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Dear friends - This is the last time I will post a 4-min devotion on this site. I now have a brand new shiny website which you can find...
4-minute devotions
Bite-size devotions for a better future
Welcome to 4-minute devotions, my very own passion project designed to create thought-provoking Christian content for those wanting to be challenged and encouraged. Thanks for visiting - Terry
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pastor.terry
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
Money, Sex and Power
I reckon these are the three main distractions our enemy, the devil uses to try to knock us off course. What do you think? Jesus talked...
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pastor.terry
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
The One who Sustains
“Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.” (Ps 54: 4) When the Lord gave instructions for the Israelites to collect...
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pastor.terry
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Peace in the neighbourhood
“Be at peace with each other”, said Jesus to His disciples in Mark 9: 50. He knew that harmony in the ranks was not a given. Even when He...
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pastor.terry
- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
When stuff happens
Genesis chapter 11 tells the curious story of the Tower of Babel. In a nutshell, God divided people using language. Thousands of years...
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pastor.terry
- Jun 20, 2021
- 2 min
Clothed with the Lamb
I was watching a TV documentary recently about a couple of shepherds living in the Yorkshire Dales in the UK. The man and wife (and nine...
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pastor.terry
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Silence
Silence Sometimes we just need to stop talking. Job has done a lot of complaining, “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I...
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pastor.terry
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
Agreement in Prayer
Our sun is one giant nuclear fusion reactor. Nuclear fusion occurs when two or more atomic nuclei combine to form bigger nuclei with the...
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pastor.terry
- May 23, 2021
- 3 min
On Eagles Wings
“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will...
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pastor.terry
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
A People Belonging to Him
Why did Jesus die on the cross for us? “To save us from our sins”, some will answer. Christ is, indeed, our Saviour. As Paul writes to...
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pastor.terry
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Bird in a Cage
King Hezekiah was the 13th King of Judah. Within just a few years of Hezekiah’s reign, the Northern Kingdom (Israel) was completely...
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pastor.terry
- Apr 12, 2021
- 3 min
Wrestling in Prayer
When Paul wrote his letter to the Colossians, it was to a people he had never met. Epaphras, mentioned in the letter, originally planted...
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pastor.terry
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Treasures
‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up...
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pastor.terry
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Philippian Prayer
Paul keeps no secrets about his prayer life. On several occasions, in his letters, he allows and welcomes us into his prayer room to see...
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pastor.terry
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Eternal Life
What do you imagine Heaven to be like? I remember from my childhood images drawn of angels peacefully strumming harps and sitting on...
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pastor.terry
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
Gathering and Reaping
In Exodus chapter 16, we come across the famous story about Manna. The grumbling Israelite community accused Moses of starving them to...
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pastor.terry
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Putting on the Right Clothes
The forecast was clear: it was going to be a sweltering day. No clouds in the sky. Get the sunscreen out. Wear a hat and sunglasses....
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pastor.terry
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
Be Strong and Take Heart
David trusts in his God. He describes him as his rock and fortress (Ps 31: 3). “You are my God”, he declares aloud (v 14), reminding...
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pastor.terry
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
Repentance
The world tells us to keep the past in the past. For example, Tupac Shakur said, ‘Don’t look back unless it is a good view’. If we have...
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pastor.terry
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Deep calls to deep
In a Psalm that begins with a vivid description of a soul desperate for God (‘As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants...
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