PC Gamer

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In the painted world of Ariamis, a girl sits before a blank canvass. Known as the Painter, she dreams of using the Dark Soul to paint a gentle world. The last sister of the Sable church of Londor, Friede fights to keep things the way they are refusi

60 Days of Prayer

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And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. MATTHEW 13:58 (NIV) WHAT IS BLOCKING you from experiencing God’s blessings? Is it unbelief? Every person has moments of doubt when we can’t see or don’t notice the signs of His h

Yoga Journal

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WHEN I TOOK yoga teacher training, I realized that this is an ancient philosophy and lineage. I felt like I was not ready to teach it, because it wasn‘t my own. So I spent the next three years integrating and embodying what I learned. I went on to tr

60 Days of Prayer

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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 NIV IT’S BEEN SAID that no one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Is there a ch

JOY Magazine

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Throughout this series, I have highlighted the various stumbling blocks that delay church transformation. My argument remains that the church fails to demonstrate the Kingdom of God. Leaders in churches have come to the realisation that there is more

History Revealed

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When I died the first time, the Good Lord took pity on my boy’s frail sparrow frame, caught the fleeing beat of my heart, and blew the breath back into my still-warm body. Then he laid me back into this nest of life, like some tumbled, trampled hatch

Lion's Roar

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I can say that the soft whisper ofhis voice in the dark night of confusion,fear, and violence calls us home toour True Selves. I can say that his Teaching bringsthe dharma rain and I invite allof us to bathe in its healing waters. I can say that his

60 Days of Prayer

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Honor the Lord for the glory of his name. Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. PSALM 29:2 (NLT) WHEN YOU ARE faced with a problem, instead of closing down in disbelief or anger, open your mind and your heart to Jesus. Lay your fears at

JOY Magazine

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Topics around relocation and immigration protocols routinely cannibalise conversations at braais and dinner parties. The truth is we all know someone in the process of moving overseas, but what is the true Christian response to emigration? Lennie de

60 Days of Prayer

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For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Mornings with Jesus

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I GREW UP IN THE country outside a small town in Tennessee. I never dreamed it was possible to pass someone face-to-face without making eye contact and offering at least a perfunctory greeting, which often led to a full-blown conversation. When I gre

TIME

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I KNOW “THE REVEREND AND the rock star” sounds like the start of a joke, not the description of a friendship. Improbable as it was, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Dec. 26, and I did have a friendship, and it’s been one of the blessings of my li

60 Days of Prayer

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But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.” LUKE 4:43 NIV HAVE YOU FOUND your passion? Theologian Fred Buchner wrote, “The place God calls you to is the place where your

JOY Magazine

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When we get to grips with the implications of the Gospel for our work, it is nothing short of revolutionary. Materialism and consumerism have had devastating effects on how we work. Often, as Christians, we have regarded work in the same way, bringin

60 Days of Prayer

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Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. JEREMIAH 31:26 (KJV) GOD INVITES YOU to come to Him and He will restore and replenish your energy. He will refocus your mind and heart. He will satiate your weary soul and you will awak

60 Days of Prayer

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For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. EPHESIANS 6:12 (NIV) IF YOU ARE experiencing a s

60 Days of Prayer

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Now that the daylight fills the sky,We lift our hearts to God on highThat He, in all we do or say,Would keep us free from harm today.All praise to You, Creator Lord!All praise to You, eternal Word!All praise to You, O Spirit wise!”We sing as daylight

PC Gamer

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Specialist in Cowboy stealth Currently playing Desperados III This month Conquered the West with voodoo, dynamite, and the world’s dullest man. Specialist in Themed afterlives Currently playing West of Dead This month Determined the likel

JOY Magazine

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Sandy’s enthusiasm and delight when she sees me is infectious. When faced with her joyful greeting I find myself regularly picking her up, looking her square in the eyes, and saying something like: “Aaaah my special girl, do you have any idea how muc

60 Days of Prayer

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As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. ECCLESIASTES 11:5 (NIV) THE BIBLE STATES that God is incomprehensible, yet He is knowable. How

Time Magazine International Edition

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I KNOW “THE REVEREND AND the rock star” sounds like the start of a joke, not the description of a friendship. Improbable as it was, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Dec. 26, and I did have a friendship, and it’s been one of the blessings of my li

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" -- John 3:16 So one day, the skies crack open and a deluge falls upon this small town. Soon, the waters rise, and the

Mornings with Jesus

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OUR SOCIETY IS RAPIDLY ADOPTING attitudes and behaviors contrary to Jesus’s teachings. I struggle with knowing how to respond. Politely posting my opinion about controversial issues has prompted strangers to leave scathing comments and call me names.

PEARL

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And supreme over all the Will of our Creator inexorably manifested and manifests in the irrevocable march of events. On passing into the beyond every human being is divested of earthly power and its protection. Name, position, everything is left behi

60 Days of Prayer

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The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. MARK 4:18–19 NLT AS

Mornings with Jesus

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE VERSE FROM THE Message translation really captures how easily we can do things outside of God’s timing. It can be the right thing—directed by God—but done at the wrong time. A ministry friend dabbled in the stock market for a while

Hope - A Testimony of Hope

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2020 has been a tough year. God created us to be in communion with others, but this year has denied us this privilege. No matter the advances in technology, video calls can’t replace a hug, leaving many people with a sense of disconnect. We were all

60 Days of Prayer

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So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” HEBREWS 13:6 NIV YOU DO NOT have to face your problems alone; you can turn to God, and He will help. Fill your mind with thoughts of Him and ge

60 Days of Prayer

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Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14 (ESV) DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE coined the phrase “victorious forgetfulness

JOY Magazine

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As Christians, we should expect to be called to assignments that are bigger than us. But often, we are caught off guard and automatically begin to doubt ourselves. We even go to the extent of asking if we heard God correctly – even when handed an ass