March 2013
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We had a wonderful idea. We thought of lanterns lighting the night sky. We thought of Gods word permeating through the darkness, reaching the stars and settling in their glow. A group of lanterns, I thought. Who could miss them? We carried them with us. We reached a hill in a public park that I could not decipher. Each lantern carried a verse. As the fire holding it adrift faded, I dreamt of each...
August 2012
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I’ve been finding it really hard to write recently. Well, more specifically, I’ve been having difficulty motivating myself to blog. I’ve been reading through the blogs I’ve posted over the last year and I find it hard to believe I wrote them. I’m still journaling in my quiet times and enjoying spending time with God. For once, my laziness doesn’t feel like something faith related though. Its...
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Pray for Moldova.
A few months ago those words wouldn’t have meant much to me either. It’s a country whose name I vaguely recognised. A country that, up until January, I had no idea existed! Yet there’s a very real spiritual struggle underway in Moldova. A struggle perpetuated by a blatant disregard for the widespread poverty in one of the poorest countries in Europe. A country that should have...
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“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give...”
– 1 Cor Ch15 v 58
July 2012
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My Story.
I’ve always really struggled to share my testimoney because up until the last year, I didn’t really feel like my story was extraordinary or exciting enough to tell. I’ve been a Christian for so long that I can’t even pinpoint the exact age that I gave my life to God. All I know is that I was pretty young. Not just in age though. The state of my faith remained young well...
June 2012
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“He takes our grains of sand and fashions a pearl. He takes our caterpillar and...”
February 2012
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Knowing that I’ve been placed on this earth for a purpose is what fulfils me in life. Living each day in the knowledge that an All powerful Saviour has marked out each step of my life with perfect precision allows me to feel content that whatever I’m facing, I’ll face upheld in God’s grace and strength, which to this very day, have never failed me.
I know that by grasping each...
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“I cannot physically see the Lord, but I can see clearly all he’s done for...”
January 2012
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Calling all people...
My inbox is open to any questions about my faith and Christianity. I’m happy to simply talk with other Christians, answer questions, offer advice or provide some support for struggling brothers and sisters!
I don’t need to know the face behind the name. It won’t make a difference to me!
If you’ve something on your mind and want a third person perspective or even just some...
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Lord, I wonder how much of a true servant I am to you. Sometimes my words and actions seem so far from what you’ve taught me and I question my spiritual growth. I look at the many ways in which you’ve blessed me and I cannot possibly repay you. Growth is hard to measure. Sometimes, I’m on the very cusp of breaking through but never quite get there. Every day, I’m striving. I’ve gone from making an...
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“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your (marital) status, defines your life.” 1 Cor. 7:17 MSG
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“It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honourable to seek one’s own honour…” - Proverbs Ch 25 v27
I think I’m going to be embarking on a huge journey this summer. It’s pretty early days but I attended a meeting about Mission Teams that go out to different countries every summer to help different communities with activities like church planting and building etc. I’ve talked myself...
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The other day, my devotional book dealt with the topic of Self Control. This is an issue I’ve swept under the carpet many times in the more immature days of my faith, mainly because I knew it would reveal a very erratic, uncontrolled Child of God. The irony is that I was UNDER the control of sin, hence why I didn’t have much control of myself at all. Perhaps now that I’m growing under Gods wings,...
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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” – CS Lewis.
This struck a chord with me today. I spend so much time relying on God, taking every little infliction and placing as much of a positive spin on it as possible. Sometimes, I struggle through the school day, just about clinging to the thought of Gods master...
LIVE PASSIONATELY.: This morning I woke up with a... →
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This morning I woke up with a divine passion in my heart and the words “be the change” echoing in my head. I was thinking of this girl I went to high school with; she claimed to be a Christian but she acted just like every one else. She swore, she drank, she had sex. But every now and again she…
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“Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love.
Let them give thanks...”
– Psalm 107 v8
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I’ve been thinking a lot about miracles! Little miracles that happen every day without us even noticing! I’m using this word so much more in prayer and trying to discern the kind of miracles I’ve experienced in my life. They don’t have to be glaringly obvious. For me, I believe in the art of personal miracles. Events that take place in our lives we could never have imagined and that seemed so...
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December 2011
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2012
I’ve never thought much off New Years. I’ve never been invited to the big house parties or felt that much of an urge to go. I’ve never seriously made a New Year’s resolution. I’ve never really even thought, “This is the year my life’s going to change!”
It’s always been just another day.
This year’s different though. At the end of summer, 2011, Gods changed my life. He transformed my heart and...
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“Sometimes I’d like to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice in...”
– (via holymoleyitsfoley)
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At the end of my quiet time last night, this verse caught my eye – “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (1 Cor Ch3 v11)
When I see people straying from God, I find myself valuing my own relationship with him on a whole new level. I try to place myself in their shoes – if I had the friends and influences they do, would I have strayed too? The...
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“Even though I am in the midst of trouble, I am confident that You will revive...”
– Psalm 138:7
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Prayer can be a difficult thing. I love the feeling of coming to God and being completely open with him. I love opening my eyes and feeling that sense of peace that even my closest friends can’t give me sometimes. There have been times that I’ve come to God in prayer with an unsettled heart, tears in my eyes and a racing pulse and by the end of it, I’m completely at ease. The tears are on the...
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The miracle.
I’ve been thinking recently about something pretty important that happened years ago when I was weaker in my faith and seeking God for all the wrong reasons. I went to Christian camps every summer and my intentions were mostly good. Every year I’d be driven to one of these camps and hope I’d come back a changed person. I guess I would – for about a week. Then I’d forget everything I was taught and...
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“Beloved, do not be surprised when you go through fiery trials, as though...”
– (1 Peter 4:12-13)
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I haven’t blogged in a while because I’ve pretty much been in hiding! It sounds like I’ve fallen away from God but I couldn’t have fallen more in love with him and just at the right time! I took a break to seek him, to spend time with him and just be with him. I’ve been struggling with all sorts of weird emotions this last while. I’ve been having moments where I wake up in the morning and have...
November 2011
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“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing...”
– James 1:2-4
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“When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I...”
– Psalm 56:3-4
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“Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots...”
– Ephesians 3:17-19
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No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:39
I’ve had an extremely lazy weekend and despite my reluctance to get off my butt and do something useful, I’ve made an observation about my relationship with God that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Yet, I...
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What’s every broken bone in comparison to the healing we’ve received from the Lord? Why condemn ourselves for every failure when we’ve overcome the grasp of Satan? Why suffer silently when he called us to dry all our tears? Why dwell on all our imperfections when we’ve been made blameless in his sight? Why resent the Lord for every infliction we face when we go through our days,...
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“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
– 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
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Fancy a cuppa?
I have this personal joke with my friend, Megz, where we refer to each other as a “cup of tea”. The whole point behind this is that instead of going to each other and complaining endlessly about things, we try as much as we can to bring it to God first. Then, when we feel calm, we speak to each other and try to see the positives in everything. We basically help to build each other back up when...
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“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
– Psalm 34:18
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I’ve had a really awesome opportunity placed in front of me! Along with one of my best friends Dups, I’m helping to lead a group of girls on behalf of my schools Scripture Union. I suspect it isn’t as big a deal to a lot of people! But I’ve never been on this side of the coin where I’m actually helping to lead young girls, rather than being one of the girls myself. I’m excited at the prospect of...
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“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet...”
– 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
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