Hearing his voice He leads me in right paths For his name’s sake. Psalm 23:3 Read John 10:11—16 I need this prayer time tonight. I need quiet times for discernment. I need time set aside to sort the voices that have spoken to me during the day, the influences that pull me in their…
Who I am Yet you have made them a little lower than God And crowned them with glory and honour. Psalm 8:5 Read 1 John 2:12—17 When I quieten before God and reflect and confess, my prayer can go like this: ‘I’ve sinned. I’m faithless. I forget who you are. I submit to the…
Freed from sin When God looks upon Christ he sees the sinner, And when he looks upon the sinner he sees his own dear Son. Martin Luther Read Romans 6:3—11 Let me look back upon this day. I’m sure I’ll find in it reminders of my sinful nature. There’ll be something thought or done…
God is God anyway But the one who endures to the end Will be saved. Matthew 24:13 Read 2 Kings 5:9—19 I’m not sure how to regard Naaman, except that he is so like me. He was a powerful man (that’s not like me), an army commander, reduced to desperation by leprosy. He was…
Walking in newness of life Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, So we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4 Read John 5:5—11 Tonight I have the opportunity for a face-to-face with Jesus. I think of this man, thirty-eight years an invalid. Thirty-eight years…
Liberty in Christ Then I will teach transgressors your ways, And sinners will return to you. Psalm 51:13 Read Colossians 2:9—15 Never! Never must I forget the sheer liberty I have in Christ Jesus. The record of this very day, all its shames, all its little compromises, the responsibilities I failed to assume, the…
My Lord and my God That you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, And that through believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 Read John 20:24—29 I live among people who are firm, I would say solid, brick-hard in belief. And among those who…
Faith comes The night is as bright as the day, For darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139:12 Read John 20:1—9 This is a little education for me in the nature of my faith, how faith comes. John told all his stories that I may have faith and life in the name of Jesus.[1]…