Tag Archives: prayer

Hezekiah

Last week we met Hannah, a woman who was desperate for a child. A woman who, in some senses, was a symbol of the fruitless life that the people of God were living. A woman who came to the place of worship, poured out her distress to God, and received the promise of God with […]

March 23, 2008 – 5:02 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Tabernacles

I don’t know if this ever happens to you, sometimes I get home from an evening meeting and my wife will be sat watching the TV. Now, if it’s Casualty, then it’s fairly straightforward. I know basically who everybody is, the plot is fairly predictable and so, if I wanted to, I could pick up […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:55 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Unchanging:Prayer:Mouths:Jesus

Unchanging Daniel’s enemies thought that they knew what couldn’t be changed. They thought that they knew what was permanent. They thought that rules and regulations and laws couldn’t be changed. They wanted to destroy Daniel, so they watched him. They couldn’t find anything wrong with the way he went about his business or how he […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:41 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Shield of Faith

What is it that is distinctive about the shield as a piece of armour that might say something important to us about the nature of faith. Imagine a Roman battle field. In the middle of the fight you see a person, isolated, sheltering behind a shield. It’s a fairly big shield, about as tall and […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:02 pm | By tim | Posted in Nottingham | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Why Pray?

As natural as breathing. That’s how people describe something that just happens, something you don’t have to think about it, something your body looks after for you. Nobody asks Why breathe? It’s obvious. If you don’t breathe you’re going to die. And we don’t ask, “Why breathe?” because, generally, that’s not much chance of us […]

March 23, 2008 – 3:57 pm | By tim | Posted in Luton | Tagged , | Comments (0)