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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:43:40 +1000</lastBuildDate><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ryburns/uabS" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="ryburns/uabs" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>The Goodness of God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-06-16T07:15:09+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/5e847411548ba7b08833e47d333c9130-38.html#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/5e847411548ba7b08833e47d333c9130-38.html#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bili Johnson, some months ago now, was talking about the goodness of God and mentioned it was a huge issue for the church, not because anyone will want to argue that He isn&rsquo;t good, but what it means that He is good.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Effortless Egalitarianism</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-04-05T16:53:12+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/f16a8dc07e74f3e8d44dff806d129f2c-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/f16a8dc07e74f3e8d44dff806d129f2c-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;The thing that bothers me [about] what you&rsquo;ve just done,&rdquo; Fee replied, &ldquo;is that you read the text out of your experience in the church as well, which doesn&rsquo;t have women in ministry. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why did the bridge fall? (1)</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-02-07T08:29:53+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/6adf026dc05aeaf644e184496cdf8752-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/6adf026dc05aeaf644e184496cdf8752-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not only this, but if angels and people don&rsquo;t have free will that can go against God&rsquo;s will, then it&rsquo;s
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>There will be a constant movement in our Heaven trek</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-12-09T21:07:15+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/3b092f814ebb7da8fa39f516a6ce21d3-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/3b092f814ebb7da8fa39f516a6ce21d3-35.html#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Those Who Make A Covenant With God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-10-27T09:47:56+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/6c40333158f9845432cf5b8ae980bde7-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/6c40333158f9845432cf5b8ae980bde7-34.html#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Until then, whether revival comes quickly or we pass through the fires of divine judgments, our lives belong to Christ--not simply to be blessed or prosperous, but to see His highest purposes accomplished in our land.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Where a Desolate Soul Finds God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-09-29T06:28:53+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/5ab8722f1b1ac8e5cb8c41d7c58e3e6d-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/5ab8722f1b1ac8e5cb8c41d7c58e3e6d-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Elijah had prayed that Israel would know the Lord was their God and that, in response, the Lord would turn Israel's "heart back again" (1 Kings 18:37). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Positioned for an open heaven</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-08-31T20:49:03+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/ba2793645e991d840a7777d198131c87-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/ba2793645e991d840a7777d198131c87-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As I would do this, my head would butt against the ceiling, and I could actually feel the weight of the stone ceiling on my head in the dream. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Realignment</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-06-27T06:30:42+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/a03ca8a0e709849190afa9f2c7f822c2-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/a03ca8a0e709849190afa9f2c7f822c2-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He said no-one really contended whether God was good or not, as there's a verse in the Bible that says He is good; but that the argument was to be more around whether it is God who brings Hurricanes like Katrina to punish, or sickness to teach you how to pray &ndash; or whether God doesn't do any of those things, or anything like that, as he is good, all the time.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Togetherness</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2008-06-16T22:26:06+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/57640cf2f0afa2683842655c777d9f9b-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/57640cf2f0afa2683842655c777d9f9b-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[there is need for the marriage to demonstrate to the church this is how the church is to function, a level of commitment to each other, a level of togetherness, a level of love that is not widely apparent as yet within the church.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>You don't believe I can use you</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-06-09T21:36:09+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/9b8ede8fc527803e95f1bce688834c74-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/9b8ede8fc527803e95f1bce688834c74-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I immediately was confronted with all manner of scriptures that the Lord challenges me with, and so I said, &ldquo;Lord I believe in physical healing now, The scripture you've spoken to me about, I believe, I've seen sick healed, no problem for me, my mind is being renewed as I face the supernatural.&rdquo;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Not a Pleading...but a PROPHETIC PRAYER: "On Earth As it IS IN HEAVEN!"</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-05-04T20:09:11+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/49aecb77876868da6f894a2b14a8d518-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/49aecb77876868da6f894a2b14a8d518-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We call this The Lord's Prayer, yet more appropriately, it might be called The Disciple's Prayer or The Kingdom Prayer, for it is something Jesus gave to ignite fire in the hearts of His followers. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Can we see the face of God and not die?</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-27T23:51:37+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/e61fd481bda3631f850e2a679b906a5a-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/e61fd481bda3631f850e2a679b906a5a-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I guess you could interpret the above verses arguing that God was being tricky, that He really didn't mean we should seek His face, or maybe the four verses noted above are &lsquo;in the figurative sense&rsquo; only, but not Exodus 33:20? 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Parshat Bereishit: A Help Opposite?</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-15T22:38:59+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/55bc909eb799815108b284302d0104af-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/55bc909eb799815108b284302d0104af-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Second, if G-d is so worried about Adam&rsquo;s being alone, why in the middle of creating his helper, does the text turn to something different&mdash;Adam&rsquo;s naming of the animals: "The Lord G-d had created from the earth all of the beasts of the field, and all of the fowl of the heavens, and He brought them to man to see what he ought to call them. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>RESTRENGTHEN and SECURE Your FOUNDATION</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-04T23:25:17+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/RESTRENGTHEN%20and%20SECURE%20Your%20FOUNDATION.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/RESTRENGTHEN%20and%20SECURE%20Your%20FOUNDATION.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the Greek, it reads, "You are Petros (a fragment of rock), and on this Petra (a foundation rock) I will build My Church and the power of death will not be victorious over it."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Door Opens Before Us Into His Presence--When We Behold How HE LOVES US</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-04T22:55:00+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20Door%20Opens%20Before%20Us%20Into%20His%20Presence--When%20We%20Behold%20How%20HE%20LOVES%20US.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20Door%20Opens%20Before%20Us%20Into%20His%20Presence--When%20We%20Behold%20How%20HE%20LOVES%20US.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, if we believe we are alone--if we accept the lie that God does not care--our darkened thinking will isolate us from the loving commitment of God.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Discipling</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-28T22:43:00+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Discipling.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Discipling.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We cannot accomplish the mission of Jesus or live the life of Jesus apart from the example of Jesus to select and disciple a few people.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Identity</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-13T11:01:47+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Identity.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Identity.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what His master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you" - John 15:15.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>More Lord</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-16T16:35:46+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/More%20Lord.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/More%20Lord.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It seemed to me many were indeed changed more into His likeness - not to run yet another program (though that is an ok thing to do), not to bring neighbours and/or friends to the church building for a Sunday service (though that is an ok thing to do also), but changed and more in love with Father God (Daddy) than ever before.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Thankfulness</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-12-02T20:14:13+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Thankfulness.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Thankfulness.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was full of evil, full of injustice, full of reasons to grumble and be upset; but instead, God calls His people to a higher realm, where we dwell on the things that are above. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Kingdom of God is Emerging...</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-24T13:13:59+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20Kingdom%20of%20God%20is%20emerging.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20Kingdom%20of%20God%20is%20emerging.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As the Body of Christ, we are to live a life so yielded to Jesus that the Kingdom (the power and authority) of God is recognized here on earth, even by those who do not believe. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>When Trust is Established</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-09T07:49:09+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/When%20trust%20is%20established.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/When%20trust%20is%20established.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In fact, the Lord calls us not only to go to the one who, for whatever reason, may be offended by us, but He desires we actually become ministers of reconciliation who inspire others to bring healing to every strata of human relationships. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Discernment is required</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-03T21:32:38+11:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Discernment%20is%20required.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Discernment%20is%20required.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When you view someone operating in the prophetic gifts that literally bring forth edification, exhortation and comfort to the whole assembly or the entire Body of Christ, then you can be sure that person is on more than baby's formula from the Word of God! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beware the stronghold of cold love</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-22T21:06:27+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/55992aa1a6c781eb658489eb1f871345-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/55992aa1a6c781eb658489eb1f871345-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a dangerous excuse, because as soon as you decide you do not want to forgive, or God begins to deal with the quality of your love, you will blame your withdrawing on some minor doctrinal difference. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What does God think of you</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-11T21:59:49+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/What%20does%20God%20think%20of%20you.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/What%20does%20God%20think%20of%20you.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I know that God has a hope and a future for me and I know those plans are good and I know that they will come to pass because God said they would."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Women beyond the cave</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-02T19:11:49+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Women%20beyond%20the%20cave.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Women%20beyond%20the%20cave.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I believe God gave her wisdom as she went, and that she moved very prophetically-giving time for the King to have a sleepless night and time for Haman's gallows to be built.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Lord our God is One good God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-28T07:55:07+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20Lord%20our%20God%20is%20One%20good%20God.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20Lord%20our%20God%20is%20One%20good%20God.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I love the verse that starts with &ldquo;Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope&rdquo;&hellip; (Lamentations 3:21) and then goes on to list God&rsquo;s good qualities of love, compassion and mercies and ends with &ldquo;The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him&rdquo;. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Word of EnCOURAGEment</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-24T21:30:19+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20Word%20of%20EnCOURAGEment.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20Word%20of%20EnCOURAGEment.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In Christ's faith you already possess all the necessary resources, skills, abilities, the will (for it is Him doing His Father's will through you), and the pathway to overcoming (He is THE WAY or the pathway), and you have what it takes to overcome any setbacks you may be facing.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Prophetic Word from Cindy Jacobs</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-23T20:21:18+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Prophetic%20Word%20from%20Cindy%20Jacobs.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Prophetic%20Word%20from%20Cindy%20Jacobs.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For the Lord says, "I am getting ready to pour out water--My Spirit upon the dry and thirsty places, and the dry bones will live," says God, "and the dry bones will stand up." ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Decisions define our destiny</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-18T12:04:55+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Decisions%20define%20our%20destiny.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Decisions%20define%20our%20destiny.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[	▪	to value both pioneers and settlers - pioneers to expand our territory and settlers to build on those territories, but we are not squatters - people who take up space others have fought for without improving it
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The making of a ministry</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-21T12:03:52+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20making%20of%20a%20ministry.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20making%20of%20a%20ministry.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Indeed, when you've done all you could, you will mutter to the Lord your equivalent of the disciples': "We have here only five loaves and two fish."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Deepening your relationship with God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-20T12:00:32+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Deepening%20your%20relationship%20with%20God.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Deepening%20your%20relationship%20with%20God.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[All of these emotional responses are very important because they compel you into the real thing--the true-blue, ever-deepening, unexplainable, unending love that artists throughout history have attempted to capture on paper, canvas, or musical score, but they have not been able to fully do so.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Warriors of truth</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-19T11:48:16+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Warriors%20of%20truth.html#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Warriors%20of%20truth.html#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The warrior knew the thoughts of my heart and spoke again to me saying, "This sword is the sword of Truth, and will dispel the lies of darkness that have taken over his heart."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The battle for intimacy</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-17T11:47:33+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20battle%20for%20intimacy.html#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/The%20battle%20for%20intimacy.html#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Although I cried out by the hour, confessed any sin that might be in the way, engaged in warfare, fasted, stayed up many nights, I still could not sense the Lord&rsquo;s presence, and I definitely didn&rsquo;t feel intimate. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A time to seek God</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-16T11:46:41+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20time%20to%20seek%20God.html#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/A%20time%20to%20seek%20God.html#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[No, not in themselves, but you will remember that when Jesus told His disciples to follow Him, He called them to leave the familiar pattern of their lives for extended periods and be alone with Him (Matthew 19:27 & Luke 14:33). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I am my beloveds</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-15T11:44:23+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/I%20am%20my%20beloveds.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/I%20am%20my%20beloveds.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is what I do know: Every night as I went to bed, I heard the quiet voice of God come to me in my heart and remind me, "I am my Beloved's, and He is mine." ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>All you need is love</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-14T11:42:25+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/All%20you%20need%20is%20love.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/All%20you%20need%20is%20love.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[there is need for the marriage to demonstrate to the church this is how the church is to function, a level of commitment to each other, a level of togetherness, a level of love that is not widely apparent as yet within the church.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Psalm 30 and Acts 9:1-20</title><dc:creator>chris@ryburns.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>Blog</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-09-22T11:38:06+10:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Everyday%20life%20is%20blessed.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ryburns.com/page12/files/Everyday%20life%20is%20blessed.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Now we sing many songs, we worship, maybe frailly, maybe not quite like as recorded by John in his revelation - we sing songs from Chris Tomlin, Hillsong and many others recording great and brilliant songs, causing my spirit to soar as I sing them. 
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