Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) Moses was not born meek. He was a short-tempered and brash young man. He killed a man in rage before he fled into the wilderness but pastoring a complaining congregation of 2 million Hebrew...
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13 October 2022 – ‘Spiritual Discipline’ – Part 5
Proverbs 4:23 Above everything else guard your heart, because from it flow the springs of life. The heart is one of the most vital organs of the body. This essential organ is the centre of the cardiovascular circulatory system that pumps life-giving blood through a 60,000 miles long network of blood vessels. The heart pumps...
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12 October 2022 – ‘Spiritual Discipline’ – Part 4
2 Samuel 5:19 David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? .The LORD answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.” Tuning our spiritual ears and heart to listen to God’s voice is a spiritual discipline. Listening to God and having a conversation with God does...
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11 October 2022 – ‘Spiritual Discipline’ – Part 3
James 3:2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. The tongue is the thermostat of the soul. A thermostat is a device that automatically regulates the temperature of an enclosed area. Likewise we can talk ourselves...
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10 October 2022 – ‘Spiritual Discipline’ – Part 2
Psalm 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Reading in general improves memory and cognitive ability. Reading is a healthy habit that improves brain power, vocabulary, language and emotional skills. Other benefits of reading are that it reduces stress, improves concentration; enhances knowledge, creativity and imagination....
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09 October 2022 – ‘Spiritual Discipline’ – Part 1
1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Currently Fred Kerley is the world’s fastest man after his victory in the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Kerley claimed...
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08 October 2022 – ‘Made-In’ – Part 7
Jeremiah 18:3 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. The eco-friendly plastic recycling machines are becoming very popular as the plastic that was dumped in landfill as waste is now being recycled. The...
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07 October 2022 – ‘Made-In’ – Part 6
Genesis 32:28 “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Jacob was a wrestler. He wrestled in the womb with his twin brother Esau. But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?”...
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06 October 2022 – ‘Made-In’ – Part 5
Acts 2:7-8 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? The first Pentecost was the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus. It is also the Jewish feast of Pentecost (Shavuot) which was a thanksgiving for the first fruits...
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05 October 2022 – ‘Made-In’ – Part 4
Matthew 26:71 When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” Hanging out with Jesus for 3 ½ years had changed the raspy, rough fisherman Peter into an eloquent and exegete speaker. Peter was trying to hide his...