The believers gathered together to pray in Acts 4:23-31 did not pray for deliverance from persecution in itself. Their chief concern was that God would enable them to speak His word with ‘great boldness’ (Acts 4:29). This is a great prayer for us all to pray. Most of...

Whenever we’re near a river or a beach, Garry likes to throw pebbles into the water, skimming them with skill so that the water ripples out as the pebble hits it. My efforts to emulate him never end in ripples; my pebbles tend to hit the water with a thud or plop and...

The phrase ‘Sovereign Lord’ (from which we get our word ‘despot’, a ruler with absolute power) is not used very much in the New Testament, but it’s a reminder that God is in supreme control and cannot be thwarted by man’s scheming and plotting. Jeremiah says, ‘Ah,...