Faith

Pick up your mat!

‘Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’John 5 vs 8I had always understood this verse in the context of the blind man being healed. Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be healed, and in reply, the blind man explained the problem he had been experiencing; mainly that he […]

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He is Never Distant

“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied.Jesus wept. John 11 vs 33 – 35 Unfortunately, due to numerous film scripts and song lyrics, the words

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His Love Will Heal You

This is a true story.  Several years ago, a man in his late thirties was rescued from a two-day binge of alcohol and drugs, and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.  It wasn’t the first, second, or even third time he’d been rescued from himself. But on this particular occasion, he’d reached rock bottom.

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