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11 Hints to Serve Well

17/9/2024

Eleven principles for those serving the Lord, no longer investing in shadows.

Paying for shadows ...

16/9/2024

"Men are paying for shadows at the price of their immortal soul.

High performance hearts

12/9/2024

The human heart is a high-performance powerhouse, designed to beat billions of times during a lifetime, remain disease-free and provide the spark for human activities both conscious and unconscious.

Remind yourself @ the start of each day....

24/8/2024

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Matters of the mind & heart

1/8/2024

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of His resurrection and participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so somehow to attain the resurrection of the...

Exiled by Virtue ~ Yesterday stays in yesterday

28/6/2024

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

Exiled by Virtue ~ Hardship authenticates faith

26/6/2024

Think like Jesus. He is pure. . . . .

Exiled by Virtue ~ Sufferers not Sinners

23/6/2024

Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

Walking His line

23/5/2024

I didn't ask for Jesus, but He asked for me. What a joy! Unrequested and invisible.

Who bids for Elijah's mantle?

8/5/2024

Elijah passed by Elisha and threw his cloak upon him. (1 Kings 19:19c) A.

A French Breeze

23/4/2024

Do we ever doubt we are the best judge of our needs and desires? Foolishly still I am too inspired by me.

Have I written in the snow?#

14/4/2024

It pays to audit the heart, and all its ruminations.

Spiritual Discernment#

17/3/2024

There exists no other doorway into the appraisal of things spiritual than a grace given capacity. There is no casual Holy Spirit gift for discernment.

We can trust Him that He will guide us home

10/3/2024

For You are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God. (Psalm 86:10) 'God gives Himself to us.

Standing in Spiritual Authority#

20/1/2024

As we read the New Testament, we find a very simple, very plain, and very forceful truth: the Holy Spirit makes a difference! Consider the early disciples; Jesus Himself had...

Crunch time for Christians?#

7/12/2023

The power of persevering in faith in the face of fiery, unyielding opposition can't be understated.

The enormous Value of being Hidden!

19/11/2023

The true test of spiritual greatness is permanence. ~ A. W. Tozer The hard yards, the unseen yards are what a Christian lives.

Instructions to Saints & Sinners

13/11/2023

'Heavenly' is the true instruction of saints and sinners. To the saint this is an anointing.

There is an Unseen City

12/10/2023

There is an Unseen City, it is named NEW JERUSALEM. Any Christian is wise to follow Jesus and fix their eyes resolutely upon the New Jerusalem.

The troubling Jesus

26/9/2023

Let me ask you a question please: when have you questioned yourself prior to a decision - will this please Jesus? There exists no easy path to life, whether Christian (or non-Christian),...

Seeking Jesus' shadow...

8/9/2023

The way of holiness is the way of heavenly wealth. ~ Charles Spurgeon Be holy as I am holy.

It's Not About Me!

17/8/2023

It can be wildly difficult to inform a teenager that living is not about just them.

My choices pen my tomorrows#

27/7/2023

A “master of disguise” lives in the waters of Indonesia and in the Great Barrier Reef.

When man plans - God laughs!

20/6/2023

If you want to make God laugh - tell Him about your plans.

Listen to Me, My people!

18/6/2023

Listen to Me, My people; hear Me My nation. . . hear Me, you who know what is right, you people who have My law in your heart. .

Conformed to the likeness of Jesus

6/6/2023

Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night? (Job 35:10) The strength of a ship is only fully demonstrated when it faces a hurricane, and the power of...

The Challenge from Eden

16/5/2023

To my mind 'obedience' is easy to say but ridiculously hard to do.

To Learn Obedience!

13/3/2023

. . . I will walk humbly all my days because of the anguish of my soul (Isaiah 38:15b) . . .

Submerged in the Spirit#

6/3/2023

The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple...

Murmurs of Grace ~ C

23/2/2023

Jonah now learns how to bend the knee even in the belly of a monstrous fish. In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered me.

Murmurs of Grace ~ B

23/2/2023

Jonah was mighty soon to become jetsam. Distress counseled a low heart to obey. Jonah was soon to learn to not forfeit grace. Murmurs of grace multiply.

Murmurs of Grace ~ A

19/2/2023

Jonah's mission was without precedence. It published murmurs of grace to the world of the Ancient Near East, to be developed at the Cross. Even gentiles can be saved.

I cannot forget my Lord!

29/1/2023

On the day I called You answered me, my strength of soul You increased. (Psalm 138:3) Beware when harm is absent across extended days.

Pushing uphill...

29/11/2022

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who...

An Inconvenient Truth!

8/11/2022

In a desperate persistence from the 1980s vain cry Greed is Good, it entered into the 1990s as a softer purpose to life, it was: the creation of wealth in perpetuity....

Waiting at His promises...

26/9/2022

A man would be better to say there is no God than to say that God is unfaithful. ~ Thomas Brooks It is a madness.

CONTENDING WITH SELF- CRUCIFIXION!

21/9/2022

It is the crucifix that men contend with. It 'nails' men to consider their own self - crucifixion.

UNBREAKABLE! ~ B#

18/9/2022

Clench your fists in the fire. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver, and you will honor Me (Psalm 50:15) . . .

UNBREAKABLE! ~ A#

17/9/2022

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

3 Tips to Survive Life ... 3rd TIP

2/9/2022

Always keen, the apostle Paul seeks to fashion the lives of his readers for their permanent betterment. Paul's ambitions are parallel to His Lord's.

3 Tips to Survive Life ... 2nd TIP

1/9/2022

Peace and War cannot rule simultaneously. Peace quietens War. War crushes Peace. But, mankind continues to run to war. Self-interest is the motivator.

3 Tips to Survive Life ... 1st TIP

29/8/2022

A young colleague was often seen to be looking down on me (he towered above) and at various times he would stretch out his strong arm toward me.

WHY MEN TRIP UP!

25/8/2022

You are our Father, we are the clay - You are the potter, we are the work of Your hand.

No one follows Jesus in vain!

14/7/2022

Jesus' pains and betrayals did not diminish His compassion, nor did it deliver cursing.

The Caves You Fear To Enter...

26/6/2022

There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Be Not Ashamed!#

31/3/2022

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

A Vein of pure Gold#

8/3/2022

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

Guidance 101

8/2/2022

He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble His way. (Psalm 25:9) It is in humility that men seek the Throne of Grace.

We need the night to see the stars!

27/1/2022

My eyes grow dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon You, O Lord; I spread out my hands to You. (Psalm 88:9) Sorrow makes us move more slowly.

Lord, lead me on to higher ground!

20/1/2022

Lot chose to dwell in an 'eye-candy' valley, but its wicked shadow was soon to catch him out.

The Valley of Confession

12/1/2022

No pedigree graces this Antipodean life. Unlike the apostle Paul I claim no fine breeding, superior scholarship or advance in career.

7 Words That Will Change Your Life

18/11/2021

The teachings of the pleasures of this world far outweigh any eternal reality. The call to separation few hear, and even fewer understand.

A Hint or Two of Radical Discipleship

7/11/2021

In either His teaching or His giving Jesus did not hold back. . . Jesus was not kidding. . . Jesus requires nothing more than He has given. .

Bend The Knee To Only Me

17/10/2021

Virtues and truths that would approach the throne of Grace can be rendered lukewarm by compromise from the deceitful man within. Bend the knee to only Me.

ANGRY CRUSADERS#

1/10/2021

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

When Love is Essential!

25/9/2021

At a terrifying rate faithfulness is abandoned, and obedience jettisoned. The proposition for obedience is uncomplicated, no higher intellect required: I direct my life or He does.

JUST OBEDIENCE

27/7/2021

May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. (2 Thessalonians 3:5) The knowledge of God is to lead to obedience, there exists no second option.

Not 'I' but 'Christ'

15/7/2021

The Lord examines His disciples. He does not measure their abilities or inabilities, not even for a minute. Jesus scans the heart for a believer's availability.

TOMORROW CANNOT BE IGNORED!

27/6/2021

No true Christian carries a velvet cross. ~ John Flavel The pure and true knowledge of God is to convict a man to obedience.

My Mind Directs My Feet

25/6/2021

Either the Lord directs my life, or I die.

Where did Jonah go wrong?

22/6/2021

Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa where he found a ship bound for that port.

Speaking the truth in love

16/6/2021

Love aims at the truth, for it is truth that sets a man free. But, the arrows of truth rarely bounce off their target.

Beyond Analysis#

3/6/2021

It starts out as an interest in God. A sense that this God is to be explored, understood, and even perhaps trusted. So this God is studied, researched.

Informed, Formed & Transformed#

20/4/2021

There are two measuring instruments that have similar names but different functions. One is a thermometer: it reflects its environment, telling you how hot or cold it is.

After the Cross

6/4/2021

Old habits die hard. The road of return is easy. Peter was departing his call and returning to his old ways as a fisherman for fish.

6 Motivations of Men

16/3/2021

Life offers every man an unlikely counsel every day. He may or may not receive it.

Cling To This Letter

14/2/2021

The panoramic views of Babylon always entice . . . The nightly news of Babylon continually saddens . . .

By the Rivers of Babylon

7/2/2021

Scripture is quite clear, the rivers of Babylon are truly delightful.

To Those Who Would Be Perfect

14/1/2021

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!.

The Best Forge Is The Hottest

8/10/2020

So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

No Correspondence Entered Into.

22/9/2020

No one knows about the day or the hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

The Greeting#

19/9/2020

#Today's SoulSnack was penned by a subscriber in 1958 as he was finishing school. This is received with thanks.

The Road Home is Clear

8/9/2020

Pursue righteousness, flee the love of money. Lay firm hold of the eternal, and jettison the temporal from the mind.

Ticket to Ride

30/7/2020

Planes, trains and automobiles can all carry a ticket to ride. The ticket gets you on the vehicle and off. It requires a payment.

The Believer's Purpose#

8/7/2020

You, my brothers are called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge your sinful nature, but rather serve one another in love.

What Are We Missing?

14/6/2020

It is terribly hard to juggle the loud and insistent voices around you, while you only hear quite whispers within you.

10 'Christians' to Beware Of

23/4/2020

Very early in Jesus' preaching career Matthew's Gospel records the Sermon on the Mount.

When The Very Rich Play

17/3/2020

'He who dies with the most wins'. ~ Rene Rivkin (1944-2005, Australian stockbroker) Extravagant (and errant) lifestyles are injected into our attention almost daily.

A Force Bigger Than Us All

17/3/2020

Has some SCI-FI author of Orwellian proportions resurrected and turned the globe into the biggest movie set of all time? Maybe H. G.

The Conquest of Darkness

22/2/2020

It is by God's light I will walk through darkness.

I Cannot Be Of Any Use!#

18/2/2020

"I cannot be of any use," says one. "I cannot talk in meetings. I cannot pray in public. I have no gift for visiting the sick.

Disturbed by God's Word#

9/1/2020

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

The Fearful Way Of The Heart

10/9/2019

It is difficult to ease our thoughts towards a Jesus who is neither gentle, meek nor mild.

A Parable of a Young Man#

2/9/2019

This anonymous tale is taught with more than a fine hint of understanding life and its perspectives. There was a youth wild and free.

The Greatest Test of Holiness

2/9/2019

The virtue of 'holiness' is an anathema to common man. They rush headlong into the search for acceptance, a thirst for approval.

The Stunted Short Horizons Of Those Who Will Not See

31/7/2019

I love a timid country A land of scare campaigns Where mindless bogan slogans Just overtake our brains.

What Binds the Hands of Love?

19/7/2019

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for...

GOD - Lead me to life!

9/7/2019

'Men give advice, God gives guidance.

6 Havens for the Human Spirit

26/5/2019

Every minute of everyday another Christian's spiritual economy stalls. The debits are too frequent, and the interest rates are unsustainable.

HANGING IN THERE! ~ C

9/5/2019

Hang strong, hold tight. And. . . 'remain true to the Lord with all your heart.

HANGING IN THERE! ~ B

7/5/2019

The treasure of our salvation is held by each disciple in fragile jars of clay (see 2 Corinthians 4:6). Yet clay can be so prone to crack.

Pride - the unseen disease!

28/4/2019

Pride is blind! Pride makes men strong and mean. It is a wicked strength and a terrible taskmaster. Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) reflected on the hypocrisy of pride.

Tapping into Sober Wisdom

18/3/2019

Wise counsel is absent from the halls of pleasures. It is not poured from bar taps or left on bar stools.

Battles Do Test Us#

14/3/2019

Battles will bless you or bleed you. None will see God's greatness in life if they are not first grateful to Him.

Sweet Wisdom

4/3/2019

There is a counsel that dies, and a wisdom that lives. The proud find death while the humble will seek out life.

Letting Words Fall Away

28/2/2019

It can be most difficult to be silent. Words roll off the lips, and the mouth can move far quicker than the mind.

Should The Waves Rise Too High

19/2/2019

Hardship peels a man's resilience back. His response to temptation reveals his soul.

The Apex of Joy

18/2/2019

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Living in the Shadow of Jesus' Return - C#

15/2/2019

Many people will be surprised when Jesus' returns, but none will be mistaken. ~ anon Either wittingly or unwittingly each soul lives under the final countdown.

Crazed Thinking

12/2/2019

'When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind. ' ~ C. S.

Living in the Shadow of Jesus' Return ~ A#

3/2/2019

The fuzziness of sin has left mankind without a compass. Only darkness can result. Christians now live in the times of Divine sifting.

The Secret of Spiritual Consistency#

6/12/2018

When a person is newly born again, he seems inconsistent due to his unrelated emotions and the state of the external things or circumstances in his life.

Hints of Spiritual Success

29/11/2018

How can a disciple be sure his paths are straight? Yet - the disciple can be confident in victory over this world, sure that his heart is no longer deceived.

The One & Only Father!

21/11/2018

Humanities' blindness causes it to continually stumble and fall. Humanity fails to see we each need the only one and true God as part of our lives.

Soaking the Soul's Wick

14/11/2018

Complacency is an equal enemy to busyness for the disciple. Each lead to a spiritual negligence with the sure risk of faith's flame becoming snuffed out.

10 Maidens

4/11/2018

Life is an exhaustingly permanent tussle with others, but more so, self. Life contains eternal riches to be tasted and even received upon earth.

Formed by Christ

21/10/2018

I saw a man now stronger and wise, noteworthy for his distance from his fellow men.

9 Stirs of the Discipleship Pot

17/10/2018

Have you found that 'duty' and 'knowledge' have spilled over from modern Christianity as the active and right fodder of a good disciple? Much ancient discipling has been shelved on dusty library...

God Owes Me?

12/9/2018

Scholars estimate there are between 3000 and 8000 Biblical promises. I guess the number is not of great importance, but God's faithfulness is.

I Fear The Doctrine Of The Church

2/9/2018

Could the doctrine of the church be as much a competitor for the souls of men as a caress to them? I fear the doctrine of the church.

Verses for the Hard Yards

30/8/2018

The day is to come (and soon) at Jesus' return when reason will prove faith right, and no longer contradict it.

Of DESPERATION & THIRSTS

12/8/2018

Jesus hung out with His Father. So too - Moses, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, and many more, both seen and unseen, who thirsted in their faith.

When The Angels Come

6/8/2018

There is no faithfulness until there is first hardship. Faithfulness is the compass needle that points to obedience and away from flight - during the terrors of life.

WAKE ME UP WHEN I AM FAMOUS!

25/7/2018

'WAKE ME UP WHEN I'M FAMOUS' is surely emblazoned upon any banner of self-entitlement.

The Bedrock of the Righteous

24/7/2018

I will say to myself - the Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.

Darkness, Demons & Dumbness

18/7/2018

We live as though the kingdom of darkness does not exist. (Neil Anderson) 2000 years ago there lived a very troubled man.

5 Ways to Catch a Drifting Faith#

17/7/2018

You may have just victoriously gone through a great crisis, but now be alert about the things that may appear to be the least likely to tempt you.

You MUST Stand Strong!

2/7/2018

The same boiling water that softens the potato also hardens the egg. Life is not just about what you are made of, but who you become.

The Wealth of the Poor

1/7/2018

God is the richest, but His heart is for the poorest. Babylon is exclusive about who it chooses, those it turns into willing foot-soldiers.

Deep Calls To Deep

20/6/2018

Deep calls to deep. The adult who has played in the shallows will yearn for more. Faith and prayer beg for more. Righteousness calls to be heard.

Sipping Coffee with the Pastor

19/6/2018

I recall the water's edge in a sheltered cove, a quiet backwater to a much larger basin that spilled into the ocean.

UNSHAKEABLE

24/5/2018

The prophet Joel explained God's actions to a most difficult Israel.

I Have Cast My Lot With Jesus

22/5/2018

I have cast my lot with Jesus I choose Him to navigate my calm or stormy seas I pray, I plead, my soul long wrestles with self-will Yet, I have cast my lot...

Blurred Worship is Blurred Work

10/5/2018

Ecclesiastical tribal traditions, whether these be Catholic, Pentecostal or Evangelical help and hinder believers.

The Non - Judgement of Jesus

8/5/2018

She cowered. Stones were lifted for flight. Adultery meant death. Jesus stood to the side and watched. The crowd bleated and spat venom.

When Resentments Rise...

3/5/2018

As I walked out the door to the gate that would lead me to freedom, I knew that if I didn't leave my hatred and bitterness behind I would still...

God's Journeymen

14/4/2018

Believers travel an unfamiliar path. They move as journeymen, competent but not masters in the ways of holiness. This path is trodden by gentle and steadfast people.

Jesus Does Not Give Up On You

8/4/2018

Even more diligently than the prince of the air roams the earth seeking targets (Job 1:7), is the diligence that Christians must guard their lives.

Easter Re-thinks the 'Discipleship Box'

3/4/2018

The resurrection of Jesus the Christ nails my mind to grasp yet again at discipleship's true nature. People makes mistakes about Jesus - all the time.

Of Dogs, Fleas & Friends

21/3/2018

There is a well used Aussie aphorism: If you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas.

Tilted Thinking

20/3/2018

My head leans toward what is common to man, and thus is uncommon to God. I mimic my teachers. The world and its churches are my loudest classrooms.

It Seems Improper - Strange is Holiness!

8/3/2018

In holiness there is separation. This removes me from the eyes and mind of others.

Mongolia Leads The Way

6/3/2018

Just a few weeks ago I sat on a firm bed in a modest (by western standards) Mongolian guesthouse.

Life as a Certifiable Nut

11/2/2018

Kindly many have advised me that I may well be a certifiable nut.

The Thirsting of the Soul

6/2/2018

A thirsting soul longs for more. Those who audit their heart in times of difficulty and not just check their head will see a soul gazing upwards to heaven.

The Seeking of God's Face

5/2/2018

We seek the face of those we wish to know. This is the desiring and delight of another's presence.

Introducing 5 Friends of Spiritual Resilience

2/2/2018

'Take heed lest you fall', the apostle Paul counselled. My eyes well. Far too often I have witnessed countless friends fall from their Christian faith. This need not occur.

2 Bible Verses OFTEN used in ERROR

20/11/2017

The Bible is present but consulted lightly, and so recalled too loosely. Frequently we remember the portion but not the lot.

A Perfect Spiritual Storm

1/11/2017

Jesus recounts the parable of five maidens who fell asleep on the job. They fueled not their lamps.

Throw Down Your Nets#

25/10/2017

Did Jesus ever speak light-heartedly when He invited me to follow? Were Jesus' pleas to His disciples' merely theatrical embellishments for the sake of some moment? In which part of 'he who...

The Weakness of Adam

24/10/2017

Humans are beggars in various clothes. The most tawdry of all clothing is acquiescence. It bemoans courage, covers sin and flees truth.

5 Righteous Diamonds

9/10/2017

Jesus was just an apprentice at public ministry, yet hectic crowds already gathered around Him. So Jesus withdrew to a mountainside. There His equally new disciples approached.

The Rule of Righteousness

8/10/2017

Righteousness is as the king's new clothes to this world. It is God's declared and delivered (at the Cross) intent that righteousness should reign.

Christians Are Different

27/9/2017

Please forgive me, I may just be wrong.

Heaven's School of Divinity

26/9/2017

Why would God think like men? God is not given to honor seeking, title printing or human applause.

Strong Men Die Hard

12/9/2017

Christ's calls are ultimate. He is no soft-serve vendor. It is not self-safety to pursue Him.

The Righteous Man

10/9/2017

As with Noah, as with Moses and as with our Lord Jesus, the Father chooses just one righteous man to change His world. He calls no committees.

The Strange Man

4/9/2017

God will give a man the world who seeks none of it. It is such a man who holds no competitor in his heart to God.

Since Eden God Has Not Rested

8/8/2017

On the seventh day God rested. Well - did He really, for how long? This restless Father can no more leave His child in sin than deny Himself.

The Offer of the Soul

3/8/2017

Whoever holds the soul, holds the soul's eternity. The soul of a man is eternal. He owns it. It is his to do with as he pleases.

All That Is Needed

19/7/2017

There are but a few writers I really admire and devour.

Under New Management

17/7/2017

Aiden Wilson Tozer was a larger than life twentieth century prophet, who wore the mantle and knew the sackcloth and ashes.

The Fellowship of the Unashamed

13/7/2017

In 1980 a now anonymous Rwandan pastor prophetically nailed to his wall the following thoughts. This was the evening prior to his martyrdom.

Living Mirrors#

1/6/2017

For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

9 Soul Snares from Tozer

30/4/2017

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was not a man backward in coming forward. He would retire to the Lord's presence but never retire from a challenge to the church.

The Jesus of my Journey

7/4/2017

The Jesus of my journey is the crucified one.

There Are Not Two Christs#

30/3/2017

A Christian's soul battles his heart. His soul suggests righteousness while his heart stresses indulgence. Hudson Taylor held tightly to his soul's suggestions.

That Dark Side of the Dream

29/3/2017

Slavery in Egypt gave the Israelites a dream. They dreamt of Canaan but tripped in the desert.

I Asked for the Good Way

5/3/2017

The wicked despise God saying He does not matter. The proud dispute God saying He does not exist. The simple ignore God unable to exercise prudence.

Who's 'DA BOSS'?

2/3/2017

Just three days ago 'DA BOSS' inched lazily past me in his white muscle car. 'DA BOSS' license plates were his megaphone.

I Will Pass This Way But Once

28/2/2017

"Set your hope fully on the grace that is to be given to you when Jesus Christ is revealed".

Brushed by Contentment

27/2/2017

Daily I am a victim of theft, Babylon robs my peace. My contentment is lost through Babylon's blatant self-promotion; all that invites me eyes I then do battle with.

Spurgeon's Lost Friends

30/1/2017

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked, or stand in the way that sinners take, or sit in the company of mockers.

4 Thoughts to Measure the Wait

19/1/2017

The endless days of dis-ease, the persistent and consistent times of distress are catalysts that change how we view time.

A Proposal To Die For!

18/1/2017

Stillness and solitude are the parents of devotion. "As the deer pants for the water so my soul longs after you O' God".

Coddled or Crucified?#

16/1/2017

Tozer knew well the loneliness of a man who would return to Jesus what Jesus had given to him.

6 Wild Waves

4/12/2016

The gravity of Christian faith upon planet earth is only beaten by the glory that awaits the Christian in Heaven.

5 Habits that Birth a Legacy

23/11/2016

"His presence was as fatal to dullness as to immorality. . .

3 Struggles & 1 Win#

21/11/2016

Fiery stones pave a Christian's path; thorns stalk through the cracks. The devil is dressed in a dinner suit and mingles in our midst.

The Power of a Cave

15/11/2016

Bible greats dwelt for short or extended periods in caves. Elijah, King David, Lazarus, John the Apostle and of course our Lord all passed through caves.

5 Ways of God's Servant

14/11/2016

Servant-hood is a vocation few chase, a path rarely trekked. It offers no Doctorates and rightly flees acclaim.

The Journey to Spiritual Conquest

13/11/2016

Spiritual momentum is the gaining of a new craft to most men.

5 Tips to Service the Soul

9/11/2016

Decay is both the world's enemy and its fabric. Fundamental to life is maintenance lest downfall arrive. Life's upkeep is attended to for peace, or neglected at peril.

The Drift of Hearts

8/11/2016

Whoever truly captures your heart today will own all your tomorrows. It is my heart's devotion or its absence today that will impact my present and steer my future.

Do Not Delay

7/11/2016

Just a simple truth or three. . . Mankind lives as if he can hide from God, but this is impossible.

Debunking the Deeds of Darkness

23/10/2016

The moral core of planet earth has been eroded to almost extinction, its proper fabric is now shredded.

Life's Green Corridor

19/10/2016

Life weaves for good or ill across every decade. This path of life has countless turns, is littered with serious obstacles and carries innumerable STOP signs.

Of Aliens & Strangers

18/10/2016

The Holy Spirit has reminded me yet again that God's elect (His chosen ones) are strangers to this world.

The Profit of Patience

18/9/2016

Patience is the mother of rest, a perfume that wafts across harmony. Patience is the God-shaped waiting season for the re-gaining of strength and the joy of restoration.

No Compromise, No Surrender

5/9/2016

Surrender listens to the lions. Compromise breeds an ill-fitting faith. It mis-aligns faith as an extra for living, rather than the map to life.

Are You Called To Forsake All?

4/9/2016

As C. T.

Living Beyond the Sky

23/8/2016

All creatures great and small await their appointed seasons and times. These are of Heaven and cannot be contained, changed or controlled.

The Competition for My Soul

22/8/2016

That which controls a man owns him. A man's appetites are his rudder. His desires steer and then trap him.

Abraham, Arabs & God's 'Slow' Promises

17/8/2016

The very nature of promise must first mean a waiting room, that period of eager hope. God promised a man of great age he would become a father.

Waiting for God to Move?

16/8/2016

The Lord is not slow as He measures His promises. Most men measure differently.

A Permanent Presence in My Changing World

24/7/2016

With an undeniable guarantee - life refuses the heart. Upheavals are the flavor of living across the globe. My world too flows in a persistent flux.

Accelerating Wickedness

19/7/2016

Evil multiplies at an hitherto unseen pace. Yesterday a shouting ISIS inspired youth took a knife and axe to passengers on a Bavarian train. He was shot and killed.

5 Verses to Agree With

11/7/2016

The Book of Psalms has always held a purple place in first Jews' and then Christians' hearts. The Psalms carry many of the most popular Bible verses.

The True Meaning of Failure

30/6/2016

Inevitably the fog of failure descends upon all those keen enough to make attempts.

Aiming at Heaven but Living in Random

26/6/2016

Wise agents always decide their end before they commence their work. They will then direct their actions to that goal, to where they have set their face.

5 Bible Tips to Hang in There

23/6/2016

God's got 'yer back. (He always has.

Incensed by Offence?

19/6/2016

Flesh and blood are the battlefield of spiritual combat. The wars are frequent, the attacks deadly in their intent.

By the Rivers of Babylon#

30/5/2016

Men drink from the rivers of Babylon. They sit by its soothing waters and then dive into its cool.

Are You Trusted with Kingdom Keys?

17/4/2016

Empires crumble, kingdoms rattle and men collapse as God turns upside down His creatures of ambition and comfort.

8 Ways to Stand Strong#

9/3/2016

Bouncing today from the walls of ancient Cathedrals or the roofs of modern Christian auditoriums is the same call - be steadfast, these times are increasingly wicked - discern good...

Taking Heart

8/3/2016

My life has been a life lived in God's furious longing (for me). And I have learned to pray. ~ Brennan Manning I would seek to echo Brennan.

On Calvary's Hill ~ Introduction

20/2/2016

LENT BIBLE STUDIES ~ The Bible is rich with stories from yesterday that become equally powerful metaphors for the modern reader today.

Wrestle Mania

15/2/2016

As sure as the candles on my birthday cake accumulate the titans of my flesh and faith war.

ON CALVARY'S HILL - Lenten series

11/2/2016

Please click the link below for each weekly set of Bible Study notes. They consist of further short thoughts parallel to the small chapters of Lucado's book.

That Noisy Brain

4/2/2016

Daily we live trading our seconds in daydreams, and dallying with too long moments in our thoughts.

Spurgeon & The Believer's Business

28/1/2016

You are retired for your private devotions; you have opened the Bible, and you begin to read. Now, do not be satisfied with merely reading through a chapter.

International Treasure

26/1/2016

Pirates sail to search the oceans and explorers hunt the earth for a bounty well beyond imagination.

It had to be - YOU!

24/1/2016

Sung by the luminaries of the entertainment industry for nearly a century is the 1924 Isham Jones penned, and ever-popular song 'It had to be you'.

2 False Shadows

25/11/2015

There is a divine vapor permeating redeemed souls but yet to be received by their redeemed minds.

Doubt's Envelope & Archbishop Welby

24/11/2015

The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted the Paris attacks left him questioning the presence of God.

Snoopy meets Homer Simpson

23/11/2015

Percolating within me is the suspicion that Snoopy and Homer Simpson are both cartoon characters of playful (and therefore humorous) negativity.

Chasing Life's 3 Most Expensive Items

22/11/2015

STOP! Don't read down, well - not yet. Grab a pencil and without too much thought write down the three most expensive items on your heart? . . .

The Haven of the Heart

16/11/2015

It is to the lost, least, last and lonely. . . It is to the forgotten, the forsaken and the humanity's discarded. . . . . .

Can You Imagine the BEST Recipe for Peace?

10/11/2015

Are you surrounded by those fired for argument or given to fits of rage? There are those around each life that demand your peace and replace it with unrest.

7 Ways to Reverse God's Armour#

20/10/2015

Of what mortal use is an armour worn backwards? This is no fine preparation for battle.

Sprinting with the Herds

19/10/2015

Leaning towards ease is as natural for mankind as water flowing downhill. The human race is a herd. A herd.

A Hidden Wholeness#

12/10/2015

Jesus’ own “pilgrimage” through life showed us the secret of being HIDden in Him for the journey.

The Pure & the Lured

8/10/2015

The world as it stands (and has always stood since Eden) is at odds with its one and only creator God.

6 Reasons Why Healing Fails

21/9/2015

Our prayers have risen as incense to heaven. Though persistently released from our heart in great hunger, we may even beg for supernatural healings yet they fail.

A Traffic Parable

13/9/2015

Has the good Lord hidden you in the cleft of a rock, is sand still grinding your shoes as you trudge through a desert or does He still have you...

Kissing-Off Judas ~ 5 More Reasons to Stand Firm#

2/9/2015

With the noose already loose around his neck Judas kissed Jesus. To this day he adds flesh to messing-up, unfaithfulness, treachery and finally lost discipleship.

Chasing Judas or 5 Reasons to Stand Firm?

1/9/2015

Christians are having their breath choked from them. 'Fundamental faith' has been tarred with and by extremism.

Has Your Name Been In A Mud Run?

26/8/2015

Maybe oceans of mud have been splashed all over your name by another, or even by yourself? When mud is thrown it sticks, clinging correctly or incorrectly to your name.

Pressing On!

17/8/2015

The uncontrollable setting of each day may decide to build us up or conspire to tear us down.

Resting on Laurels?

13/8/2015

Babies cry well before they smile.

Of Wolves & Worship

11/8/2015

So you want to leave church? Tempted to give up the faith, fleeing toxic fellowship and never rejoining Christ's body? The bleatings and finger-pointing from the pulpit, mixed with the jostling of...

ONLY 1 Step to Courage

9/8/2015

In 1984, Ronald Reagan explained this powerful anecdote of Telemachus to those assembled at the Annual National Day of Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC.

The Crucible of Crucifixion

27/7/2015

Gethsemane was the crucible of Jesus' self-crucifixion. There is little death to self without first falling to earth amidst the soul's unshared travail.

How to Unplug Life

26/7/2015

Plugs manage every moment of every day. Black, white, regular and irregular shaped plastic appendages are poked into walls, sockets and all power sources.

The Rule of Righteousness

21/7/2015

The rule of righteousness is the home of wisdom, complete with rooms of honor. The fool and the scoundrel are without shelter.

The Valley of Decision# ~ B

20/7/2015

The year of living dangerously is upon each disciple. He whose side was pierced, brow was tortured and body broken is 'calling faith in'.

The Obedience of Simplicity

8/7/2015

"He who dies with the most wins" ~ the late and disgraced stockbroker Rene Rivkin once preached. Jesus does not agree.

Escape to Simplicity

7/7/2015

The door is blocked by boxes, the hallway littered by what most generously spoken people call 'refuse', and the kitchen table bedecked in the unimaginable and the worthless.

The Illusion of Power*

25/6/2015

We very often believe that in order to serve others, to share the good news of Jesus, we need to become powerful in an earthly sense.

Mick Jagger & the Desires of the Heart

12/5/2015

At irregular intervals a sneaking spiritual beetle crawls the dishevelled web of my soul. It seeks hindsight, believing in the strong suspicion that this maybe my finest educator.

The Jury

6/5/2015

The jury is not out, there is no room for indecision. We ALL are made by the only God of heaven and earth.

Clothed in Suffering?

4/5/2015

My dear old mom was wont to repeat to her persistent and untidily clad son, that he may not be too slow to learn: clothes maketh the man.

Of Slavery & Greatness

17/4/2015

It is time to corrall my thinking, to fence my mind with divine palings and posts cut from heaven.

When God Crowns...

19/3/2015

Everybody does this! Who does not seek favor upon earth? There is nary a soul with dusty feet who does not pursue a crown or position self for such.

Oaks of Righteousness

5/3/2015

A decade ago a clever friend speculated that whatever Hollywood could think of they could also create.

The Highway of Holiness

2/3/2015

The Highway of Holiness is an unfamiliar path, at times barren and most lonely. It is unseen by the blind, those who do not know or seek God's ways.

The Control of the Mind

19/2/2015

Spiritual ambition is the seeking of reward in heaven and not upon earth.

The Dismissal of Self

18/2/2015

The Sermon on the Mount opens with the visit of new disciples to a young Lord.

Coals Upon the Soul ~ C

3/2/2015

Maybe the biggest problem in choosing forgiveness is pride? I am NOT going to forgive them! Forgiveness creates room for the Holy Spirit of Jesus to move in me and maybe the...

Coals Upon the Soul ~ B

2/2/2015

It is the inner life of a man that God searches out, gazes upon and then scrutinizes.

Coals Upon the Soul ~ A

1/2/2015

The body can be a polar cap while the soul can be an inferno. Another's mal-intent has set alight your soul, and it burns to this day.

3 Rear Vision Lessons

29/1/2015

Life has been (is?) carnage! You've been (are?) cannoned like a billiard ball and careened against hardened cushions by a blunt instrument others keep belting you with.

Swimming Upstream?

27/1/2015

Salmon have long commanded both my imagination and my appetite. (Hmm - salmon agree with my palate so well that I am sure they are food from Eden.

The Way of the Heart

25/11/2014

Soul Snack 226/14 . . . Our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from Him.

Destination Holiness

17/11/2014

Soul Snack 220/14 . . . Pulpits have dulled it and the world is silent.

One Spiritual Success Secret!

3/11/2014

Soul Snack 210/14 . . . Mankind is skilled at seeking spiritual success in all the wrong places. Christians have learned spiritual success is first doing and not being.

6 Powers of Perseverance ~ B

15/10/2014

Soul Snack 197/14 . . .

6 Powers of Perseverance ~ A

14/10/2014

Soul Snack 196/14 . . . Confessors of the Lord slip from the climb to heaven or drop out of the Tree of Life in a reckless abandon.

Enemy 4 ~ Diluting Despair#

2/10/2014

Soul Snack 190/14 . . . It is a painfully wicked life to wear the holey trousers of despair.

Enemy 3 ~ Corralling Impatience#

1/10/2014

Soul Snack 189/14 . . . Impatience is first bound in the agony of a man's soul. The impatient man seeks to salve his soul with immediate well-being.

Enemy 2 ~ Uncrowning Covetousness#

30/9/2014

Soul Snack 188/14 . . . The helmet of covetousness crowns many a man's thinking. It is the ongoing expression of dissatisfaction.

Enemy 1 ~ Spoiling Discontent#

29/9/2014

Soul Snack 187/14 . . . The shirt of discontentment is woven with prickly threads, it irritates the soul.

4 Enemies to the Soul

28/9/2014

Soul Snack 186/14 . . . Rest is the life-long chase of all souls. Rest is stolen when wickedness punctures the soul.

Trading on Yesterday

14/9/2014

Soul Snack 176/14 . . . The morning arrives, you blink through bleary eyes towards the curtains and clumsily your feet hit the floor.

I'd Rather See a Sermon...

11/9/2014

Soul Snack 175/14 . . . I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Seeking Kristina?

27/8/2014

Soul Snack 164/14 . . . I am caught between Northern Iraq and Moldova; a western Christian's no-man's land of impotence and self-questioning.

Probing Peace Again

26/8/2014

Soul Snack 163/14 . . . Little peace drips from the bonds of riches. Wealth is by no means sinful, it is not wrong.

Probing Peace

25/8/2014

Soul Snack 162/14 . . . Peace drips from the font of riches. Dollars anoint the fluctuations of the soul; they salve the sores of the spirit.

Kissing Peace

21/8/2014

Soul Snack 160/14 . . .

Stairway to Heaven

11/8/2014

Soul Snack 152/14 . . .

Life's Twin Anchors

5/8/2014

Soul Snack 148/14 . . .

Confusing Christianity!

31/7/2014

Soul Snack 145/14 . . . Confusion and Christianity are rarely bed partners, or truly bed partners.

Out of a Babe's Mouth ~ MARTYRDOM

15/7/2014

SoulSnack 133/14 . . . A sad young Muslim girl stood outside the doorway of a Filipino church longing for the love and joy displayed by those inside.

Suffering's Chalice ~ G ... Postcript

23/6/2014

Soul Snack 117/14 . . . Concealed in a pre-dawn human history, before a time any man could number, Job almost drowned in the chalice of suffering.

10 JOLTS from JESUS

11/6/2014

Soul Snack 109/14 . . . On July 8th 1741 Jonathon Edwards preached up a hell-fire storm.

Struck by The Sword

4/6/2014

Soul Snack 105/14 . . . An unrestrained personal confrontation is the Bible's DNA. It accosts the wayward soul while opposing the sinful spirit.

Hearing God's Calls

20/5/2014

Soul Snack 95/14 . . . God's voice is an infinite tent that canopies the skies.

Reconstructing the Evangelical Soul

4/5/2014

Soul Snack 83/14 . . . A fresh mission draws, WAIT no - it lures me from evangelical rectitude and shades me under the Tree of Life.

A Strange Thing

30/4/2014

Soul Snack 81/14 . . . It is a distinctive life that hungers and thirsts for the Lord.

Bread Alone?

3/4/2014

Soul Snack 66/14 . . . Man has learned to live upon bread alone, but this is not as God intended.

The Truth that IS in Jesus ~ B

1/4/2014

Soul Snack 64/14 . . . To prayerfully ponder Ephesians 4 of the Holy Scripture will recalibrate the way we live in this world.

The Truth that IS in Jesus ~ A

31/3/2014

Soul Snack 63/14 . . .

Reconstructing Righteousness ~ B

24/3/2014

Soul Snack 58/14 . . . If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything.

Reconstructing Righteousness ~ A

23/3/2014

Soul Snack 57/14 . . . Beware, another Jesus is being built to new specifications before your very eyes.

Storming the Soul

13/3/2014

Soul Snack 51/14 . . . The soul is stormed, a tempest is multiplied and Heaven is assailed when moaning is the lubricant of speech, oil to each day.

The Child of Influence

19/1/2014

Soul Snack 13/14 . . . Those who leave the greatest physical legacies are those who are willing to pay the largest spiritual costs.

You Must Stand Firm

16/1/2014

IntroductionThis shaken soul reels and shudders as The Empire State Building is lit up for all to see by an image of satan, reflected in the picture of the Hindu goddess...

A Cheap Christ?

16/1/2014

Soul Snack 12/14 . . . 600 years ago The Reformation liberated Christ from the crucifix.

Holy Stains

5/11/2013

Soul Snack 212/13 . . . Holy Stains Stains are disdained. Blemishes, marks and imperfections carry witness to wear and tear.

To me or not to me AGAIN?

22/10/2013

Soul Snack 203/13 . . . To me or not to me - AGAIN? Indulgence penetrates to saturation Western Christianity.

To me or not to me?

20/10/2013

Soul Snack 201/13 . . . To me or not to me? Whoever obeys, renounces the fulfillment of his own will. ~ J. O.

The Mortal Battle

23/9/2013

Soul Snack 183/13 . . . The Mortal Battle If you can, imagine ALL the call of heaven upon your life. . .

The Narrow Way

19/9/2013

Soul Snack 181/13 . . .

The Jigsaw of Heaven

19/8/2013

Soul Snack 158/13 . . .

God's Microscope

23/7/2013

Soul Snack 139/13 . . .

God's Property

13/6/2013

Soul Snack 111/13 . . . God's Property There is a divine claim, indeed ownership against my life that I still fail to comprehend.

Ruling God?

21/5/2013

Soul Snack 95/13 . . . Ruling God? How different are God's ways from ours.

A Cherokee Legend

6/3/2013

Soul Snack 46/13 . . . A Cherokee Legend# An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

Nail-pierced hands

28/1/2013

Soul Snack 19/13 . . .

SOBRIETY!

21/1/2013

Soul Snippet 15/13 . . . SOBRIETY! I am no Finney, Wesley, Spurgeon, Edwards, Ryle, Tozer, Ravenhill, or Graham. I am no Hudson Taylor, George Mueller, C.

Blind Christians - A

19/11/2012

Soul Snack 207/12 . . . Blind Christians - A Many western Christian's walk through life sliding white ball-tipped sticks before them.

The Cross in God's Heart

12/9/2012

Soul Snack 161/12 . . .

The Guitar God

8/8/2012

Soul Snack 136/12 . . .

A Martyr's Memoirs - B

12/6/2012

Soul Snack 95/12 . . .

A Martyr's Memoirs - A

11/6/2012

Soul Snack 94/12 . . . A Martyr's Memoirs - A# I am a disciple of Jesus the Christ. I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed.

Nailing Jesus to Me

10/5/2012

Soul Snack 73/12 . . . Nailing Jesus to Me Pastor Youceff Nardarkhani has been jailed in Iran.

Self-betrayal

5/12/2011

Soul Snack 214/11 . . .

Throne throws

30/11/2011

Soul Snack 210/11 . . .

The Couch & the Cross

20/10/2011

Soul Snack 182/11 . . . The Couch & the Cross Jesus is bold, forthright and unconstrained. He is not backward in coming forward.

Turning the heat down

15/8/2011

Soul Snack 137/11 . . . Turning the heat down There is a terrifying and inescapable theme to our Lord's teaching - I just don't have final control.

The Habitual Heart - B

10/8/2011

Soul Snack 134/11 . . . The Habitual Heart - B Commanding each day are tiny seasons.

The Habitual Heart - A

9/8/2011

Soul Snack 133/11 . . . The Habitual Heart - A Leaping aloft from the pages of Isaiah 58 are words of challenge and not words of comfort.

Soul Sight

19/7/2011

Soul Snack 117/11 . . .

Life's Poker Machines

30/6/2011

Soul Snack 104/11 . . . Life's Poker Machines A sun-drenched afternoon revealed his thinning hair.

Impurity's Ashe cloud

27/6/2011

Soul Snack 101/11 . . . Impurity's Ashe cloudTo navigate life well it must begin with the difficult and diligent pursuit of purity.

Choking the Soul

17/5/2011

Soul Snack 75/11 . . . Choking the SoulChristians are called to peace not war - grace not greed and a life lived well from faith.

Giving and Taking

5/5/2011

Soul Snack 67/11 . . .

Goldmining

28/4/2011

Soul Snack 61/11 . . .

Climbing Trees

8/3/2011

Soul Snack 30/11 . . . Climbing Trees Think of your favourite tree.

The Price of Poverty

1/3/2011

Soul Snack 24/11 . . . The Price of Poverty Rampaging within the indulgent and the self-consumed is a rich human spirit.

The Garden of God

28/2/2011

Soul Snack 23/11 . . . The Garden of God The Bible is rich with agricultural metaphors from planting to pruning to uprooting. God's church is His garden.

Spiritual Strength

10/2/2011

Soul Snack 13/11 . . . Recognising Spiritual Strength Some men come to my mind as spiritual superstars, most would also likely wear the mantle of prophet.

The Mirror of the Cross

2/2/2011

Soul Snack 7/11 . . . The Mirror of the Cross Adultery is unfaithfulness. Largely it is unseen.

God's Property

22/11/2010

Soul Snack 117/12 . . . God's Property Some live within the sound of church, or chapel bell.

A Plea

21/11/2010

Soul Snack 193/10 . . . A Plea Today is the day to be different.

Boundary Rider

14/10/2010

Soul Snack 179/10 . . .

Attending to Jesus

15/9/2010

Soul Snack 157/10 . . .

The High Road of Blessing

9/9/2010

Soul Snack 153/10 . . . The High Road of Blessing The high road of blessing is the road less travelled.

This man Jesus

8/8/2010

Soul Snack S12/12 . . . This man Jesus There is nothing comfortable about a cross.

The Mature Soul

1/7/2010

Soul Snack 104/10 . . . The Mature soul The joy of a Divinely captured soul will always remove the loneliness of solitude.

Palaces of the heart.

4/5/2010

Soul Snack 64/10 . . .

Christian carnivores!

4/3/2010

Soul Snack 25/10 . . . Christian carnivores! From birth to burial the purpose of life is advancement to maturity.

Wanting - B!

16/2/2010

Soul Snack 13/10 . . . Wanting - B! The soul of the Christian bears much conflict these days.

Wanting - A!

15/2/2010

Soul Snack 12/10 . . . Wanting - A! Enlivening the senses and engaging the mind are the bombarding attractions of today.

Jesus' clarity.

9/2/2010

Soul Soul 8/10 . . . Jesus' clarity. I now enjoy a flat screen monitor. It is not large, so I have reclaimed valuable desk space. It is new.

Climate controlled faith!

14/12/2009

Soul Snack 9/221 . . . Climate controlled faith! Climate control is a hot topic for both science and cars these days. It's all about temperature.

Cheating on Jesus

23/11/2009

Soul Snack 9/206 . . . Cheating on Jesus. The Jesus of my journey is the crucified one.

Stealing Jesus - E

12/11/2009

Soul Snack 9/199 . . . Stealing Jesus - E Prior to His Passion a truthful and understanding messiah reflected on salvation to a rich and sad young ruler.

Stealing Jesus - D

11/11/2009

Soul Snack 9/198 . . . Stealing Jesus - D Robbery of my faith begins when I fail any longer to see my deep sinfulness.

Stealing Jesus - C

10/11/2009

Soul Snack 9/197 . . .

Stealing Jesus - B

9/11/2009

Soul Snack 9/196 . . . Stealing Jesus - B Flowing flawlessly through a soul that has fasted of righteousness is an unhindered self-will.

A tepid cross?

26/10/2009

Soul Snack 9/186 . . .

Holy People

21/10/2009

Soul Snack . . .

A martyr's mind - B!

21/9/2009

Soul Snack 9/162 . . .

A martyr's mind - A

20/9/2009

Soul Snack 9/161 . . . A martyr's mind - A! "I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit's power.

Heading home.

10/7/2009

SOUL SNACK 9/110 . . . Heading home. Raging within each man's heart is a competition, day by day and hour by hour.

Bike Blessing?

11/3/2009

Soul Snack 9/28 . . . Bike Blessings? There is something re-assuring about traversing a path to goodness.

No Entry?

5/2/2009

Soul Snack 9/4 . . .

Stealing Jesus - A

11/1/2009

Soul Snack 9/195 . . .

Rotten Rebukes?

14/11/2008

Soul Snack 8/198 . . . Rotten Rebukes? An invisible flinch perforated her entire being as gentle precision chosen words were spoken to her.

The Care Canopy

7/11/2008

Soul Snack 8/193 . . . The Care Canopy Benevolent building is at God's core to care. God's cleansings are His footings to all His spiritual building programmes.

A Sin Saviour

1/10/2008

Soul Snack 8/168. . . A Sin Saviour As bugs are attracted to light, so am I attracted to sin. Sin feels like light, but hurts like darkness.

A Sin Assassin

30/9/2008

Soul Snack 8/167 . . . A Sin Assassin As very close as the next opportunity is my sin. My vulnerability is its knowledge. My weakness is its advantage.

FOCUS!

22/9/2008

Soul Snack 8/161 . . . FOCUS! Moving has become a chorus to my life. Friends have discarded entire address books with the constant update on my contact details.

Radically Rebel!

15/9/2008

Soul Snack 8/156 . . . Radically Rebel! Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King and Che Guevera all marched to the same rebellious tune.

Speaking Well

19/8/2008

Soul Snack 8/137 . . . Speaking Well. Annoying crackles reverberated through the audience. This poor microphone an appropriate metaphor for an equally annoying comedian.

Anger Management

25/7/2008

Soul Snack 8/120 . . . Anger Management Her tongue had always been her strong point. Articulate and well groomed speech always engineered a destructive tirade.

Gandhi's 7 Sins

7/7/2008

Soul Snack 8/108 . . .

Wrecked Work?

20/6/2008

Soul Snack 8/97 . . . "Wrecked Work?" Fourteen days of just one storm while sailing across the volatile ancient Mediterranean had taken it's expected toll.

Self Discovery

19/6/2008

Soul Snack 8/96 . . . Self Discovery Brash, bold, and foolishly intrepid is the mouth and heart of the self-ignorant.

Beaten Paths

18/6/2008

Soul Snack 8/95 . . . Beaten Paths A sullen and weary Job sits head in hands, brow beaten again by another friend.

Rescuing the Invisible God

13/6/2008

Soul Snack 8/92 . . .

Touching the Eternal

6/5/2008

Soul Snack 8/65 . . . Touching the Eternal The knowledge of God is vigorously pursued across this world and across eons of time.

Luddite Legacy

7/3/2008

Soul Snack 8/26 . . .

High Performance Hearts

8/2/2008

Soul Snack 8/6 . . . High Performance Hearts. ". . . above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.

The Praise Pier

26/8/2007

Soul Snack 105 . . . The Praise Pier 'Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence'.

Visiting God

16/6/2007

Working well

28/5/2007

Soul Snack 92 . . . Working Well '. . . be like a dove that makes its nest at the mouth of a cave. . . ' Jer.

A Titanic Thought

3/3/2007

Soul Snack 54/12 . . .

Victory Without Effort

2/2/2006

SOUL SNACK 29 . . .

Man's Most Difficult Task!

26/1/2006

SOUL SNACK 61 . . .

The Believers by-pass?

10/1/2006

SOUL SNACK 53 . . . The Believer's By-Pass? “Remember the words I spoke to you. ' No servant is greater than his master.

The Esau Enigma

8/1/2006

SOUL SNACK 109/11 . . .

Feet, Pain or Pleasure?

9/9/2004

SOUL SNACK 44 . . . Feet, Pain or Pleasure? . . . .

A River and Reservoir of Grace

20/2/2004

SOUL SNACK 45 … A River and Reservoir of Grace “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in...

The Law of Reciprocity

3/3/2003

Daily thundering through our lives is the bane of modern mans' existence - traffic! Traffic can variously be described as mayhem, menace or even malevolence.

Of Tourists & Tenants

2/2/2002

SOUL SNACK 134/13 . . .

The Winnning Will

2/2/2002

SOUL SNACK 40 . . . The Winning Will “Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your good Spirit Lead me to level ground.

The Peace Process

1/1/2001

Soul Snack 75 . . . The Peace Process 'Be completely gentle and humble, bearing one another in love. Make every effort to keep. . . unity. . .

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Category: Discipleship