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I love You, Lord, my heart cries.You’re my redeemer and my friend. You are always near me,And Your love will never end.You bring me through the valleys,You fill my heart with cheer.I am truly blessed, Dear Lord,Because You’re always near.Your love is always...
So what about God's blessings? Who is to receive them? Do we have to earn them? Do they bring happiness? Our story begins in the 120th year of the life of Moses. The children of Israel are about to cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan, Joshua is about to take over...
Last week, in GARDENING, Part 1, I told the story of how God used gardening, an activity that I despise, to bring something good into my life. We saw that negative circumstances don't necessarily mean that God has withheld His favour, but rather, we sometimes just...
“Female of this species is a lot deadlier than the male.” No, no , I am not referring to Black widow the venomous female spider inhabiting the Western part of the US, whose deadly sting can send one to an early grave. Rather, I was reminded of this phrase after going...
I remember attending a training course during my tenure in a secular firm, some years ago, where the trainer stressed the need for 100% efficiency. In spheres of activity such as banking, maternity hospitals, he emphasized that nothing less than 100% would do. How...
"If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away." (Matt 5:40-42 NKJV) It was...
It's the middle of the night. You're in a dark forest, so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face. There are others. Family, friends, co-workers, classmates, neighbors, people you don’t know and some you don’t particularly like. You can't see them, but they...
"'You are my witnesses,' declares the Lord, 'and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is...
“When Jesus entered Jerusalem the whole city was stirred and said 'Who is this'?" (Mathew 21: 10). Jesus Christ became a man for three purposes: Firstly to accomplish His prophetical ministry that is to proclaim freedom for the captives… "and the year of the Lord's...
"Perfect love casts out fear." (I John 4:16a, 4:18a) My newborn son was only two weeks old when suddenly one night, a horrific headache hit me and wouldn’t stop. Hubby took me to the emergency room, thinking that with the right meds he would just bring me back home....
They probably call it ‘white-out.’ We were up there in a ridiculously tiny plane, totally engulfed in white cloud. We were utterly dependent on the expertise of the young man in the pilot seat. I felt as though some one had typed me into the cloud and then gone over...
Jesus knew the true meaning of sacrifice. He gave up everything for us: "… Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human...
"God is my rock and my salvation." (Ps 62:2) Yes, I am sure of it! There is something wonderful and enticing under the surface of the Atlantic right outside our window! The birds know it. They are swarming to this particular area - swooping and swooshing; diving into...