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Feb 09

2010

Landscaping Project

Posted by Linda Bailey in REAP, potential, Jeremiah, fear

If we had known how physically challenging it was going to be I'm not sure we would have taken the project upon ourselves.

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Reference: v.6 "Ah, Sovereign Lord," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

Explore: As we can't predict the future sometimes we engage in a project that leads to many problems and challenges. If we had have known beforehand, we may have decided never to get involved. My husband and I decided to landscape our front yard. We had no

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Oct 21

2009

Future Potential

Posted by Linda Bailey in REAP, potential, Philemon, future

To be honest, looking at him as a shy 12 year old boy I would never have imagined he would be so active in his faith and so proficient in his musical ability.

Philemon 1-25

Reference: v.11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me. (NIV Bible)

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May 20

2009

More Than Enough

Posted by Linda Bailey in REAP, potential, Mark, blessing

And when the 'quick fix' doesn't work - which is usually nine times out of ten - we complain that there isn't enough.

Mark 8:1-38

Reference: v.4 His disciples answered, "But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?" (NIV Bible)

Explore: "There's nothing to eat!" Do you ever hear that in your household? I use to say it all the time to my mum. I would stand in front of a full pantry and say, 'There's nothing to eat!' And now I'm lucky enough to live with a

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Jul 08

2008

Reaching our Potential

Posted by Linda Bailey in REAP, potential, Matthew, gifts

But story after story told me that there was no option of uni for these Filipinos as they were working these jobs to pay for the basic needs of their family.

Matthew 20.1-16

Reference: v.3-4 "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'" (NIV Bible)

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Feb 28

2008

Endless Potential

Posted by Linda Bailey in REAP, potential, Acts

We should never limit ourselves to human opinion but live in the vast opportunity of God's power.

Acts 7.30-38

Reference: v. 35 "It was this Moses whom they rejected when they said, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' and whom God now sent as both ruler and liberator through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. (NRSV Bible)

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