Have You Returned?

“Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” (Luke 17:17-18) He was passing by. They called out to Him for help. He sent them to some other people. They left and got what they were looking for on the way. He helped […]

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Streams … for Restoring

Among other themes that captured my interest was the theme of streams. A group of us were considering how the theme of water is prevalent throughout scripture. There’s the connection to the Spirit that is evident and what water does in life as well is something that was highlighted and I took much encouragement from […]

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Everything Is Not Ruined

When I was a lot younger, I was given to having a rather dramatic reaction to things that happened. A good way of expressing that is my given moods when my football team won or lost. If my team won, I would be so buoyant you would not be able to stop me walking on […]

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Keeping a Brother

Cain was expected to look after his brother and killed him. Killed him out of anger, killed him out of jealousy, killed him through ignoring the call of God to deal with his own issues rather than taking it out on his brother. Whatever you think of the historicity of the episode in scripture, there […]

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Psalm 126 – When He Restores

It’s quite something to read this Psalm.  Remember when God restored us before? We need Him to restore again. And as we cry out for Him to restore, so we return with joy at the response He gives.  When He restores.  The restoration is the taste of the Eden lost. When He restores it is […]

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Psalm 85 – You Did It Before… 

Asking God to do something that has never happened before is audacious. Asking God to do something He has done before should be rather more straightforward.  This Psalm, however, still goes to show that approaching God to do something that He has done before is not something to take lightly. Here is a pleasant for […]

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