Psalm 73:24,25 - You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Choosing between directionless wanderings or the path that leads to life seems like an obvious choice and yet so many… Continue reading True Fulfilment
Category: Encouragement
Through It All, I Will Praise
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 David did not write this psalm during a happy, easy time, but through a difficult and distressing time. Saul was pursuing him in order to kill him, and that is what makes this declaration all the more… Continue reading Through It All, I Will Praise
An Opposite Reaction
I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a refuge in the day of my distress. Psalm 59:16 It may be possible to face this world and get through this life on your own strength alone, but do you really… Continue reading An Opposite Reaction
Immoveable
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me – This is where we find our confidence. When the Lord is always before you, He is always in sight. Focusing on Him allows us… Continue reading Immoveable
God’s Big Love
Ephesians 3:18,19 – May (you) have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. There are many things about God that we will never understand… Continue reading God’s Big Love
All Access Pass
In [Christ Jesus] we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. Ephesians 3:12 Life has difficult and challenging experiences, and no-one is immune from them. There are lots of agencies and charities that address these difficulties and they can be a tremendous help and benefit to those who have access to… Continue reading All Access Pass
Chosen As His Own
Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. Ephesians 1:4 Going back to my school-days and the P.E. class, I remember dreading any activity that involved team picking. You stood there hoping that your name would be called out at the… Continue reading Chosen As His Own
Words of Encouragement
The Prophet Malachi Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. Malachi 3:16 Throughout most of the book of Malachi we see a people questioning God at… Continue reading Words of Encouragement
Humble King, Fierce Warrior
The Prophet Zechariah Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud. O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Zechariah 9:9 The promise of a Saviour was Israel’s future hope, although I… Continue reading Humble King, Fierce Warrior
Time and Focus
For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place. Micah 1:3,4 There is some amazing imagery… Continue reading Time and Focus
