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C4L Boosters are here to help you in the spiritual lift-off stage and to bring vital boosters to keep you in the best orbit on your journey. Unafraid to tackle any topic, C4L Boosters are designed for you to connect securely with God, for this is your call to pursue.
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How to Keep from Drifting in a Disconnected World
Read more >: How to Keep from Drifting in a Disconnected WorldBy Stephen Gaukroger, Founder of Clarion Trust I have a confession to make: for a long time, I was incredibly jealous of people with dramatic testimonies. Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, I was constantly surrounded by powerful stories of people coming to Christ out of backgrounds of addiction, prison sentences, or radical lifestyle…
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Overwhelming Jealousy
Read more >: Overwhelming JealousyFinding Identity and Freedom in the Shadow of Envy Dear Tilly, Thank you for trusting me with something so raw and painful. The depth of your distress shows how seriously you take your walk with God and how much you long for peace. In a strange way, that’s a hopeful sign — it means your…
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Blessing Or Curse
Read more >: Blessing Or CurseThe Ripple Effect of a Blessing We often think of our words as small, fleeting things, but they are actually the overflow of our inner lives. When our hearts are filled with God’s peace, our words become a refreshing stream for everyone we encounter. Today, we’re looking at the weight of our words; how to…
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Prayer is Powerful
Read more >: Prayer is PowerfulNo one can take away the power of a personal encounter with God. In the story below, we see a raw and honest look at how faith provides a foundation even when life’s circumstances feel insurmountable. This testimony is shared with permission from TestimonyShare.com, a platform we admire for its commitment to amplifying authentic stories of…
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Would God Find A Wife For Me?
Read more >: Would God Find A Wife For Me?From Mismatched Relationships to Divine Compatibility: A Story of Prayer and Patience We’ve all heard that “marriages are made in heaven,” but in the messy reality of dating and heartbreak, that can feel like a distant cliché. For one man in his mid-30s, the cycle of “senseless, mismatched relationships” had led to a place of…
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Is God’s Love Conditional or Unconditional?
Read more >: Is God’s Love Conditional or Unconditional?It is all too easy to get tied up in knots as you puzzle over this. We will often have questions like, ‘How can I justify being loved by God?’ and ‘There must be some way to earn this’. It can be a tough one to accept, but grace is given freely to the person…
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Is it ok for my Christian beliefs to change?
Read more >: Is it ok for my Christian beliefs to change?Faith Under Construction: Is it OK for My Beliefs to Change? At some point in the spiritual journey, almost every believer faces a daunting question: “Is it okay that I don’t see things the same way I used to?” For many, this realisation feels like a crisis of faith, but as Oggy explores in this…
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Secrets
Read more >: SecretsKingdom Secrets: Hidden For You, Not From You The world is full of secrets and mysteries, some good and some bad. Whilst we’re wise to leave the bad ones alone, if we have an enquiring mind and a heart that wants to discover truthful answers, God is willing to share with us. Kingdom secrets aren’t…
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From Religion to Relationship: How Grace Set Me Free
Read more >: From Religion to Relationship: How Grace Set Me FreeFrom a “double life” to the life-transforming discovery of God’s grace I was 16 years old when I first heard the gospel. My sister had moved to live in London and returned home one weekend with the extraordinary news that she had become a Christian. I had never heard anyone say that before. We were…
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Endurance: Persecuted But Not Abandoned
Read more >: Endurance: Persecuted But Not AbandonedHow Divine Strength Sustains the Christian When You Hit “The Wall” Virtually everyone can start a race but it takes a special quality to finish it well. On the start line, you experience fresh energy, fresh hope, fresh motivation. Without that vital element of endurance, you probably will not be able to finish the race.…
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A Journey Through Cancer and Miraculous Faith
Read more >: A Journey Through Cancer and Miraculous FaithDiscovering that true survival requires a faith that defies all human reason What do you do when your absolute worst-case scenario becomes your reality? For years, Dr Shaun McCarthy lived a life of perceived invincibility, navigating demanding careers in special forces and intelligence while keeping God at a comfortable distance. He reasoned there would be…
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Being Number One
Read more >: Being Number OneThe Call to Lead: Understanding True Greatness In this pastoral letter, we’re addressing Olivia; a dedicated professional recently blindsided by a performance appraisal. When her manager told her she needed to be “more assertive” and strive for “number one,” it sparked a deep internal conflict: is it possible to be a high-achieving leader in the…
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Why did Harold Rice care so much about people?
Read more >: Why did Harold Rice care so much about people?Emory Rowland’s Christian Testimony No one can take away the power of a personal encounter with God. In the story below, we see a raw and honest look at how faith provides a foundation even when life’s circumstances feel insurmountable. This testimony is shared with permission from TestimonyShare.com, a platform we admire for its commitment…
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‘Living Out Faith: How can I experience God’s presence this Easter?’
Read more >: ‘Living Out Faith: How can I experience God’s presence this Easter?’Experiencing God’s Presence This Easter “How can I experience God’s presence this Easter?” Someone asked this question recently – it’s a really good question to ask for it shows a person who genuinely wants to draw closer to God. The questioner astutely implies that faith is living and active rather than dead and passive. Faith…
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Holding Both: The Grief and Gratitude of Being A Mother
Read more >: Holding Both: The Grief and Gratitude of Being A MotherThe Grief and Gratitude of Being A Mother As I sit, staring at a blank screen attempting to write this, and rapidly approaching my second Mother’s Day as a mum of 2, I’m confronted with a confusing mix of emotions, spanning from blissfully content with the life I have so carefully created for myself, and…