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The often used cliche – ‘Live life loud!’ is generally used to represent boisterous living. However, in a wider context, musical images of loudness relate to a trumpet or bugle call that get people’s attention. A clanging bell on the other hand, is a bothersome sound. Visual images also carry meaningful messages; a giant sunflower reaches majestically towards the heavens, whereas weeds annoy…..
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Ponder on these things…! The identity we have is … that thing which defines us. We shape our lives by the decisions we make but are influenced by things around us. We possess the ability to make choices that fashion and form the path we take on life’s journey.
In the Bible we read of numerous characters who led either triumphant lives or…..
When you are stuck in one place, the life flow of living water is stopped. You become like stagnant water, which is stuck and going nowhere. A puddle of water can soon become dried up by the sun or it can become murky and attract organisms that contaminate it, making it of no use for anything.
People can become stagnant in…..
Beware of the red-back spider! It sits there very quietly and carefully ponders its move. It’s intention is clear; there can be no error of judgement! It has to be precise in its deadly execution; absolutely no room for error!
Beware of the person who, in the guise of friendship, wants to suck the life blood out of you……
By day and by night, we have protection. The Lord led His people towards the promised land under Moses’ leadership. He had a supernatural layer of protection over them (Exodus 13:21).
In our lives, not all things go smoothly. There are seasons where we sail on a calm sea and everything goes according to plan. Then there are seasons…..
Today I witnessed a creative miracle. I literally saw arms growing out of the body. It happened with the right arm and then the left arm. When the two hands were extended and aligned together, bravo, both hands were perfectly aligned.
This is the recorded creative miracle of a tennis elbow sufferer who had the ailment for 8…..
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We are a new creation when we surrender our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ. He takes the driver’s seat and we follow His footsteps. Thereby, our old sinful nature is put to ‘death’ – Romans 6:6. Each day we radiate His glory in and through our lives as we walk through…..
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If you had to paint a picture of yourself, what would it look like? Would you be smiling or frowning? Would you be deep in thought or blissfully taking in the landscape?
The picture we ‘paint’ of ourselves to the outside world is the reflection of our heart at a particular point in…..
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Very often people find themselves stuck in a rut and can’t break free. There could have been some tragic event that has dealt them a drastic blow. Try as hard as they will, this ‘thing’ grips them like a vice and they are immobilised, emotional speaking.
Recently, I watched a movie called Green Fingers…..
“Write your hurts in the sand; carve your blessings in stone” continued…
Consistency of character shapes our personality. We are known as; kind or stingy, gentle or mean-spirited, tender-hearted or vicious, amicable or dreadful and the list goes on. When you repeatedly do what you do, that thing becomes a part of you. One look at a hardened criminal…..