The Historic examples of the effectiveness of national days of prayer
Historic examples of the effectiveness of national days of prayer I have often referred to the extraordinary way by which Rees Howells and a dedicated company of intercessors were led to pray during the Second World and which mightily influenced the course of the war....
Sowing for the future shape of Europe (Part 2)
Ros and I love the imaginative news analysis programme in Beyond 100 Days on weekday nights on the BBC News Channel. A few months ago, the team presented two sharply contrasting scenarios of what we could wake up to in Britain on April 1st 2019 immediately following...
Accepted in the Beloved
Through the riches of His grace and to the praise of His grace, we are accepted in the beloved’. (Eph. 1:3-6) What a powerful and precious phrase to savour on our lips and to take into our spirits. It is the perfect antidote to both inner confusion and condemnation...
Wings like eagles : those who place their hope in the Lord will renew their strength
This lovely song by Carol Sampson is based on Isaiah 40:31, and reminds us to actively hand matters to the Lord and to place our hope in Him. There are so many situations we can apply this in. Soak and enjoy the music and the words and drink deeply from this precious...
Picking up on our prejudices
Prejudices! Jesus came up against them throughout the course of His entire ministry – just as many of us do – especially if we find ourselves seeking to challenge vested interests! It’s usually pretty easy to recognise prejudices when they surface in other people, you...
Setting Ireland free from the dark shadows of prejudice
Two themes have inspired me to write this article: firstly, that the Lord encouraged – (challenged would not be too strong a word for it!) – to let Him seek out my own prejudices – and the other is that I have just spent much of the past weekend praying for Ireland in...