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Psalm 8:4 “What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” So many people aspire to being ‘successful’, yet find that when/if attained, success simply doesn’t deliver the desired sense of wholeness. The brilliant but tragic Ernest Hemingway wrote shortly before committing suicide: “I live in…

Deuteronomy 30:19 “This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life!” Larry Walters was a 33-year-old truck driver living near Los Angeles. On weekends he used to just sit around and watch TV. But this particular Saturday, he…

Isaiah 45:22 “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God and there is no other.” Many people we come across refuse to turn to God or even acknowledge his existence. On one occasion, a barber said to the man whose hair he was cutting: “I don’t believe…

Philippians 4:19 “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” I wish verse 19 promised that God would meet all my ‘wants’, but no, it says ‘needs’ – he will meet all my (and your) needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. You can be…

Watch the video here! 2 Corinthians 10:4 “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” Paul frequently used the metaphor of war to convey the urgency and purpose of prayer. We’re in a battle, and the realm of warfare we’re engaging…

2 Corinthians 11:25,26 “Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea…” Paul’s life was one of incredible variety, challenge, adventure and suffering. The last thing you would say about it was that it was dull. As…

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray continually.” Most of us are too busy to pray, but our excuses illustrate our fundamental misunderstanding of the primacy of prayer. If we grasp the importance of prayer, it will undergird our very existence and act as the engine-room for all our activities, such that we will be too busy not…

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have run the race, I have kept the faith.” My first spiritual mentor left his dying wife and four children for a young man. The teacher I idolized most at Bible College left his wife and daughter for a younger woman. Both of these men…

James 1:2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” William Carey is often attributed the title ‘father of modern missions’. He was…

Philippians 4:6,7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Worry has been described as the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles, and it…