Category: Discipleship

Spiritual Discernment#

17/3/2024
Spiritual Discernment#

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.

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Standing in Spiritual Authority#

20/1/2024
Standing in Spiritual Authority#

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...

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There is an Unseen City

12/10/2023
There is an Unseen City

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.

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The troubling Jesus

26/9/2023
The troubling Jesus

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),...

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Submerged in the Spirit#

6/3/2023
Submerged in the Spirit#

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...

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Murmurs of Grace ~ C

23/2/2023
Murmurs of Grace ~ C

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
Murmurs of Grace ~ B

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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Murmurs of Grace ~ A

19/2/2023
Murmurs of Grace ~ A

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.

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I cannot forget my Lord!

29/1/2023
I cannot forget my Lord!

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.

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Pushing uphill...

29/11/2022
Pushing uphill...

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...

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An Inconvenient Truth!

8/11/2022
An Inconvenient Truth!

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....

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UNBREAKABLE! ~ B#

18/9/2022
UNBREAKABLE! ~ B#

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) . . .

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UNBREAKABLE! ~ A#

17/9/2022
UNBREAKABLE! ~ A#

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.

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Be Not Ashamed!#

31/3/2022
Be Not Ashamed!#

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.

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A Vein of pure Gold#

8/3/2022
A Vein of pure Gold#

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.

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Guidance 101

8/2/2022
Guidance 101

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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The Valley of Confession

12/1/2022
The Valley of Confession

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

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Bend The Knee To Only Me

17/10/2021
Bend The Knee To Only Me

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.

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ANGRY CRUSADERS#

1/10/2021
ANGRY CRUSADERS#

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

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When Love is Essential!

25/9/2021
When Love is Essential!

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.

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JUST OBEDIENCE

27/7/2021
JUST OBEDIENCE

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.

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Not 'I' but 'Christ'

15/7/2021
Not 'I' but 'Christ'

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.

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Beyond Analysis#

3/6/2021
Beyond Analysis#

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.

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Informed, Formed & Transformed#

20/4/2021
Informed, Formed & Transformed#

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.

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After the Cross

6/4/2021
After the Cross

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.

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The Greeting#

19/9/2020
The Greeting#

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

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Ticket to Ride

30/7/2020
Ticket to Ride

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

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The Believer's Purpose#

8/7/2020
The Believer's Purpose#

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.

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What Are We Missing?

14/6/2020
What Are We Missing?

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

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When The Very Rich Play

17/3/2020
When The Very Rich Play

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

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What Binds the Hands of Love?

19/7/2019
What Binds the Hands of Love?

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...

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HANGING IN THERE! ~ B

7/5/2019
HANGING IN THERE! ~ B

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.

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Pride - the unseen disease!

28/4/2019
Pride - the unseen disease!

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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Battles Do Test Us#

14/3/2019
Battles Do Test Us#

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

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Sweet Wisdom

4/3/2019
Sweet Wisdom

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

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The Apex of Joy

18/2/2019
The Apex of Joy

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

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Crazed Thinking

12/2/2019
Crazed Thinking

'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.

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Hints of Spiritual Success

29/11/2018
Hints of Spiritual Success

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.

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The One & Only Father!

21/11/2018
The One & Only Father!

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.

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Soaking the Soul's Wick

14/11/2018
Soaking the Soul's Wick

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.

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10 Maidens

4/11/2018
10 Maidens

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

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9 Stirs of the Discipleship Pot

17/10/2018
9 Stirs of the Discipleship Pot

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...

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God Owes Me?

12/9/2018
God Owes Me?

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

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Of DESPERATION & THIRSTS

12/8/2018
Of DESPERATION & THIRSTS

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

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When The Angels Come

6/8/2018
When The Angels Come

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.

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You MUST Stand Strong!

2/7/2018
You MUST Stand Strong!

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.

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The Wealth of the Poor

1/7/2018
The Wealth of the Poor

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.

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Deep Calls To Deep

20/6/2018
Deep Calls To Deep

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.

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I Have Cast My Lot With Jesus

22/5/2018
I Have Cast My Lot With Jesus

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...

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When Resentments Rise...

3/5/2018
When Resentments Rise...

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...

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God's Journeymen

14/4/2018
God's Journeymen

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.

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Tilted Thinking

20/3/2018
Tilted Thinking

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.

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The Thirsting of the Soul

6/2/2018
The Thirsting of the Soul

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.

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Throw Down Your Nets#

25/10/2017
Throw Down Your Nets#

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...

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The Weakness of Adam

24/10/2017
The Weakness of Adam

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

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5 Righteous Diamonds

9/10/2017
5 Righteous Diamonds

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.

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The Rule of Righteousness

8/10/2017
The Rule of Righteousness

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.

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The Righteous Man

10/9/2017
The Righteous Man

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.

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The Strange Man

4/9/2017
The Strange Man

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.

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The Offer of the Soul

3/8/2017
The Offer of the Soul

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.

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Under New Management

17/7/2017
Under New Management

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

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9 Soul Snares from Tozer

30/4/2017
9 Soul Snares from Tozer

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.

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There Are Not Two Christs#

30/3/2017
There Are Not Two Christs#

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.

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I Asked for the Good Way

5/3/2017
I Asked for the Good Way

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.

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Who's 'DA BOSS'?

2/3/2017
Who's 'DA BOSS'?

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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Brushed by Contentment

27/2/2017
Brushed by Contentment

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.

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Spurgeon's Lost Friends

30/1/2017
Spurgeon's Lost Friends

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.

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A Proposal To Die For!

18/1/2017
A Proposal To Die For!

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

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6 Wild Waves

4/12/2016
6 Wild Waves

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

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3 Struggles & 1 Win#

21/11/2016
3 Struggles & 1 Win#

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.

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The Power of a Cave

15/11/2016
The Power of a Cave

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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5 Tips to Service the Soul

9/11/2016
5 Tips to Service the Soul

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.

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The Drift of Hearts

8/11/2016
The Drift of Hearts

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.

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Do Not Delay

7/11/2016
Do Not Delay

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

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Life's Green Corridor

19/10/2016
Life's Green Corridor

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.

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The Profit of Patience

18/9/2016
The Profit of Patience

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.

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Living Beyond the Sky

23/8/2016
Living Beyond the Sky

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

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Accelerating Wickedness

19/7/2016
Accelerating Wickedness

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.

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5 Verses to Agree With

11/7/2016
5 Verses to Agree With

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.

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8 Ways to Stand Strong#

9/3/2016
8 Ways to Stand Strong#

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...

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Taking Heart

8/3/2016
Taking Heart

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.

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Wrestle Mania

15/2/2016
Wrestle Mania

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

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It had to be - YOU!

24/1/2016
It had to be - YOU!

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'.

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2 False Shadows

25/11/2015
2 False Shadows

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

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Snoopy meets Homer Simpson

23/11/2015
Snoopy meets Homer Simpson

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

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6 Reasons Why Healing Fails

21/9/2015
6 Reasons Why Healing Fails

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.

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A Traffic Parable

13/9/2015
A Traffic Parable

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...

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Has Your Name Been In A Mud Run?

26/8/2015
Has Your Name Been In A Mud Run?

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.

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Pressing On!

17/8/2015
Pressing On!

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

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Of Wolves & Worship

11/8/2015
Of Wolves & Worship

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...

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ONLY 1 Step to Courage

9/8/2015
ONLY 1 Step to Courage

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

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The Crucible of Crucifixion

27/7/2015
The Crucible of Crucifixion

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.

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How to Unplug Life

26/7/2015
How to Unplug Life

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

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Escape to Simplicity

7/7/2015
Escape to Simplicity

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.

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The Illusion of Power*

25/6/2015
The Illusion of Power*

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.

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The Jury

6/5/2015
The Jury

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

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Clothed in Suffering?

4/5/2015
Clothed in Suffering?

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.

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When God Crowns...

19/3/2015
When God Crowns...

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.

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The Highway of Holiness

2/3/2015
The Highway of Holiness

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.

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Coals Upon the Soul ~ C

3/2/2015
Coals Upon the Soul ~ C

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...

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Coals Upon the Soul ~ A

1/2/2015
Coals Upon the Soul ~ A

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.

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3 Rear Vision Lessons

29/1/2015
3 Rear Vision Lessons

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.

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Swimming Upstream?

27/1/2015
Swimming Upstream?

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.

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One Spiritual Success Secret!

3/11/2014
One Spiritual Success Secret!

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.

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Trading on Yesterday

14/9/2014
Trading on Yesterday

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

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Seeking Kristina?

27/8/2014
Seeking Kristina?

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.

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Probing Peace Again

26/8/2014
Probing Peace Again

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

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Probing Peace

25/8/2014
Probing Peace

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.

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Struck by The Sword

4/6/2014
Struck by The Sword

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

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Bread Alone?

3/4/2014
Bread Alone?

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

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Storming the Soul

13/3/2014
Storming the Soul

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.

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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.

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You Must Stand Firm

16/1/2014
You Must Stand Firm

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...

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Holy Stains

5/11/2013

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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God's Property

22/11/2010

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

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A Plea

21/11/2010

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

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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.

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Wanting - B!

16/2/2010

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

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Wanting - A!

15/2/2010

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bike Blessing?

11/3/2009

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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'.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. . .

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