NINE WORDS TO LIVE BY

By Sodwana Bay

jamesmacdonald.com For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people (1 Peter 2:15, ESV). We’re all natural-born rebels with a built-in resistance to submission. To complicate matters, the concept of submission has been hijacked by some selfish-minded, even cruel, authoritarians who have twisted and distorted the truth…

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Get Ready to Move

By Sodwana Bay

Joshua 1: 2-3 Get Ready to Move God said to Joshua: ‘Moses my servant is dead. Now get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give [you]. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert…

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Let go & LOVE!!!

By Sodwana Bay

1 Corinthians Release Love Forming a negative opinion based on appearance takes less than 20 seconds. “Anyone who does not love his brother cannot love God” (1 John 4:20). You cannot love God if you harbour bad feelings towards others.  We’re more than flesh, we’re spiritual beings and our God-given gifts – character, values, intellect…

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Quotes from the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

By Sodwana Bay

By Tim Kimberley • reclaimingthemind.org • April 28, 2014 The first post in this series consisted of quotes from Charles Spurgeon. The second person who helped, in profound ways, get my family through an especially terrible year is Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He has been on the radar of many Christians since the popular biography by Eric Metaxes hit the shelves three…

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Humble Yourself

By Sodwana Bay

jamesmacdonald.com [Jesus] rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him (John 13:4–5, ESV). Nowhere in the Bible are you told to…

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Do You Need a Breakthrough?

By Sodwana Bay

1 Chronicles 14:11 Do You Need a Breakthrough?   The Bible says: ‘The Philistines made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim. David asked God ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines?  Will You deliver them into my hand?” The Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand.”. So…

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