Thanking God For The Valley

At the moment I enjoy my sleeping patterns. In the evening my wife and youngest daughter will retire to bed at a relatively early time and being exhausted by events, I won’t have that much stamina to stay up for that much longer and I’m usually gone before 11pm. Almost like clockwork way before 6am […]

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Prayer Points (WE-110416)

Time waits for no man, so I’ve been reliably informed and for every passing moment there is something new to consider in prayer or a new perspective to look at through the lens of our requests to the Lord. So this week it was not straightforward what would be considered in prayer, but here are […]

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Is It All For His Glory?

It started by recalling how I love coming home and sharing the sort of day I’ve had with my wife, whilst also finding out the kind of day she’s had. Experts have referred to this as a conversation. I like these ‘conversations’. I was thinking, though, is God glorified by our reports on the day? Could […]

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Taking It To Extremes

I often catch myself giving two extreme examples of something to suggest that Jesus opts for the middle way and implying that Christianity is a journey towards balance. Some things have come to light that has shown that this is a slightly misleading reading of pursuing Jesus.  To get there follow me carefully. I still […]

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MTP27 – Tomorrow, Tomorrow

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) Making the most of the present is a gift that saves a lot of hassle both from past actions and especially from future preoccupations.  Failure to appreciate the present and go swanning off into what we expect to happen […]

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Sharing Life With My Wife

Hello and welcome to a very rare treat – a blog entry about me! OK even more rare – an entry about me and me wife!!  Those don’t come by too often.  In fact with recent family commitments, more than one blog entry a day here is fairly rare.  It’s not scheduled to be a […]

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MTP17 – Proven By The Lord

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. (Proverbs 17:3) It is a source of encouragement knowing that in the trials of life, those who endure emerge like pure gold.  It is as if this word of wisdom reminds us that in the same way that gold and silver have their purifying process so does […]

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