Author: Julie McIlhatton

Facing the Future Through Prayer

Thankfully a few centuries ago royal families lost the power to kill someone for approaching them incorrectly. However, there are still protocols for meeting the royal family in the UK. (I am sure this is the case in other countries with royal families, too.) If you meet King Charles, he

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Our Perfect Sacrifice

Different countries around the world have differing traditions about when to put up and take down Christmas decorations. In our house, there is always more help for putting the decorations up than taking them down. I think this is because when we take them down, everything needs a good clean,

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An Effective Weapon

Fencing is a sport I only ever see when the Olympics is on. It’s fascinating to watch. While I don’t know all the rules, it is a quick moving battle between two athletes who use swords (foil, épée, or saber) to attack and defend with the aim of striking their

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Armed with the Truth

When I was younger my sister and I were given a job: just stand in a gap in the hedge. Easy. Meanwhile, the rest of the extended family were running around the field trying to get a very large, incredibly angry bull to go into a cage to get an

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The Power of God’s Word

Have you ever been reading a book and realized at the end of the page you weren’t really concentrating, and you have glazed over so you’ll have to read it again? It used to happen to me all the time when I was studying for exams. It can be really

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Bringing God Glory

“A place for everything and everything in its place!” That does not describe our home! However, recently we have been trying to get our home more organized. This has involved moving furniture to switch around how rooms are used, building extra storage furniture, and generally everything being all over the

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Strong and Confident

“Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord.” –Psalm 31:24 Do you have a telephone voice? Maybe you talk differently to different people, depending on who it is or where you are. When I lived in London, the people I lived with knew when I was talking

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Show Compassion

Have you ever seen anyone in a lot of pain? It is worse if it is someone you know and love. It can be difficult to know what to do. Love should motivate us to want to do something for that person. Men often find it really difficult watching their

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Community in Families

There is a saying that “No person is an island.” As human beings we don’t cope well when isolated from others. We need to be part of a community in order to thrive. Our lives are interconnected with those around us. While it is occasionally wise to take some time

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Transformed

Have you ever been given a nickname? Nicknames can be given due to something you have done, the way you look, your surname, or to distinguish you from others with the same name. John is often referred to as John the Baptist. This helps us to distinguish him from other

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