June 2012

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Who Am I To Make A Difference?

Fri, 01st Jun 2012.
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Have you ever become aware of the plight of others or read about innocent hearts being subjected to insane cruelty and felt completely helpless to make a difference? I'm sure like myself you have felt like this on many times.

I recently read of a 90 year old woman being viciously attacked in her home. The article showed her unconscious in hospital. A swollen, bruised face and a finger mercilessly severed in the attack. Outrageous on every level.

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Turn Around Babe, Turn Around

Mon, 11th Jun 2012.
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Turn AroundPsalm One in the Message starts with the best statement ever!! "HOW WELL GOD LIKES YOU".

Of course there is a condition to this statement. It's directed to those who follow His Way, love His Word and choose what is right.

Of course there is another "of course". Of course He loves EVERYBODY, and everybody has a chance to personally process the direction of their life and TURN AROUND if need be.

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Can It Get Any Better?

Fri, 15th Jun 2012.
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Can It Get Any Better?For a lot of people in today’s world, the question is probably not "can it get any better?", but more so "can it get any worse?"

The answer to both is yes.

Whatever assails us in the negative can certainly get worse, because everything in this natural life is tending towards decay. I once heard my husband teach, "anything left to itself tends towards decay or deterioration" - a team needs leadership, a vision needs stirring, a house needs repair, teeth need brushing and a sweaty body needs a bath.

However the God I know and love, the God I see evidenced in the Bible and in the lives of so many I observe, is a GOD OF LIFE.

He came to give life and life in abundance ... and the kind of life He offers begets life, inspires life and promises life. So the answer to the question "can it get any better than this?" is also YES!

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Dragon Slaying

Wed, 20th Jun 2012.
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Dragan SlayingMy daughter-in-law's mum has a great sense of humour and an astounding gift for finding random images to post on her Instagram. The above image is one.

The caption might read, "my life is so much more interesting in my head" - but there is a reality to the image. I doubt that literal fire-breathing dragons are hovering overhead (although the book of Revelation does liken our adversary to a dragon) but as followers of Christ, we are wielding a Sword in the spirit-realm. We are contending (as the Bible says) with principalities, powers and rulers of darkness. No need to fear though, because we are also fighting what the bible calls "the good fight of faith", which, FYI, ALWAYS PREVAILS!

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Seven Sleeps (Seriously!)

Mon, 25th Jun 2012.
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Seven Sleeps till Hillsong Conference 2012LIFE IS SO FLEETING! One minute something is before us & then it has passed. I guess it's the ever moving "passage of time". 

This time next week (Monday) thousands will be landing, arriving & gathering in SYDNEY for the 26th Hillsong conference.

The moment is seven sleeps before us. The opportunity, the songs, the "ah-ha moments", the conversations, the spoken words that we will sit under. It's all still before us - and then BOOM we will be looking back to what it was before we all press on to whatever is next on the agenda.