Tag: faith
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Crossing the River!
There is something unique about crossing a river and we all have made those crossings when traveling in our cars over bridges. Sometimes the river may be quite wide, but the feeling we get is still the same. It’s that leaving one side and then reaching the land on the other side… a crossing over…
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Resting in faith!
We can often ask the question… what is faith? Simply, it is to rely on and trust in something or some person. But it is not meant to be a mental struggle where we tire ourselves out trying too hard to believe. Perhaps we need to stop and rest for a while. I recall an…
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SUBMISSION
What is submission? Is it a sign of personal weakness or perhaps the secret of personal strength? I guess, at the end of the day, the crucial question is who or what are we submitting to? We can submit to the laws of the land; we can submit to legal authorities… that is not only…
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The Christian Password
We live in a world of ever-increasing passwords which are controlling our lives. Security demands them, but life would be much simpler if we did not have to have them… and we wouldn’t get so stressed… like when we forget them! And another aspect is the fact that the password we use always has to…
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The Family Connection!
The power of family is something we all experience and it gives us that sense of belonging. Our paternal and maternal links are real, that integral part of who we are as an individual. We search records to discover our family history, then construct family trees. At the same time, we discover interesting facts about…
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A Divided Heart
One of the most moving passages in the Bible is where Jesus tells us that he stands at the door and knocks. If we respond to that knock and open the door, he then promises to come in at our invitation, to share life together. It is never God’s intention to discipline us for no…
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JESUS CHRIST ‘Central Station’
Central Stations can be impressive, quite often with huge spacious entrance halls. There are clocks and indicators with crowds of people heading off in different directions. There are the metro trains with their underground networks, and there are the country tracks heading off to far away locations. It is a central hub, pulsing with the…
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MERCY!
The rose is said to be a floral symbol of God’s mercy, but what actually is mercy.? It is a word that sits at the core of Christian theology, and we can trace its usage back to the MERCY SEAT, which was situated in the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctuary of the Hebrew Tabernacle.…
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Confess Healing!
Mention confession and we may think of going to church and confessing our sins in the liturgy of the Eucharist. Of course, confessing sin is an important part of our Christian lives. But there is another confession! In life, what we say has consequences, even God’s Word says that life and death are in the…
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Conversion Dynamics!
Water baptism is a powerful symbol of Christian conversion. We belong to Christ and identify with him in his death and resurrection. Yet in itself, does not guarantee conversion has taken place. For conversion is a spiritual change which occurs in a person when they place personal faith in Jesus Christ. Understanding the dynamic of…
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