Hold fast Despise not prophesyings. Test all things; hold fast what is good (1 Thessalonians 5:20-21, AV & NKJV). In the 1990s we organised several Christian holidays in Leysin, Switzerland.
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The rugby ball
The rugby ball The Spirit Himself makes intercession for us (Romans 8:26). Kingston upon Hull, where I was born, was one of the most heavily bombed cities in the UK
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God’s work and our part As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I
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You who are spiritual Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be
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Memories of Easter God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:9). I look back with affection to
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Father of mercies Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation,
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Every good gift Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of
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Walking, redeeming, speaking, answering Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how
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Continue earnestly in prayer Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word,
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One thing One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of
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We know And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). Romans
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Shining You shine as lights in the world (Philippians 2:15). When we were children, our parents used to take the family to Withernsea on the Yorkshire coast for a summer
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