A call to pray for peace “Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up,and as a lion it lifts itself;it does not lie down until it has devoured the preyand drunk the blood of the slain.” — Numbers 23:24 ESV There’s often a bit of chatter about whether Balaam was a false prophet or true but the… Read More »
Looking at the bigger picture – from a distance. You’ve probably never heard of them, but have you ever stood on the Bolehills in Sheffield on a clear night? You look up, and it’s lights, twinkles, and shiny things by the bucket load – stars wherever you look, when the weather is playing nicely, that is. Here’s what… Read More »
When you expected dreams, visions and prophecy … It’s Pentecost Sunday this week! Pentecost didn’t begin in Acts 2. It wasn’t a sudden gust of divine spontaneity, as if God woke up one morning and thought, “Now seems like a good time to pour out My Spirit.” No, Pentecost was etched into the divine script from the beginning.… Read More »
All things are possible In my home group, we’ve been going through Wendy Mann’s excellent Naturally Supernatural course. This week, we found ourselves right in the thick of Isaiah 61 and the Kingdom of God. We were talking about how, in Christ, we’ve been pulled into this astonishing adventure – not just as spectators, but as participants. It’s… Read More »
Nice cave – nice view … The midday heat of the desert sapped his strength. Elijah stood at last on Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. He hadn’t come here for the view. He’d come because he was done. Spiritually drained. Emotionally unravelled. Terrified by a woman’s threat. That’s the part we don’t like to talk about. That… Read More »
A new day dawns for you… It’s holiday time again and I’m thinking about the best holiday I ever had. The sun was slipping low in the sky, casting shadows long and golden across the desert plains of Dahab, Egypt.. There’s something about that light—how it turns everything it touches into gold. The rocks, the sand, even the… Read More »