Tag: christianity
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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…
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Time, Distance, Space!
“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. (Revelation 22:12) Yesterday, I was on a beach in hot weather for one of my children’s birthdays. At one point, I was sitting on a wall by myself whilst many teenagers ran…
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Jesus alone gives dignity
Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn[ is lifted high.My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance. “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.…
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Golgotha – the place of the skull
Here the pained dove is fluttering. He appears, panicking.As He rolls on the tip. Below the horizon of a crimson sky.Crying into the wider shadows. Overcome by weeping. A Roman’s boot. A splash of mud. A noise of baleful joy.Death entices the carnival crowd. “Roll up! Embrace decay.”Soldiers march, keeping time. Ignorant of ancient prophecy.…
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Warning
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” (Matthew 18:6) This morning I watched one of my daughters excited with her friends in the school…
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Burning in the darkness
Christingle The darkness of the early evening pervades the icy streets, despite the glow of city lights. I walk with my family up a high street and into a rectangular churchyard. We tread carefully along an unlit path and past a collection of vintage gravestones, looking somewhat foreboding in the shadows. Then we duck to…
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Cross fire
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10) I’ve had a picture in my head recently of the front of a boat ploughing through blue waves in bright sunshine. Suddenly a cannonball fires from an unseen force…
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Bodies we belong to
Some men took a man who was not able to move his body to Jesus. He was carried on a bed. They looked for a way to take the man into the house where Jesus was. But they could not find a way to take him in because of so many people. They made a…
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‘God first’
And He came out and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him. Now when He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you do not come into temptation.” And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began…
