Tag: god
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Clarity, balance and peace: putting God ahead of your schedule
This past week I’ve been on a journey of narrowing down my schedule. At one hand I felt I didn’t do enough. On another hand I was exhausted with the amount of responsibility I’ve taken upon myself. Can you identify areas in your life where you might have bit of more than you can chew?…
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Connected to the Composer
Last year I did a short course on music composition. I usually compose music as I hear it in my head and wanted to look at other methods to help me create a better melody with fuller sound and add a little bit more ornamentation in strategic places. The one thing that I became very…
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Align Your Goals with God’s Purpose
Do you know what your purpose is? How does your daily goals enable you to reach your destiny? If someone asked me this a year ago, I would have had a ready answer. As I was listening to a devotional podcast recently, they discussed the topic of running the race with endurance. I asked myself…
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A bittersweet message
Recently, I felt prompted to investigate honey in the Bible. Honey: a sweet golden liquid made by bees, it has many health benefits such as assisting in the healing of wounds and helping to fight infections. Honey is mentioned mostly throughout the Old testament. God uses the metaphor of honey in his promises of leading…
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Submitting valiantly
How can we submit valiantly? Romans 10:17 KJV[17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Submission is the act of yielding to authority or to be accountable to another. Valiantly means to do something in a way that is brave or determined when a situation is difficult. (Cambridge Dictionary)…
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Full of anticipation
During this time that my husband is working out of town, I came to realise how much I relied on him to help get things done. So often we don’t appreciate those in our lives until they are no longer there to support us. These past few weeks, I’ve been on a journey of discovering…
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The strengthening process
How do we see hardships as an opportunity for great joy in the midst of it? The challenge Starting this year with a death in the family, moving house, kids going to new schools, having new students to teach, and having my husband working out of town, made for a challenging start. A friend asked…
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Saved by Grace
Psalm 103:2 – 4 KJV “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;” When hardship comes it is easy to forget all the benefits the Lord has…
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Are you looking up?
Now that we have moved into our new home, I started “Look up! Friday”. It is so easy to look down at the carpets and floors as they are so abundant in this house, that I kind of forget to look up to the light fittings and ceiling to clean out the cobwebs. Can you…
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What is your word?
As this year started, I was given a specific word by the Lord that comes up every time I am facing a challenge. Do you have a word or words for the year? To have strength can mean: So often we rely on our own strength to keep us going, only to realise one day…
Be quiet and Listen 