Our role as peacemakers

National Holocaust Memorial Weekend (Jan 29, 2023) remembered six million Jews who perished under Nazi genocide — and genocides more recently in Armenia, Rwanda and Croatia, persecution of Uyghurs in China and atrocities against Ukrainian civilians. Listen to this 'Thought for the Day' style short podcast with a word from the

Internet Heralds

It’s Ian Greig here and I want to share something about God’s Messengers of the Internet Age. Here’s a well-known verse from Romans 10: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom

My 'Go To' For 'How To'

God knows our difficulties, uncertainties and insecurities — and He has answers to reassure us, if we give time and space to listen to Him.

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Do we get it?... God is our source

At a time of challenges through climate change, food shortage, rivers running dry and soaring energy prices, politicians may nor have the answers we look for — but these difficulties constrain us to turn to the Source of all things, Jesus.

'Silent Routine'

Faith is hard work — but sometimes we're just trying too hard. The silent, listening stance can be what is needed to find breakthrough...

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How God speaks clearly to dispel confusion

I AM THINKING today of how God speaks clearly, cutting through the confusion of life with his clear message of encouragement. There's plenty to be confused about. There's a war being fought with young men dying every single day but for reasons which appear to be completely made-up and false.

No sign of revival — and that may be the sign

When times are spiritually dry, churches are losing attendance and faith seems weak — this can actually herald the revival the Lord wants to bring

Jesus is always speaking — and He has more to say

Jesus always has more to say "I have much more to say to you... But when... the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth… He will glorify Me because it is from Me that He will receive what He will make known to you.” John

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The tests of authentic, personal faith

My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith that demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone? For example, if a brother or sister in the faith is poorly closed and hungry and you leave them

How to Find God's Love and Live In It

CLEMATIS SEASONSurround me with Your tender mercies so I may live, for Your instructions are my delight. Psalm 119:77 NLT Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law. Romans 13:10 NLT God is love. There’s a verse in the Bible

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Praying for rescue!

How do we stand with Ukrainians and pray for their deliverance? Biblical pointers and a sample biblical prayer.

As Christians we can come in the opposite spirit to love and to bless

As Christians we have spiritual weapons which we can use to bring an 'opposite spirit' to hate and warfare. We have someone that we are empowered to bless and to change...

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Ask in hope

Praying in hope is praying in confidence and three perspectives from the Bible teach us to do this

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How do we pray for people in Ukraine?

It’s the weapon with greater range and penetration than any military power, the spiritual force that can overcome the confusion of a deluded, paranoid dictator

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Believers in Ukraine exercise hope and faith

Christian believers in Ukraine are summoning up all their hope in God — and we are standing with them and agreeing with their prayers, which are having remarkable results.

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Finding harmony by following the composer’s score

God's visible creation can be seen growing in the countryside all around but His less visible work, the body of Christ, is also designed to flourish and grow if it sticks to the Creator's intentions

Join the invisible peacekeepers

Come in the opposite spirit

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1. Changing Our Identity

There are times in life when we are given a new identity. And coming to know and trust God through Jesus involves an important new spiritual identity.

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2. The Bible Message of Freedom

Continuation from 1. Changing Our Identity In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. Ephesians 1:7 NIV “In Him we have redemption“ is a powerful phrase which needs a bit of unpacking. Those two little words “in

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3. Renewed Minds See the Freedom

Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by His blood — the total cancellation of our sins — all because of the cascading riches of His grace. Ephesians 1:7 TPT This rendering also makes it clear that this is an act of God

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Three tracks

Here you will find three pathways, and they link up within a topic. 1. Follow Exploring [https://www.freshbread.today/tag/exploring/] if you're asking questions about faith in God and how it works 2. Your track is Engaging [https://www.freshbread.today/tag/engaging] if you want to grow

Spiritual prompting guides us in life (1)

What is 'spiritual'? Many of us cruise through life without thinking very much about whether we are spiritual or not. It's become more of a topic recently. A generation ago there was a fashion for following the 'hippy trail' to the Indian subcontinent to experience eastern mysticism. More recently it

Spiritual prompting guides us in life (2)

Awakening the spiritual part of us We may go through life without much awareness of the spiritual dimension. And then we feel a kind of nudge to do something differently, or talk to someone, and coincidences happen. We are all created by God, who is Spirit, to be spiritual as

Spiritual prompting guides us in life (3)

Ash tree changing colourOur choice to receive and to give away We come to know God by a spiritual transformation of the heart, or human spirit in which our acceptance of Jesus as the Saviour is crucial. He has experienced death so that we can have His life — a spiritual

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Let's agree, God is good (1)

Sunlight brings out autumn colours on Creden Hill, Herefordshire, UKThe world-changing power of praising God for who He is It’s easy to find fault, harder to find something to praise. And we are deluded into thinking that if we find fault with something, and get others to agree, we’