The World At Our Doorstep

The World At Our Doorstep by Dr. Tim Tang Well, it’s wedding season. For most people this happens once in their lives. It’s a big occasion. Some people dream and plan about it for years (sometimes before they even meet their spouse!) and yet for others, they seem to just “fall” onto the date. After…

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Our Desperate Need For Grace

Our Desperate Need For Grace I am so grateful for this group of ladies that each bring a different perspective to our table. This week we got quite bare with our souls sharing how we have experienced the elements of 2 Timothy 1:7 play out in our own lives—love, power & self-discipline. One of the…

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The Power Of Love

The Power of Love There was a time in my life when I thought the most powerful force on the earth was hate. In my early years, I witnessed firsthand, the destruction this force can cause in the lives, hearts and minds of individuals. During my teenage years, I can personally say, it was the…

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Women With Swords

Women with Swords In this week’s Motivational Monday (Episode 27) we’re looking at 2 Timothy 1:7, “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” The Bible (also known as the scriptures or God’s Word), is described in Ephesians 6 as the “sword of the Spirit”…

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Step Out Of Your Fear

Step Out Of  Your Fear As I sat on my couch this morning and opened up my New Life Bible App to meditate on today’s verse further, I saw something new. Now, this verse is a great one on its own to speak over many many situations in your life: ‘For God has not given…

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Quicksand Love

Quicksand Love Family is an easy one for me to gush about. I will never deny that I am blessed in this area. We are very close, even though spread across the globe, but we still manage to do life together. If any of the Australian family members are visiting anywhere in North America, you…

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The Common Thread

THE COMMON THREAD On one fateful summer’s day in 1990, Marcia Shelton’s world changed forever. What started as a family camping trip with siblings & friends, ended in absolute tragedy with the drowning death of her younger brother, at only 23 years of age.  Marcia and her sister watched the catastrophic incident unfold right before…

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We Love Each Other … Because He Loved Us First

One of my favourite lines in the Bible. We love each other, because HE first loved us. HE has shown us HOW to love. No excuses. None at all. When Jesus was on earth, His entire life was to show US how to live and love – the weak, the marginalized, the unlovely, the unwanted, the…

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It Works When You Work It

It Works When You Work It  I love Yonge Street Mission. I love what they’re about, I love their philosophical approach to ministry and support for people on the margins in Toronto, and I love that they’ve never lost sight of their Christian purpose amidst changing times. This verse is a guiding principle in their…

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Perfect Love

Watch your fear fade & love become natural… ‘And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels…

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