Lead Me to The Rock that is Higher than I

Ps 62:1-8. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the situations that life brings? Or feel a bit lost or discouraged? In this treasured psalm, David was feeling extremely weighed down and overwhelmed and looks to His God. Consider this model prayer on how to find The Lord in such difficult times. 

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The Prayer of Jabez

1 Chron 4:9-10. Jabez was a man who had pain associated with his name. There was something that had happened in his past that he had no control over. This threatened to affect his whole life, yet we read that Jabez turned out to be an honourable man and rose above that name, his past, […]

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Empty Nets & A Lesson for Life

John 21:1-14. These were experienced fishermen. If there was one area of expertise these men had, it was how to fish in Galilee and yet, after fishing all night, they came back with empty nets. Have you ever come back with empty nets? Went out with confidence, experience, expectation, and yet come back empty? Perhaps […]

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Jericho’s Walls & Rahab’s Faith

Heb 11:30-31.Josh 6:1-25. The author of Hebrews tells us that the Jericho walls came tumbling down because of faith. Yes, it was by the power and the grace of God, nevertheless, the people’s faith is instrumental in this event. How many times in our own lives may the presence or absence of a living faith […]

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Passing through The Red Sea by Faith

Heb 11:29. Exodus 14:1-31. Sometimes God may allow or even orchestrate circumstances in our lives where we feel trapped with no obvious way out. This is exactly what God did with Israel as they camped by The Red Sea. Trapped on every side, they could only trust God that He might deliver them and deliver […]

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The Certainty of things we cannot see

Heb 11:7-12. The writer of Hebrews describes faith as being certain of the things which are unseen. In effect, faith enables us to see the invisible. Noah was warned of things not yet seen and Abraham Left Ur, not yet having yet seen the land. These men of faith were moved to action through seeing […]

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The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Heb 11:1-6. Faith is beautifully described as the assurance that the things we hope for will come to pass, and certainty that the things we cannot see, truly exist. This is more than some vague belief or wavering idea, but a sure conviction that moves us on. Let us always be a people who live […]

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Living by Faith in Troubled Times

Gen 12:4-10, Gen 13:1-18, Gen 22:1-13, Heb 11:7-18. Abraham was a man of faith and a man who built altars to draw near to his God. An altar was never too far away for Abraham as he lived by faith. Today we are also called to be people of faith and to be people with […]

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Yet I Will Rejoice

Hab 3:17-19. Why does God not seem to hear us? Why does He allow Suffering? Why do some good people suffer and some wicked people prosper? These were some of the questions in the heart of Habakkuk the prophet as he struggled to make sense of it all. Then God answers and brings Habakkuk from […]

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Entering the Promise Land by Faith

Num 13:17-33, Josh 14:6-14. God never promised the Christian a trouble-free life without challenges or trials. Rather, we understand that through those facing those challenges or “giants in the land” we discover such victories and growth in our walk of faith. Just as the Israelites of Old had to face the giants of the land, […]

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