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Summer Blessing

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I hope your summer is going well and you are enjoying this beautiful weather. Wherever you are …..
‘I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.’ Ephesians 3:16-19
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Change Tracks!

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Have you ever noticed how one negative thought leads to another ….. and then another ….. and so on until it becomes a saga? It becomes like a recording that plays in your mind ….. like a familiar song you can’t get out of your head. This happened to me just yesterday while I was doing my ironing! I found myself going down that well beaten track of negativity ….. and I asked God to ‘Please erase it from my mind!’ I felt Him say ‘Change tracks! Play another record! And play it until it becomes so familiar it takes the place of the old one!’ And so I put on a podcast that was full of truth and hope. And you know what? ….. It worked! With so much negativity around us we can easily slide down that slippery slope. But if ….. as soon as you hear the first note of that old song ….. you change tracks ….. you will soon be singing a different tune!

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2022 – I don’t claim to be a prophetess

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I don’t claim to be a prophetess ….. but I do believe God speaks to us all if we have ears to hear. Last year at this time I felt He was saying 2021 would be a year of exposing evil. No more needs to be said about that! This year I feel He is saying 2022 will be a year of God revealing Himself more and more in the midst of evil. I see Him turning up in times of desperation ….. putting words in people’s mouths when they don’t know what to do or say ….. I see people looking up to Heaven and saying ‘That was you, Lord, wasn’t it?’ I believe the focus is going to change from what the devil is doing to what God is doing. Don’t overlook the little things. God can work in spectacular ways but He often reveals Himself in personal details. That way we learn to exercise our faith. He is our only Hope!
‘O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.’ Psalm 34:3-4
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The Hand of God

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And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”
And he replied:
“Go out into the darkness and put your hand in the Hand of God.  That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.”
This little poem seems appropriate today! I’ve heard many say they can’t wait for 2021 to be over as if a date change will make all the troubles go away. We can’t guarantee that things will get easier in 2022. The truth is they probably won’t. The key to living a successful and joy filled life in the midst of trouble ….. is putting your hand in the Hand of God! If you make one New Years Resolution ….. let it be that one. Thanks to all my FB followers for your friendship and encouragement this year. May you all be blessed with good health ….. and may you grow even stronger in 2022 ❤️ 

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Change

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How have you changed this year? Confinement and limitation is never enjoyable ….. but it definitely changes us. A caterpillar may look at a butterfly with envy of its freedom ….. but instead of growing wings ….. he finds himself confined to an even tighter environment. He may even lose sight of the possibility of ever becoming a butterfly. He may think ‘This is as good as it’s going to get for me!’ But God is doing something amazing on the inside of him. Don’t let go of your dreams! But there is a process. There is no shortcut. Yield to the process while holding onto the dream. Nothing and no one can stop God’s plan but you!

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Roller Coaster

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Looking back through my journal ….. 2021 has been a roller coaster ride! Ups ….. downs ….. twists and turns ….. and over before you knew it! But there have been lots of precious moments that have changed me ….. hopefully for the better. As we stand on the threshold of a new year we have an opportunity to decide what to take with us ….. and what to leave behind. By forgiving those who have hurt us ….. and letting go of disappointments and failures ….. we can enter in to 2022 light and free. Are you ready?

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Reset

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It has been too hot to do our normal walk so yesterday we chose to do an early morning bush walk. The cover of the trees ….. the sound of the running water ….. and the birds singing ….. transported us to another world. A Covid free ….. stress free ….. restriction free world. And it doesn’t cost anything! I hope you too can find a place to enjoy. We all need a ‘reset’!

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Just Breathe!

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This is probably one of my favourite weeks of the year! My calendar is blank ….. my ‘to do’ list is empty ….. I’m continually asking ‘What day is it today?’ No deadlines ….. no agenda ….. just breathe! After a busy season ….. it’s not that easy to relax. We are so accustomed to time pressure. But this kind of ‘no man’s land’ is a great time to unwind from the year past and prepare for the year to come ….. which will no doubt bring its own challenges. Here are some thoughts to ponder: 1. What has been my greatest lesson from 2021? 2. What do I want to do differently in 2022? 3. How can I prepare for the unknown?

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Expect Breakthrough!

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The night before Jesus was born ….. everyone was going about life as normal. They were living under a tyrant, King Herod ….. and no one had heard from God for a very long time. You could say there was a lot of oppression and despair. They had no idea what was about to happen! Only a handful of people knew because they were expectant. Never give up on God’s promises. Your breakthrough could happen at any moment!

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Discernment

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One of God’s greatest gifts to us is the gift of discernment. It’s the ability to see things from God’s perspective ….. and to perceive  the difference between right and wrong, good and evil, truth and error. It’s more than a gut feeling or intuition although these are definitely warning signs that something is amiss. It  comes from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Our judgement may be flawed or biased. His will always be based on what is true and right. There will be many voices in our ears telling us ‘It’s not that bad’ …… ‘You can get away with it’ ….. ‘Everybody’s doing it’. The devil is doing a good job of watering down what the Bible teaches. That’s why it’s so important to know what it does say. When you pray ….. listen twice as much as you speak. That’s why God gave us two ears and only one mouth!