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Thoughts By Rod Marshall

2026-03-25

Finding the Time

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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2026-03-16

Refuse

I used to be a teacher and a caretaker so I find myself mildly obsessive about order, litter and untidiness in my place of work: home is another matter!

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2026-03-01

The Plan

For those who are able to see and believe, Jesus has a perfect plan for each, to lift us up and out from the waves!

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2026-01-13

Where are You?

Lately, I have allowed the inner little boy to get the better of me, in my talk with God. What a joy to find my way into His presence! He said: "follow me".

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2025-12-07

Small Child

every small child needs to be loved, accepted, cuddled and protected by their parents. God invited me to also find my safety in him, like this child.

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2025-10-18

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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2025-07-10

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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2025-06-27

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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2025-06-12

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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2025-06-07

Rainbows

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

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2025-05-30

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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2025-05-28

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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2025-05-02

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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2025-04-08

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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2025-03-27

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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2025-03-19

Self on the Shelf!

I had some flu virus, which laid me out totally. Even breathing was an effort, with my ribs feeling sore. I sat still for twelve hours

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2025-03-03

Double Minded, Me?

The LORD has prompted me in the past not to be double-minded. At the time I was a bit hurt and said "Surely not I?"

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2025-02-11

Kissing?

I was in a queue at a set of traffic lights in town. We were stationary, so I looked expectantly towards the red lights in front of me, when a movement in the car in front of me caught my eye.

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2025-01-14

All That Glisters Is Not Gold

I have learnt that: just because you can – does not mean that you should. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.  

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2024-08-04

Reign in Me

“He said therefore, "What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches." Luke 13:18-19

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2024-07-17

Presumptions

Like many I live, bound up in life’s issues day-to-day, coping with the curve balls that speed my way.

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2024-07-14

The Conveyor Belt to Heaven

I have been very ill recently and there is no doubt that God has been, and is, with me through this experience, traumatic as it has been.

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2024-05-04

Living

“He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from

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2024-03-22

The Fragrance

Oh the joy of the refreshing presence of Jesus, clear and distinct to us once more as we come into His presence and ask forgiveness by His Grace.

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