in prayer – ...
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The Nail
Why? Why did God allow Jesus to be nailed to that Cross? Wasn’t there another way? Surely God could just have forgiven us. And yet … there is a power in that Cross, a power to ...
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Keeping Up Appearances
Can I ask you how much of your time and energy you spend in keeping up appearances, in impressing other people? Come on, on a scale of zero to ten, how much effort do you put into ...
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The Vilest Offender
Hypothetical; a murderer on death row is about to be executed. In those last hours, he realises his wrong and turns to Jesus. Remember, he’s a murderer. Question: Is he in, or ...
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Light in the Dark
The idea that you can experience the love of a God whom you’ve never met in person, a God you can’t see, would by some at least be considered delusional. That’s fair enough, ...
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The Dummy
It’s amazing how easy it is to miss the obvious. Sometimes the solution to our dilemma can be sitting right under our noses and we just can’t see it. So when you’re hurting, ...
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Faithful God
Yeah, we know that family is important. In fact, in the scheme of things it’s pretty much the most important thing. Problem is, there are so many other things that compete for ...
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Blind Faith
Many people think that believing in God, following Jesus, is all about blind faith. In any case, who has enough faith to do the things that this radical Jesus is calling you to ...
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Do Unto Others …
Laughter and tears are at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. And the reality is that both laughter and tears are almost always brought on by things that people do to ...
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The Fruit of Your Labours
Have you ever found yourself in a situation that’s a bit difficult, a bit confusing, and you start thinking to yourself, “Why doesn’t God get in here and sort this out? God, ...
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Nice Little Doggy
I hope you don’t think me rude, but as you look at your disposable income, might I ask you, how much of it do you spend on yourself, and how much of it do you give away to the ...
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The Empty Cup
Mention the Holy Spirit, and you get all sorts of funny reactions. Which is really pretty strange, since He is, after all, God. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy ...
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The Afflictions of the Righteous
You know what they say: life wasn’t meant to be easy. Yeah, right, but deep down, we still have this sneaking suspicion that that’s for everyone else. Me? Well I love Jesus. ...
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Love Hopes …
Love is the single, most powerful force in the universe. There’s no doubt about that. That’s why such amazing things happen when God’s love flows through us, out into the ...
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Love Isn’t … (2)
Without even knowing anything about you, I am 100% certain that you have at least one person in your life, who drives you completely nutty. They do that same thing that they know ...
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Love Doesn’t …
Right from when we’re little, getting on with others isn’t always that easy. Playing nice with the other kids can be a challenge, no matter how young or old we are. Why is ...
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Love is …
Love is such a wonderful thing. We all love the idea of love. We all want to be loved. But doing love, living out love, giving love … well that’s not always all that easy now, ...
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The Face of Disapproval
We tend not to think too much about the expressions that we allow to appear on our faces. If something pleases us, we smile. If something annoys us, we scowl. Instinctively … ...
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When They Ignore You
How to overcome rejection in power and with grace.
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Dealing with Bullies
Discover how to deal with the bullies in your life.
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Going it Alone
You don’t have to go it alone. In fact, you can’t!
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God’s Incinerator
When letting go of the bad stuff isn’t all that easy.
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Dear God
Are you sick of making the same old mistakes again and again?
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A New Start
Have you ever had the feeling that something’s not quite right?
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Upside Down and Inside Out
As you and I cast our gaze forward to the year we’re about to step into, I think the biggest mistake we can make is to hope for all the wrong things out of life. Hope for the ...
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A Future With Hope
Okay, so what are you looking forward to next year? Anything? Or in your heart, in your mind, is it a case of there’s nothing good to look forward to? Whichever it is for you, I ...
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The Terrified Shepherds
There are two parts – two dimensions – to the Christmas story. The natural, ordinary, everyday dimension. And the supernatural dimension. We need to wrap our hearts around ...
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Christmas, Just Imagine!
Can I ask you something? What exactly does a Christmas tree with decorations and presents have to do with Christmas? It’s so incongruous when you think about it. When all along, ...
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What’s in a Name?
The great risk of just doing yet another Christmas, of skating over the surface of it all because, hey, I know the story anyway, is missing out on the richness and the depth of ...
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Oh Come All Ye Faithful
I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who believes in me will ever be thirsty. “O Come All Ye Faithful” is one of those great, ...
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Silent Night
Christmas carols are one of the great traditions of Christmas. They evoke such great memories of years gone by, and they turn our hearts, to the greatness of what Christmas is all ...
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Away in a Manger
Christmas inevitably comes with a lot of trappings these days. Tinsel, trees, baubles, lights … in fact, when you think about it, the way we celebrate Christmas couldn’t be ...
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Where is God?
Relationships often go through cycles of closeness and then drifting apart. It’s true of our human relationships and it’s also true of our relationship with God. So … what ...
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Having Peace in Your Life
In this crazy world in which we live, peace, gentle, lasting peace in our hearts, can be something of an elusive commodity. And yet God wants to pour His peace into our lives. So, ...
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The Impossible is Possible
Why is it that the moment we decide to step out in faith, to follow the call, the dream that God has placed on our hearts, that we run into some insurmountable obstacle to put us ...
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You Are No Mistake
You know, I think that one of the most destructive things that we can ever do, is to compare ourselves to other people. I mean, it’s a natural thing to do … but when you think ...
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Pavlov’s Dogs
Now, I’m not a betting man, but if I were, I would bet that there is some habit of yours that you’d like to change, if you could. But when it comes to those bad habits, those ...
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Growing Pains
What would be really neat, is if we could go through life without suffering. Now, we know that that’s completely unrealistic, but that’s still what we hope for. And we can ...
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Symptom or Disease?
When something in our lives is hurting, our very human instinct is to do whatever it takes to stop the pain. But our “whatever it takes” and God’s “whatever it takes” ...
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How to Love God Back
I’ve heard people say that they love God. Great. But how do you love Him? Come on, how do you love someone you can’t see? Because if you don’t know the answer to that ...
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Don’t Fret Over the Bad Guys
Don’t you hate it when the bad guys prosper? I mean you’re doing everything right yet struggling. They’re behaving badly yet succeeding. Don’t you hate that? How do you ...
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A Timely Reminder
It’s bad enough when we have to travel through the storms of life. But navigating those storms on our own, being alone, which is often how we feel in the middle of a storm … ...
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The Mistakes Women Make
What I have to share with you today may not come across as being all that politically correct. It may even appear downright offensive to some, but here’s what it’s about: some ...
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The Mistakes Men Make
Families are falling apart, being torn apart en masse these days. And yet, when it comes to living out God’s plans for our families, God’s wisdom for our families, God’s ...
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The Dog with Two Masters
Can I ask you today how important is money to you? I don’t mean just enough to put food on the table, clothes on your back and a roof over your head. How much do you dream of ...
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You Need More than Aspirin
Treating symptoms and treating diseases, well … that’s not always the same thing. It can be, but not always. And sadly, so many people opt for the quick and easy fix, only to ...
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Setting Boundaries Around Your Love
Love is an easy word to say – it’s just one syllable after all – and it’s an idea that we think we all have our minds around, but when it comes to living out love, to ...
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Are You Out of Your Mind?
It’s funny how things that are seemingly good for us can turn out to be incredibly bad for us. Whether it’s food, whether it’s entertainment – whatever it is that is ...
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Sure, Some Days Will be Scary
Like it or not, some days in life are going to be scary. Maybe we don’t want to think about that too much, or talk about it too much, but it’s true. Some days, life is going ...
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God’s Plan for Your Life
Every now and then – not all that often, but occasionally – we get to wondering what life – our life, my life, your life – is all about. A random, chaotic sequence of ...
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You’re Not a Loser
No one likes losing. You don’t. I don’t. And yet when we chose to follow Jesus, part of that is, in the world’s eyes, losing. But when you make sacrifices the way Jesus did, ...
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Open Heart Surgery
Can I ask you today, when you need help with a problem, perhaps even one of your own doing, where do you go, where do you turn? Who do you automatically go to for help? These ...
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The Intimacy of Prayer
When you pray, how do you pray? How were you taught to pray? And if you spoke to someone else the way you speak to God, would it make sense to them? The sort of prayer that I was ...
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Powerful Prayer
Question: What can you ask God for in prayer? Is there anything off limits? Is there anything too big? Is there anything too small? For many Christians, prayer is one of those ...
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God Made You the Way You Are
One of the things we’re prone to do from time to time, is to compare ourselves to other people. And more often than not, that comparison leads us to the conclusion that we’re ...
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Your Own Personal Rehab Plan
You know what bugs me sometimes? It bugs me that God doesn’t deal with all the things wrong in me, the things where I have to grow and learn and change … why He doesn’t just ...
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No Temptations Greater Than You Can Bear
Is there one area of your life, one chink in your armour, where the devil seems to be able to defeat you pretty much each and every time? And you kind of sit there wondering, ...
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Turn Your Life Around
Here’s an uncomfortable truth. No matter who you are or what you believe, judgement day is coming. And when your time comes, God will weigh the evidence of your faith, as it’s ...
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You Are Precious
If I asked you to write down a single sentence to describe how you see yourself, your sense of identity, your sense of worth, your place in this world, let me ask you, what would ...
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You Look a Lot Like Jesus
Can I ask you, when God looks at you, what does He see? Does He see all the mistakes you’ve made in the past, or does He see something else, something quite different, something ...
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Yes, You Will Make Some Mistakes
That sense of guilt that we feel when we let God down is both a good thing and a bad thing. Which one of those two things it is in your life, depends entirely on how you respond ...
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Your Past is Irrelevant
If I told you today, that God wants to do a powerful miracle in your life, that He wants to set you free, completely free, from that one thing in your past that you’re still ...
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I Have Saved You By My Grace
Have you ever wondered, what’s the difference between grace and mercy? I mean we talk about those two in the same breath so many times. So, are they the same, or are they ...
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Come, Discover My Mercy
Mercy is a word that we Christians bandy around rather too loosely, I think. What I mean by that, is that when we talk about God’s mercy, do we really know what that means? ...
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The Year of the Lord’s Favour
So let me ask you, do you believe that the favour of God is on your life? With all that you have going on right at the moment, is that something that you can believe, or not? ...
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Freedom for the Oppressed
There can be times in life where we feel a load, a burden, a pressure that maybe you can’t quite put into words. Certainly, you wouldn’t use the word oppression … it’s too ...
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Sight for the Blind
We don’t like to admit it, but we all have blind spots. We all have things that we think, say, do and feel, that are wrong. Problem is, we can’t always see them. Either that, ...
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Release to the Captives
Freedom is something that we all want in our lives. We want to be free to make our own choices, to follow our dreams. And yet all too often, we go looking for freedom in all the ...