Prayer
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THE PARACLETE, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH!
Having looked very briefly at the Holy Spirit in the Bible, let us now turn specifically to Jesus’ teaching on the Paraclete in John ch. 14-16. The passages in question are 14,16-17; 14,26;…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY Ask any Christian about Jesus Christ, and you will get a full answer. Likewise, if you ask about God the Father! However, ask about the Holy Spirit,…
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THE FATHER IS THE SOURCE!
NOW FOLLOWING ON! In my last blog I sought to show how Jesus’ life of humility, obedience and dependency on the Father could be seen as a paradigm, an example for how we…
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WORSHIPPING GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH!
THE FATHER DESIRES OUR WORSHIP “But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people…
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THE QUEST FOR FAITH
Originally posted October 2019 FAITH AS A CONUNDRUM The disciples once asked Jesus: Lord, increase our faith. His answer was, as we know: If you had faith as a mustard seed, you would…
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JESUS ON PRAYER: SPEAK TO THE MOUNTAIN!
Originally posted October 2019 Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be taken up and thrown into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart,…
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JESUS ON PRAYER: DON’T GIVE UP!
Originally posted October 2019 Read: Matthew 7,7-11, Luke 11, 5-13, Luke 18,1-8 It is vital that we really take time to read and internalise these very important scriptures where Jesus teaches about prayer.…
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PERSISTENT PRAYER!
A situation in my family, has forced me to postpone the blogs I had planned to write until a later date – I will return to them God willing! Instead there will be…
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DON’T WORRY!
If you are like me, you are prone to worry about many things. Young people might worry about their futures, about school or friends. Parents of course worry about their children. We can…
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LOVE, JOY, PEACE…!
Just heard the Lord say to me that the world (and that means whoever we meet) needs our love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control – in this present crisis!…
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THE PEACE OF GOD
Many of us will at this moment in time be wondering what is happening in our world; living with an uncertain future; wondering whether we or our loved ones are at risk from…
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FAITH THAT PLEASES GOD! PART 2
HOW LONG LORD! When will God answer our prayers? The answer: We must leave the matter with him! But note that in several of the psalms, the psalmist asks this very question: “How…
