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Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit
What does “obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5) mean?
Reflection on Psalm 106 (Week 31, 2026)
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DOUBTPsalm 73 “Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.” I don’t know about you but these thoughts have certainly crossed my mind along with several others that usually arise because God seems to …
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My Christian friend took a shit on me for enjoying time and laughing at crude jokes with some friends, even calling me a sinner. “Lord, I want to get to know people but it’s challenging to wrestle with our differences. You hold yourself to the highest moral values, yet because you loved us so much, …
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SOAR ON WINGS LIKE EAGLESIsaiah 40 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”? We should note that the context of Isaiah 40 is Israel. It is a prophecy of comfort and a promise of deliverance. We should therefore …
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Firstly, let me just say that it is a mouthful but I deliberately avoided God because in common usage he is defined within a religion and my intention is to talk about God outside religious constructs. This came out of my little article yesterday about making life choices even though there is no certainty about …
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This came up—well, not exactly as I’ve framed it but I thought it expresses the question well—in a conversation with someone today. We were joking about earning brownie points with “the one who determines our fate” and she asked, but what if there is nothing and death is the end, how would you decide? I …
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THE GOD OF ALL COMFORTIsaiah 40 “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Paul, in his second letter to the …
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I led a discussion using the questions in the Week 41 devotion and these were some of the conclusions and lessons drawn that I summarised for the group.
I don’t see the value of a church. All I see in them is hypocrisy and Sundays seem to be days when Christians come out “hypocriting”. Churches are communities of sinners who have been saved by grace and commanded to love one another. This provides opportunities to love and be loved but also opportunities to …
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FAITH AND REALITYMatthew 14 “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.” …
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If God continues to dispense truth to the elites they will be encouraged to be even more arrogant. To me this is often the case with church leaders. As the people who are so used to telling others what they should be doing they fall into the trap of thinking that they are right all …
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