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Imagine you are at a respectable dinner party – at the local major’s house. The dinner is on honour of a visiting speaker. Of course you are excited, because you’ve heard about the speaker and are intrigued about his views. During the meal suddenly the doorbell rings and you think nothing of it until a […]
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Food is important – not just for fuel but what happens as we eat together. Often a meal is as much about the people coming as it is about people who are coming Meals are important in the life of Jesus too. There are three ways the NT completes the phrase “The Son of Man […]
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The stories and illustrations mostly come from Nancy Leigh DeMoss’s Choosing Gratitude Every now and again someone will post a meme saying that there are 365 times in the bible that God says “Do not be afraid” or “do not fear” one for each day of the year. Absolute nonsense sadly. It’s actually only 126 […]
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Choosing Gratitude Is by far the best book I have read this year (18 so far!). Nancy Leigh DeMoss’s argument is that gratitude comes from grace and leads to greater joy. In the book she talks about the why and how argued with great stories and seasoned Biblical truth. Chapters include: The power of gratitude […]
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Favour is a fickle thing in the world. In the Lion the witch and the wardrobe, there is a scene where Edmund is betraying his family. He is a King of Narnia, but doesn’t know it. The evil Queen has offered him the chance to be a prince, if he brings the rest of the […]
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I am loving the Bible in One Year, which gives me the chance to soak in a portion of the Old Testament, New Testament and wisdom books of the Bible every day with helpful notes from Nicky Gumbel. In today’s section from Exodus 35:1-36:38 Nicky Gumbel comments on the astonishing achievements that are possible when […]
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Last in the series of Jesus takes away – looking at some of the messes Jesus cleans up in our lives. Today’s is a biggie – unforgiveness Unforgiveness is choosing to stay trapped in a jail cell of bitterness, serving time for someone else’s crime Unforgiveness is like drinking poison yourself and waiting for the […]
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Jesus takes away rejection Towards the start of the Old Testament, there are a group of people called the Patriarchs, who are the founding fathers of the Old Testament nation of Israel – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. In the middle there Jacob is sent to Haran to go find a wife from some distant […]