November 23rd, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
November 23rd, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
November 23, 2016 - A Time of Reflection
A time of reflection…
Desolation – sensing God’s absence:
Consolation – sensing God’s presence:
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
November 9, 2016 - Are you the catcher?
November 9th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Matthew 14: 25-32
Are you the catcher?
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah
41:13
The walk with Jesus is not an easy one. Even his disciples who walked
beside Him struggled often, in the little things and in the biggest things. In
our society we are easily distracted and often attempting to walk this path on
our own merits, with everything in “our” control, even when it doesn’t really
work for us all that well.
But God wants us to live each day with Him in our minds, with our eyes on Him for
each step, choice, and thought throughout our day. And if we do this, then we
will be walking in His will; we will be accomplishing what He wants us to
accomplish, we will have relationship with who He wants us to have relationship
with. And when we walk in His will, we will have His joy and peace. We will be
fully satisfied. We will be carried through every situation that arises in our
lives - no matter how joyous or how heartbreaking.
Henri Nouwen shared an analogy he discovered while watching a trapeze artist at
a circus…
“Notice, they said, how the catching is accomplished solely by the catcher. The one who
throws herself into space must not try to catch the catcher, but simply extend
her arms and allow the catcher to grab her by the wrists. Henri felt that
this image captured the essence of our relationship with God. In the spiritual
journey, we must throw ourselves toward God and then trust that God will catch
us. If, out of anxiety, we try to catch God or to control how God should catch
us, we may fall.”
Are you complicating the gospel in your own life? Are you trying to be
the catcher when God calls you to simply reach out your arms and be caught by
Him? There is so much mercy in the simplicity of it. God says; "Be with
me. Look to me. Come to me." Will you relinquish your control to Him and let yourself be caught?
The LORD
directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their
lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them
by the hand.
Psalm
37:23-24
The LORD helps the fallen and lifts those bent
beneath their loads. The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them
their food as they need it. When you open your hand, you satisfy the
hunger and thirst of every living thing.
Psalm 145:14-16
You have made a wide path for my feet to
keep them from slipping.
2 Samuel 22:37
I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in
straight paths. When you walk, you won’t be held back; when you run, you
won’t stumble. Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard
them, for they are the key to life.
Proverbs 4:11-13
We are pressured in every way but not crushed;
we are perplexed but not in despair, we are persecuted but not
abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. We always carry the death
of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our
body.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
November 9th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Matthew 14: 25-32
Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Matthew 14: 25-32
Are you the catcher?
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right
hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isaiah
41:13
The walk with Jesus is not an easy one. Even his disciples who walked
beside Him struggled often, in the little things and in the biggest things. In
our society we are easily distracted and often attempting to walk this path on
our own merits, with everything in “our” control, even when it doesn’t really
work for us all that well.
But God wants us to live each day with Him in our minds, with our eyes on Him for
each step, choice, and thought throughout our day. And if we do this, then we
will be walking in His will; we will be accomplishing what He wants us to
accomplish, we will have relationship with who He wants us to have relationship
with. And when we walk in His will, we will have His joy and peace. We will be
fully satisfied. We will be carried through every situation that arises in our
lives - no matter how joyous or how heartbreaking.
Henri Nouwen shared an analogy he discovered while watching a trapeze artist at
a circus…
“Notice, they said, how the catching is accomplished solely by the catcher. The one who
throws herself into space must not try to catch the catcher, but simply extend
her arms and allow the catcher to grab her by the wrists. Henri felt that
this image captured the essence of our relationship with God. In the spiritual
journey, we must throw ourselves toward God and then trust that God will catch
us. If, out of anxiety, we try to catch God or to control how God should catch
us, we may fall.”
Are you complicating the gospel in your own life? Are you trying to be
the catcher when God calls you to simply reach out your arms and be caught by
Him? There is so much mercy in the simplicity of it. God says; "Be with
me. Look to me. Come to me." Will you relinquish your control to Him and let yourself be caught?
The LORD
directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their
lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them
by the hand.
Psalm
37:23-24
The LORD helps the fallen and lifts those bent
beneath their loads. The eyes of all look to you in hope; you give them
their food as they need it. When you open your hand, you satisfy the
hunger and thirst of every living thing.
Psalm 145:14-16
You have made a wide path for my feet to
keep them from slipping.
2 Samuel 22:37
I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in
straight paths. When you walk, you won’t be held back; when you run, you
won’t stumble. Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard
them, for they are the key to life.
Proverbs 4:11-13
We are pressured in every way but not crushed;
we are perplexed but not in despair, we are persecuted but not
abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. We always carry the death
of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our
body.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Thursday, 3 November 2016
October 26, 2016 - Will you come anyway?
October 26th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are
no grapes on the vines,
Will you come anyway?
I often start my mornings in quiet time with God and
there are only so many of those mornings that I’ve felt a strong and real
presence of Him with me. There have been many ‘dry’ mornings and a few days
here and there where I questioned the point to my meeting with Him…Is He really
here with me? Does He even hear my prayers?
But as I reflect on the days that I went hoping
for something and felt like I got nothing, I now see that He did meet me in
quiet ways. He did speak His peace into my heart. He did give me everything I
needed for that day. I like the way Henri Nouwen writes about it…
“My hour
in the Carmelite chapel is more important than I can fully know myself. It is
not an hour of deep prayer, nor a time in which I experience a special
closeness to God. On the contrary, it is full of distractions, inner
restlessness, sleepiness, confusion, and boredom. It seldom, if ever, pleases
my senses. But the simple fact of being for one hour in the presence of the
Lord and of showing him all that I feel, think, sense, and experience, without
trying to hide anything, must please Him. Somehow, somewhere, I know that He
loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace,
even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human words of consolation. The
only way I become aware of His presence is in that remarkable desire to return
to that quiet chapel and be there. I notice how my days and weeks are different
days and weeks when they are held together by these regular “useless
times”. God is greater than my senses,
my thoughts, and my heart. When I feel this inner pull to return again to that
hidden hour of prayer, I realize that something is happening that is so deep
that it becomes a riverbed through which the waters can safely flow and find
their way to the open sea.”
Are you
making time to meet with Jesus daily? Are you experiencing times that feel dry
and far too quiet when you desperately want to feel connected to God? Let us come anyway, even if it feels
uneventful, and let us learn to trust that “He who began a good work in me, will complete it to the end”.
God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.
Acts 17:27-28
The Lord looks down from heaven on
all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
Psalm 14:2
But if from there you
seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with
all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29
I love those who love me, and those
who seek me find me.
Proverbs 8:17
October 26th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are
no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the fields
produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen and no
cattle in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be
joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he
makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
Habakkuk 3: 17-19
Will you come anyway?
I often start my mornings in quiet time with God and
there are only so many of those mornings that I’ve felt a strong and real
presence of Him with me. There have been many ‘dry’ mornings and a few days
here and there where I questioned the point to my meeting with Him…Is He really
here with me? Does He even hear my prayers?
But as I reflect on the days that I went hoping
for something and felt like I got nothing, I now see that He did meet me in
quiet ways. He did speak His peace into my heart. He did give me everything I
needed for that day. I like the way Henri Nouwen writes about it…
“My hour
in the Carmelite chapel is more important than I can fully know myself. It is
not an hour of deep prayer, nor a time in which I experience a special
closeness to God. On the contrary, it is full of distractions, inner
restlessness, sleepiness, confusion, and boredom. It seldom, if ever, pleases
my senses. But the simple fact of being for one hour in the presence of the
Lord and of showing him all that I feel, think, sense, and experience, without
trying to hide anything, must please Him. Somehow, somewhere, I know that He
loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace,
even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human words of consolation. The
only way I become aware of His presence is in that remarkable desire to return
to that quiet chapel and be there. I notice how my days and weeks are different
days and weeks when they are held together by these regular “useless
times”. God is greater than my senses,
my thoughts, and my heart. When I feel this inner pull to return again to that
hidden hour of prayer, I realize that something is happening that is so deep
that it becomes a riverbed through which the waters can safely flow and find
their way to the open sea.”
Are you
making time to meet with Jesus daily? Are you experiencing times that feel dry
and far too quiet when you desperately want to feel connected to God? Let us come anyway, even if it feels
uneventful, and let us learn to trust that “He who began a good work in me, will complete it to the end”.
God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.
Acts 17:27-28
Acts 17:27-28
The Lord looks down from heaven on
all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
Psalm 14:2
Psalm 14:2
But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29
I love those who love me, and those
who seek me find me.
Proverbs 8:17
Proverbs 8:17
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
October 12, 2016 - Remember who you are
October 12th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he
shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12
Remember who you are...
“One of
the greatest tragedies of our life is we keep forgetting who we are.”
-
Henri
Nouwen
This past month has been a time of reflection for me. Through the
passing of a loved one, God has reminded me of many things; stillness, quiet,
surrender, strength, trust, hope, and most of all, His unending mercy. Although
stillness is not natural for me, I battled to find quiet time alone with
God. During the struggle for quietness
God kept whispering; “Remember who you are. You are my Beloved. Remember.”
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness he responded to each test; “I
know who I am”. We can identify with
Jesus by drawing close to God and growing in confidence of who we are in Him.
God is whispering to us all the time. We are not what the world labels us to
be. We are not made up of our successes or failures. We are His Beloved, and
until we believe that as our core truth, we will continue to struggle. This
truth is where the peace can be found.
Have you forgotten who you are? Take time this week to remind yourself
that YOU are His beloved!
“The joys are hidden in sorrows…precisely
what causes us sadness can become the fertile ground for gladness”
“I have
loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
Jeremiah
31:3
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your
works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden
from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my
unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm
139: 13-16
I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from
all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never
be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of
all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and delivers them.
Psalm 34: 4-7
“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I
will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With
long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 91
October 12th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him, for he
shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy 33:12
“One of the greatest tragedies of our life is we keep forgetting who we are.”
-
Henri
Nouwen
This past month has been a time of reflection for me. Through the
passing of a loved one, God has reminded me of many things; stillness, quiet,
surrender, strength, trust, hope, and most of all, His unending mercy. Although
stillness is not natural for me, I battled to find quiet time alone with
God. During the struggle for quietness
God kept whispering; “Remember who you are. You are my Beloved. Remember.”
When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness he responded to each test; “I
know who I am”. We can identify with
Jesus by drawing close to God and growing in confidence of who we are in Him.
God is whispering to us all the time. We are not what the world labels us to
be. We are not made up of our successes or failures. We are His Beloved, and
until we believe that as our core truth, we will continue to struggle. This
truth is where the peace can be found.
Have you forgotten who you are? Take time this week to remind yourself
that YOU are His beloved!
“The joys are hidden in sorrows…precisely
what causes us sadness can become the fertile ground for gladness”
- Henri
Nouwen
“I have
loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
Jeremiah
31:3
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your
works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden
from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my
unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139: 13-16
Psalm 139: 13-16
I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from
all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never
be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of
all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and delivers them.
Psalm 34: 4-7
“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I
will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With
long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
Psalm 91
Friday, 16 September 2016
September 14, 2016 - Psalm 71
September 14th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
"You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands."
Deuteronomy 26: 17-18
Slow down your heart and mind, and
realize that your purpose in this life is to love Jesus, and that everything
you say and do reflects your relationship with Him.
Take some time now to pray and meditate on this
Psalm to the Lord:
Psalm 71
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
turn your ear to me and save me.
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can
always go; give the command to save me,
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the
wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
For you have been my
hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
From birth I have relied on you; you
brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
I have become a sign to many; you
are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring
your splendor all day long.
“…being
confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself
at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He
is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart so you
will be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.
Although God
certainly knows all our needs, praying for them changes our attitude from
complaint to praise and enables us to participate in God’s personal plan for
our lives.
Ray
Stedman
"Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.”
R. A. Torrey
“Don’t pray when you feel like it.
Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.”
Corrie
Ten Boom
September 14th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
"You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands."
Deuteronomy 26: 17-18
Slow down your heart and mind, and
realize that your purpose in this life is to love Jesus, and that everything
you say and do reflects your relationship with Him.
Take some time now to pray and meditate on this
Psalm to the Lord:
Psalm 71
In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never
be put to shame.
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me,
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.
From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
“…being
confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 1:6
Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself
at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He
is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart so you
will be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.
Andrew Murray
Although God
certainly knows all our needs, praying for them changes our attitude from
complaint to praise and enables us to participate in God’s personal plan for
our lives.
Ray
Stedman
"Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.”
R. A. Torrey
R. A. Torrey
“Don’t pray when you feel like it.
Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.”
Corrie
Ten Boom
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
August 24, 2016 - Psalm 25: 1 - 15
August 24th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."
Deuteronomy 7:9
Quiet your heart and mind before the Lord.
Ask the Holy Spirit to come and prepare your heart. Take some time now to pray and meditate on this
Psalm to the Lord:
Psalm
25: 1 - 15
No one who
hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame
will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
Guide me in
your truth and teach me, for you are God my
Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Remember, Lord,
your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
Do not remember
the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to
your love remember me, for you, Lord,
are good.
He guides the humble in what is
right and teaches them his way.
All the ways of
the Lord are loving and
faithful toward those who keep the demands of
his covenant.
For the sake of
your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
They
will spend their days in prosperity, and
their descendants will inherit the land.
The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
My
eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
"Beware in your
prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but
by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things 'above
all that we ask or think.”
A
dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing
all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group
praying and finally, the congregational setting. - Developing your Secret Closet of Prayer, Richard Burr
“Let us draw near to
God with a sincere heart and with
the full assurance that faith brings, having
our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure
water.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
August 24th, 2016 - Thoughts for your Week
Scripture Verse
"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments."
Deuteronomy 7:9
Quiet your heart and mind before the Lord.
Ask the Holy Spirit to come and prepare your heart. Take some time now to pray and meditate on this
Psalm to the Lord:
Psalm
25: 1 - 15
In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
I trust in you; do not let me be put
to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause.
Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good.
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he
instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
Who, then, are those
who fear the Lord? He will instruct
them in the ways they
should choose.
They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land.
The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
"Beware in your
prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but
by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things 'above
all that we ask or think.”
- - Andrew Murray
A
dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing
all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group
praying and finally, the congregational setting. - Developing your Secret Closet of Prayer, Richard Burr
“Let us draw near to
God with a sincere heart and with
the full assurance that faith brings, having
our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure
water.
- - Hebrews 10:22
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
- - Romans 12:12
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