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It’s Love That Wins The Blind Prodigal Back

They were so caught up in themselves and their selfish desires that they got lost to the concerns of others. Without recognising the wealth of love around them, they were the prodigal, a child of abundance squandering it away. What drew them back was a memory of love, faint and small, […]

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Smelling the Roses Grows a Healthy Brain

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Just outside my window, I can see a beautiful yellow rose. It wasn’t there last week, well actually it was, but it was just tightly bound up under its green calyx. A lot can happen in a week, in a day, in a moment. I can see the beauty but to deeply […]

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Becoming the You God Sees: Guest Post by Kristen Kansiewicz

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She walked into my office in a long, flowing skirt. She always had loved long, flowing skirts. But she blamed them and herself for both of her rapes. “Maybe if I hadn’t worn a skirt,” she thought. And she hated herself. The man read from his journal. Almost 20 pages […]

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Have You Voted For You Yet?

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It was election day here in New Zealand last Saturday and as I stood in line to cast my vote I started a conversation with an elderly English gentleman. He had come to New Zealand in 1968 on a world trip. Running out of money, he decided to stay. ‘Well, why […]

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18 Insights to Heal the Shame of an Attempted Suicide

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The shame of an attempt at suicide can cling onto you like the odor of some dirty old socks. You would do anything to get rid of that stench. Is that a good description of shame? That feeling of embarrassment at what you have done. You want to hide, run, cover it […]

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Just waiting for an ‘Anointing’

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We are all like druggies, wanting that quick fix to kill the pain. Be it a drug, some porn, a sale, a comfort food, an altar call, a dose of the ghost (Holy Spirit), or a faith formula to get what we want. Anything, just anything to avoid going deep, […]

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What if we are doing the best that we can – Tash McGill

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What if this is not the worst-case scenario? What if it is the best-case scenario? How would your view of your current circumstances change? What if every person you encounter is simply doing the best they can with what they have? What if every person who misunderstands you and causes […]

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True or False? Cleanliness is next to Godliness

That little phrase ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’ is not actually in the Bible. In fact, Jesus had a rant about those who equated having the body externally clean with being close to God. In Jesus words they were like ‘manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but […]

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MEDICATION, GOD AND CHRISTIANS. WHAT IS HELPFUL? PART 2

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It is one of those memories that is special to me. I was very unwell as a child with eczema and asthma. My parents asked if our pastor and a few others could come and pray for me. They were following the advice we find in James 5:14. We had communion […]

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To Be Someone or To Do Something? That Is The Question

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There are some people that I struggle to like, let alone love. They are those that preen. Those who seem so full of their self-importance, strut around like peacocks, and who want everyone to notice them. You can see it so obviously with some, while with others, it’s more like […]