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Hope for the toothless monkey
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “vanity of vanities! All is vanity!” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) A Hollywood actress once told me that I was handsome. It’s a true story. In my twenties, I was cycling through a park in my hometown one day when I veered near two couples walking along, chatting together. I recognised my…
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“The Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed”
I went bankrupt in 2003. It’s not a subject some bankrupted people like to talk about because of personal pride and I can understand that. But I want to be open and honest, and say it happened to me. I was too unwell to work at that time and debts such as student loans from…
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The Great Anxiety
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. (Romans 8:19) Another Bible translation I’ve seen (I can’t remember which) uses the phrase “great anxiety” rather than “eager expectation.” Anxiety is not something usually associated with expectation in a positive sense. I have my own personal experience with that…
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The Lord remembers you
Then Samson called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord God, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!” And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars which supported the temple, and he braced himself…
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3 Pastors Glorified
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they…
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Consecrate
Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” (Joshua 3:5) I remember visiting a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) base in Harpenden, England when I was a university student, sometime in the years 1998-2000. I don’t remember the exact date but it was a special weekend around…
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Hovering over the deep
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2) How many times have we, as Christians, read this famous opening to Genesis, the first book of the…
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Keeping with the prophecies
But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9) I am seeking God’s wisdom on how to be freed from some credit card debt at the moment and the best ways to be financially savvy for when retirement officially happens in 20 years. I am a complete novice at it (quite…
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What is your ‘appointment’?
There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. (John 1:6-8) I work near-voluntarily as a devotional blog writer and, separately,…
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Insulin Pump
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines…
