Arise and Shine
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Category: September
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Sometimes you might feel as if your day or life is getting out of control. You might even know the cause of this, but choose not to deal with it cause it is too uncomfortable. It is necessary to prioritise your time with God, to ask for His direction and to stop finding reasons to…
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To repent is to renew your mind, to take in a whole new point of view as you look at it from God’s viewpoint. It is to change your attitude towards sin and God which occur in both your mind and heart. It is about God opening your eyes and your heart to reveal who…
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In a time of uncertainty and fear I am reminded of a song by Michael W Smith .. “Above all” It reminded me that no matter what you may face, God is greater and He loves you immensely!! “Above all powers Above all kings Above all nature And all created things Above all wisdom And…
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You have been set free from captivity because Jesus paid your price in full. “In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor, Which He lavished upon us in every kind of…
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“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:7-8 NIVUK) The way we love is mostly dependent on emotions and feelings., but God’s love is completely…
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“…Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” (John 8:31-32 NIVUK) God has a plan and purpose for your life and He wants you to prosper and excel in it. He created you to be a testimony…
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“They will neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them. He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.” (Isaiah 49:10 NIVUK) We serve a compassionate God who cares deeply for you. To have compassion is a deep awareness of,…
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“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?.. …No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor…
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“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17 NIVUK) “You are good, and what you do is good;…” (Psalm 119:68 NIVUK) God is always good. It is in His nature to be good. How you feel or…
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“But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal…