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Workmanship
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon good works which God prepared before hand so that we might walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 One of the good things about learning bible verses by heart is that you can spend a long time ruminating on the thoughts of God. His thoughts are usually…
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Somewhere for the Spirit to Dwell
On Monday evening last Olive and I were invited to dinner with two dear friends who we hadn’t spent time with for some years. To be in their presence was to be in the presence of two spirits which were regal. They covet the dwelling of the Holy Spirit in their own and other’s lives.…
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Secret Springs
Every believer has drunk from the waters of life which Jesus has given them. This has produced in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:14). Spiritually, they don’t thirst anymore and they don’t have to go out to some far off source of life to slake their thirst – the…
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Prisms
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. Luke 6:37 We see in a glass darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12) if all we see of a person is some narrow definition of their gender or sexual preference. Our limited minds conjure up…
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Write! Being Pre-destined
In whom we have received an inheritance, having been predestined according to the foreknowledge of the One who works out everything according to the purpose of His will. Ephesians 1:11 And so it comes to this: the impossibility of being outside of God’s will for us. I truly know nothing yet as I ought to…
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Write! Pure Relationships.
A couple of days ago someone encouraged me to write. I actually do write a lot (of Greek) but only in my paper based diary and it’s Greek to most people. To spend time in the presence of God, the Father, Holy Spirit and Son – Jesus, is my delight each day. To spend time…
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Learning Scripture
One of the things that has blessed me most over the years is memorising Scripture. My latest adventure in this area is described here. The main thing that blesses me is the time I spend hearing God and being in His presence as a result. His inward dealings go deeper as we ingest and meditate…
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Knowing how much He enjoys us
“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,So is my beloved among the young men.In his shade I took great delight and sat down,And his fruit was sweet to my taste.4 He has brought me to his banquet hall,And his banner over me is love.5 Refresh me with raisin cakes,Sustain me with apples,Because I am lovesick.6 His left hand is under my head,And his right hand embraces me.”…
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Tom Holland’s Preface to “Dominion”
The preface to Tom Holland’s book “Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind” is probably, the best unintentional apologetic ever written. Here is an extract: “Everything about the practice of nailing a man to a cross – a ‘crux’ – was repellent. ‘Why, the very word is harsh on our ears.’ It was this disgust…
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Devilish Poison
14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes will have eternal life in Him. John 3:14-15 6 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7 So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because…
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