It doesn’t sound like much. Kneeling by a bed behind a closed door and speaking to the God of heaven and earth. It is after all the image we grew up with, if we had the privilege of being raised in the home of praying parents. We might even have the memory of a mom…
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76. Our secret power of life.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Matthew 7:7,8 The divinely targeted life seeks the way of the Lord revealed by the…
75. He is good, good, good – always.
What do you “see” when you think of God the Father? Do you have a picture of Him? Do you see Jesus or is He sort of separate? What is this Trinity-doctrine with which the theologians shape our God-concept? Stay with me in these chapters of Exodus; in this most dramatic scene that will shape…
74. Delivered, baptized and … uh-oh, the desert?
Do you know the story? The drama of dreams, kidnapping, lies, slavery, prison, more dreams and then the palace of ancient Egypt at the climax of its civilization – gosh, no wonder Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote an extremely successful musical about it. God delivers Jacob’s family from famine in the story of Joseph, when he…
72. Words of blood for my future.
Oh, the uncertainty, the dread, the misty outlook, the hesitant gaze upon a path covered in the fog of the time span called the future. To us it is not revealed; to God it is known. Like death, the future is a mystery belonging to God. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to…
71. Come out – where are you?
Are you with me? Way, way back when the story of the Bible began, let us walk with Adam and Eve into the well-known disaster describing the birth of all destruction and devastation. Twisting the magnificence and glory in God’s promise of bounty and beauty, Satan sows doubt in Eve’s thinking and make her think…
70. Only rumours …or firsthand?
There is another principle to prayer that we often overlook. God initiates prayer. Not us. He speaks to get the exchange going. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) Every time the words “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” occur in the New Testament, Jesus…
69. Because He said so.
Prayer is a wonderful, ongoing learning experience. I would like to learn until that moment I know I am in His presence. In the meantime I want to live life in His kingdom IN His manifest presence so that I can be used to the life IN Him. From the very first moment, I would…
68. Words that change the world.
Welcome to a short series on prayer. It is such a privilege to share some thoughts on the subject of prayer. I would like to emphasize that what is written here could never be comprehensive or complete. Prayer is the golden thread that brings every good thing and every true promise into our grasp. Let…
67. It is finished.
[Revelation – Conclusion] Over the past months we have studied the book of Revelation, chapter by chapter. Just last week we rejoiced in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in the last chapter. It brings this study to an end. I would like to repeat a few salient points. The study runs from Pebbles…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 