Category: Faith
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Bearing good fruit – a spiritual health check
When we think about our physical health, most of us are aware of the indicators our body gives us when there is something wrong. We may experience pain in the area that needs our attention. We may start to feel run-down, tired, under-the-weather, when our immune system comes under attack. Or sometimes it can be…
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What to do when we don’t feel like worshipping
We all have times in our life when we don’t feel like worshipping God. When lyrics in what was once our favourite worship song begin to bug us because we are no longer sure we can trust their promises. Sometimes when the rest of the congregation is singing “You’re a good, good father”, to us…
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When God is Silent
We all have times in our life where it can feel like God is silent. Where we can’t hear his voice or figure out which direction we are even pointed in. And is it just me or are they always the times in our life when it feels like we most need to hear God’s…
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Devoted to God: Part 4 | Love your neighbour, love yourself
<< Devoted to God: Part 3 – How to love with all So it’s been a while (have been a little busy lately to say the least…) but I thought that it was about time to finally wrap up this mini blog series on devotion to God, what it means and what true devotion is…
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Devoted to God: Part 3 | How to love with all
After pointing us back to the very reason for our devotion, love, Jesus next outlines for us what that devotion looks like (Matt 22). He highlights important areas of our life that need to be submitted to God in order to love him as the Lord of our lives – our God. He instructs us…
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Devoted to God: Part 2 | Love the Lord, Your God
<< Devoted To God: Part 1 – Motivated By Love In response to the question of which is the greatest commandment (Matt. 22) the first words that Jesus speaks points us back to the reason for our devotion in the first place. Understand who it is that you are devoted to and from this everything else…
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Devoted To God: Part 1 | Motivated By Love
If you are anything like me when you hear the words devoted to God, a list of dos and don’ts probably springs to mind. Do read your bible. Don’t swear. Do devote x amount of time to prayer. Don’t have sex outside of marriage. Do tithe. Don’t use the Lord’s name in vain. Etc. Etc.…
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FISH: Forgiveness, Identity, Strength and Hope
“It is for Freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” — Galatians 5:1 — I love God. I love that I am completely and unreservedly loved by the creator of the universe and that he delicately crafted me and…
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The Process of Becoming | How God is unveiling our true selves
’2 Corinthians 5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life has gone; a new life has begun!” (NLT) The bible teaches us in 2 Corinthians that when we belong to Christ, when we have made the commitment to become a Christian and spend our lives pursuing…