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The Nuance That Makes New
The New Testament is replete with exhortations to love God as our first duty, and then to love others. It is an echo of what is contained in the moral law of God, communicated in the Ten Commandments.
His Presence – Our Help
How do you respond or even cope when a storm comes out of nowhere to upend your life, and threaten your peace - and sometimes, everything you have held dear?
PULL THEM UP!
If you came upon a gardener sowing seeds (or seedlings) on land he had not cleared and which was full of thorns, what would be your first reaction?
Our Provident God
What you need to know is that no one, and nothing, can thwart what God in His goodness has planned for you...
How I Wish! – The Tragedy of Discontentment
The desire for more and more, the greener grass, the next chance, the next great thing – without regard for what one already has, has been the bane of many. The unhappiness it…
Happy New YOU!
It is a comfort that every New Year’s Day, we have the opportunity to declare our New Year resolutions. To be sure, we hardly keep our resolutions beyond the second week of the year, yet we…
Renewing Your Spirit: A Christian Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
As one year closes and another begins, we often feel a surge of motivation to set New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s to deepen our prayer life, serve more, be more present with…
Immanuel!
I can’t seem to wait to celebrate Christmas this year. I am embarrassed to admit that I have held my excitement in check since the beginning of October, and now that December is here, there is…
Prayer – Your Right and Your Power, Part III
There are some misconceptions about prayer. Yes, Christ did say that if we should ask for anything in His name, He would do it, but sometimes we ask and do not receive. Indeed, many of us have…
Prayer – Your Right and Your Power, PART II
What is prayer? Prayer, as we know, is communication between us and our Maker. In spite of the many books written on the subject, I daresay there is no single formula for prayer, as it remains…
Prayer – Your Right and Your Power
In 1 John 3:1 it is written: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God”. It is indeed amazing that the Creator of the universe and…
Friendships – The Power & Privilege of Choice
Peer pressure.
The very mention of it turns people off. Many scornfully consider it a youthful failing to be swayed by peers; they confidently believe that they are too old to succumb to…
Living Your God-Given Dreams: A Call to Faith and Action
Long ago, the essayist and philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote, “if one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined,…
Prayer – Your Right and Your Power, PART II
What is prayer? Prayer, as we know, is communication between us and our Maker. In spite of the many books written on the subject, I daresay there is no single formula for prayer, as it remains…
RECALCULATING …THE ROUTE
Do you consider that you have strayed so far from God and what you know to be his moral standards, that there does not appear to be any route to redemption? Are you thinking (or do you…
Do You Want To Be Healed?
This question that Jesus posed to a man disabled for thirty-eight years, is as profound as it sounds naive. “Do you want to be healed?” Jesus went to a place called the pool of Bethesda; it…
Magnify Your Purpose: The Power of Godly Concentration
The compelling statement, “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus,” was made by Alexander Graham Bell, renowned for his…
Do You Want To Be Healed? Part II
In reflecting on this question that Jesus posed to a man disabled for thirty-eight years, I stated in my last note, that the innocuous-sounding question was profound, calculated to elicit a…
