Sue Baynes Councillor Advisor – Pastoral Care, Gold Coast City Council Gold Coast City Council governs a large local government area in SE QLD with 14 elected councillors and a Mayor, Tom Tate, responsible to the community of over 700,000 people. Our city population balloons to way over 1 million
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A poll published last weekend indicated that if a federal election were held then, One Nation would receive the highest first preference vote among all political parties. A week earlier, another poll indicated that One Nation could have won up to 53 seats (out of 150) in the lower house
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My mother, bless her soul, was a worrier (not a warrior). She worried about everything, particularly everything to do with me, her only child. Even though she believed in God and read the whole Bible, she struggled with her fears of everything that could go wrong. One day in my
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Hold Fast To The Confession of Our Hope. God is Faithful.
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Read Matthew 11:28-30. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden
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There is a growing tension within the Body of Christ that cannot be ignored. Across churches, denominations, and ministries, we are witnessing a concerning rise in division, offense, and fragmentation. While diversity within the Body has always existed, and indeed reflects the multifaceted wisdom of God—the spirit of division is
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How does God take care of His people? His assigns help, He delegates. We see this pattern all through scripture. Who got Lot out of Sodom – Genesis 19 Who saved Elisha when he was surrounded – 2 Kings 6 Who throws satan out of second heaven – Revelation 12
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“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.” (Ezekiel 22:30) He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; (Isaiah 59:16a) Intercessors matter to
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There are stories whose impact is so immense that they linger long after the words have faded. At the Gold Coast Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering, I heard two such stories, accounts that have stayed with me, stirring both grief and responsibility. The first was shared by Riekje East who spoke
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Christian prayer is a profound invitation into relationship with God, rooted in Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:9-13, “Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” Prayer is not simply a religious activity but a divine gift, a covenantal exchange, and a communion of love. It draws believers into
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