from Bill Sayer Have you ever prayed, and not seen the results of your prayers? Perhaps even the opposite has occurred: a loved one dies; a job vacancy is given to someone else; family problems leading to divorce…….. What should we do in such situations? Paul says, Let us not become weary in doing good, for […]
Category: Biblical Themes
Living Water
(Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:5-42) from Guest Blogger Rodney Shotter Have you ever been thirsty – I mean really thirsty! I was once on a project in Africa where I was losing over 4 litres a day in fluid. I ran out of water and we still had a couple of hours to go through the […]
God in the Storm
from Ian Toone Psalm 57:1 – “In the shadow of Your wings I will find refuge until the raging storms pass by.” James 4:8 – “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” Imagine a house full of Christians, divided up in three different rooms. Outside rages a powerful storm which rattles […]
What is God like?
What is your image of God? What do you think He is like? Is He far above sitting on a cloud, judging everything we do and say? Is He disappointed in us? Psalm 145:8 gives us an idea of His nature. “The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing […]
The Lord Who Restores
from the pen of Linda Briggs To restore ~ to bring back or restore to its original position. In the Scriptures the Lord Who Restores always increases, multiplies or improves better than before! “I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten” etc (Joel 2v21~26) God restored to Job twice as much as […]
The God Who Remembers
from the pen of Linda Briggs I have been looking at the different names and character of God. One of the names that impacted me this week is The God Who Remembers! I felt I would share this because I believe that there are those of us who have been praying and believing God for […]
God’s Holiness
“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you..” Saint Augustine Rev 4:8 – “And they do not rest day or night, saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty…’“ Isaiah 6:3 – “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” The two […]
Lockdown
“God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.” John Wesley Psalm 137:1-4 – “When we sat down by the rivers of Babylon, we wept as we remembered Zion. We hung up our harps on the willow trees. For those who had taken us captive asked us for a song—our tormentors wanted us to […]
Grafted In
From our guest blogger Ian Toone Zechariah 2:10-11 – “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD. And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and […]
Meeting with God in the secret place
from our Guest Blogger Ian Toone “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” Abraham Lincoln Matthew 6:6 – “But you, when you pray, go into your room, […]