In Northern Ireland we have the Giants causeway,a rock formation caused by a volcanic eruption.I have visited it a few times ,it is situated on the beautiful Antrim coast line.Within that rock formation there is a part that is known as a wishing seat,where you sit down and make a wish. I can just imagine the many who sat and made wishes,I wish for,what would you wish for?,the list is endless.Recently I heard a Christian song,which goes, /I wish they'd all be ready./ ,this is a song about the coming again of the Lord Jesus Christ.I pray for many people, and my fervent prayer is that they will
be ready ,when Christ returns again, we know not when,[Matthew 24 v36 ],the question is this,will you be ready?.The story is not finished yet,He is coming back again, let me ask the question, will you be ready? It will be glory for all who are his, the dead in Christ will be resurrected,and those who are living will be caught up into Glory[ 1 Thessalonians 4 v13ff].But for those who are left ,they will have to face the music, judgement,which will be eternal,I try not to imagine what that will be like ,but the Bible makes it clear that is no laughing matter.[1 Thessalonians 1 v10 ]
A prayer.
Dear Lord have mercy help us all to be ready in the light of Your coming. Amen
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
I will build my church.[ Revelation 7 v9- 11 ]
Our Saviour said that He would build his church and that the gates of hell
would not prevail against it[Matthew 16 v18] In the 1970s in Cambodia the
Khmer Rouge devastated the population ,the church was reduced to a few thousand.Now in spite of restrictions it is reckoned that their are approx.
130.000 Christian, meeting in 2000 small congregations.Today in China
there more Christians than there are members of the Communist party.One survey has shown the following.
[1] For every African child born, two Africans are becoming Christians[in
black Africa]
[2] There are 1.600 new Christian congregations formed each week across
the world.
[3] There are up to 100.000 new Christians every day.
Jesus said He will build His church,He is doing it even in the secular west
we can be sure that He is building His church.Let us rejoice in that fact and
pray that in mercy,we may yet witness a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit
in saving power,in our neighbourhood,in our schools,in towns, and in our nations.
A prayer.
Merciful God we praise that you are still saving ,that our Saviour is building His church,grant that we will see a revival in the Lands and places where You have placed us in Jesus name Amen .
would not prevail against it[Matthew 16 v18] In the 1970s in Cambodia the
Khmer Rouge devastated the population ,the church was reduced to a few thousand.Now in spite of restrictions it is reckoned that their are approx.
130.000 Christian, meeting in 2000 small congregations.Today in China
there more Christians than there are members of the Communist party.One survey has shown the following.
[1] For every African child born, two Africans are becoming Christians[in
black Africa]
[2] There are 1.600 new Christian congregations formed each week across
the world.
[3] There are up to 100.000 new Christians every day.
Jesus said He will build His church,He is doing it even in the secular west
we can be sure that He is building His church.Let us rejoice in that fact and
pray that in mercy,we may yet witness a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit
in saving power,in our neighbourhood,in our schools,in towns, and in our nations.
A prayer.
Merciful God we praise that you are still saving ,that our Saviour is building His church,grant that we will see a revival in the Lands and places where You have placed us in Jesus name Amen .
Monday, 19 January 2015
Yahweh. [Genesis 39]
Alec Motyer writing on the words spoken to Moses by God, Exodus 3 v13-14 . what was his name?,Moses asked? God replied, I am who I am [YHWH] ,/The name YHWH ,to the active presence of God,...as a living force,vital and personal,in no situation is He the ornamental extra,in every situation, He is the key active ingredient./
God is in every situation,do we really believe this?,if I loose my Job,if.....
God is active in every situation, the great example of this is the life of Joseph,when sold as a slave by his brothers,we read, the Lord was with Joseph.[ CP Genesis 39v2/v 23]
Again quoting A.M./The name YHWH can also mean,I will what I will
be. That suggests a God,for all seasons,all eventualities,all tasks,all needs/
Consider what these words meant to Moses, and the children of Israel
as they would face the unknown and challenging future ,What season are you in at this time? what difficulties are you facing?.
Got any rivers you think are impossible.?
Got any mountains you can't tunnel through?
God specialises in things thought impossible,
He'll do for you what no other can do.
A prayer
Dear we bow before You are all powerful,you are in every situation,
and You are our God, we praise You in Jesus name Amen .
God is in every situation,do we really believe this?,if I loose my Job,if.....
God is active in every situation, the great example of this is the life of Joseph,when sold as a slave by his brothers,we read, the Lord was with Joseph.[ CP Genesis 39v2/v 23]
Again quoting A.M./The name YHWH can also mean,I will what I will
be. That suggests a God,for all seasons,all eventualities,all tasks,all needs/
Consider what these words meant to Moses, and the children of Israel
as they would face the unknown and challenging future ,What season are you in at this time? what difficulties are you facing?.
Got any rivers you think are impossible.?
Got any mountains you can't tunnel through?
God specialises in things thought impossible,
He'll do for you what no other can do.
A prayer
Dear we bow before You are all powerful,you are in every situation,
and You are our God, we praise You in Jesus name Amen .
Saturday, 17 January 2015
A true refection. [ 1 Peter 2 v12
Richard Dawkins is a very brilliant man, but he is an atheist,as one looks at certain religions one can see how some people reject a belief in God.Yet because there are hateful cruel people in Islam ,and even those who come under the umbrella of Christian.Yet the spurious does not invalidate the truth that there is a God,likewise there are political systems that are cruel
and wicked,but that does not mean we reject all politics. There are Christians and there are Christians,being a Christian means we are to manifest the life of Christ in our lives.Unfortunately we do not always do this,but many do,many Christians manifest lives that are evidence that they have trusted Jesus. Now of course no matter how Christlike we may be,people may still hate us,dislike us,and reject what we believe. Today let
us who know the Lord seek to be the light in the darkness,forgiving others
who have hurt us,helping the helpless,to hurt no one with our actions,or words,and when we can to speak the truth in love.
A prayer.
Dear God in world of distorted images, help us to shine,help us to reflect
a true likeness of Your son Jesus. Amen .
and wicked,but that does not mean we reject all politics. There are Christians and there are Christians,being a Christian means we are to manifest the life of Christ in our lives.Unfortunately we do not always do this,but many do,many Christians manifest lives that are evidence that they have trusted Jesus. Now of course no matter how Christlike we may be,people may still hate us,dislike us,and reject what we believe. Today let
us who know the Lord seek to be the light in the darkness,forgiving others
who have hurt us,helping the helpless,to hurt no one with our actions,or words,and when we can to speak the truth in love.
A prayer.
Dear God in world of distorted images, help us to shine,help us to reflect
a true likeness of Your son Jesus. Amen .
Friday, 16 January 2015
Who needs suffering? [John 17 v1 - 5 ]
Charles Parkhurst said,/Great faith is exhibited not so much in doing as in suffering/. This is something that we may not want to hear, after all who
wants to suffer? no one,yet consider Him whom we follow Jesus.How did He bring blessing upon us by His suffering.Consider the faith of Paul the apostle that was manifest through his suffering ,CP,../2 Corinthians11v
23ff,/12 v7 -10/Davids life was no bed of roses ,read his life in 1 Samuel 18ff. Consider the lives of the prophets ,Jesus spoke of the prophets who had been stoned and killed [Luke 13 v 34].Consider Daniel and friends who where faced with horrendous ,suffering,also dear old Job,who lost his children,his possessions, and his health[ Job 1 -2]There have been lovely Christian that I have known who exhibited great faith, a brother in my home
church ,lost his lovely wife when they went to Brazil as missionaries. He experienced the same symptoms as his wife and was told he must leave Brazil or he would die,he stayed,and God blessed his ministry in a wonderful way.
Are you suffering ?have faith in God ,trust Him for the necessary grace
to serve and to follow your Saviour.
A prayer
Dear God grant us the grace to rise in faith so that whatever may come our way we may glorify our Saviour Amen.
wants to suffer? no one,yet consider Him whom we follow Jesus.How did He bring blessing upon us by His suffering.Consider the faith of Paul the apostle that was manifest through his suffering ,CP,../2 Corinthians11v
23ff,/12 v7 -10/Davids life was no bed of roses ,read his life in 1 Samuel 18ff. Consider the lives of the prophets ,Jesus spoke of the prophets who had been stoned and killed [Luke 13 v 34].Consider Daniel and friends who where faced with horrendous ,suffering,also dear old Job,who lost his children,his possessions, and his health[ Job 1 -2]There have been lovely Christian that I have known who exhibited great faith, a brother in my home
church ,lost his lovely wife when they went to Brazil as missionaries. He experienced the same symptoms as his wife and was told he must leave Brazil or he would die,he stayed,and God blessed his ministry in a wonderful way.
Are you suffering ?have faith in God ,trust Him for the necessary grace
to serve and to follow your Saviour.
A prayer
Dear God grant us the grace to rise in faith so that whatever may come our way we may glorify our Saviour Amen.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Live so lightly. [ Job 1-2]
I read of a young Christian couple,they had just had a mortgage,to buy there first home,but they where concerned that material things would not weaken their love for their Saviour.They wrote out a prayer,which they often prayed.
/O God, who has given us so richly of this world's goods to enjoy,help us to live so lightly to them,so wholly to You,that were they all removed tomorrow,we would scarcely notice the difference/
Lets be very honest many of us would find it hard to pray that prayer,
and yet many Christians in the world are faced with loosing all their possessions as they face persecution,have lost their homes and possessions.
So many of us whole tightly to what we have,not appreciating that all we have is just borrowed,it is in Gods hands, as Job declared,the Lord gave,and the Lord hath taken away,blessed be the name of the Lord .[ 1 v 21].His wife had a different attitude,as she goaded him to curse God and die [2v9 ]
I wonder if I lost all would I be like Job,or like his wife?.
A prayer.
Dear God we confess that we appreciate what You have given us,help us not to hold unto them to tightly,in Jesus name we ask this Amen .
/O God, who has given us so richly of this world's goods to enjoy,help us to live so lightly to them,so wholly to You,that were they all removed tomorrow,we would scarcely notice the difference/
Lets be very honest many of us would find it hard to pray that prayer,
and yet many Christians in the world are faced with loosing all their possessions as they face persecution,have lost their homes and possessions.
So many of us whole tightly to what we have,not appreciating that all we have is just borrowed,it is in Gods hands, as Job declared,the Lord gave,and the Lord hath taken away,blessed be the name of the Lord .[ 1 v 21].His wife had a different attitude,as she goaded him to curse God and die [2v9 ]
I wonder if I lost all would I be like Job,or like his wife?.
A prayer.
Dear God we confess that we appreciate what You have given us,help us not to hold unto them to tightly,in Jesus name we ask this Amen .
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Bit risky [ Acts 16 v31]
A lady of 101 came to know Christ,she mentioned to her minister the wonders of a person coming to the Lord at 101,he thought for a moment,then said ,bit risky.It is wonderful when we read of death bed repentance,I witness to someone not so long ago,,within a few weeks they had passed away.I can only hope that they had trusted the Saviour before they died.The Bible continually stresses the importance of giving an urgency to a response of the Gospel.Isaiah 1 v18,urges us to come now
We are told ,behold now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation[2 Corinthians 6 v2 ].When it come to salvation it is of the utmost importance that we see the urgency ,of trusting Jesus as our Saviour. There is an old fashion word, procrastination,it means putting of ,we can apply this to jobs half done,I will finish it tomorrow.Putting of to tomorrow is a game we all play,sometimes it can cause real problems,like not renewing ones car insurance. Salvation must never be put of to tomorrow
because of the consequences,of not trusting Jesus,those consequences are horrendous,remember some more convenient day may never come,
A prayer.
Dear God help us all to see that knowing Jesus as Saviour is an absolute necessity ,if we are to be saved from a lost eternity,Amen .
We are told ,behold now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation[2 Corinthians 6 v2 ].When it come to salvation it is of the utmost importance that we see the urgency ,of trusting Jesus as our Saviour. There is an old fashion word, procrastination,it means putting of ,we can apply this to jobs half done,I will finish it tomorrow.Putting of to tomorrow is a game we all play,sometimes it can cause real problems,like not renewing ones car insurance. Salvation must never be put of to tomorrow
because of the consequences,of not trusting Jesus,those consequences are horrendous,remember some more convenient day may never come,
A prayer.
Dear God help us all to see that knowing Jesus as Saviour is an absolute necessity ,if we are to be saved from a lost eternity,Amen .
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