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Is it time to make God the focus of our prayer lives again?
I’ve had quite a stressful week and so I was looking forward to homegroup last night as an opportunity to share and to receive prayer. We had a great conversation about Mark 5 and part of our discussion was about the miracles … Continue reading
Posted in discipleship, encouragement, Faith, God is powerful, Life experiences, Miracles, Power of God, Prayer, Relationship with God, restoration
Tagged do we understand what prayer is?, focus, focus on what really matters in Christianity, growing in faith, How to pray, Jesus be the centre, mark 5, mark 5 21-43, me centred complaints, miracle, prayer, privilege of prayer, talk with God, talk with Jesus, trust God
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The God Who Opens Doors
God says, ‘I have opened a door for you that no one can close’ (Revelation 3.8). It is so encouraging to be reminded that God is all powerful and that he can open doors and surprise us as he opens things … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, God is powerful, God is with us, Listening to God, trust
Tagged are we open to God's leading, being open to change, God guiding us, God is all powerful, God is powerful, God opens doors, god's power is made perfect in weakness, power made perfect in weakness, Revelation 3 8, Stronger
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The One About the Elf on the Shelf
Have you heard of the ‘Elf on the Shelf?’ The idea is that the Elf sits on a shelf in the daytime but then overnight he is moved to somewhere unusual and unexpected (often doing something funny). Children then wake up in … Continue reading
The One Where I Felt Hopeless
This is a picture that was posted at the bottom of my blog yesterday and looking at it didn’t make me feel too good! When you write a post on WordPress, it analyzes your article and tries to suggest related … Continue reading
The One About the Herb Eater
So, we had some friends coming around for dinner, one of whom is a vegetarian and when we told my daughter, she said, ‘I know her, she is a herb eater’. At that moment the language she needed escaped her and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, funny, God is our father, God is powerful, God is with us, God loves us, Life experiences
Tagged funny story, vegetarians, who is God
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The Geocache That Seemed Impossible
How are we ever going to get that down was my dominant thought as we approached. The geocache we were hunting for was in a tree about 15 ft up and it looked impossible to get down. Some of my children wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Faith, God is powerful, God is with us, God loves us, Life experiences, Prayer
Tagged are we open to God's leading, geocaching, God can do the impossible, God guiding us, God has the best perspective on life, peace, prayer, with God all things are possible
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The One Where I Forgot the Tent Pegs
So, we got to the campsite and carefully picked the spot for our tent. We unloaded the car and began putting the poles into the canvas and that is when we realized that I had forgotten to pack the tent … Continue reading
But we only just got here
Would you go on a really long journey just to see one person for a few minutes and then turn around and come back? Jesus did. Jesus and his disciples crossed a lake and as soon as Jesus stepped out of the boat a … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Following Jesus, God is powerful, God is with us, Learning, Life in all it's fullness, Power of God, Relationship with God
Tagged Calming of the storm, cling to God, faith is a journey, follow Jesus, freedom from fear, God is all powerful, God is greater, God is greater than your problems, God is powerful, going around in circles, I am with you always, mark 4, mark 5, Stronger, trust God, trusting even when things go wrong, Your comfort is not Gods priority
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Is this rock a safe place to stand?
Would you stand on the rock in this picture? It’s called Kjeragbolten (I dare you to try to say that out loud) and it’s a boulder which is wedged in a crevasse in the Kjerag mountain in Rogaland in Norway. … Continue reading
The parable of the undefeated wrestler
There once was a wrestler who was undefeated. He wasn’t the best, the strongest or the fastest but he never backed down and he had the scars to prove it. His nose was no longer straight, his face was bruised … Continue reading
Posted in creative communication, Faith, God is powerful, God is with us, God loves us, Power of God, Relationship with God, trust
Tagged God gives power to the weak, God is all powerful, God is powerful, god's power is made perfect in weakness, life is not just about coping, modern parable, parables, partnering with God, power made perfect in weakness, tag team, wresting, you don't have to cope
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