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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Joshua 5–8:29 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. 15 And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. 16 And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17 And someone from [...]

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Has Someone Hurt You?

‘Don’t rejoice when your enemies fall.’
 Proverbs 24:17 NLT In life, you’ll make foes as well as friends. It can’t be avoided; it just comes with the territory. The issue isn’t will you make enemies, the issue is how will you treat them? Our friends bring out the best in us, and oh, how our [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Joshua 1–4 9:1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” 2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain [...]

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Living in God’s Love

‘Live in My love.’
 John 15:9 GWT When someone says, ‘Make yourself at home,’ it means you’re welcome and accepted. And that’s what Jesus means when He says, ‘Live in My love.’ You never have been and never will be loved by anyone as much as God loves you. The reason you have such a [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

3 John 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. 3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to [...]

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Stick With It

‘We praise the ones who endured the most.’
 James 5:11 CEV Observe these six things about persistence: (1) You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. (2) The first two letters in the word goal are ‘go’. (3) Some people dream of doing great things; others wake [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 35–36 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and [...]

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Understanding God’s Will (3)

‘The Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.’
 Acts 20:23 NIV About 75 per cent of believers now live in developing countries, often in anti-Christian environments. Xu Yonghai is one of them. He worked to see the legalisation of house churches in China. The government responded by locking him up for [...]

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Knowing a God of Grace

Last month I was in car accident. I’d like to say I took it in my stride. That I ran straight to all my mates, hands raised in praises and hallelujahs. Realistically, I sat in the ambulance sobbing—and I spent the next few days staring into space and moving from bed to chair to couch [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Joshua 1:7–8 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 1 Timothy 3:14–16 Aleph 119:1   Blessed are those whose way is blameless,    who walk in the law of the LORD!2   Blessed are those who keep [...]

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Understanding God’s Will (2)

‘Teach me to do Your will.’
 Psalm 143:10 NIV As you look back on your life, the thing that will bring you the greatest joy is knowing you’ve done the will of God. But in order for that to happen, you must really want to do God’s will. Jesus said, ‘If anyone is willing to [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 32–34 8:1 In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. 3 And if I send them away [...]

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Understanding God’s Will (1)

‘Understand what the Lord’s will is.’
 Ephesians 5:17 NIV When you know you’re in the centre of God’s will for your life, you have peace in spite of adverse circumstances. You have confidence to go to God at any time, knowing that He’ll provide what you need. You ask, ‘But how can I tell if [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 29–31 24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. 25 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down [...]

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Be Wise and Winsome

‘He who wins souls is wise.’
 Proverbs 11:30 NIV The Bible says, ‘Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.’ 
(1 John 2:15 NIV) But some of us act like loving the Lord more requires loving those around us less. [...]

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Build a Solid Foundation

‘It had its foundation on the rock.’
 Matthew 7:25 NIV Jesus said, ‘Everyone who hears these words of Mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock… The winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 25–28 14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when he had entered the [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 22–24 7:1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the [...]

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Patience, Love and Encouragement

‘I came so close to the edge.’
 Psalm 73:2 TLB If you’d met Asaph, who wrote some of the psalms, you’d probably have thought he hadn’t a care in the world. But you’d have been wrong: ‘I came so close to the edge of the cliff! My feet were slipping and I was almost gone.’ [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 19–21 45 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. 47 And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and [...]

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Your Life’s Assignment

‘My life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by 
the Lord.’ Acts 20:24 NLT To miss out on your assignment in life is to miss out on why God put you on earth. You’re gifted and called by God, and you need to take it seriously. [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Chronicles 16–18 30 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. 32 And they went away in the [...]

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Stop Beating Yourself Up

Stop Beating Yourself Up

‘We all stumble in many ways.’
 James 3:2 NIV When you sin, God’s Spirit will convict you of your need to repent and change your ways. But until you get your glorified body in Heaven, you’re always going to deal with sin. The apostle James wrote, ‘We all stumble in many ways.’ But falling down [...]

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