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Just looking?
Just looking?

From our kitchen window I can see up and down our street…

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Gary Bastin19 February 2020
Follow
Follow

We love to track our celebrities every move…

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Gary Bastin12 February 2020
Abilities
Abilities

I was never any good at football….

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Gary Bastin5 February 2020
The power is in your hands
The power is in your hands

We have the power to do people good or bad…

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Gary Bastin29 January 2020
The Doctor is in
The Doctor is in

There is no waiting list to see this doctor…

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Gary Bastin22 January 2020
Yoke
Yoke

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me…

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Gary Bastin15 January 2020
The God Test
The God Test

What a relief when the examiner informed me I had passed!

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Gary Bastin8 January 2020
Happy New Year
Happy New Year

May 2020 be a year full of God’s blessings!

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Gary Bastin1 January 2020
The Unexpected Christmas
The Unexpected Christmas

These unexpected events happened because this baby was no ordinary child…

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Gary Bastin18 December 2019
The Carpenter
The Carpenter

Joseph can appear to be a minor character in the Nativity story…

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Gary Bastin11 December 2019
Gabriel visits Mary
Gabriel visits Mary

God sent Gabriel to a young peasant teenage girl…

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Gary Bastin4 December 2019
Facing the Fire
Facing the Fire

What was it that made them take this stand?

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Gary Bastin27 November 2019
Pruning
Pruning

I have been doing some pruning in our garden…

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Gary Bastin20 November 2019
Wax on. Wax off.
Wax on. Wax off.

This was my Karate Kid moment...

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Gary Bastin13 November 2019
Jesus is King
Jesus is King

Kanye West has released a new album called ‘Jesus is King’…

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Gary Bastin5 November 2019
Count your blessings
Count your blessings

As I cultivated this thankfulness things changed…

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Gary Bastin30 October 2019
How much longer, Lord?
How much longer, Lord?

I could not do anything: I had to let everything go…

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Gary Bastin23 October 2019
Hope Vision: Hope Carriers
Hope Vision: Hope Carriers

What is a ‘Hope Carrier’?

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Gary Bastin16 October 2019
Hope Vision: Reprocessing Factory
Hope Vision: Reprocessing Factory

What is a ‘Reprocessing Factory’?

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Gary Bastin9 October 2019
Hope Vision: City of Refuge
Hope Vision: City of Refuge

What is a ‘City of Refuge’?

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Gary Bastin2 October 2019
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The Sarum Hill Centre, Sarum Hill,
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