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Growing Up Is Growing Down!

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never […]

In The Beginning, God

0 sing to the Lord a new song because he has performed wondrous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gained him victory. The Lord has made known his salvation; He has unveiled his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness to Israel’s descendants. All […]

Prayer

In this last week’s issue (last week of August 2001) of “Leadership Weekly,” from Leadership Jounal and ChristianityToday.com, some good words were written by Ben Patterson on Prayer. This thought introduced his theme… God loves the little things, the secret things His servants do. Twenty-eight thousand pounds at birth! That’s what Dr. Bernard Nathanson estimates […]

Work And Prayer

I saw an old Quaker slogan once that has seared itself into my mind… Work is worship…breathing is prayer

High Praises From Low Places

Why are you downcast, 0 my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Saviour and my God. As for me, I will always have hope… Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to […]

Review Of Consciousness

What is a Review of Consciousness? If it is true that God is at work in every detail of our lives, how do we begin to recognise his action and our reaction? At the end of the day, especially before going to sleep, the mind, without any conscious effort on our part, tends to play […]

Devotion: Depart… And Hide Yourself

And the word of the Lord came to him, ‘Depart from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.’ So he went and did according to the word of the […]

Conversing With Jesus

Imagine you see Jesus sitting close to you. In doing this you are putting your imagination at the service of your faith. Jesus isn’t here in the way you are imagining him, but he certainly is here, and your imagination helps to make you aware of this. Now, speak to Jesus …. if no one […]

Serenity Prayer

God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and Wisdom to know the difference. Live one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship As the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, This sinful world as it is not […]

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