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God will not deliver him
https://open.spotify.com/episode/70gUrvUVc0s4nMi7jmocxy?si=jBBCqtcySzyxhNxbBr4sTQ This verse is from the wonderful Psalm 3. It is David’s response to the rejection of his family and friends who have risen up against him and are plotting to take his place of ruling the people of the Lord. Absolom, David’s son has risen up against his father and is seeking to supplant…
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Demon possession
There is no correlation between mind illness and demon possession. Unfortunately there is still throwback to days when all unusual behaviour was credited to demons. I have heard the term “psychotic episode” being synonymous with demon possession. This is a great fallacy and causes all sorts of problems for sufferers and their family. The question…
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The chain of godliness
“Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, perseverance; and in perseverance, godliness; and in godliness, brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7 Were saved by grace alone to live…
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Feeling low
Christians are daughters and sons of the everlasting kingdom. We will one day reign with Christ through the countless ages of eternity. There is no excuse for putting people down or making a person feel low about themselves or how they seek to serve the Lord. When we feel low we comfort ourselves with the…
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The sin question
How important is the consideration of our sinfulness on our psyche? How deep do we need to delve into our weaknesses to overcome them? How can the sin question be settled? What can cleanse this hideous blot? Only the shed blood of the suffering Saviour is sufficient to purge away the stain. Only through repentance…
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Bypassing the mind
There seems to be a desire in some Christians to speak in tongues. These tongues are not the tongues spoken about in Scripture which are recognisable languages that people in our world speak. On the day of Pentecost the disciples received a supernatural gift of being able to preach the gospel to foreign visitors to…
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Security of life
We all need some kind of rock in our life to hold to in times of trouble. This is primarily in our mind and psyche and is what makes us secure and confident people. Our sense of security can be undermined by thoughts and feelings and we find ourselves cast adrift in a sea of…
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Moral affliction
When we fall into sin we hurt ourselves. We may think it is good and benefits us in some way, but it stains our soul, our mind and our character. We should run from it but we do not because we yet have a sinful mindset and we seek fulfilment and pleasure. Such is the…
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A mind redeemed
We can think of the future for our physical life and what God has promised to all who love Him. We rejoice to know the redemption of our bodies, which God will glorify one day, making them fit to live in the coming eternal kingdom. We do not often think about the redemption of our…
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Agony for Assurance
Surely there is no greater agony than for a child of God is think they do not really belong to Him. There are various states of mind that we can get into that take our thought processes down unhelpful routes and ending in the gloomy thought that we are not really the Lords. Our minds…