Pondering Righteousness & Grace
27/9/2024
Righteousness dwells at the root of all virtue. It is the mother lode of virtue.
Category: Humility and Grace
Where Jesus Walked ~ B#
29/8/2024
A view of Mt. Tabor in Israel, believed to be one of two possible locations for Jesus' transfiguration. . . .
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Where Jesus Walked ~ A#
27/8/2024
The above image is Mt. Hermon in north Israel, one of two possible sites where Jesus was transfigured. Mt. Tabor is the alternative.
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A Parable of Pride & Prayer
26/7/2024
The Lord, sitting on His throne, one day gazed down to earth. As He sat there He chose a particularly diligent servant for a task.
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Yesterday's virtues are today's challenge!
20/3/2024
It appears that the desire for virtue by men and women may have been stronger in bygone seasons. History records their unusual pursuits, reflections and affections.
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Wisdom, Grace & Fear ~ Spurgeon
22/2/2024
An ancient Roman sage, Quintilian, said of some in his time that they might have become excellent scholars had they not been so persuaded of their scholarship already.
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The Fraud of Independence.
20/2/2024
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5b) Since satan's expulsion from the heavenly halls mankind has stood firm with shoulders held back.
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1 Lover & many Losers
9/2/2024
It is better to lose a lover than love a loser. ~ anon Dominique Voillaume lived, died and proved the opposite of the above bankrupt myth.
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The boy who got no prize...#
28/11/2023
There is certainly an inequity, but is there too an injustice when those free from handicap reap honor from their 'natural' health, yet the handicapped are 'ineligible'? #The following text in...
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God never gives a 1st prize
25/11/2023
The ageing, highly polished floorboards hardly groan. A young lithe figure steps forward. Elegant in her school uniform, she confidently mounts the stage Phones are out.
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We lose when we can't answer this question!
4/10/2023
Martin Luther was right. He orchestrated (among many other contributers) The Reformation.
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Seeking Jesus' shadow...
8/9/2023
The way of holiness is the way of heavenly wealth. ~ Charles Spurgeon Be holy as I am holy.
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Dangerous Prejudices
5/9/2023
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with...
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A Humbler Grace I Must Pray For
14/5/2023
It is both a great and troubling thing to travel with Jesus on His terms, to name Him as Lord.
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Attempting to practise Humility?
14/3/2023
This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at My word. (Isaiah 66:2b) Jesus led the way in the humility stakes.
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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.
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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.
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Vagrants at the Throne of Grace
12/2/2023
Barren Hannah held a dry womb, but rich faith. The bitterness of her soul did not jettison her faith.
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The Pain of Grace & Mercy#
2/2/2023
I wanted to know so much more of this God who would pour His grace and mercy on me. You didn't deserve the wounds you have in your heart.
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Separating 'grace' & 'mercy'!
31/1/2023
A simple but accurate separation is: Grace is receiving a betterment not owed to you. BUT: Mercy is not receiving a punishment owed to you.
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The Very Breath of Humility ~ B
10/1/2023
To pick up where we had left off. . . Children are the very breath of humility.
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The Very Breath of Humility ~ A
8/1/2023
Humility enters these fresh days of 2023 desiring to walk the paths of righteousness for His names sake. (Psalm 23:3) 2023 is not a further season for self-promotion.
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God Wants To Get Us Home#
27/11/2022
'You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in Your care You watched over my life'. (Job 10:12) Discipline is easy for me to swallow. Logical to assimilate.
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Jesus backs virtue!
27/9/2022
Clergy are no longer the keeper of the keys. Amidst all the centuries since Christ, Christians live in an increasingly charmed season.
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Give me understanding...
15/8/2022
What advice have you offered to one without wisdom? (Job 26:3a) Wisdom's ways are counter-cultural.
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Dousing the Right to Fight
15/6/2022
Grace is dousing the right to fight. Grace is not a thirst for justice but a hunger for mercy. Grace is the engine-room of forgiveness.
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A Vital Snapshot of Grace
9/6/2022
'Grace' appears 118 times in the New Testament, and is supported by another ten times in the Old Testament.
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Thinking about 'Grace'
5/6/2022
Grace is an attractive quality to any life, however both saints and sinners often fail to grasp it.
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Treasured Grace#
3/6/2022
Nails and the crown of thorns are a clear reality that screams G. R. A. C. E. They are best held close to the trusting heart.
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Ordinary People#
5/5/2022
Ordinary men can live by grace not by performance when each become familiar with the Savior nailed on our cross.
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'Grace' does not stand alone...
15/3/2022
'Grace' is not a stand alone virtue. The righteous act of Jesus first in Gethsemane and then on Golgotha made 'grace' available to all of mankind.
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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.
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THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE!
4/12/2021
Recently I had the honor to sit with an elderly gent, he was well past his three score years and ten. He opened his heart.
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The Journey of Grace Upon Earth
12/10/2021
Faith lives. Faith, like a muscle, grows by stretching. ~ A. W. Tozer It is a spiritual organism, much the same as physical organisms. Faith feels.
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Humility never Expires or Retires
6/10/2021
Be humble, lest you stumble. ~ D. L. Moody Humility is the healing from pride. It rejoices in obscurity.
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Choose a Soft Heart to Hard Truths
21/9/2021
Countless seasons have waxed and waned, each rolling forward in a pre-ordained reliability. Seasons too carry their own pre-ordained lessons.
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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.
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'LOVE' is NOT the 'GOSPEL'!
20/6/2021
Out of the overflow of the Divine heart love is poured, but this is not His gospel. The gospel is caused by love, but love is not its fabric.
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Pride is stealing from God
19/6/2021
Sometimes I shudder like an Eskimo without an igloo. . .
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Jesus' Edge
5/5/2021
Where is the soft spirit, the quiet eyes or the easy touch of warm support? Scanning the tabloids, listening to the daily news or watching soul-numbing sitcoms there appears little room...
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A Tale of Pride & the Devil#
4/5/2021
A desert monk, Abba Daniel (circa 400 AD) taught: Upon an invitation a monk attended the house of a woman possessed by the devil.
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The Mercy of Peace
27/4/2021
"Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but the truth".
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Of Grace, Truth (& Bondage)
16/4/2021
It is grace alone that means we aren't all washed up in sin.
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The Delight of Boasting
14/3/2021
'Boasting is always an advertisement to self-poverty' - anon. Or is it really? 'Boast' appears in Scripture ninety-three times. (NIV -UK version).
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The Mind of Christ
12/3/2021
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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Out of Sight is 'Success'!
25/2/2021
'The highest branch is not the safest root. ' ~ anon The hearts of men beat tainted and stained by the irrepressible desire for glory.
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God Never Gives A 1st Prize
25/2/2021
The highly polished floorboards hardly groan. A young lithe figure steps lightly forward. Elegant in her school uniform, she mounts the stage with grace.
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Grace Faces Me Forward
4/2/2021
There are no thrones I can approach, nor stately doors drawn open should I knock. Yet grace permits me, NO - indeed invites me to approach Heaven's throne.
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The 1st Habit of A Highly Kind Person
2/2/2021
Many a soul and heart burns in goodness, but this goodness may require an energetic stirring to become visible.
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4 Thoughts on Pride & Pain
29/12/2021
When pride and pain meet it is an unspoken blessing (not burden).
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A Grander View of Money#
5/12/2020
Could we have our whole theology of money upside down? Matthew 6:19–34 reminds us that our financial burden belongs to the Lord.
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Pride's Folly
21/11/2020
Let another praise, and not your own mouth; someone else and not your own lips.
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Meeting The Hurt You Never Deserved!#
19/11/2020
Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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4 Inexhaustible Ways of Grace
15/10/2020
God's grace opens heaven's doors to men, that they may each be trained in righteousness.
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The Mystery of Godliness
3/9/2020
In the Bible we find the concept of ‘mystery’ as something once hidden but now revealed. The apostle Paul writes in 1 Timothy 3:16 . . .
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Enemies are Good
18/8/2020
From an unknown but understanding source: God allows enemies to rise up to mirror our own behavior.
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The Children of Wisdom
9/6/2020
Souls are either redeemed or unredeemed. The difference is marked. The unredeemed soul does not understand the redeemed soul.
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The World Awaits You
31/3/2020
The world awaits you, it is to each man his oyster. When an irritant enters an oyster's shell its natural reaction is to cover the speck and protect itself.
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Bucket-loads of Humility is Good.
26/3/2020
My tomorrow is not safe from my proud decisions today. It is in my best interests to have learned this yesterday.
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Lead me on a level path!
12/3/2020
'Men give advice, God gives guidance. ' ~ Leonard RavenhillA daily prayer for the humble: Lord You are my light and my salvation. . .
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Blessed are the chain's smallest links#
3/3/2020
There exists a rather unknown character in Jewish history named Hathach - he 'saved' Israel.
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I Can Only Imagine!
25/2/2020
Imagine all the people living in peace. . . (John Lennon) Imagine all the future when night and war is lost. . .
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Flattened on a mill's floor?
10/2/2020
'Grist' literally means grain to be ground. 'Grace builders' are those unpleasant, persistent times and people that grind 'the living daylights out of you'.
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Banking Grace
21/1/2020
From the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another. (John 1:16) Grace is the heartbeat of every Christian endeavour.
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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.
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The Hiding of Holiness
9/7/2019
Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Stirred towards Mercy
3/7/2019
Mercy is the door a man opens to his enemy, still knowing he need not, still knowing he continues safe from his enemy, and most notable of all - that...
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When Honor Is Safe
2/7/2019
In the hustle of life the good men can be the most hidden men. This is as it should be.
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Reclaiming The Angels
16/6/2019
'It was pride that changed the angels into devils; it is humility that makes men angels. ' ~ AugustinePride is my firmest deceiver, it persists within my heart.
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The Station That Few Men Can Survive
2/6/2019
Is there a greater test upon the human mettle than honor? All mankind is tempted toward conceit - more so those who do not reckon with self, or hold great skills...
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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.
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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.
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The Power of Unmeasured Patience
11/3/2019
Countless seasons have waxed and waned upon their necessary reliability. These are fortunately equal to my great skill at slow learning.
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Idle Idols
21/2/2019
Warmly his eyes smiled. Gentle fingers curled around a golden miniature Buddha. A captured heart and focussed mind knelt with great care before this slight statue.
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Show Me Your Glory
19/11/2018
Scripture records Moses with an exceptional honor, as the most humble man upon the face of the earth.
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Formed by Christ
21/10/2018
I saw a man now stronger and wise, noteworthy for his distance from his fellow men.
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The Vault of Your Heart
31/7/2018
Take care that the world does hate you, that it hates you without cause.
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Flying like Superman
26/7/2018
There is no call to a natural life, or even an unnatural life for any Jesus follower.
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How to Forgive Permanently
17/6/2018
There is always that battle within to forgive. You try to forgive, but the hurt raises its ugly head again.
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The Shelter of Humility
4/2/2018
John the Baptist died humbly as a martyr, that Jesus might increase and he might decrease.
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The Beauty of Grace
28/12/2017
Am I correct? . . . The people most likely to turn up enthusiastically to a school reunion are those who have 'made good' in life.
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Hit by Grace!
19/11/2017
A tattered urchin grins through broken teeth to a well-dressed gent. Grubby hands wishfully hold an outstretched hat. Almost unintelligible words add color to this scene.
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A Parable of an Old Man#
11/11/2017
An old man was sitting in his 'cell' (a hut or a cave where the desert monks lived) and a voice came to him which invited: come and I will show...
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Learning He Was Wrong
6/11/2017
I saw a man who wore that shining necklace of pride. (See Psalm 73:6) Then I saw the same man both weak and knowledgeable.
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My Sins Run Out Behind Me
23/10/2017
Sadly, I am a skilled gardener. Too often I have potted life in the rich soils of poor judgements. This dirt I have watered well and fertilized frequently.
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Today My Best Friend Slapped Me!#
22/10/2017
Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point in the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other in the face.
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God's Intent for the Nations
17/10/2017
It hasn't happened yet. . . God intends for righteousness and praise to rise before every nation. The nations have chosen the ways of wickedness, they slander Heaven.
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Life's Most Necessary Measure
2/8/2017
The true way of the disciple is humility. They bow their back before they raise their hands. A disciple must be humbled before they can be cleansed.
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3 Rocks from the Son
1/8/2017
Rocks are formidable. Even small ones fell giants. Many times rocks are described with god-like qualities. Immovable, unchallengeable and unchangeable. Firm, strong, steadfast and resilient.
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The Beautiful Valley of the Soul
25/6/2017
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Is not the search for a superior love the compass to life? After all, mankind is first made in the image of He whose fabric is love.
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The One Thing Needed to Leave Earth Safely
13/6/2017
Grace is the Divine space module built with Jesus' torn hands to take humans home. There is no charge and seating is already reserved for free.
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A Grandma's Justice - New York Style#
23/3/2017
In the winter of 1935, the United States reeled from the throes of the Great Depression. Fiorello La Guardia presided as New York's mayor during those dark days.
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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.
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Sprinting to Honor
26/2/2017
In 2012 cyclist Lance Armstrong (the doping cheat) sprinted not to fame, but to shame. His name is forever recorded in history as synonymous with shame.
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8 Rules for Relationship Repair
15/2/2017
Being righteous is better than being right. Living humbly is better than losing friends. Eight thoughts to keep friends or restore them: 1) Overlook offence.
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A Little Grace Breaks The Ice#
7/2/2017
"A little child cannot do bad coloring; nor can a child of God do bad prayer.
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Grace Watches Vagabonds TOO#
6/2/2017
Jesus comes for outcasts, the unacceptable and those with shattered dreams. He dreams of the accused, the abused and the angry - as His friends.
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Propelled by Grace
17/1/2017
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for all those times that You have strengthened me when I was under trial, given me wisdom when in a difficult situation, or empowered me...
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The Liberation of the Soul
10/1/2017
My Lord spent His life to draw me out of me, that I could be in Him and He too in me.
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How to Build a City
9/1/2017
Is everything I think I am, I am not really? Does my spirit of pride still lie to me, seduce me and puff me up? How can I know? Surely a...
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Take Heart from Bethlehem
18/12/2016
It was in Bethlehem, not Jerusalem, that Jesus was born. Bethlehem was a poor town, where many people lived in modified caves.
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The Power of the Lord's Presence
7/12/2016
The Power of the Lord's Presence is available to the humble. The larger the gap between the believer and God, the more space possible for satan to enter.
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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.
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What Gift Never Arrives Alone?
15/9/2016
Gifts should frequent and delight all lives. They can be a lowered draw-bridge to join the gap of troubled relationships. Mankind's widest gap is from his creator. . .
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A Torchlight in Darkness
10/8/2016
God's mercies He still delivers fresh and free every morning.
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How Did I Manage Yesterday?
9/8/2016
Bear with me please, just for a moment? A simple random guess I offer - on at least one weary morning you have shaken a foggy head clear while the dawn...
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Simpson's New Secret#
8/8/2016
I shall never forget the morning that I spent in my church reading an old musty book that I had discovered in my library on the subject of: "The Higher...
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3 Ways to Keep the Faith
12/7/2016
November 3rd 1992 saw Jon Bon Jovi release his chart shaking 'Keep the Faith'. He sung that keeping the faith is 'living though the rain'.
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10 Candles of Grace
20/6/2016
Grace is to be celebrated. Grace is life's most attractive virtue. Grace continues as the Divine rescue flooding His planet - all the more as wickedness abounds.
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The Two-Fold Beauty of Grace
2/6/2016
Planet earth is dressed in as many different personalities as there are individuals. The ply of human thinking categorises (judges?) people. We each do this with a culpable regularity.
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4 Secrets of Forgiveness
26/5/2016
Forgiveness is swimming against an emotional tide, even a flood. Forgiveness is a wrestle of the soul many refuse to enter, to their own destruction.
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The Balance of Forgiveness
26/5/2016
At its core, forgiveness remains unfair. There is something unjust about a person's dastardly deeds going unpunished. In the final analysis, forgiveness is an act of faith.
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The Hyper-Grace Deceit
1/5/2016
Flooding Christian bookstores, pulpits and unthinking Christian minds is the hyper-grace heresy.
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Living A Billiard Ball Life
28/4/2016
The pattern of this world is easy to live with, it blankets the planet. As nationalities take up arms, likewise individuals rise against each other.
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3 Truths for a Dry Faith
12/4/2016
Is the soul parched and the spirit cracked? Has repetition at worship dulled your praise? Could the absence of personal devotion be a stealth attack to your faith? Maybe all the above, or...
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The Hydra of Pride ~ C.S. Lewis
10/3/2016
In a very personal letter last century C. S Lewis reflected: During my afternoon meditations I have found out ludicrous and terrible things about my own character.
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Growing Old Disgracefully?#
6/3/2016
I am aging a bit. (Well - just a mildish understatement.
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Shining on the Poor
18/1/2016
Do you feel your name is written in the heavens but only scribbled upon earth? Does your very existence cry out for God's presence, thirsting with the deer and knowing your...
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Life's Bright Side
17/1/2016
Grace is the leaven that each life rises upon. Without grace life can only further descend into the hollowness of my rights and the destructiveness of sin.
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The Gentle Edge
13/1/2016
Scanning the tabloids, listening to the daily news or watching soul-numbing sitcoms there appears little room for gentleness, little honor for the tender person.
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Stretching to Success in 2016
29/12/2016
To laugh and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false...
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The Beautiful Reflection
3/12/2015
A study from 2013 reported that women spend an average of $15,000 on make-up in a life time.
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4 Trumps to Pride
2/12/2015
Around 3,500 years ago the Lord described Moses as the most humble upon the face of the earth. Today he is still the man to mimic.
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A Prime Minister's Pointed Finger#
30/8/2015
Alfred Deakin was a rare person. He lived a life where each chapter began with one outstanding achievement or another.
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False Grace#
15/7/2015
A fear washes my soul. Am I becoming disagreeable? Where there is tolerance so will there be rebellion, for righteousness is never defended by the wicked name of tolerance.
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The Perfect Storm Upon Grace
14/7/2015
There is nothing new under the sun. What transpired two thousand years ago is repeated to this day.
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God the Diamond
17/6/2015
Once upon a time (about three centuries ago really) the firebrand pulpiteer Jonathon Edwards melted pride and chastened souls with his timeless sermon - Sinners in the hands of an...
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Are You Ungifted?
2/6/2015
Ok you are not a Conan O'Brien; this thought causes you little distress or maybe the opposite? But in reality you DO know that you don't share your brother's and sister's...
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Of Guilt & Relationship 101
27/5/2015
#God is above all relational within Himself and invites us into that same relationship, and not as a whimpering poorer person not quite of the family, but as an equal...
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A Word of Explanation
26/5/2015
SoulSnacks over the next three days are the products of an ongoing discussion with a subscriber.
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Jesus Refuses Stones
25/5/2015
God does not keep a record of wrongs. Sadly, that’s a job we give ourselves.
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The 3 Hopes of the Humble
24/5/2015
Apply the mind to honor humility that the knees may follow. The humble seek to lead an inverted life.
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The Shortest History of Grace - EVER! ~ Part B
19/5/2015
God has steadfastly refused to leave His creation unattended, or release His world to the pervasive darkness of evil.
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The Shortest History of Grace - EVER! ~ Part A
18/5/2015
There are four events that have forever changed mankind's history. They usher in fresh seasons of grace for all who are willing to receive.
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God's Flagstaff
14/5/2015
Whilever I seek my glory I foolishly condemn myself to failure. This is the crafting of me as a direct competitor to God. We are always exalting ourselves.
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The 3 Owner's of Heaven
5/5/2015
Heaven's title deeds and rewards are held by three peoples. They are: the poor in spirit, (Matthew 5:3)those persecuted because of righteousness (Matthew 5:11-12) and little children (Matthew 18:3-4).
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Of the Meek & Inheritance
29/4/2015
Escaping the crowds, Jesus scaled a mountainside and sat. This was at the start of His earthly ministry.
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Of the Meek & Justice
28/4/2015
Meek people refuse to be controlling people, it is likely that 'control' rarely enters their mind. They are accepting, gracious and travelling the extra mile people.
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5 Hints @ Humility
16/4/2015
I pen this as a rampant outsider that trusts maybe, that's right just maybe, the good Lord may introduce me some day to be an insider.
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4 Items Never Bought
14/4/2015
In a world moulded by gold it is yet to learn the most important things can never be bought.
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A Salve to the Weak ~ B
11/3/2015
Weakness is the conduit to self-crucifixion. Whilever I continue strong in myself I have the energy to fight self-crucifixion.
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How to Climb Heaven's Ladder#
3/3/2015
Holy Scripture cries out to us, brothers, saying: everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. . .
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God does not bank grace#
25/2/2015
God is entirely extravagant, even wanton in how He spends His grace. God recklessly abandons it to bankrupt souls.
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The Grace Spendthrift
24/2/2015
Satan hides this. We miss it. God then becomes ignored, or worse still, blamed. God has not short-changed us. He has not withheld grace.
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Full Steam Grace
22/2/2015
Wickedness is on meteoric increase. It is broadcast by both the media and perpetrators shamelessly to the world.
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Tainted Grace
16/2/2015
Circa 1570 a humble nun had been requested to write. She felt uneducated, certainly unaccustomed to such invitations she humbly protested. But her master prevailed.
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6 Tips to Escape Ambition's Jail
15/2/2015
There remains conflict twixt earth and heaven, between a man's body and a man's soul. This struggle is painfully evident in the redeemed soul.
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A Wisdom for NOW!
28/1/2015
Familiar and comfortably proud lives blanket the western world, selfishly sculpted by ambition and desires.
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Interrupted by Grace
17/12/2014
Soul Snack 242/14 . . . Inhospitable places to humans are the richest soils of eternity.
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1 Mandela + 1 Manger = ?
9/12/2014
Soul Snack 236/14 . . . Consider please: The mundane events of antiquity become the stunning events of history.
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The 6AM Prayer
20/10/2014
Soul Snack 200/14 . . . The true story is told of an insane royal braggart who became a beggar.
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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.
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6 Life-Robbing Regrets
12/10/2014
Regrets - I've had a few, crooned Frank Sinatra in his 1969 hit tune "I Did It My Way".
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Enemy 4 ~ Diluting Despair#
2/10/2014
Soul Snack 190/14 . . . It is a painfully wicked life to wear the holey trousers of despair.
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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.
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Sulfur Stained Grace
21/9/2014
Soul Snack 181/14 . . . The hurdled has been leapt, pride swallowed and knees bent in a sorrowful repentance.
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Of Pride & Prayer
18/9/2014
Soul Snack 180/14 . . . Beware the pride of prayer. Audit the performance of public displays, or the inner comparisons to others during private devotions.
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GRACE GALORE
26/6/2014
Soul Snack 120/14 . . . Grace is dousing the right to fight. Grace is not a thirst for justice but a hunger for mercy.
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Suffering's Chalice ~ D ... Reciprocity
18/6/2014
Soul Snack 114/14 . . . Boomerangs are an iconic hunting weapon of the Australian aborigine, crafted from wood.
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God's Sidearm
1/6/2014
Soul Snack 102/14 . . . Pride is running block on God. It is the spiritual sidearm of those devoted to falling and foolishness. The proud shoot the humble.
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SKIMMING GRACE ~ E ... 'The Returned Blessing'
27/5/2014
Soul Snack 100/14 . . . Grace is never a license to sin. It is no mere permission or validation for further offense to God.
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SKIMMING GRACE ~ D ... 'The Blessing Savior'
26/5/2014
Soul Snack 99/14 . . . Jesus descended to the world of shattered dreams. He had long dreamt of the accused, the abused and the angry as His friends.
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SKIMMING GRACE ~ B ... 'The Humble Author'
22/5/2014
A jaded, humble or accurate Mark Twain (maybe all) summarily dismissed humankind on countless occasions - one such dismissal was: The human race is a race of cowards; and I am...
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SKIMMING GRACE ~ C ... 'The Broken Author'
22/5/2014
Soul Snack 98/14 . . . The entry to this world is marked with a cry. There is an odyssey of heartache that all will embark upon.
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Souvenirs of Solitude ~ Humility & Pride
29/4/2014
Soul Snack 80/14 . . . Humility is becoming what you have despised and realising that you were wrong.
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Faith & Falling
20/3/2014
Soul Snack 56/14 . . . There can remain a hidden pride in the long-redeemed heart, or long-suffering forgiven soul.
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Standing on Credit Card Grace
24/1/2014
Soul Snack 17/14 . . . ALL IS GRACE. To much contemporary Christian thinking, grace has become a license.
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Of Worthlessness
28/11/2013
Soul Snack 229/13 . . . Of Worthlessness For those who have lived around, or even within the trash cans of life. . .
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Leonard's Light
23/10/2013
Soul Snack 204/13 . . . Leonard's Light Pride has come and gotten in the way of my life. It has stolen my life from me.
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The 2nd Chance Key
25/9/2013
Soul Snack 185/13 . . . The 2nd Chance Key During the 7th Century BC, legislator Draco was first to bring written laws to ancient Greece.
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Resurrecting Sodom
22/4/2013
Soul Snack 75/13 . . . Resurrecting Sodom With one hand God is motioning man to come to Him, with the other hand He is holding back His wrath.
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Of Eskimos & Twitter
14/4/2013
Soul Snack 69/13 . . . Of Eskimos & Twitter Sometimes I shudder like an Eskimo without an igloo. . .
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Faultfinders and Grumblers
7/2/2013
Soul Snack 27/13 . . . Faultfinders and Grumblers There is one for every grain of sand. There is one for every word ever written.
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Of Science & things
19/6/2012
Soul Snack 100/12 . . . Of Science & things To the knowledgeable, the self-confident, the talented, the self-made and the purposefully proud an anonymous anecdote. . .
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Abiding in Peace - B
7/5/2012
Soul Snack 70/12 . . . Abiding in Peace - B Floating permanently upon the shallow pond of life is the gilded lily of God's love.
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To the repeat offender
28/3/2012
Soul Snack 44/12 . . . To the repeat offender Sin is hypocrisy to the Christian, repeated sin is relentless hypocrisy.
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'Grace-land'
22/3/2012
Soul Snack 40/12 . . . 'Grace-land' Elvis Presley had a home he called Graceland.
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Of Grace & Graves
6/3/2012
Soul Snack 177/12 . . . Of Grace & Graves We have all made our bed but 2000 years God had lain on it in the grave.
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All is Grace
4/3/2012
Soul Snack 26/12 . . . All is Grace#At the end there is always grace.
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Hounded for Humility
5/2/2012
Soul Snack 6/12 . . . Hounded for Humility For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
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Grasped Grace
9/11/2011
Soul Snack 195/11 . . . Grasped Grace Lord, the nicest thing about you is that you always think better of us than we think of oursleves.
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The pleading of the sober
1/11/2011
Soul Snack 189/11 . . . The pleading of the sober Lord, there's something I have to discuss with you.
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Glory thieves
14/6/2011
Soul Snack 93/11 . . . Glory thieves A war in heaven left heaven significantly less populated (Rev. 12:7-8).
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Infinite Grace
20/5/2011
Soul Snack 79/10 . . . Infinite GraceCascading daily across our souls is Heaven's generous grace. Some souls require larger quantities, but all souls require some.
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Pride's Place
21/3/2011
Soul Snack 38/11 . . . Pride's Place The courageous and the coward are welcome at the Throne of Grace.
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God's absence
30/1/2011
Soul Snack 4/11 . . . God's Absence To the wilful, the proud, the self-made and the over-confident . . .
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The Small only enjoys the Big
30/9/2010
Soul Snack 168/10 . . . The Small only enjoys the Big His pure faithfulness is the secure foundation of His firmanent. . . .
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Life's Cement
12/8/2010
Soul Snack 133/10 . . . Life's Cement Residing in the vestibule of our minds is the imagination of blessing or burden.
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Relentless Grace
24/5/2010
Soul Snack 77/10 . . . Relentless Grace Grace is: salve to my soul, a handkerchief to a broken spirit, the glue of relationship and the reason I breath.
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Rhythms of Grace
23/5/2010
Rhythms of Grace As I was reading my Bible I came across this very familiar passage: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I...
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The Place of Grace
5/5/2010
Soul Snack 65/10 . . . The Place of Grace. At dawn each day no-one can know what awaits them.
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The Red Carpet Watch.
22/2/2010
Soul Snack 17/10 . . . The Red Carpet Watch The Sydney Morning Herald carries a regular feature called "Red Carpet Watch".
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Mind Grace
4/2/2010
Soul Snack 5/10 . . . Mind Grace! In this world it is so simple to think 'criticism' and not think 'Christ'.
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Grace laden gumtrees!
7/8/2009
SOUL SNACK 9/130 . . . Grace laden gumtrees! The vista of snow laden gumtrees beckoned an irresistible stare.
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Spelling Grace
6/8/2009
Soul Snack 9/129 . . . Spelling G. R. A. C. E. ! There is a sensible and delightful young lady named Grace.
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Future Grace - Now!
2/6/2009
Soul Snack 9/85 . . . Future Grace - Now! Walking up the Mt of Olives surely terror was in His heart and betrayal on His mind.
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Staggering Grace!
13/5/2009
Soul Snack 9/71 . . . Staggering Grace! Lightning is about 3 times hotter than our Sun.
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The Trust Table
20/2/2009
Soul Snack 9/15 . . . The Trust Table The fickle fancies of relationships can either compel or dispel trust.
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God's Mirror
13/2/2009
Soul Snack S13 . . . God's Mirror A woolly and dishevelled vagrant silently sat.
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Grace Growth
11/12/2008
Soul Snack 8/217 . . . Grace GrowthPicture the nearly desperate scene! There is a quiet shouting among the stewards.
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Completing Grace
10/12/2008
Soul Snack 8/216 . . . Completing Grace The season for grace is now upon us. The season for judgement is yet to be unleashed.
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Old Grace gives New Life
9/12/2008
Soul Snack 8/215 . . . Old Grace gives New Life Engaging the eyes and energising desires are the things that are new.
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Superior Independence
31/7/2008
Soul Snack 8/124 . . . Superior Independence Time reasonably available, distractions pleasantly absent. Softly, carefully and patiently she speaks to this struggling and fragile student.
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Chewing Gum
27/6/2008
Soul Snack 8/102 . . . Chewing Gum! Undivided attention greeted every glance. Many sat almost transfixed before him, 'consuming' every word, examining each movement.
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The Unseen Apprenticeship
12/6/2008
Soul Snack 8/91 . . . The Unseen Apprenticeship He was dreadfully unaccustomed to sitting quietly. He knew the breadth of his knowledge was hardly surpassed.
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God's Classroom
5/6/2008
Soul Snack 8/87 . . . God's Classroom Classrooms are the domain of the needy. Classrooms are the source of their future.
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2 Keys 2 Self
27/5/2008
Soul Snack 8/80 . . . 2 Keys 2 Self Residing in gained self understanding is a pleasant future and a now wisely guarded past.
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Owning Heaven
27/2/2008
Soul Snack 8/19 . . . OWNING HEAVEN “Show me O Lord my life's end, and the number of my days, let me know how fleeting my life is.
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The Simple Heart
22/2/2008
Soul Snack 8/16 . . . The Simple Heart "the Lord protects the simple hearted" (Ps 116:6a) God declares His interests, His hands are open, His values so self-evident.
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Unwanted Company
2/2/2008
Soul Snack 8/1 . . . Unwanted CompanyIf deep distress visits regularly then it is accompanied by a most undesired companion, sadness. Delight is absent.
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Grasping Identity
29/9/2007
Soul Snack 110 . . . Grasping Identity 'I baptize with water,' John replied, 'but among you stands one who you do not know.
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A Permanent Grace
1/1/2006
SOUL SNACK 50 . . . A Permanent Grace “I will bring back my exiled people…" Amos 9:14a Gauge your circumstances. Reflect on your resources.
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God's Travelling Companions
3/3/2005
SOUL SNACK 25 . . . God's Traveling Companions“…whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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The Golden Rule
2/2/2002
SOUL SNACK 136/13 . . . Has the distaste of harsh criticism anointed your days of trouble or pierced your soul? . . .
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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. . .