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An Antidote to Anxiety: Philippians 4

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Earlier this week I was down and anxious and my husband gave me this passage of scripture: 4?Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! 5?Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6?Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation,…

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Keeping Hope in Our Lives

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Stories that are worth meditating on are those of the great heroes of faith many of whom are listed in Hebrews 11. All of them spent years and even decades doing what looked like very little on the surface but God was working. In particular Joseph comes to mind,…

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The Importance Of Perspective

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Numbers 13 explains how Moses sent 12 spies into the Promised Land to report what the land, people and produce was like. 10 come back and tell the Israelites that there is no way they can take the land because the people are huge, very numerous and have fortified…

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Dealing With the Storms of Life

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The disciples are in a big storm on the Sea of Galilee and they are cold, wet and scared. In the last watch of the night they see a figure in the waves. They are terrified and think it is a ghost ‘but Jesus immediately said to them ‘take courage!…

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Seeing God’s Nature in the Call of Moses

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Last week I wrote about how Moses was called and how he had his eyes on himself and not on God (see here). When I read about this in Exodus 3-4, I was also struck by how God reveals different aspects of himself as he demonstrates to Moses that…

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My Healing From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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During my illness when I heard of healings (especially from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which I had) it would either give me hope or demoralise me. I was often left with questions such as: why them and not me? Why do I still continue to face this daily physical and…

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Where is your identity found?

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As detailed in my post entitled Identity with Chronic Illness, I had to confront and wrestle with the fact that getting sick showed me my identity was closely linked to my academic/career success and not just to the fact I was a Child of God (John 1:12). The truth…

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