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Easter changes everything – not least prayer. After Easter Sunday the disciples were able to pray to the Risen Lord. We do not pray to a dead idol… to a memory… our prayers are not just blessed thoughts. They are to the Risen Lord. And [...]

Can you imagine being a disciple on the first Holy Saturday? You have given up everything to follow Christ – you have seen His miracles, heard His teaching and loved His love. He is the hope of Israel… indeed the hope of the world. And [...]

Prayer: On this Good Friday we remember the death of Christ on the Cross. Psalm 22 provides an astonishing insight into how Jesus felt on that Cross. Dietrich Bonhoeffer describes the Psalms as the prayer book of Jesus. He quotes from Psalm 22 twice on [...]

“And may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by His decrees and obey His commands, as at this time.” ~ 1 Kings 8:61 There is an enormous danger that we are part-time Christians… or only crisis Christians. We call [...]

Prayer: “Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel just as He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promise He gave through His servant Moses. May the LORD our God be with us as He was [...]

Prayer: The emphasis from many of our leaders is that we are fine, we can do this. Covid-19 should humble us. The world’s economies and idols have been brought low by this tiny virus. Instead of boasting about how great we are – we should [...]

Prayer: “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among Your [...]

Prayer: "But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain You… Yet give attention to Your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying in Your [...]

Prayer: Praying the Promises “Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in Heaven above or earth below – You who keep Your covenant of love with Your servants who continue wholeheartedly in Your way. You have kept Your promise to Your [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come Your Will be Done On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread And forgive us our debts, As we [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread, And forgive us our debts, as [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread, And lead us not into temptation…” [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread And forgive us our debts As we [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread And forgive us our debts…’ What debts [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread…” This is a beautiful and necessary [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done, On earth as it is in Heaven… Heaven is the place where God’s will is perfectly fulfilled. It is [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom Come Your Will be done…” It takes humility and real faith to pray this part of the Lord’s Prayer. Why? Because usually we are [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name... Your Kingdom Come.'" When we pray for this, we are praying for two things. Firstly, we are praying for the end – not an end that the [...]

Prayers: Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name… When we pray, we are asking for God’s name to be glorified – not ours. Hallowed means ‘make holy’ or treat as holy. We live in [...]

Prayers: How can we pray? There are hundreds of books written about prayer – how can we pray in this crisis that we face? Let’s do what the disciples did and ask Jesus. His answer? Matt. 6:9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ [...]