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So far in this series on ‘Building up My Faith’, we have looked at the need to Call on God First, to Remember, to Choose to Believe and to Be Real.
This time I want to discuss something surprising about fear and unbelief and how that understanding this can reduce our stress.
There are [...]

Nearly 400 spam emails a day necessitated a change of email address.  As soon as the new address was ready, I set about notifying the people in my Contacts’ List.  However, I only managed to send one email with bcc’s to about 15 people when my new address would no longer ‘send’.  Unable [...]

Go to Part 1 of this ‘Building Up My Faith’ series
We have to be real about where we are at in our ‘believing’.
The father who came asking Jesus to deliver his son from the torment of an evil spirit recognised an area of unbelief in his own heart.  ‘And immediately the father of the child [...]

In my earlier posts on ‘Building Up My Faith’, I shared how ‘Calling on God First’ and ‘Remembering’ have been keys for me when faced with life’s challenges.
In this, the third part in the series, I want to share about the need to choose to‘Believe’.
Everyone believes something, so, in one sense, ‘believing’ itself isn’t as [...]

In 2005, my husband and I, along with our two youngest children spent a week in Northern Ireland.  It was mid-summer and beautiful.  The green of the country was glorious, and the temperature was just right for getting out and about.
We stayed with friends who took time out to show us some of the [...]

In Part 1 of ‘Building Up My Faith’, I discussed our need to ‘Call on God’.   This in itself is an act of faith, as by it we declare our dependency on God.  Calling on God should not only be our first response when challenges arise, but should be our daily habit.  We [...]

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”  I’d be surprised if most of you hadn’t heard this statement before now.
There’s certainly truth in the statement.  The same situation that has one person crumble, brings another to pull themselves together and overcome tremendous odds.  The human spirit, when motivated strongly enough, can [...]

If you happen to be human, then you will know that life isn’t always smooth sailing. Whether you are Christian or not, you will face bumps along the way.
Sickness may come, loved ones may die, financial challenges may come and go - or simply come to stay.  Your marriage may be tested, your children may [...]

Some friends and I went out to lunch the other day at a nearby shopping centre.  It was Easter Saturday, and the car parks were all but full, with many vehicles lined up waiting for a spot.  Instead of joining the queues, Sarah, our driver chose to go right to the back of the [...]

I have a new doctor who I saw yesterday.  She asked me how long it is since my last Pap Smear.  I really couldn’t be sure.  I knew that the medical opinion is that you should have one every two years, so figured my answer wouldn’t please the doctor.  The truth is, I wasn’t sure [...]

It was early 2005, and I was sitting, listening as a minister spoke at a friend’s wedding. In front of me, sat a man I knew to be the minister of a local church. The presiding minister, knowing that there are diverse views on how a marriage should function, bravely brought up the subject of ‘roles’ [...]

I was blessed at a ‘Blessing Day’ yesterday.
“What,” I hear you ask, “is a Blessing Day?”
Well, we have friends with four children.  When each of those children are around 13 -14 years of age, the parents set aside a day in which they welcome their child into adulthood.  It is a significant day in the [...]