When I feel small and insignificant. When I think I cannot make it. When I think the odds against me are too great. When I think I’m too weak to make it. I thank you for your word that reminds me that it has absolutely nothing to do with me other than my capacity to […]
Read More Undefeated: A Prayerful ReflectionPraises. What a goal. That meal was awesome. You did that really well. I was moved by that performance. What an excellent way of putting. You are truly an outstanding individual. That brilliant way that you did that. Phrases. Comments. Observations. When you created the heavens and the earth periodically you observed that what you […]
Read More Praise: A Prayerful ReflectionIt really works. What really works? There’s this practice that folks in scripture would apply when going through tough times and that is to take time out to reflect on those times when they enjoyed either the saving hand of God or the prospering hand of God. They would remember those episodes and it would […]
Read More Remember When …Father. Your word acknowledges you as the Great I Am. Recently I was delighted with the victory of the team I support, but when I look back at your victories and how time after time you prove yourself to be the greatest as if there are any doubters everything else pales into insignificance. You are […]
Read More The Greatest – A Prayerful ReflectionOh that men would praise your name and praise your name to the end of the earth. What a glorious thought, what a glorious desire. How glorious a thought is that. All over the world men and women praising your name and glorifying you. You are worthy oh Lord to receive glory and honour, majesty […]
Read More Spreading the Praise: A Prayerful ReflectionFor a while now, I’ve been challenged and influenced by Paul’s encouragement to the church in Philippi. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. That encouragement is part of an overall word from Paul about […]
Read More Seeking the SuperlativeThere is some innate sense of when something is deserved. A friend and I were watching a football match recently. Two teams faced each other. The away team had a great record going into the match and were said to be the favourites for the match. They gave indications as to why they should have […]
Read More Well DeservedThere are times where I forget that it’s not only the Word of God, but it has the Word from God. What I mean is that when I’m reading about what happens to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samuel, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Nehemiah, Jesus, Peter, Paul and John among others, in and among […]
Read More When I Hear The Praises StartRedeemed. I love it. There’s a hymn of the same title and it’s the epitome of the term ‘uplifting’. It’s a waltz kind of tune that I can literally imagine a little child being swung up by a parent and the child giggling at the fun of it. Even as the last line of the […]
Read More What The Redeemed Have To SayPraise can be a platform. A couple of years ago, I spoke with a very good friend of mine about life in Christ. He shared about how he had arranged some forums in which people could gather together and be supported. The types of gathering, he stated, was about being platform. The stage on which […]
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