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Thoughts By Rod Marshall

October 18, 2025

Forever the Same

My understanding of Jesus has changed since I was sixteen but I know He is still the Creator Spirit of God that moved across the water in the beginning. I believe He will still be there to roll up the heavens and earth at the end of time itself.

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July 10, 2025

Fear

God, through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Grace of Jesus, broods over His disciples with a watchful eye to set them free from fear.

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June 27, 2025

Boxes

So I went down the imaginary stairs of my consciousness, to the inner store-cupboard of my being. I made my way past the previously opened boxes, piled in a heap on one side.

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June 12, 2025

Children and Parents

"Why are we so keen to have families and yet not give them the priorities given in scripture?" There is a danger, where parents are too busy for their children, that it can have effects on the family and on the society both present and future.

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June 7, 2025

Rainbows

Have you ever seen some phenomenon in nature that could have been put there just for you?

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May 30, 2025

Book of Life

I am to be whom God has made me: fragile, fallible and dependent on Him in the mess and muck of life but not sucked in by it.

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May 28, 2025

Broken Glass

I have noticed broken glass on the tarmac where I ride my bike. I guess it is from broken fizzy drink bottles, or wine and beer glasses all of which have been discarded by revelers.

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May 2, 2025

The Woodshed

When I cycle into work, I pass by a woodshed where pallets of sawn wood of various lengths and thickness are stacked and kept dry.

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April 8, 2025

A Thorn in the Flesh?

PRAYER: LORD, we are truly sorry for being a pain, again. It dismays us to think we can continue to cause You sadness.

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March 27, 2025

Blurred Vision

Reading the Bible at the start of the day is a good place to invite the presence of Jesus in to quiet our rushing about. However, I have found it requires a submissive heart and willing attitude to allow the Holy Spirit’s influence on, and into, our thoughts and beings.

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