Category: Fleeing Sin

The Voice of Righteousness ~ B

29/6/2023
The Voice of Righteousness ~ B

Evil finds scant lodgings within a righteous man. This life long Christian trek was first squelched into desert sands. Many in history have gone before us, and succeeded.

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The Worst Temptation?#

1/6/2023
The Worst Temptation?#

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.

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War from the evil one#

19/4/2023
War from the evil one#

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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A Halloween Wonderland

27/10/2022
A Halloween Wonderland

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
I once heard a menacing voice...#

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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Jesus backs virtue!

27/9/2022
Jesus backs virtue!

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
Enter the New Testament

  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
Living with danger (& loving it)

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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The Antidote to Blame

8/5/2022
The Antidote to Blame

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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My Powerful Fear!

24/3/2022
My Powerful Fear!

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 as these?

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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'Purity' is a dirty word!

26/9/2021
'Purity' is a dirty word!

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
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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Entertained by Sin?

16/9/2021
Entertained by Sin?

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
The 10 Ways of Righteousness

  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
Auctioning the Soul

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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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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The Kingdom of Righteousness

4/7/2021
The Kingdom of Righteousness

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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Why the Gay Debate Will End!

26/1/2020
Why the Gay Debate Will End!

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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The 'Game' of Evil

2/1/2020
The 'Game' of Evil

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
Sin - The Devious Deformity!

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
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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A Parable of an Old Man#

11/11/2017
A Parable of an Old Man#

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
God Made Man Upright

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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2 Almost Random Ideas

7/1/2016
2 Almost Random Ideas

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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4 Disagreeable Bible Verses

22/9/2015
4 Disagreeable Bible Verses

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
Outrunning A Volcano

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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Of Guilt & Relationship 101

27/5/2015
Of Guilt & Relationship 101

#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
A Rattled Soul

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

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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Bird Wisdom

19/3/2014
Bird Wisdom

Soul Snack 55/14 . . . As I wrote this morning, a little bird hopped through the door.

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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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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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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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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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Sin sucks

9/5/2011

Soul Snack 69/11 . . . Sin sucks Jonah was a man who had God's attention and God had his ear.

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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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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 - 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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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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