June 10th, 2010
177 readers liked this post.
‘When men pray, God stands to attention!’
I woke early the other morning, long before the sunlight had penetrated the darkness. It was cold and dark, so I turned on the heater and the lamp in the lounge room after quietly closing my bedroom door so that I didn’t disturb my wife.
As I sat down in my comfortable chair, I pulled out my iPhone, clicked on to my YouVersion Bible App and started to enjoy the words of David as recorded in the book of Psalms. David doesn’t hold back on his punches towards his enemies and his requests to his God. He speaks strongly, praises boldly, and pleads desperately.
And as I read Psalm after Psalm, there seemed to be a common thread throughout them. David’s God always came through for his man – ‘a man after his own heart’. And it was then that the statement, ‘When men pray, God stands to attention!’ burst into my mind.
Continue Reading…
June 26th, 2009
0 readers liked this post.
It has been my experience, ever since being a small child, that when there seems to be no apparent way forward that through prayer a doorway is always opened. Prayer turns the impossible into the possible. Prayer is not only the key, but is in fact the entrance to a life of the miraculous. ‘Ask and it shall be given’ urges us to ask our Heavenly Father for what we need, as children would ask their earthly parents.
It is His desire to answer. It is His desire to bless. It is His desire to accompany each of us on our life’s journey. He clearly states that He will never leave us nor forsake us.
Continue Reading…
September 23rd, 2008
1 readers liked this post.
Ian, my brother in law, you have left this earth and gone to heaven just this past week at the young age of only 50. Alone you were when you died, but we know that you had a welcome party waiting for you and now you reside with a company of people who love you dearly.
Flawed, like all of us. Scarred. Embattled. From the very moment you were born your body continued to come under physical attack time and time again throughout your lifetime. And yet amidst that tragedy there were glorious moments.
Continue Reading…
September 3rd, 2008
2 readers liked this post.
I love my daily hour or two with the Chairman of the Board. It would have to be the highlight of my day. It is the oxygen, the blood stream. It is the place of dreams. It is the source of hope. It is the realm of peace. It is the launch pad. It is the shelter. It is the rock. It is the comfort. It is the hug. It is the kiss. It is the joy. It is the tenderness of tears. It is the thunder. It is the expression of love.
I don’t know how people survive without this refuge.
Continue Reading…
August 4th, 2008
1 readers liked this post.
Impure religion is the greatest confuser of men’s souls. It interprets God’s original plan for mankind and distorts it to a point where men fail to understand what the difference is.
And that is when they seem to turn to Atheism, Agnosticism or any other ‘ism’ that fits with this particular bent and causes them to fail to recognize the significance of the cross in all of human history.
Impure and defiled religion – the greatest stumbling block upon which multitudes have tripped and fallen into the fires of hell.
Continue Reading…
‘When men pray, God stands to attention!’
