YOUR GOD
Continuing in verse 1, we see another interesting detail. Isaiah 40:1 ‘Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.’The phrase at the end of the sentence says: ‘says YOUR God!’ Here we see how the Lord confirms to His people that He is their God. He does not simply say: ‘Says God!’ He adds the word ‘YOUR’ to the…
RECEIVE THE COMFORT OF GOD
At times in our lives we need comfort. We all go through those really low moments in life when we need someone to come alongside us and to comfort and console us. When my wife passed away in 2018, people came and comforted me. Some just stood with me at her graveside, some prayed for me,…
GOD’S KEEPING POWER IS BOTH FOR THE PRESENT AND FOR ETERNITY
a. Psalm 121:8 (NKJV) ‘The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.’b. Isn’t it wonderful to know that our future is secure? This is one of the most amazing promises of God! It reassures us. God cares for you right now. In 20 years He will still…
THE MAGNITUDE OF OUR HELPER
a. Psalm 121:2 (NKJV) ‘My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.’ b. The psalmist refers to our Helper as the One ‘Who made heaven and earth’. That is a powerful statement!! It means that if He made heaven and earth (The universe)… He made the whole. If He made the whole… then the…
THE LORD – MY GUARDIAN AND MY KEEPER
I believe this message will bring you HOPE, HELP and ENCOURAGEMENT. There’s nothing like the Word of God to bring hope and restore courage. God’s Word is powerful. It can break shackles. It can break despair. Let’s turn our attention to one of the Psalms. This psalm could quite possibly be considered as ‘the most…
EMBRACE THE NEW – PRESS ON
Philippians 3:12-14 ‘I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.’This ’embracing’ of the…
DON’T LET YOUR PAST HOLD YOU BACK
One of the biggest hindrances to fully utilising our today, is our past! Our past comes with much baggage, and if we try to drag this baggage into the future, regardless of how precious it may be, it will hold us back. Your past is exactly that, your past. The beauty of the past is…
THE FUTURE BEGINS NOW!
Sometimes we can become so bogged down in life that we don’t realise that with each new day comes a new start and new beginning. As a young man. I remember visiting my friend’s home. His mother had an embroidered artwork that hung at the end of the passage as you walked out of the…
STRENGTH AND PRAISE
Our hearts need to wait upon God, our strength. Then God can be our strength. Then when we realise that He was our strength, we can rejoice. Then because of His strength we can break out into praise. Psalm 59:17 ‘To You, O my strength, I sing praises!’ In the previous verse, Psalm 59:16 it says: ‘But I will…
HE IS YOUR STRENGTH
Sometimes when we consider this aspect of God’s strength, we see it like some byproduct of His character that He gives us. But the truth of the matter is the HE is our strength. We receive Him, and in the process His strength. Don’t just receive His strength but make HIM your strength. Appropriate Him as your strength. Take…