Holding nothing back

28Oct08

I want to do amazing things, I want to do radical things – for God- not just sit and worry about what might happen or be restrained by regret and guilt about what has gone before.
Each day is a gift, and I want to make the most of every second. And I can, because Jesus [...]

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15Oct08

Life may be bad but God is always good…
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Your perfect love is casting out fear
And even when I’m caught in the middle of the storms of this life
I won’t turn back
I know You are near
And I will fear no evil
For my God is with [...]

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God has spoken!

12Oct08

You know, it just hit me this morning that we have available to us the actual words of GOD!
God, the omniscient, omnipresent, Creator of the universe God! I realised how mindblowing that is.
How can we treat God’s Word with such little respect at times, how did we become so complacent, why aren’t we excited to [...]

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What would Jesus do?

07Oct08

Last night I couldn’t sleep until 4am. It wasn’t the best night but it did mean I spent a lot of time praying and reflecting on various things. Before I went to bed I had ended up randomly reading about transsexuals (!). One of my friends who is gay had joined a pride group on facebook [...]

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The God who blesses all

05Oct08

God causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous – Matthew 5:45
Bill James did a great sermon on this verse a couple of weeks back at Emmanuel Church and here is my attempt to relay some of the points he made.
The generosity of [...]

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