A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were [...]
Puncture a human heart and it will bleed; pierce it spiritually and the result is tears.
Columba Stewart, Prayer and Community: The Benedictine Tradition
It looks like arms stretched out wide.
It smells like shed blood, sweat and tears.
It tastes like the fresh fruit of Eden.
It sounds like “Father forgive”.
It feels like nail holes in the hands.
It feels like a weight lifted from around my neck.
“It is finished”, he said, and it was.
“The honeymoon is over.”
A phrase often used, and not just about newly marrieds. The press say this about a new Prime Minister or leader of a political party, or about a new football manager. They’ll say it about the new US President. It of course refers to the end of the period of newness and excitement. [...]
Jacob Wrestles with God
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.
When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man.
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But [...]
At Trinity for the last couple of years, we’ve had a night once a month where the Church comes together to worship, pray for the community, pray for healing for the sick and to seek the Lord. We’ve been to many of them when we were able.
But in recent months, as our Church leadership [...]
Evan Roberts
….Within a month he felt compelled to share this message of the reality of God and the possibility of complete forgiveness of sins with his home youth group at Moriah Loughor.
Summing up the message in 4 parts, Evan pressed it home to the astonished church
1. Confess all known sin
2. Deal with and get rid [...]
