Category: Jesus
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Seeing but not seeing..
They say familiarity breeds contempt. We see what we often expect to see, rather than what is actually there, especially in familiar environments. My husband will often say to me “noticed anything different”? That’s a statement that always brings a certain amount of blind panic to me. There’s obviously been a change which I’ve missed.…
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The answer to the question is?….
“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12.5 Have you ever asked a question and the answer…
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A 9th Hour Experience..
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Matthew 27.46 NKJV In the Christian life, as in life, I think most, if not all of us, have had or will have a painful 9th hour experience.…
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Not my King?
So today is an historic day for us in the United Kingdom. A new King is being crowned today in Westminster Abbey. The crown is ready, the royal robes and all the pomp and ceremony. The ancient traditions mixed with some modern updates. The troops in all their finery, well wishers and crowds are already…
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Where are we drinking from?
It’s good to ponder such questions. I’m not thinking today of water which satisfies the physical thirst but our spiritual thirst. Where am I drinking from? Is it a pure source of living water or something else. God had something to say to the prophet Jeremiah on this very question. God had observed the following…
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Timing..
What is the perfect time? Is there such a thing. If you are like me then waiting for the perfect time and perfect conditions to act can leave me in limbo. I do nothing as there’s always a reason to procrastinate. I can be great at procrastinating when I’m minded to it. If it were…
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Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep
These were the instructions which Jesus gave to his disciple Simon Peter, when he met him again in Galilee after His death and resurrection. This was the same Simon Peter who had denied knowing Jesus in his time of trial. Jesus had told Peter that he would deny Him, but Peter had protested that he…
