The Worst Temptation?#
1/6/2023
More the treacherous calm I dread, than tempests rolling overhead. Many horses fall at the bottom of the hill because the driver thinks the danger is past.
Category: Fleeing Sin
War from the evil one#
19/4/2023
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days He was tempted by the devil.
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When is salvation ineffective?
18/4/2023
Jesus offers mankind real hope. Our sin are cords that bind us.
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What price is freedom...?
1/11/2022
What price is freedom from sin? It is the 'same price' as our Lord paid. Freedom from sin is apprehended by self-crucifixion.
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A Halloween Wonderland
27/10/2022
Bursting across the west annually is an ever larger and glittering bubble of Halloween. Its shadow lengthens. Halloween lingers lonely nearby each year's end.
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I once heard a menacing voice...#
25/10/2022
Halloween (October 31) is my birthday. My family was heavily into black magic. The horror (I still feel) of celebrating with witches, pumpkins, trick or treat is palpable.
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The human race is a race of cowards...
11/10/2022
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
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It's easy to be wise after the event...
8/10/2022
The best of saints may be tempted to the worst of sins. ~ F. J. Sheen Since Adam's expulsion from Eden temptation has only multiplied.
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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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Enter the New Testament
17/7/2022
Job mused, sufferings were his catalyst: how can a mortal be righteous before God? . . . I could only plead with my Judge for mercy . .
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Living with danger (& loving it)
19/6/2022
Light knows no fellowship with darkness as righteousness shares no agreement with wickedness. Mankind abhors discrimination, for his heart is not trained in discernment.
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When the Grim Reaper shuffles behind you...
22/5/2022
Thanatos is the Greek name for the the spirit of death. Its personification is the Grim Reaper. He reckons with your heart, so myth states, to gain your soul.
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The Antidote to Blame
8/5/2022
Almost two centuries ago Charles Spurgeon observed: we shelter in ourselves what we condemn in others. Life's changes, challenges and chances are deft coaches.
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RIGHTEOUSNESS - the gold standard!
21/4/2022
Set your heart so that righteousness is its standard. Jesus' death removes the punishment for sin. His righteousness removes the compulsion to sin.
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8 Tips to Avoid Sin
29/3/2022
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
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My Powerful Fear!
24/3/2022
Those who want to discover the mystery of iniquity in others or in themselves must check carefully. For satan has his wiles and devices, which we shouldn’t ignore.
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Were there ever such days as these?
10/3/2022
Were there ever such days when life was safer, human values more consistent, and faith honored above reason? The dark clouds of the cancel culture bombard Christian faith, defy Christian values...
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Evil Does Not Surrender With Ease#
22/2/2022
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. (Mark 9:26) Evil never surrenders its grasp without a tremendous fight.
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'Love' is not the stairway to heaven!
17/2/2022
'Love' is not the stairway to heaven! Righteousness challenges and then removes the compulsion of sin. Its rule robs sin's passions, thus evil flees.
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The 1st Place of Temptation
10/10/2021
The Bible contains twin gardens that are notable in eternity. The first Adam 'lived' in one, and the second Adam 'died' in one.
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'Purity' is a dirty word!
26/9/2021
All generations hurry into impurity. Entertainment through sin becomes their perpetual intent. Without discretion or prudence all men bolt to master the ways of the life-losing fool.
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When Love is Essential!
25/9/2021
At a terrifying rate faithfulness is abandoned, and obedience jettisoned. The proposition for obedience is uncomplicated, no higher intellect required: I direct my life or He does.
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Entertained by Sin?
16/9/2021
Proudly satan boasts, no one believes in me anymore! The world and almost all who dwell in it, with a hitherto unknown desperation need to become alert to satan’s wiles.
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The 10 Ways of Righteousness
5/9/2021
Enter the search for heaven's rule and foundations, you will surely discover 'righteousness'. This upright of heart will pursue. Righteousness is intentional, it is a discipline of self.
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Auctioning the Soul
6/8/2021
Do not let my heart incline to any evil . . . (Psalm 141:4) Mankind neither knows the value of the soul, or even accepts he has one.
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Temptation Rides a Train
3/8/2021
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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Pleasure is Hard to Ignore#
1/8/2021
Your happiness is first your business, not another. This is common to mankind. I am the best author of my life.
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JUST OBEDIENCE
27/7/2021
May the Lord direct your hearts into God's love and Christ's perseverance. (2 Thessalonians 3:5) The knowledge of God is to lead to obedience, there exists no second option.
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'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.
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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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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.