This morning i found myself saying to God in prayer, Lord, i have nothing to complain about, i find no fault with you. To some that is presumption, to others, healing words. If we are real, we know that often, indeed too often we consciously or unconsciously find fault with God. Life does stuff that […]
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There was a man called David who enjoyed the favour of God. God took him from nothing to the throne, made royalty out of a nobody. David loved God despite his imperfections. One day he looked around and said I cannot possibly be living in a beautiful home when the ark of my God is
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‘Pray for me’, I hear quite frequently, as you no doubt do too. You may walk away saying OK or in most cases, you will stop and ask for what specifically. And the responses vary widely. One instance of a request for prayer came to mind the other day as I myself was praying.. It
I have been thinking lately again of the goodness of God. God is good, all the time, is an oft repeated phrase in our exuberant charismatic circles. We are happy He is good because we are the recipients of His goodness and everyone likes to be on the receiving end of ‘good’ And we take
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Oh God, make me a Simeon. That was my cry the other morning. God make me a Simeon. Remember Simeon? He is that old man, I suppose He was old because of what he said later, introduced simply as a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, a man described as righteous and devout, who had the
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We concluded Isaiah 2 days ago, another milestone in our Bible in a Year project; it was like saying goodbye to an old friend. I could not but feel a slight sense of loss as I turned the page after the last chapter (possibly on espying Jeremiah to come?). It is a long book, we
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