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Prayer happens for many different reasons, sometimes out of desperation, often out of habit or duty, and at times out of love. These...

Jehoshaphat was extremely alarmed when he was told that a vast army was coming against him, but his response was amazing. Rather than...

Imagine if this were true of us! Just think what it would be like to live with the dove of the Holy Spirit resting on your shoulder. What...

What are you going to achieve today? There is one simple but challenging way that you can bring pleasure to God and to others as you live...

The story of Jacob is fascinating. Here was a man chosen and blessed by God to be a central figure in the establishment of God’s people,...

Can you imagine spending eternity being known as the person who had the greatest faith? What did this man do to earn such a reputation?...

The Message translation of the Bible puts this verse beautifully: ‘Who you are and what you’ve done are all we’ll ever want.’ This sounds...

There is something wonderful about the fact that when the risen Jesus met with his disciples, his first words were a desire for them to...

What does it mean to have a calling? The idea can summon up dramatic images of God pointing his finger at someone, deliberately and...

This verse can help to take our understanding of God’s love to a whole new level. It isn’t simply a matter of knowing in our minds that...

We often think about love in terms of passion or longing, but to be stilled by love is an extraordinary concept. The sense is that...

Do you ever suspect that God simply tolerates you? There are so many sermons about his hatred of sin and wrath upon sinners that it is...

The very heart of our hope can be summed up in this beautiful verse – that whatever we are going through, either external difficulties or...

It is so easy to read the Bible from the perspective of knowing how the story will work out in the end. One way of growing our faith is...

God’s wonderful plan is that he will never stop doing good to you. However, you might be tempted to look back over times in your life, or...

Peace can mean different things to different people: a fragile truce, the absence of a storm or a particular feeling. When the Old...

If God’s face was downcast it would signify his disapproval. Similarly, when the Bible speaks about God’s face being turned or lifted to...

The grace of God is all about what you do not deserve. Despite anything you have done in your life and however badly you might see...

We all enjoy spending time in God’s presence, so when a physical location is deemed to be a place of his presence people often honour it...

There are two references to God’s face in this blessing. A more literal translation of each phrase is: The Lord, his face to you, shine,...