Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have opened, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. Psalm 40:6 Psalm 40 shows us an example of how we should pray in times of distress. David described himself as being caught in a desolate pit and in miry clay (verse...
Yewen’s family had a sudden shock in September 2015 when his mother was admitted to hospital because of a severe stroke. His mom went into a coma as the family tried to stimulate her back into consciousness. They prayed desperately and worked hard to find a solution until eventually...
This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord. Psalm 102:18 This verse is part of the prayer of an afflicted man who is asking for mercy for himself and for God’s people. The psalmist cries out to the Lord to hear his prayer while...
I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the...
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18 Do you find you tend to ‘compartmentalise’ your time or other resources between God and the...
You are not alone. Let that sink in for a moment. Meditate on that thought for a while. Think about it…for just a moment. You are not alone. We live in a very performance based environment where weakness is not often celebrated. Most of the time we live our lives projecting a sense of...
You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives. James 4:2-3 I think many of us would agree that it is difficult to form new healthy habits. Whether we are attempting to exercise more, eat less, wake up earlier, or...
He rescued me because He delighted in me. Delight yourself in the Lord… Psalm 18:19; 37:4 A few weeks ago, I was carrying my three-year-old son down from a hike and lost my balance. As I realised that I could not stop the fall, the only thing on my mind was protecting my son’s head...
The Bible makes it clear that we will suffer this side of heaven (James 1 tells us that we will face “trials of many kinds”). But God provides two great resources to help us through the dark valleys of life: His near presence, and a certain hope.
It’s so easy to gloss over familiar verses of scripture. “Familiarity breeds contempt” as they say but that’s hardly an excuse when it comes to our relationship with Jesus.