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From Scattered Sheep to Sent Shepherds
It’s amazing how you can read a very familiar part of the Bible and yet see something new in it! Recently I was reading about the time when Peter said that he would never deny Jesus (Matthew 26): 31 Then Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Bible, discipleship, Faith, freedom, God loves us, Learning, Life experiences, Relationship with God, vulnerability
Tagged Acts 10, Do you love me more than these, failure is a part of life, feed my sheep, free to fail, God restores, jesus restores peter, John 21, Matthew 26, peter denies Jesus, peters denial of Jesus, restoration, scattered sheep, sent shepherds, shepherds, you will deny me 3 times, Zechariah 13
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Pushing through the Pain Barrier
Those of you who know me well will realize that I am far from athletic! I may not have run a marathon but I know that in order to complete one that you have to persevere and to push through … Continue reading
Posted in Easter week explained, Faith, Holy week, Holy week explained, perseverance
Tagged don't give up, Easter, easter week explained, fix your eyes on Jesus, God restores, Hebrews 12 1-3, holy week explained, perseverance, Pharisees question Jesus, religious leaders question Jesus, restoration, throwing off sin
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Today is an Exciting Day!!!!!!!!!
Today is an exciting day for me! Our church boiler which has had no end of problems is being replaced with a larger capacity boiler which is also a very well known make. As our installer was ripping out the … Continue reading
Posted in change, Faith, Following Jesus, freedom, Life experiences
Tagged broken, brokenness, finding freedom, God renews, God restores, new start, restoration
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The Church that does Glueing
A mum described Orchard Baptist Church today us as the church that does glueing. She was on her way to our toddler group and was bringing her 3 year old daughter who hadn’t been to the group since she had started pre school several … Continue reading
Waiting for an Update?
‘Configuring Windows updates, Don’t turn off your computer’ is not a message that you want to see when you are in a rush and you need to take your laptop with you. I was on my way out to take my … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Life experiences, Listening to God, Prayer, Relationship with God, rest, restoration
Tagged God makes me lie down, God restores, jesus is the good shepherd, my soul finds rest in God alone, psalm 23, slowing down, soul finds rest in God, stop, time to stop, updates for life, windows updates
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Before you go …
So, I’m away at a conference this week and on Monday morning before I left my daughter ran up to me and said, ‘Dad, before you go ..’. Can you guess what she said next? ‘I want you to know I … Continue reading
The One Where the Panels Appeared Broken
So, I received an e-mail that said that the solar panels had generated nothing for the previous month. Unfortunately I received it on a day when I couldn’t get to the church to check on the system and so I had to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, freedom, Life experiences
Tagged christian analogy of solar panels and the sun, do not be afraid, fix you, fix you coldplay, God restores, God wants to fix you, have a break, investing in our relationship with God, jesus can fix us, life experiences, relationship with God, relationships, restoration, slowing down, solar energy, time is precious, time to stop
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Do you ever feel like giving up?
Elijah had traveled all day in the desert heat and as evening came he collapsed, exhausted, terrified and broken and he prayed that God would let him die. He poured out his heart to God as he prayed, ‘I have had enough Lord’ he said. ‘Take … Continue reading
Posted in change, do not be afraid, Faith, God loves us, hope, Listening to God, restoration
Tagged angel of the lord, be still and know that I am God, brokenness, do not be afraid, elijah, elijah runs away, freedom from fear, God restores, God speaks, healing, pour our your hearts, restoration, still small voice
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‘The own goal won’t define her and I won’t allow it to’
England lost their semi final at the Women’ World Cup in heartbreaking circumstances. In the dying seconds of the game with the score 1 each, Laura Bassett deflected the ball into her own net. If you watched the game, you will … Continue reading
Posted in encouragement, Faith, God is with us, God loves us, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, restoration
Tagged brokenness, coping with difficulties, england women semi final loss, God restores, Karen Carney Laura Bassett friendship, laura bassett own goal, own goals in life, when things go wrong, you don't have to cope
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