Have you ever felt the Lord compelling you to do something? It’s happened to me a few times now, and usually takes me by surprise. The first thing I do is presume this can’t possibly be God. It has to be my over-active imagination, because God surely wouldn’t be asking me to do this!
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Thanks to Sarah for these beautiful thoughts.
The other week, I was having lunch with friends. We were talking about Brexit, which is pretty big on the news these days. Will Boris Johnson get us out of the EU on October 31st, or will his opponents thwart him so they can keep extending the deadline? Whichever outcome you favour, you’d have to say there’s a lot of uncertainty here at the moment. To some it feels like a bit of a crisis.
Continue reading “There In A Crisis, by Sarah Tummey.”
Thanks To Kay for sharing her thoughts and experiences with us. What an encouragement!
What a few weeks I’ve had. I finally got given a date for the final operation. My surgeon got his secretary to call me and I was booked in for 22 August. Just a week to get organised.
I felt so stressed. I had appointments to rearrange, work to inform, kids to sort out, and it was GCSE result day the day of my surgery. So what did I do? How did I cope? I messaged my church.
Continue reading “The Comfort And Power Of Asking For Prayer, By Kay Warner.”
Thanks to Lou for these beautiful thoughts on prayer.
Prayer, very simply put, is a conversation with God. It can be broken down into different categories. There are prayers of praise, where we can express how wonderful and awesome God is. There are prayers of thanks, where we can thank The Lord for all he has done for us, or for specific ways in which he has helped us. Then there are prayers of request, either for ourselves or for others.
Continue reading “Setting Aside Time To Pray, By Lou Beard.”