'Love' Requires a Compass
18/7/2021
When we dig a bit into our lives, we may find that 'love' has been as much a delight as it has been a delinquent.
Category: Fleeing Sin
The Kingdom of Righteousness
4/7/2021
Isaiah 32:1-8 teases and tantalizes the Christian's heart and soul. Some Bibles print the title to this chapter quite accurately - "The Kingdom of Righteousness".
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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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The Kleva Heart
21/7/2020
A man guards within his heart what he condemns many times over in others.
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11 Facts for the Future
16/6/2020
While the future is unseen, it needs not be unknown. Life is full of 'T' intersections. There is always a choice in life.
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The Mankind Project
14/3/2020
Mankind is a multi-talented tribute to the glorious abilities of God, the only creator.
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Why the Gay Debate Will End!
26/1/2020
Western mankind now walks every moment of every day on ever weakening, already fractured feet of clay. Amazonian rainforests have been felled. . . iClouds are brimming. . .
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Faithfulness Carries Priceless Rewards
19/1/2020
Jonah has always been a metaphor for ill-fortune. Pick me up and throw me into the sea. . .
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The 'Game' of Evil
2/1/2020
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.
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Sin - The Devious Deformity!
25/3/2019
This world and its protestant church careens headlong in a downward spiral of devaluing sin, diluting it. Too little a sense of righteousness is measured, or even considered.
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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.
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It Seems Improper - Strange is Holiness!
8/3/2018
In holiness there is separation. This removes me from the eyes and mind of others.
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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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6 Facts Adam & Eve Did Not Know
10/10/2016
Temptation is a phantom wafting in out and out of the mind, floating on the whims of the heart.
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Temptation Rides a Train
7/10/2016
Imagine sitting on a weather-beaten, paint-chipped and cracked wooden railway seat. It has been weathered since before your birth.
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The Auction of the Soul
29/9/2016
The search for comfort is a pillow partner to sin. A childhood of pain is the well-proven path for an adulthood of deeper hurt.
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God Made Man Upright
27/9/2016
The Lord created the universe from His righteousness and for His righteousness. Righteousness is the foundation of His throne, His measuring line of behavior.
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Confessions of a Struggling Soul...#
1/8/2016
Yes, I know my motives are all wrong. Deep down, everything is for self.
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3 Hints to Live Well while Evil Spills
14/7/2016
Life is a battleground. It is not a playground. Wickedness is spilled with an increasing measure that mankind can no longer discern.
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A Haitian Parable
29/2/2016
Dead dogs, rusty nails and poor housing deals are all unlikely companions.
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Sharpening the Heart
3/2/2016
Some men may seek to rob the world of poverty, while others may strangely share an equal energy for vengeance.
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2 Almost Random Ideas
7/1/2016
Frustrating those close-by me all too often is my undeniable ability to voice a sequence of apparently disconnected thoughts that swim in tandem through the wash behind my eyes.
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How to Hammer Evil
24/9/2015
Evil is self-replicating. Every moment of every day worldwide it successfully manages self-multiplication.
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4 Disagreeable Bible Verses
22/9/2015
Jesus - the assassin. . . this counter-cultural Messiah inverts man's thinking, upending it to destroy the world's foolishness and remove its sin.
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Outrunning A Volcano
3/9/2015
Stealth temptation descends across our thoughts at various times as we blindly (and proudly) consider ourselves immune from sin and its enticements.
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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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How to Avoid an Ambulance
10/6/2015
Naivety should well be the domain of the Christ-dweller as much as innocence remains his virtue.
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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 Rattled Soul
26/4/2015
Morning by morning my feet kinda drip down the side of the mattress. This is simply a weak attempt, my swaggering start for a new day.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Destination Holiness
17/11/2014
Soul Snack 220/14 . . . Pulpits have dulled it and the world is silent.
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4 Easy Steps to Defeat Sin
16/11/2014
Soul Snack 219/14 . . . Sin to the Christian mirrors communism to democracy - destruction! Sin that is present refuses to be ignored.
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The World is Derailed!
25/9/2014
Soul Snack 185/14 . . . Mankind has decided to jump off life's correct tracks.
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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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Defeating Evil When Good Is Losing
7/9/2014
Soul Snack 171/14 . . . Two recent vengeful beheadings were shamelessly and proudly broadcast; satan is not backward in coming forward.
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A Strange Thing
30/4/2014
Soul Snack 81/14 . . . It is a distinctive life that hungers and thirsts for the Lord.
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Bird Wisdom
19/3/2014
Soul Snack 55/14 . . . As I wrote this morning, a little bird hopped through the door.
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Prisoners in a Passive War.
14/1/2014
Soul Snack 10/14 . . . Eve became the first prisoner of a passive war. There were no gunshots, I. E. Ds or bombs, no pain or even tears.
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Sister Act
15/10/2013
Soul Snack 198/13 . . . Sister Act# Too often we see a foe within when it is in fact a friend. It is enemies we seek to kill.
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A Storm Inside the Head
13/10/2013
Soul Snack 196/13 . . . A Storm Inside the Head Guilt is as attractive as a chaperone on a wedding night.
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Satan's Aphrodisiac
8/9/2013
Soul Snack 172/13 . . . Satan's Aphrodisiac Temptation is satan's aphrodisiac to evil.
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Recovering Birth
27/8/2013
Soul Snack 164/13 . . . Recovering Birth We are all born innocent with the terminal ability to sin but not aware of it.
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Twisted Thinking
22/8/2013
Soul Snack 161/13 . . . Twisted Thinking It is nearly three decades since my first born played outside during a super-heated Sydney day.
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Anger - the aphrodisiac!
21/7/2013
Soul Snack 137/13 . . . Anger - the aphrodisiac! Anger is an aphrodisiac to sin. The sin of anger cannot be very far from the sin of sorcery.
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Paralysing Sin
1/7/2013
Soul Snippet 123/13 . . . Paralysing Sin Sin places a yolk on the disciple; it binds them, captures them and refuses to be released.
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God's Gripe
18/6/2013
Soul Snack 114/13 . . . God's Gripe God's issue with man is his disregard for God. This is the city of revelry that lived in safety.
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Homosexuality - the deadliest sin? ~ Part B
3/6/2013
Soul Snack 104/13 . . . Homosexuality - the deadliest sin? ~ B(This SoulSnack is best read sequentially to yesterday's.
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Sink Satan
14/5/2013
Soul Snack 90/13 . . . Sink Satan "Usually desire to do evil is seductively disguised as a pleasant good.
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Expecting satan
4/2/2013
Soul Snack 24/13 . . . Expecting satan There is a ribbon of light flowing across each Christian's soul. It is a darkness dispelling flow that sin flees from.
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Of Righteousness
4/12/2012
Soul Snack 218/12 . . . Of Righteousness There are few hollow caves, dark dens or dense jungles in scripture where righteousness is not present.
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Carried by nails
15/7/2012
Soul Snack 118/12 . . . Carried by Nails Indulgence is the aphrodisiac to sin.
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Truce with God
18/6/2012
Soul Snack 99/12 . . . Truce with God It is reasonable to expect that a sage knows the strengths and weaknesses of their own soul.
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The Ache of Sin.
13/5/2012
Soul Snack 74/12 . . . The Ache of Sin An aching soul was evidenced by clenched eyes, a bent back and furrowed face.
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Until death us do part
9/5/2012
Soul Snack 72/12 . . . Until death us do part In 2011 WorldWide Wrestling Entertainment Inc had a gross income of very nearly half-a billion dollars.
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The Horizon of the Soul
13/3/2012
Soul Snack 33/12 . . . The Horizon of the Soul Temptation returns with the regularity of the sun rising and the predictability of the clouds forming.
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Kissing Jesus' feet
11/9/2011
Soul Snack 155/11 . . . Kissing Jesus' feet A lack-lustre lady arrived at a luminaries abode while the Lord was eating with him.
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Walls from Sin
22/6/2011
Soul Snack 98/11 . . . Walls from Sin The Spirit pleads and the Lord cries isolate your-self from all competitors to me.
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'It is finished'
25/5/2011
Soul Snack 81/11 . . . 'It is finished' Alive, alone and no longer pained He rubs His eyes, the dawn almost replacing the darkness.
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Death's knife
8/5/2011
Soul Snack 68/11 . . . Death's knife Sin binds the sinner and yokes their very being.
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The Tap of Sin
29/3/2011
Soul Snack 43/11 . . . The Tap of Sin The day was complete. Outside it rained and inside tiredness was present and bed inviting.
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The Price of my Soul
3/8/2010
Soul Snack 126/10 . . . The Price of my Soul The soul who sins is the one who will die.
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Roadmap to Purity
30/6/2010
Soul Snack 103/10 . . . Roadmap to Purity The path through life glistens with the inviting and is littered with the attractive. Many are the challenges to faith.
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A Purging Fire
26/4/2010
Soul Snack 58/10 . . . 'A Purging Fire. ' The plumber comes to purge blocked drains. The scalpel's incision is to purge a body of cancer.
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A Railway Ramble
22/4/2010
Soul Snack 57/10 . . A Railway Ramble The ancient disused railway tunnel beckoned entry while its darkness promised adventure.
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Troubling Temptation - B
9/3/2010
Soul Snack - 28/10 . . . Troubling Temptation - B Temptation is at war with my soul.
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Troubling Temptation - A
8/3/2010
Soul Snack 27/10 . . . Troubling Temptation - A Resisting temptation is seated in the desire to be better, it is fuelled by the love of righteousness.
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Heaven's little mirrors.
13/7/2009
SOUL SNACK 9/111 . . Little mirrors from heaven! Bona-fide healthy and happy TV I can still clearly remember.
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Looking for Sunshine - B
29/6/2009
Soul Snack 9/101 . . . Looking for Sunshine - B Are there 2 types of sunshine? Surely there are! Sunshine &Sonshine.
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Looking for Sunshine - A
26/6/2009
Soul Snack 9/100 . . . Looking for Sunshine - A The doomsayers and the fearful would be correct, if the sun were destroyed so too would life.
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Devotion's Apex?
25/6/2009
Soul Snack 9/99 . . . Devotion's Apex? Coursing largely unnoticed thru the spiritual veins of His followers is a little perceived righteousness.
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Touring with sin
24/6/2009
Soul Snack 9/98 . . . Touring with sin! Sin seductively offers. Sin silently advances touring towards me with much knowledge of my soul's weakness.
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Shooting Sin
28/5/2009
Soul Snack 9/83 . . . Shooting Sin The ferocity of his fist felled another yet again.
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An Impure Touch
25/3/2009
Soul Snack 9/38 . . . An Impure Touch A pure pharisee had invited the King of Purity to share a meal.
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Recapturing Eden
24/2/2009
Soul Snack 9/17 . . . Recapturing Eden There are three hopes residing in all human hearts - harmony, health and happiness.
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Peter's Correct
12/2/2009
Soul Snack 9/9 . . . Peter's Correct Each day of my life my sinful past endeavours to capture my currently pure and sin free future.
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Easy on God
11/2/2009
Soul Snack 87/12 . . . Easy on God God has focused, indeed summoned all necessary strength, and even stretched out His mighty arm to redeem me.
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Sin Strives
19/12/2008
Soul Snack 8/223 . . . Sin Strives Sin knows no satisfaction nor gives any. It is THE most unkind and voracious taskmaster.
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Sampling Heaven
18/12/2008
Soul Snack 8/222 . . . Sampling Heaven God has so safely encompassed my heart with a rib cage.