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Pray for Zimbabwe

March 30, 2008 Mark Edwards 1 Comment

Early reports suggest the opposition parties think they are going to win the election. God, I hope and pray so. I know that no matter what else happens, this poor country has a long way to go to recovery, but getting this evil man out of power, who has destroyed this beautiful country, would be a great start.

“Zimbabwe’s main opposition party says it expects to win the country’s general election based on unofficial early returns from Saturday’s vote.
The secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change, Tendai Biti, told a news conference Sunday “we have won this election.”

Pray for this man, Morgan Tsvangirai. Here he watches his wife, Susan, right, cast her vote in Harare, 29 Mar 2008.

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Great Sunday in church

March 30, 2008 Mark Edwards Leave a comment

Sunday after Easter…..expect a little let down, but it did not happen. We had a great time together….but God is doing some things within our church community at the moment…..can’t say too much….but seeing Him at work in people’s lives.

Sometimes you just want to sit back and not touch it, or change it, in case you mess it up.

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Well it could have been a lot worse Fremantle Dockers

March 29, 2008 Mark Edwards 14 Comments

Hawthorn are a good side, and with Crawford and others back soon, they will only get better.
They kicked a goal in the first minute of the second, third and fourth quarter….
Grover did really well on Buddy Franklin, but Franklin still played well and had an effective game.
The three new players were exceptional.
Rhys Palmer is a gun player…a dead set gun. Seriously, he will play every game this year if he does not get injured.
Ibbotson was great, one tackle which forced a turnover…well I got up on my feet and cheered.
Chris Mayne….well he has great player written all over him. A number of times tonight he forced turnovers….by just attacking the player and the ball.

Yes it was sad we lost, but what I did like about Freo tonight was that they never gave up.
A second term lead ended up being insurmountable, but you know, up until the last few minutes…they kept coming at the Hawks…a resolve which will hold them in good stead.

Other notable things….
Sandilands is starting to fulfill his potential…played well tonight.
Roger Hayden…who is one of my favourites, was responsible for too many clangers.

Jeff Farmer continued his vein of unselfish play, and went through the midfield a lot tonight.
Bell, Pavlich, J Carr all played well.

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And so it begins…

March 28, 2008 Mark Edwards 1 Comment

My daughter is almost 4, and cute as a button.

She and I had a game of Winnie the Pooh UNO card game this afternoon while watching the Crows demolish the Weagles during the first half.

My little precious kicked my butt…..it has began…the slow descent into being upstaged by my children.

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On our way

March 27, 2008 Mark Edwards Leave a comment

If I needed confirmation, or a reality check that our church is actually going to demolish, subdivide and sell our present land….and move to only God knows where…this sign outside our church at the moment confirms it….

This from Rick Warren helps….

But when you get over yourself, you’re not afraid to make mistakes. And that’s a good thing. It’s good to have some early losses because you learn you’re not perfect. Every major decision I have ever made has been made in fear, but I’ve done it anyway. Courage is not the absence of fear…it’s doing what you’re supposed to do in spite of the fear. (Rick Warren speaking to young leaders)

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aah lovely

March 25, 2008 Mark Edwards 3 Comments

Don’t you love being sick? I hate it
I was looking forward to getting into work on Tuesday, and discussing and thanking God for a great Easter, and all that that entails for us as a church with follow up and such.
But my body had different plans and I was up all night……with bad stomach cramps and other undesirable things…

Doctor says it is not related to appendix, just lucky I guess…..

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Easter Sunday Warrior

March 22, 2008 Mark Edwards 1 Comment

Thanks God for showing up today, letting us know Your strength.

I got up after the first bracket of songs we sung (band was incredibly good this morning), and something I was not even thinking of saying, it just came out, like a wind that could not be contained.

It went something like this….

In Genesis 3 the prophecy of Jesus is given.

That He would crush the head of the the serpent, and he would bruise His heal.

Jesus did get bruised…to put it lighty…..

but He also did some serious crushing…..which is the understatement of the season.

Jesus is no namby pamby mummies boy walking around in a white linen coat.

Easter is about this incredible warrior who took everything the evil forces of the world could throw at him….and then stood up and crushed them with his foot.

Thats my Jesus, thats the warrior I follow.

He’s pretty scary, pretty dangerous, and I follow Him.