It doesn’t happen overnight. The thought of it happening quickly or instantly is one that proves to be very alluring indeed. A man is sick, a prayer is made, the man is healed. Job done. Everyone happy, praise God. That’s not always how God operates. In fact quite often there are things he will say […]
Read More In It For The Long HaulThus says the Lord , “By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink, and the […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 07 – Start At The SourceReading the book of Acts there’s quite a lot of astounding things that happen after the ascension of Jesus Christ. I remember asking and now I’ve lived to see my children ask: if things like this happened at that time, why don’t they happen now? Some blamed it on a lack of faith. Some blamed […]
Read More That Was Then, This is Now: So?Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. (Exodus 6:9 ESV) It is important not to underestimate the significance of the circumstances we face and where that’s coming from. If since childhood all the girl has ever heard is that she’s […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 06 – Reminders Amidst RejectionThis blog entry is inspired by a statement made by someone for whom my admiration has sky-rocketed over the past decade. (You know who you are, Your Majesty.) That inspiration was relatively straightforward – your burden is your assignment. By which the meaning is that whatever bugs you and bothers you and pesters you and […]
Read More Your Burden Is Your AssignmentThere is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. (Psalm 46:4 ESV) I love this verse. I love the chapter that it’s in. It’s a great Psalm to ponder on. This verse though, it’s so rich. I could spend hours meditating on that. A river […]
Read More A River Runs Through ItThen Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.” (Exodus 5:22-23 ESV) It’s not […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 05 – Before Things Get BetterI can’t empathise the plight of being a woman. The journey of understanding the female gender I quickly understood has to be taken with one female at a time. Even that journey is … fascinating and subject to change. It doesn’t make matters easy with men. After all, as we know, people are just weird. […]
Read More BrothersNow therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. (Exodus 4:12, 15 ESV) Much of modern Christian […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 04 – I Will Part 22 Kings 6. Episode of Elisha being surrounded by the Syrian army. Elisha’s servant rightly expresses some concern for their situation. Elisha, however, is not concerned at all. In this sophisticated age of science and technology with scepticism over such episodes even some Christians would be wary of taking these episodes too seriously. It’s a […]
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