It feels pointless when prayer is getting nowhere, and yet I sense the Lord asking me to pray. It is just going through the motions, […]
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Many think prayer should be dignified as if God would take offence at our saying what we really felt. I yell out to my God […]
When what we say lifts Jesus as God and acknowledges ourselves as servants then we have the keys of Kingdom. When speaking in independence we […]
Psalm 114 (Message) After Israel left Egypt, the clan of Jacob left those barbarians behind; Judah became holy land for him, Israel the place of […]
Why does the Lord take us through periods of spiritual emptiness? We long for intimacy in worship and the word, but encounter dryness. This seems […]
Psalm 27:4 both inspires and challenges. One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all […]
The Lord loves us but he does not entrust himself to us. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. […]
With God, what we declare on earth is declared in heaven. He fulfils what we commit to in union with Him. Psalm 132 is a […]
I was overcome by fear and anger. Someone had made a threatening comment and I was churned up inside. My mind would turn on this […]
When a person meets with God, the impact is not often in the spectacular, but in the fragrance. It is not often in miracles or […]
The Lord has been asking me, ‘What is it that you want?’ I am left struggling. In the past I have known clearly what I […]
Sometimes we presume God will act. The Psalmist indicates that prayer is needed even when it seems God is sure to act. Psalm 119:169 May […]
Why is it that when something is going wrong it is hard to believe God will save me? I know I am not alone in […]
Who is willing and patient enough to engage with God in offensive spiritual warfare? Psalm 110 shows how. ‘Sit at my right hand until I […]
When I choose to ‘rest in the shadow of the almighty’, waiting for Him to intervene, then I am ‘dwelling in the shelter of the […]