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Goal Number 27

I was blessed by listening to a church pastor the other day on the Internet telling us he loves to pray and that, “I can’t live without prayer.”  He told us there was no way he would know what to do … Continue reading

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Divine Physical Healing

For the past couple of months it has felt as though God has had me attend His school of divine physical healing.  As is the usual practice when asking the Lord what is on His heart that He wants me to know about Him … Continue reading

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God is Explicit, Particular and Definite in His Instructions To Us.

A few years ago I was in a business meeting with my radio colleagues and at some point the word “prayer” was briefly mentioned by someone.  As far as I know I was the only believer among them, but the person who spoke … Continue reading

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No rules attached.

Ben invited me in for a chat when I introduced myself to him at his door.  He said he was in his late seventies, an ex-digger who fought in New Guinea during the second world war, but now he was, “sick, divorced … Continue reading

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I asked him to name the one desire of his life.

My church received a phone call one afternoon from a lady, wanting to know if there was someone who would sit and talk with her brother, who was a drug addict.  She said he was living with herself and her … Continue reading

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Are my prayers helping her?

Some church denominations combined for the purpose of promoting television messages which asked questions about death.  They were thirty second spots asking something like, “What happens after death?” and, “Where do we go when we die?”  As a result of that promotion, many people … Continue reading

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She always felt she was to blame.

The old lady told me her name was Mrs Ashby.  She stood in her doorway one mid-morning wearing a dirty old nightgown, looking as though she was carrying all the troubles of the world upon her shoulders.  I asked her what … Continue reading

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You need Jesus Christ.

I walked around the back of the house and I saw the man sitting on some out-house doorsteps stirring a tin of paint with an electric drill.  As he looked up at me I said to him, “You need Jesus Christ.”  He quickly responded by saying, … Continue reading

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Who do you say I am?

During His ministry on earth, Jesus Christ asked His disciples as to who the people thought He was.  Now, it wasn’t that He didn’t know what the people were thinking or saying about Him, but He used this to challenge … Continue reading

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Deep sadness in their lives.

From the street, the home and property looked interesting.  The garden was slightly over grown, the weather-board house looked to be in need of painting and maintenance in comparison to the one attached to it and I could see numerous bird cages in the closed-in veranda.  The … Continue reading

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