This is not specifically listed as a name of God, but when we look at Psalm 9.9 & Psalm 10.18, it certainly cannot be discounted as a characteristic of God, showing what is important to Him. He executes judgement for the oppressed. As Amos 5.24 shows, what God wants is justice and righteousness. ‘Let justice … Read more
Continuing in our theme of finding God’s comfort and care in His Word and character, we see here how we can trust God with our worries and cares and find how He daily watches over us and lifts us up. JM Rowland 5, Tichborne Street, Leicester. Care To St John’s College PA. 21/5/1942 I thought … Read more
We all find ourselves needing God’s comfort at some point in our lives, that is guaranteed, and we meet the God of all comfort in the verse below, but He is also to be found all throughout the Bible. 2 Corinthians 1.3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies … Read more
Today we have a story from Carisbrooke Priory on the Isle of Wight, of trusting God’s timing and provision. When we were younger, we used to go to the Isle of Wight for holidays and we often visited a couple who ran a house church down there. Norman and Joan Vesey ran it and they … Read more
God has special concern for widows and makes it clear in His Word. None of us can truly imagine how we might feel when we lose our spouse until we go through the devastation of losing the person who has been the most important to us in our lives. When I contemplate that day, it … Read more
Today we have a message from Uncle Malcolm on the missionary calling of Paul and joy in persecution. J.M Rowland 5, Tichborne Street, Leicester To Leicester Central Juniors & Inters 20/4/41 When we talk about missionaries we usually forget that the earliest Christian missionaries travelled, not from Europe to Asia or some other continent, but … Read more
Psalm 68.5 tells us that He is, “Yah, a father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.” It is He who sets the solitary in families. God is a defender and a covering of the defenceless and He places worth on all life, because it comes from Him, especially … Read more
As we lead back in to the subject of God’s care for us, sometimes we are the agents of God’s care to others. Even though they may not all recieve bodily healing here on earth, they can all recieve comfort from God’s people through us. Where we may think that we have failed, others may … Read more
His love and care is also available to us in the form of healing, so let us lift each other up and stand on His Word in this area also, let us remember that He is for us and not against us and that all things are possible with Him. He is the One who … Read more
This week we have a word from my Uncle Malcolm. Here we see that God reaches out to us in our fallen state. Whatever state we are in when we come to Christ, He meets us there, as we are, and He lifts us up as we stumble on the way. Whatever stage we are … Read more