Day 25 of 40 days of devotion Written by John Evans Scene: Light bulb shop, Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh, 8.15 am, January 2018 The early morning was cool and the street was waking up. Shopkeepers were washing down the pavements in front of their traditional “shop house” buildings – where they lived upstairs and traded…
Day 24 of 40 days of devotion Written by Helen Knight I am not exactly a morning person; when my alarm goes off in the morning I usually groan, roll over and press the snooze button, often more than once! I have always struggled with getting out of bed and have often joked with people…
Day 23 of 40 days of devotion Written by Dan Baptist Isaiah 43:19 19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? It’s now day 23 of our 40 days of devotion. This morning I failed and succeeded in devotion! Have you ever planned a…
Day 22 of 40 days of devotion Written by Natalie Down Do you know what my problem is…? I want to do everything at once, and if I don’t I feel like I’ve failed and then get disheartened. That’s how I felt the 40 days of devotion was going about a week ago. I wanted…
Day 21 of 40 days of devotion Written by Nate Down This time focusing on devotion has really opened my eyes to how devoted God is to us. I love that he has seen our hearts as individuals, families, friends and community groups and has moved to meet us as we simply explore new areas…
Day 20 of 40 days of devotion Written by Sue Wood At Academy in January, we were asked to review our walk with God. We were given a list of questions which would help us to reflect on this issue and one of the questions related to ‘fasting!’ Inwardly I cringed, because it was a…
Day 19 of 40 days of devotion Written by Caroline King We cannot earn love we cannot learn love. We love because He first loved us 1 john 4 v 19 When we fall in love, scientists tell us it is a chemical reaction in the brain that releases a surge of hormones that causes…
Day 18 of 40 days of devotion Written by Lesley Cowley Hopelessly devoted to you….. Oh yes, that famous song from Grease is going through my head, with Olivia Newton John belting out “hopelessly devoted to you”!!! It’s probably only me that gets these delightful light and fluffy thoughts – emoji of a smiley face…
Day 17 of 40 days of devotion Written by Euni and Elijah Taylor We introduced praying for strangers to our kids right from an early age. Anytime as we were driving, if we saw an ambulance, fire engine or police car, I would say ” let’s pray for them” and I’d pray out loud for…
Day 16 of 40 days of devotion Written by Janine Boutelje One Word: Pray The idea of choosing one word for the year has appealed to me for many years. As I was considering my word for 2018, I wanted to go with love as the series from 1 Corinthians 13 last year impacted me…
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