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Family: When Things Don’t Turn Out The Way You’d Hoped (2)
Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...
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Family – When Things Don’t Turn Out the Way You’d Hoped
Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...
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Some Things You Can Be Sure of, But…
One of the most difficult things for us to do is to step out in faith when we’re surrounded by uncertainty, to invest our time, energies and resources in a good work when the ...
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Remember This
When was the last time you gave something out of love, yet it made you feel sad, as though you’d lost something? That’s not generally how it works, is it? The love-gift ...
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Something’s Not Right
Complacency, surely, isn’t such a bad thing, really. But what if our complacency, yours and mine, is killing people? Does that sound a bit melodramatic? Well, let’s take a ...
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Family – When Things Don’t Turned Out the Way You’d Hoped (2)
Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...
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Family – When Things Don’t Turn Out the Way You’d Hoped
Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...
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Flourishing in the House of the Lord
There are so many Bible believing, committed Christians who have left the Church, that the academics are starting to write textbooks about them. Church can be a tough gig ...
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The Generosity You Dish Out
Do you mind if I ask you what may be a somewhat confronting question? How generous are you towards others? When you see someone in need, what’s your natural reaction to them? ...
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Love Is (2)
We live in a go, go, go, hectic, run at a million miles an hour kind of world these days. And the busier and more connected that we become, the harder it is to remember what ...
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Love Is (1)
We live in a go, go, go, hectic, run at a million miles an hour kind of world these days. And the busier and more connected that we become, the harder it is to remember what ...
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The Art of Living (Pt 1)
We pay a lot of attention to a lot of things – but how we live our lives, isn’t generally one of them. Many people know that perhaps something isn’t quite right, ...
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The Art of Living
We pay a lot of attention to a lot of things – but how we live our lives, isn’t generally one of them. Many people know that perhaps something isn’t quite right, ...
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Are You Asleep at the Wheel? (Pt 1)
One of the really uncomfortable things that Jesus talked about was the fact that here on our journey through this life to eternity a whole bunch of us have this tendency of ...
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Don’t Waste Your Life (2)
For so many people who believe in Jesus, there is a yawning gap between the life that Jesus promises, and the life that they’re actually leading. The compelling urgency of just ...
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Don’t Waste Your Life (1)
For so many people who believe in Jesus, there is a yawning gap between the life that Jesus promises, and the life that they’re actually leading. The compelling urgency of just ...
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Don’t Waste Your Life
For so many people who believe in Jesus, there is a yawning gap between the life that Jesus promises, and the life that they’re actually leading. The compelling urgency of just ...
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A Double Helping
I wonder if you, like me, have ever found yourself labouring away, trying your darndest to do good things for God … but it feels, well, so hard. It’s as though God’s not in ...
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Power Unlimited (2)
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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Power Unlimited (1)
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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Power Unlimited
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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Signs, Wonders & Miracles(Pt 1)
Do you believe in signs, wonders and miracles for today? The supernatural power of God disrupting the natural order of things by breaking into your, natural, mundane little old ...
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Pain Relief for the Soul (Pt 4)
Pain is a fact of life. We don’t want to think about it. We all hope to avoid it. But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...
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Bringing Out Your Best (Part 2)
As we grow up, we’re supposed to learn life skills. But how well we learn them, how effective we become as people – depends on who we had teaching us. Sometimes, ...
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Learning to Set Boundaries (2)
Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...
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Learning to Set Boundaries (1)
Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...
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Learning to Set Boundaries
Setting boundaries in our lives is incredibly important. Most arguments, most wars begin because someone’s stepped over someone else’s boundary. But not all boundaries are ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin (Pt 2)
Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working. A Relationship. Just how they feel about themselves. ...
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Your Road to Spiritual Victory (2)
One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...
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It’s Time to Get Over It
Sometimes, we think we’re going along just fine – and then we react to something, and all of a sudden, we realise, we’re carrying around a bunch of hang-ups. ...
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Rekindling the Flame (Pt 2)
God has placed a special gift or ability inside each one of us. The sad thing is that it’s so easy for the day to day grind to bury that gift – and the dreams we may have had ...
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A Sense of Urgency
Our days on this earth – yours and mine – are numbered. We have a finite time left to have a positive, lasting impact on the lives of those around us, those who matter most. ...
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Old Story, New Twist
Christmas is a time of celebration, right? And yet how many times have you been through Christmas and it just wasn’t all that it should have been? Well, there’s a reason for ...
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What Comes Next
So, perhaps you’re one of these crazy people who’s decided to trust in Jesus – the Son of God who died to pay for your sins and rose again to give you a new life for ...
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The Stove is Hot (1)
When we were teenagers, changes are that even the best advice from our parents was like water off a duck’s back. “What would they know?” In hindsight – a ...
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God’s Very Best for You (1)
One of the easiest things to do in this world, is to idolise God’s blessings. In other words, we elevate the blessings of this world, above God Himself. We’ve all done it and ...
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God’s Very Best For You
One of the easiest things to do in this world, is to idolise God’s blessings. In other words, we elevate the blessings of this world, above God Himself. We’ve all done it and ...
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Oh God, I Need a Rest (Pt 4)
Tiredness. We all feel tired sometimes. And actually, it’s something that creeps up on us – so subtly, so unexpectedly that we don’t even realise it. In fact – ...
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The Gardener’s Job
When you’re out doing good things for God, using your gifts and abilities, your time and resources to share the love of Christ with those around you, there’s a temptation, to ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin (Pt 2)
Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working. A Relationship. Just how they feel about themselves. ...
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Your Road to Spiritual Victory (Part 2)
One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...
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Your Road to Spiritual Victory
When we’re travelling through uncomfortable, difficult, tragic or frightening times, what we really want to do, is to get out of that place as quickly as possible. But God … ...
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Giving Without Sparing
Have you ever asked yourself, “How much should I give”? Perhaps it’s a need in your family, or towards God’s work, or to the poor and needy. “How much should I give” ...
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Little People Used by a Big God (1)
Sometimes we get the idea that, well, God only uses clever people. Important people. People whom other people admire. But nothing, nothing could be further from the truth. Most ...
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God Wants to Bless You! (Part 2)
On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...
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Putting Sorrow in Perspective
None of us want bad things to happen to us, and yet they do. None of us wants sorrow to fill our hearts, and yet from time to time, it does. Suffering is an essential and ...
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God Wants to Bless You! (Part 1)
On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...
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God Wants to Bless You
On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...
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So … How’s Your Self–Image Looking? (Part 2)
Poor self–esteem is a global pandemic. Too many people are living with deep insecurities that are robbing them of the abundant life that Jesus died and rose again to bring them. ...
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So How’s Your Self-Image Looking?
Poor self–esteem is a global pandemic. Too many people are living with deep insecurities that are robbing them of the abundant life that Jesus died and rose again to bring them. ...
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Don’t Miss God’s Opportunities
Life is a journey with a whole bunch of ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like one long roller coaster ride. But God has this habit of placing a dream in our hearts, a calling if ...
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How Focussed Are You?
A question for you today: why, for what purpose, has God left you on this earth? I mean, if He loves you as much as He says He does, wouldn’t He just call you home, so you could ...
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Inspirational, Contagious Generosity
In a world where many people seem to have more and more – more money, more stuff – all too often those same people end up giving less and less. Less to the poor and needy. ...
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One Year Ends, Another Begins
The years roll by so quickly. And then, as we head into December and look at Christmas, then New Year, it’s a bit like, well, what’s it all about? Why am I doing this? What ...
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The Best of 2021 (Pt 1)
Each year millions of people – yes, literally millions – hear the good news of Jesus through the ministry of Christianityworks. And as you can imagine we receive lots of ...
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Running the Race, Winning the Prize (Pt 2)
What a tragedy it is seeing so many people pouring their lives into so many things, that at the end of the day, aren’t worth having. The father who sacrifices his life to ...
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Excellence Versus Perfectionism
Excellence is one thing, but perfectionism … that’s quite another. We all have that one perfectionist in our lives who irritates us, who drive us crazy … and yes, who many a ...
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Living a Life that Leaves a Legacy of Love
One day each of us will breathe our last breath and … that will be it, for this life on this earth. Sadly, some people will look back on a wasted life. Because, in our heart of ...
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Living a Life that Leaves a Lasting Legacy of Love (Pt 1)
One day each of us will breathe our last breath and … that will be it, for this life on this earth. Sadly, some people will look back on a wasted life. Because, in our heart of ...
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Healthy Living to a Ripe Old Age (Pt 1)
We live in a world where people are getting fatter by the minute. The so-called ‘Western diet’ is cutting the average life short by 12 years – through heart disease, ...
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There is a Light at the End of the Tunnel (Pt 2)
Life is full of awkward transitions from things we know and understand, to things that we don’t. Often we feel as though we’re on an uncomfortable journey with an uncertain ...
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There Is a Light at the End of the Tunnel
Life is full of awkward transitions from things we know and understand, to things that we don’t. Often we feel as though we’re on an uncomfortable journey with an uncertain ...
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Power Unlimited (Pt 2)
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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Power Unlimited (Pt 1)
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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Power Unlimited
Believe it or not, God promises each person who believes in Jesus, the power to overcome. The power to overcome temptation. The power to overcome sin. The power to overcome ...
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How to Deal with Anger
Anger and bitterness are things we don’t like to talk about much – little wonder! But they’re things that we encounter every now and then. Anger, sadly, can be a daily fact ...
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From Vanity to Victory (Pt 2)
Most of us get to the point at some time in our lives where we start asking, what’s this life all about? I work hard, I do my best – the days, weeks, months, years are ...
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From Vanity to Victory
Most of us get to the point at some time in our lives where we start asking, what’s this life all about? I work hard, I do my best – the days, weeks, months, years are ...
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There’s a Knock at the Door (Pt 2)
The easiest thing in the world for us to do … is to focus on the things of this world. To go through life with perhaps a vague belief in God … in Jesus … but really, ...
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There’s a Knock at the Door
The easiest thing in the world for us to do … is to focus on the things of this world. To go through life with perhaps a vague belief in God … in Jesus … but really, ...
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A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed (Pt 1)
We all need friends. We do – because none of us, as the saying goes, is an island. There’s a reason for that – because we’ve been created in the image of God and God is a ...
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A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
Friendship is one of the most important things in our lives. Particularly when we’re in need – that’s when we really need a friend. But interestingly, you don’t hear many ...
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How to Be Money Wise (Pt 3)
Money as it turns out is a great servant, but a brutal master. So many people are struggling with money matters – debt, greed, all sorts of things and there doesn’t seem to be ...
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How to Be Money Wise (Pt 2)
Money as it turns out is a great servant, but a brutal master. So many people are struggling with money matters – debt, greed, all sorts of things and there doesn’t seem to be ...
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How to Be Money Wise (Pt 1)
Money as it turns out is a great servant, but a brutal master. So many people are struggling with money matters – debt, greed, all sorts of things and there doesn’t seem to be ...
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Discovering Your Gig In Life (Pt 2)
One of the things that we know in life, is that every person is different – different attitudes, motivations, talents, abilities. But so often we don’t put that into practice. ...
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Rekindling the Flame (Pt 2)
God has placed a special gift or ability inside each one of us. The sad thing is that it’s so easy for the day to day grind to bury that gift – and the dreams we may have had ...
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Rekindling the Flame
Each one of us has a special gift from God. An innate ability to do something – one particular thing – better than just about anyone else that we know. The problem is that the ...
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Blessed to Be a Blessing
Let’s face it – we live in a pretty self centred society. Me, me, me … So when we start to talk about God’s blessing – it can be a bit confusing. God is a God of ...
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Blessed to Be a Blessing
God’s blessing is an amazing thing. And it’s also something that frankly a lot of people are confused about. Join Berni this week as he takes a powerful and practical look at ...
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It’s Time to Get Over It
Sometimes, we think we’re going along just fine – and then we react to something and all of a sudden, we realise, we’re carrying around a bunch of hang-ups. Baggage. Join ...
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Five Ways to Overcome Fear
Fear and worry are things that we all go through. For some, they are constant bedfellows. Well this week on the program – Berni is doing some real “rubber hits the road” ...
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Do Not Be Afraid
Fear is a natural, human emotion. In fact, fear can be a healthy thing. It stops us from doing things that could harm us. But sometimes, circumstances overwhelm us – a bit like ...
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Breaking Free from the Power of Sin (2)
Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working. A Relationship. Just how they feel about themselves. Whatever it is. We all ...
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The Face of Confidence
We live in a world that values success and, up to a point, there’s nothing wrong with that … until we cross over that line where self-promotion and over-confidence become our ...
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The Stress of Not Enough
Have you ever suffered stress from not having enough of something?
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Making the Effort
When I first became a Christian, honestly, I found the Bible difficult to read. A lot of it didn’t make sense to me. And the easiest thing in the world to do, is to give up. So ...
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Little People Used by a Big God (Pt 1)
Sometimes – we get the idea that, well, God only uses clever people. Important people. People who other people admire. But nothing, nothing could be further from the truth. Most ...
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Learning to Put Others First
Okay, today it’s time for another quick quiz. On a scale of zero to ten, how happy are you? Maybe that’s not quite the right question. Let’s go with how satisfied are you, ...
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Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ (Pt 2)
Many, many people believe in Jesus Christ – and yet somehow there’s a gap between what they believe and how they live. It seems that other people are out there doing things ...
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Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ
Many, many people believe in Jesus Christ – and yet somehow there’s a gap between what they believe and how they live. It seems that other people are out there doing things ...
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Having the Sort of Faith that Conquers the World
Christians talk a lot about faith. Their faith walk; faith this; faith that. But what is faith? Well, faith is what you need to get through the things you can’t get through ...
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Meet the New Me
We live in a world that on the one hand promotes a “me, me, me” philosophy, and yet on the other cruelly sells people short. Little wonder that so many people have lost their ...
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Meet the New Me (Pt 1)
So many people in this world have lost sight of who they truly are. They go looking for and identity in all different places, but there’s only one identity that’s our true ...
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Extravagant Grace (Pt 2)
Grace – well, grace is a wonderful thing. It’s something that we don’t deserve. But before grace truly means anything – we need to understand in our hearts how far we fall ...
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Extravagant Grace
Grace is a short word – but a tricky idea for us to get our minds around. Maybe that’s because these days – grace is not such a common thing anymore.And then we try to come ...
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A Practical Guide to Managing Your Money (2)
In these days of greater financial uncertainty, many people are finding that their finances are getting them down. People are drowning in debt. They have all the financial ...
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A Practical Guide to Managing Your Money (1)
In these days of greater financial uncertainty, many people are finding that their finances are getting them down. People are drowning in debt. They have all the financial ...
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Financially Secure (2)
Many of us become very touchy the moment someone mentions our faith and our finances in the one sentence. Very touchy indeed. But Jesus talked about this very thing a lot. Quite a ...
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Financially Secure (1)
Many of us become very touchy the moment someone mentions our faith and our finances in the one sentence. Very touchy indeed. But Jesus talked about this very thing a lot. Quite a ...