In truth, the forgotten places can feel like a wilderness, and many days come when we find ourselves searching for something to keep us going, some water from the rock to sustain us in this desert (Psalm 105:41). We will find it, not in the forgotten places themselves, but in the God who sent us…
‘…I know nothing more effective for quieting a Christian soul and getting contentment than this, setting your heart to work in the duties of the immediate circumstances that you are in, and taking heed of your thoughts about other conditions as a mere temptation.’ Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, p.52.
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me? This past Sunday, I led our church as we prayed through Psalm 13. The words have…
‘…one of the main things our neighbours who don’t know Jesus need is simply to trust a Christian.’ Justin Whitmel Earley, The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction, p.59.
Produced in partnership with LICC, ‘Immanuel’ looks at our ordinary lives – cooking, working, driving, walking, sleeping – and encourages us to see God in them, close beside us as we go about our Monday to Saturday tasks.
“What wings are to a bird, and sails are to a ship, so is prayer is to the soul.” Corrie Ten Boom
During the last few months I’ve been working as a doctor in palliative care. Some days have been pretty hard and I finally got to home and visit my family last week for the first time since March. Both my mum and myself have been learning a lot about lament in our different situations and…
Lyrics: I will not fear The arrows or the night As thousands fall To my left and to my right I will abide, in the safety of your shadow Under your wings, my heart will find its rest The wicked fall And with my eyes I see But your faithfulness Will be a shield to…
‘Friendship is a deep oneness that develops as two people, speaking the truth in love to each other, journey together to the same horizon. Spiritual friendship is the greatest journey of all, because the horizon is so high and far, yet sure – it is nothing less than “the day of Jesus Christ” and what…
HEAVENLY FATHER, Thou hast placed me in the church which thy Son purchased by his own blood. Add grace to grace that I may live worthy of my vocation. I am a voyager across life’s ocean; Safe in heaven’s ark, may I pass through a troubled world into the harbour of eternal rest. I am…