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Philippians 1:6 “…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Sometimes it’s discouraging to see where we’ve got to. We still struggle in the same areas and don’t see the progress we’d hoped for. Or our life hasn’t…

Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed.” Choosing to live life spontaneously sounds appealing, but it won’t get you far. A fool or a sluggard fails to plan. He ‘does not plough in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing” (Proverbs 20:4) – he wastes…

Mark 9:24 “The boy’s father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!’” An Indian woman in South America was dying and a few Indian Christians and missionaries gathered to pray for her. She slipped into a coma and looked like a lost cause. When the missionaries had left, the Indian Christians organized another…

Galatians 5:16 “So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” A cruel man with two dogs – one black and one white – organized regular fights between the two in a lucrative illegal operation in the backstreets of Birmingham. They were equally ferocious animals, and…

Acts 1:8 “You will receive power (dynamis) when the Holy Spirit comes, and you will be my witnesses… to the ends of the earth.” ‘dynamis’ is Greek for power. Obviously it’s where we get the word ‘dynamite’ from. At Pentecost, a ragtag fearful bunch of disciples were transformed into fearless, passionate firebrands who went out…

Watch the video here! Genesis 32:26 “Jacob replied, ‘I will not let go unless you bless me.’” I sometimes wonder how many blessings I might have missed out on because I let go too soon and didn’t fight long enough. Jacob fought with God, and picked up a limp in the process, but it was…

He said to his disciples, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God” (Mark 10v27). You and I, we follow the God of the impossible. For me, a mere man, with all my hang-ups and weaknesses, my dreams will be impossible to fulfill. But not for God –…

Genesis 50:20 “Joseph said to his brothers, ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done.’” Bad experiences, as with Joseph, don’t have to define us – or more positively, they can be redeemed for God’s glory. Our most famous old boy at school was Winston…

Galatians 5:25 “Let us keep in step with the Spirit.” The Spirit is always on the move. We can easily run ahead or lag behind, so the challenge for us is to keep in step with him. Because most of us want to be in control and fear change, more often than not our greater…

Philippians 3:8 “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” In Korea during the last century, a businessman and a missionary were driving along together. As they passed by a field, the trader saw an old man with his son dragging a plough painstakingly through the earth,…