My dream. God’s promise The water that I will give will become in them A spring of water gushing up to eternal life. John 4:14 Read Isaiah 35:1—7 Every doctor or physician who looks at a decrepit body must wish for it to be vibrant with life, seeing, hearing, leaping, singing. Every farmer looking…
The Beginning that is the End I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, The beginning and the end. Revelation 22:13 Read Revelation 1:4—8 He is yet to be revealed. At least to those who do not believe him. I see him by faith. I know him as freedom from…
Your dwelling place My soul longs, indeed it faints For the courts of the Lord. Psalm 84:2 Read Haggai 2:5—9 The efforts to rebuild the broken-down Temple in Jerusalem were pretty feeble in Haggai’s eyes, nothing like the splendour needed for the House of the Lord. This night I can begin where Haggai stood…
I have such longings And foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to him, to love the name of the Lord. Isaiah 56:6 Read Zechariah 2:10—13 I have such longings. Such deep longings. No one else feels like I do. Longings for what I once had and can have no more. Longings…
I have a calling Finish, then, thy new creation, Pure and spotless let us be. Charles Wesley Read 2 Peter 1:3—4 I have a calling. I am called to come. This is a Godly voice calling me. It is full of promise. As I respond to this voice I will be more truly myself.…
Lead me in right paths He leads me in right paths For his name’s sake. Psalm 23:3 Read Isaiah 26:3—9 Certainly, with what little moral insight I have gleaned, one thing has become clear: if my direction is set by what is right, if I have a conviction that God approves, that this course…
When all else fails Restore us, O God; Let your face shine, that we may be saved. Psalm 80:3 Read Luke 21:25—28 This is disturbing. What does it mean when I am disturbed? How do I interpret what is going on within me? I find the apocalyptic signs are like the daily headlines in…
He will exalt over you with singing When the morning stars sang together And all the heavenly beings shouted for joy. Job 38:7 Read Zephaniah 3:15—18 I have heard God speak to me. Stern words. Words of comfort. Words of correction. He has said my name. (I mean in the Bible when I read…
No rival power See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, The root of David, has conquered. Revelation 5:5 Read Genesis 49:8—10 First I remember who said this: Jacob, that is, Israel, blessing his sons, this one Judah. He calls him the offspring of a lion. He’s not altogether cuddly. He will command the…
The star out of Jacob Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For he has looked favourably on his people and redeemed them. Luke 1:68 Read Numbers 24:15—18 Balaam was hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse Israel. The tables are turned on Balaam himself. He falls down, but can’t shut out the…