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The little things
The best training is to learn to accept everything as it comes, as from Him whom our soul loves. The tests are always unexpected things, not great things that can be written up, but the common little rubs of life, silly little nothings, things you are ashamed of minding one scrap. Amy CarmichaelClick to TweetFrom…
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Jesus – illegitimate?
Jewish custom required that so long as the son of an adulteress lived a life pleasing to God, nothing insulting should be said about his birth. But if he became an apostate, his illegitimate birth should be spoken of publicly and unsparingly. So now the people of Nazareth recalled the rumors concerning the birth of…
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Unbelief
Unbelief, the very thing that made Eve eat the forbidden fruit, kept Israel out of the Promised Land, caused the Jews to ignore their prophets, and ultimately led them to crucify their Messiah. Unbelief is what blinds us to our selfishness and pride, allowing us to think somehow we will escape eternal judgment. Unbelief causes…
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Jesus loves me this I know
I have been inspired over the years by the ministry of Bible teacher and author Judson Cornwall. I once heard him tell the story of his brother Robert, who was pastor of a small church in Salem Oregon USA. He looked to supplement his struggling income as a counsellor at a local state psychiatric hospital.…
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Don’t give up meeting
In a recent article called Social distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences, author Greg Miller writes: One hundred years ago, French sociologist Émile Durkheim used the phrase “collective effervescence” to describe the shared emotional excitement people experience during religious ceremonies. The same concept applies to sporting events where spectators simultaneously experience the rise and fall of…
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David Watson
David Watson, the great evangelist of the 1970s and 80s was diagnosed with terminal cancer. As he was dying, he write a book called Fear no Evil. He wrote “the Christian does not prepare for death, but for life.” Simon PonsonbyClick to TweetFrom the book “Amazed by Jesus” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*
