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Memorial Poem, titled: ‘I’m there inside your heart’ Right now I’m in a different place And though we seem far apart I’m closer than I ever was more ...
Nicky Gumbel, founder of Alpha, says: “The secret of guidance is having a close relationship with God. God made us to be thinking beings. He guides our minds as we more ...
Nicky Gumbel, Bible in One Year – Day 110 of 365
One of my favourite stories about intercessory prayer comes from Tony Campolo. A prayer meeting was held for him just before he spoke at a Pentecostal college chapel service. Eight more ...
Source: Cited in The Life You’ve Always Wanted, by John Ortberg, 2002, Michigan USA, Zondervan, p.104-105
Take time to THINK... it is the source of power. Take time to PLAY... it is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to READ... it is the fountain of more ...
We were rescued for a purpose: We are saved to serve. Rick Warren puts it this way: ‘God created, saved, called and commanded you to live a life of service more ...
Rick Warren (Source: taken from a daily reading plan from YouVersion Bible app.)
Man is the Cosmic Orphan. He is the only creature in the universe who asks, “Why?” Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions more ...
Loren Eiseley
“God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). God promises to meet all our needs – not all our wants but all more ...
Source: Tony Evans, Victory In Spiritual Warfare, 2011, Oregon: Harvest House Publishing, p.118-9
An aging Harry Rimmer wrote the following letter to his friend Dr Charles Fuller: I believe you’re going to speak about Heaven next Sunday. I’m interested in that more ...
Cited by Simon Guillbaud in For What It’s Worth, 2006, Oxford: Monarch Books, p.116-7
William Barclay said: “More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world. And more people more ...
Stand out from the crowd: Many years ago in a small hotel in Philadelphia, USA, an elderly couple, on a business trip from England, approached the night clerk seeking a more ...
R. Ian Seymour
R. Ian Seymour, excerpt from Discover Your True Potential