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Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

Beauty is in the eye of the Bee-holder: I've always loved animals and God's creation, here's some close up of bees. They're pretty spectacular!

Isaiah's upcoming mission trip: This is an encouraging article. "I’ve watched as nurses took blood samples to the words of“He who has the Son has life. He who does not have the Son does not have life!”Doctor’s have made their rounds to the words “God wants you to know that you do not have to die in your sins.”

The Greatest Entertainment Launch in History: GTA V has been coming up everywhere lately (actually, it's probably just all the Spotify ads getting on my nerves). I have never played the game myself, but I've heard enough to know that even if I want too, it certainly wouldn't help me in my walk with God. Tim Challies discusses this a bit more in light of our culture.

Sony's World Photography Awards: I love photography, and these shots are incredible. Take a look!

Seems so long ago, Nancy: Here's another post by Tim Challies, I greatly recommend it!

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Letter to an Incomplete, Insecure Teenager: This post is a copy of a reply to a letter sent to John Piper. I found it immensely encouraging and helpful. "They showed me that the highest mental health is not liking myself but being joyfully interested in everything but myself."

Repent of your goodness: "If your hope, confidence and satisfactions are in being a good husband, being a good wife, being a good father, being a good mother, being a good churchman, you’ve severely misplaced your hope in something that cannot and will not save you." - Matt Chandler

What I wish I'd known about sovereignty, discipleship and more: "Yancey Arrington shares how he learned to stop reading the Bible like Aesop’s Fables, plus what he wishes he had known about God’s sovereignty, discipleship, theology, and preaching."

Lone House: I didn't expect to enjoy this article or think much of it when I started reading it, but the depth of thought and insight that the writer has is splendid and I really truly enjoyed reading it. Hoping to unpack it a bit more when I get a chance.

Puritan Names: For a bit of humour (and maybe some sympathy for the kids who got these names), here are some pretty outrageous names that some Puritans named their kids.

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All his breakers and his waves - this is a must read. God does send us through hardships, and he is faithful in them. The faith of this church was deeply encouraging to me and deeply challenging.

How to Live for God's Glory: In this article John MacArthur explores how we can practically obey God's command in 1 Corinthians 10:31 to glorify God. I found this helpful as a reminder of how I should be living to glorify God. John Piper also provides a short devotion here about worshipping God in our lives.

Resolutions for Mental Health: In this post, John Piper discusses 10 resolutions shared by a friend and professor. I found them useful to read and am hoping to apply a few at least to my own life.

Questions to Ask when Preparing for Marriage: This is another post by Piper, and even though I'm not preparing for marriage directly yet, these questions were good to consider and look through. I definitely see their relevance to married life.

Falling asleep while Praying: Here's some food for thought, I found this fairly encouraging - I find Im always falling asleep when I'm praying at night.

Blindsided by God...but never betrayed: In this article, Peter Chin looks at how setbacks in his life, such as the catastrophe of his wife getting cancer, have proven God's true character. I greatly recommend it.

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Is Jesus enough for Drug Addicts? In this blog, Mez discusses why drug addicts (and all people) not only need Jesus, but need his people. We can't just supply people with the gospel and then lave them be. We need to disciple them, train them, encourage them, help them. We need to work with them, we need to put in effort. Jesus alone can save from sin, and he is the first and most important step in turning from sin. But people need the help of God, and he helps them by using us, his people.

Challies.com is another great sight. Tim Challies puts up a new post every day, over a wide range of topics within the bible. A lot of the blogs I come across are links from his posts. He has plenty of posts to read, and they are very challenging, thought provoking and encouraging!

Mercy Ships. I only just found our about this organisation today. They provide life-changing and life-saving medical treatment and surgery in Africa for free. From the looks of it what they do is absolutely amazing - take a look. If you want a different perspective, check out this blog.

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Abort73 is a pro-life website full of helpful facts and articles concerning the issue of Abortion.

How our culture sets your relationships up to fail. - Pastor Tyler McKenzie runs this blog, and in this post he explores how the consumerism of our culture affects our relationships. We want quality things quickly, but God-centred relationships often require us to put in effort and cost a lot.

And also much cattle... - Through the end of the book of Jonah Tim Challies concludes that "There is only one thing on this earth that will survive the ages: the souls of men and women. There is nothing more valuable.", so what are we doing to tell them about Jesus.

Memverse - This website is dedicated to helping Christians learn and memorise passages in the bible. I have found it quiet useful, and once you get the hang of it you start to learn quickly. Basically you choose a verse, and every few days you type it out, first with only the first letters of each word, and then later with only the reference. It sounds pretty simple, but it's definitely helpful.

Crucifixion History - I've just finished a major work on the historical evidence for Jesus' life and existence. This post is a useful summary of some of the reasons that it is widely believed by historians that Jesus did indeed live, and that most of the information in the gospel accounts is reliable.