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Daniel 4:29,30 “As the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, he said, ‘Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?” Those brazenly self-exalting words led to an immediate humbling as God struck Nebuchadnezzar…

Psalm 42:7 “Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” Richard Foster writes: “Perhaps you have had the experience of hearing someone talk about faith and confidence and victory. In one sense all the words are right and the stories certainly sound good, but…

2 John 6: “And this is love, that we walk in obedience to his commands.” Jerry Bridges wrote: “God wants us to walk in obedience – not victory. Obedience is oriented toward God; victory is oriented toward self… This is not to say God doesn’t want us to experience victory, but rather to emphasise that…

Hebrews 11:8 “By faith Abraham… obeyed and went, even though he didn’t know where he was going.” We all want a sense that our lives have purpose and direction, and that we are ultimately ‘useful’ in some way. But what is the difference before God between being useful and useless? Oswald Chambers explains: “The aim…

1 Corinthians 15:58 “Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.” Last century a young man felt the call of God on his life to go to China. William Borden came from an affluent family and attended the prestigious Yale…

Matthew 10:16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves.” After stopping at an illegal drinking den, a Zimbabwean bus driver was dismayed to discover that the twenty mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting…

Watch the video here! Romans 9:17 “I raised you up for this purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Evariste Galois might have been as well-known as Albert Einstein, so why is it that this is probably the first time you’ve ever…

Luke 10:40 “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.” Martha’s motives may have been laudable, but Jesus is clear that ultimately her sister got it right. The Son of God was in the house! Mary was focused on him, Martha was distracted from him. It’s very easy to lose…

Philippians 1:6 “…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Sometimes it’s discouraging to see where we’ve got to. We still struggle in the same areas and don’t see the progress we’d hoped for. Or our life hasn’t…

Proverbs 16:3 “Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed.” Choosing to live life spontaneously sounds appealing, but it won’t get you far. A fool or a sluggard fails to plan. He ‘does not plough in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing” (Proverbs 20:4) – he wastes…