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God Is Real!

‘The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?’
 Psalm 27:1 NIV What hope or help does the atheist or agnostic have? None! Writer and editorialist WO Saunders said in American Magazine: ‘I’d like to introduce you to one of the loneliest and unhappiest individuals on earth… the man who doesn’t believe in [...]

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Remember to Forget

‘If you have anything against anyone, forgive him.’
 Mark 11:25 NKJV No matter how much two people love each other, conflicts are sure to arise that call for extending grace and showing forgiveness. Do you know that couples who are happy and stay married have the same number of disagreements and conflicts as couples who [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

2 Kings 6:8–20 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit [...]

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Are You Being Stretched?

‘All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize.’
 1 Corinthians 9:25 NLT When you’re being stretched spiritually, your faith in God grows. When you’re being stretched mentally, your old ideas are challenged and replaced with new ones. When you’re being stretched relationally, selfishness dies and love grows. So, are [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Micah 5–7 12 And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 13 And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 “But when you see the abomination [...]

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Become a Good Thinker

‘As he thinks within himself, so he is.’
 Proverbs 23:7 NASB With practice, you can become a good thinker. Observe two things: (1) Good thinkers have foresight. ‘The plans of the diligent lead to profit.’ (Proverbs 21:5 NIV) The word diligent means ‘to work, study, and plan’. You don’t stumble into success and figure it [...]

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You are Redeemed by the Blood of Jesus

‘The blood of Jesus Christ… cleanses us from all sin.’
 1 John 1:7 NKJV Going to church, doing your best, and subscribing to fuzzy notions about God won’t get you into Heaven. Here’s the testimony of those already in Heaven: ‘To Him who loves us… freed us from our sins by His blood, and… made [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Micah 1–4:11 13:1 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” 2 And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 3 And as [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Nehemiah 11–13 28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the [...]

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Husbands and Wives (6)

‘Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house.’
 Psalm 128:3 NIV The psalmist writes: ‘Blessed are all who fear [respect, honour and obey] the Lord, who walk in His ways. You will eat the fruit [rewards] of your labour; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful [...]

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Does this sum up what is happening in Australia right now?

Does this sum up what is happening in Australia right now?

Dear friends, We live in interesting times. Perhaps you have some of the same feelings as I do—frustration with political correctness, sadness at all the division and name-calling, anger at the broken state of our media. It would be easy to feel powerless in the midst of it all. It is most certainly a spiritual [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Nehemiah 8–10 13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. 14 And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way [...]

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Husbands and Wives (5)

‘Husbands… live with your wives, and treat them with respect.’
 1 Peter 3:7 NIV You must get to know your wife and respect her needs. When God made woman, He made her to be a receiver and responder. He made her a little softer, a little warmer, a little more emotional in order to respond [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Nehemiah 5–7 12:1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. 2 When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to [...]

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Husbands and Wives (4)

Husbands and Wives (4)

‘In Adam all die.’
 1 Corinthians 15:22 NIV The Bible says, ‘In Adam all die.’ Why Adam? He was called to be the head of the first family, therefore he was responsible for what happened in the home. As people, husbands and wives are equal under God. But in marriage each has a different role. [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Nehemiah 1–4 27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, 28 and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” 29 Jesus said to them, “I [...]

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Husbands and Wives (3)

‘All your males are to appear before the Lord.’
 Exodus 34:23 NASB God said, ‘Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord… For I will drive out nations before you…enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land.’ 
(Exodus 34:23–24 NASB) Three times a year the men of Israel [...]

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TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY…

The Netflix show 13 Reasons Why has created quite a stir recently. It opens up important issues, both negative and positive, for us all. 'Everything really does affect everything.' 13 Reasons Why explores the aftermath of a teenage girl’s suicide. She records 13 audiotapes, each about a person and their contribution to her suicide. It [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Daniel 6:1–24 12:1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. 4 And when he had [...]

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Husbands and Wives (2)

‘Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman.’
 1 Corinthians 11:3 NASB Paul writes, ‘I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.’ There is an order [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Colossians 3–4 1:1 Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I thank my God always when I remember [...]

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Husbands and Wives (1)

‘She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.’
 Genesis 3:6 NKJV In Genesis, before Eve was created God warned Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit, and it was his responsibility to communicate that to his wife. Clearly, he didn’t do a very good job. As a result, he lost his job [...]

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God Has A Plan ― Trust Him

God Has A Plan ― Trust Him

‘He makes everything work out according to His plan.’
 Ephesians 1:11 NLT The Bible says, ‘The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.’ 
(Psalm 84:11 NLT) Sometimes we pray for a certain thing, believing it’s good for us. But God, who has a plan for your life, knows what [...]

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Today’s Soulfood Readings

Colossians 1–2:18 11:1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples 2 and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. [...]

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Interpreting Scripture with Head and Heart – Dr David Starling

Interpreting Scripture with Head and Heart – Dr David Starling

‘Far more important than what we bring to Scripture is what God does to us through Scripture,’ says author and academic Dr David Starling. In his new book, he makes the case that to read Scripture well, you need to engage both your head and your heart. Dr Starling doesn't believe that any method or [...]

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