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Meditation #18Meditation #18
6/21/2010 9:38:48 AM

Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” When Jesus asks us to look at the birds of the air, it might just be a good idea to do exactly that. Birds are part of God’s cr... Read More..

Leadership Confidence - part 1Leadership Confidence - part 1
8/17/2010 10:51:35 AM

On that afternoon when faced with a crowd of hungry people, the disciples came face to face with their own sense of inadequacy. Their idea was to send the crowd away to find their own food. Jesus idea was to have them feed them and said to them, "You give them something to eat." The disciples looke... Read More..

I Have No Idea Where I Am GoingI Have No Idea Where I Am Going
6/11/2012 11:48:41 AM

Do you ever feel like you “have no idea where you are going?” You plan, prioritize and schedule your activities but then still wonder “where am I really going with all of this?” Now, you may be saying, “This is no help at all! I read this newsletter to get help and grow my confidence - not have som... Read More..

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Meditation #87, October 2012.

Patrick meditates on Faith and Works from the book of Romans.


Meditation #86, July, 2012

In this meditation Patrick looks at the lives of two very different men, rooted in different cultur...


Meditation 85, June 2012

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Meditation #84, May 2012.

What can science teach us about God as we look at the world around us?


Meditation #83 -

A meditation on life… and the end of life; drawing thoughts from Dr. Graham’s book “Nearing Home”


Meditation #82: What is meditation?

One of the great challenges of the life of faith is learning how to deal with anger. Let’s look at ...


Meditation #81, August 2011

God hears us, even when we are so troubled we cannot speak. He hears us and is waiting for us, in e...


Meditation #80, July 2011

A reflection on Pilgram’s Progress…


Meditation #79, June, 2011.

Apologetics… Answering tough questions about what we believe as Christians…How many of us are satis...


Meditation #78, May 2011

When we begin to contemplate what it means to lead a life of faith, we will very quickly encounter ...


Meditation #77, April 2011

The problem of evil…


Meditation #76, March 2011

In the meditation for March Patrick looks at just what it means to “Take up his cross daily”….


Meditation #75, February 2011

In his meditation for February Patrick examines the line between ministry, “works” and God’s gracio...


Meditation #74, January, 2011

What does it mean to be a busy Christian? Once we have decided we want to serve the Lord, we will p...


Meditation #69

Genesis 22: 9-10: When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar th...


Meditation #68

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For...


Meditation #67

Question: are we modern-day evangelical Christians equipped to do the same thing? It is possible th...


Meditation #66

In 2Corinthians 3:3, Paul states: And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, w...


Meditation #65

A man looks around him and is astounded by what he sees. His life has gone by quickly and the world...


Meditation #64

One of the most exciting exclamations ever uttered is the statement by John the Baptist when he say...


Meditation #79, June, 2011.

A partial dictionary definition of apologetics is “the systematic defense and exposition of the Chr...


Meditation #63

Samuel Johnson is well-known by devotees of English history and literature. He is famous for compil...


Meditation #62

“How am I supposed to believe the things I read in the Bible?” our non-Christian friends might ask....


Meditation #61

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Meditation #60

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Meditation #59

I want to know one thing, the way to heaven. . . .God himself has condescended to teach the way. . ...


Meditation #58

Elisha was a great prophet for ancient Israel. Unlike Elijah, whose death was spectacular--being ta...


Meditation #57

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Meditation #56

We Christians delight in stories of conversion, of someone being “born again.” We remember our own ...


Meditation #56

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