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Matt Beaney

9 hours ago
3 min

#198 – THE MATURE (23/9/20)

A mature apple tree produces fruit; a mature Christian bears ‘the fruit of pursuit’.

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#197 – I PRESS ON, I TAKE HOLD (22/9/20)

Matt Beaney

a day ago
4 min

#197 – I PRESS ON, I TAKE HOLD (22/9/20)

Let’s make every effort to pursue the goal of knowing Jesus. Let’s make this effort by faith in His empowering presence.

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Matt Beaney

2 days ago
3 min

#196 – MY GOAL (21/9/20)

Paul’s goal is defined by God. He is aiming at God’s goal for him, let’s learn to do the same.

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#195 – SUFFERING, DEATH AND RESURRECTION (18/9/20)

Matt Beaney

5 days ago
3 min

#195 – SUFFERING, DEATH AND RESURRECTION (18/9/20)

May God give us the vision to see in suffering for Him and dying to our old lives for Him an opportunity to know and be more like Jesus.

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Matt Beaney

6 days ago
3 min

#194 – RESURRECTION POWER (17/9/20)

God wants us to know that ‘resurrection power’ is at work in us if we have come to know Jesus by faith.

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Matt Beaney

Sep 16
3 min

#193 – COME TO JESUS DAILY (16/9/20)

This practice is well worth the extra time and effort that is required.

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#192 – KNOWING LEADS TO LIKENESS (15/9/20)

Matt Beaney

Sep 15
3 min

#192 – KNOWING LEADS TO LIKENESS (15/9/20)

Biblical ‘knowing’ is also about becoming like the person that you know.

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Matt Beaney

Sep 14
3 min

#191 – I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST (14/9/20)

Are we interested in knowing Jesus or are we satisfied with His knowing and loving us only?

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#190 – WHAT POWER DO YOU HAVE? (11/9/20)

Matt Beaney

Sep 11
3 min

#190 – WHAT POWER DO YOU HAVE? (11/9/20)

When God justifies us, we are also united to Christ by the Spirit and experience resurrection power.

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#189 – WHERE IS YOUR CONFIDENCE? (10/9/20)

Matt Beaney

Sep 10
3 min

#189 – WHERE IS YOUR CONFIDENCE? (10/9/20)

What are the kinds of things that we can mistakenly put our confidence in for salvation or for God to be more favourable toward us?

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Matt Beaney

Sep 9
3 min

#188 – COME TO JESUS DAILY (9/9/20)

Coming to Jesus daily is the single most important thing that any of us can do. Today, and over the next few Wednesdays, I want to remind...

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#187 – HOW DO I KNOW IF I BELONG? (8/9/20)

Matt Beaney

Sep 8
3 min

#187 – HOW DO I KNOW IF I BELONG? (8/9/20)

If someone were to ask you, how does someone come into a relationship with God? What would you say?

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#186 – WHAT'S GOING ROUND IN YOUR HEAD? (7/9/20)

Matt Beaney

Sep 7
3 min

#186 – WHAT'S GOING ROUND IN YOUR HEAD? (7/9/20)

Paul urges them to ‘rejoice in the Lord’. He says that he is repeating this because it is a ‘safeguard’ for them.

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Matt Beaney

Sep 4
3 min

#185 – SICKNESS AND HEALING (4/9/20)

Texts like ours today help to rid us of super-spiritual visions of early church life where we envision it as power and freedom all the time.

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Matt Beaney

Sep 3
2 min

#184 – SOLDIER (3/9/20)

All three terms - ‘brother (sister), co-worker and fellow soldier’ - are vital.

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Matt Beaney

Sep 2
2 min

#183 – COME TO JESUS DAILY (2/9/20)

“The reason we come away so cold from reading the word is because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation.”

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Matt Beaney

Sep 1
2 min

#182 – CO-WORKER (1/9/20)

Having called Epaphroditus, his brother, he now describes him as his ‘co-worker’.

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Matt Beaney

Aug 31
2 min

#181 - BROTHERS/SISTERS (31/8/20)

Christians are in God’s family. When we receive Jesus as Lord and Saviour, we are not only justified ...

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Matt Beaney

Aug 28
2 min

#180 – YOU ARE SENT (28/8/20)

None of us can do all that we would want, but we can all do what we can!

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#179 – LOVING OTHERS IS LOVING JESUS (27/8/20)

Matt Beaney

Aug 27
2 min

#179 – LOVING OTHERS IS LOVING JESUS (27/8/20)

To love or like Sin is to love or enjoy what Jesus died to save us from! So when we love others, we are joining with Jesus...

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