“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the centre of your life.” (Philippians 4: 6-7 in the Message translation.)
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Month: July 2021
Lament, By Nozipho Khanda.
Thanks to my lovely friend Nozi for this beautiful devotional.
“He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked. my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so, I say, “My endurance has perished; so, has my hope from the Lord.”” (Lamentations 3: 4-9, 17-18 ESV)
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Finish Well.
When you’ve been a Christian all your life, it’s very easy to fall into the trap of resting on your laurels. I say that from experience, because as I’ve shared on more than one occasion, I can’t honestly tell you when I came to know Jesus. I grew up believing in him, and I’ve constantly seen his miraculous hand of blessing and provision in my life.
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Insecure In The World; Secure In Christ, By Pastor Peter Norris.
As we continue to emerge from this last fifteen months, which have been strange to say the least, a question we may well need to ask ourselves is this: Where is our security?
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