With this news, strengthen those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, Be strong & do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” Isaiah 35:3-4
“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” IsaiAh 26:3 NLT We could look back on 2020, and even ahead, to the difficult weeks and months that many of us are facing, and ask, “where is God in all this?” Yesterday, I sat on our […]
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As Northern Ireland faces lockdown number 3 from 26th December, this time for six weeks, I’d like to encourage you with Jesus’ words from Matthew chapter 6 (below.)It would be very tempting to give in to despair. To succumb to the morose, negative posts that are all over social media (some even written by Christians.)But […]
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“from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I” Psalm 61:2 Over the past few days, those beautiful words from Psalm 61:2 have kept popping into my mind. As I have read through the Psalm, mulling over verse 2, […]
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“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 BeStill We could all do with some peace in the chaos of our world, couldn’t we? Psalm 46:10 commands: “Be still and know that I am God.” To most people, to be […]
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“Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life” Psalm 143:10 NIVUK A few weeks ago, I had to attend an appointment at a nearby hospital for some tests. I was shown into a busy ‘day ward’, and as I sat in my curtained cubicle waiting for the doctor to […]
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“Anxious fear brings depression, but a life-giving word of encouragement can do wonders to restore joy to the heart.” Proverbs 12:25 TPT A Timely Word King Solomon, often called “the wisest man that ever lived,” recognised not just the awfulness of depression, but one of its main causes. Fear. There’s a lot of fear mongering going on […]
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