Posted on December 3, 2022 by williamrporter I was journalling in the house of prayer on Friday. I had just been reading a prayer pamphlet for the day. They mention that this is the time when Christians looking forward to the great hope of the second coming of Jesus – the Parousia. Yet their subsequent prayer points had […]
from Bill Sayer In Jeremiah 32 – 33, we read that Jerusalem was facing imminent invasion by the Babylonians who would ultimately lead many into exile. Siege ramps had been deployed around the city, and Jeremiah was under arrest in the courtyard of the guard (33:1). Jeremiah, and likely many others, were saying that the […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]
