For forty years, Rev George Philip (11th November 1925 - 16th February 2019) taught the Lord's Word faithfully and fruitfully at Sandyford - Henderson Memorial Church, Glasgow. On 1st March 2019, I attended a thanksgiving service for his life and ministry. We looked back, and we said, "To God be the glory!" Here's a link to George's Bible reading notes, which cover most of Scripture.
A Prayer For Every Day
Thursday 18 April 2024
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Lord, You’re still speaking to us today. You’re calling us to listen to You.
‘The king
cut it with the penknife, and threw it into the fire’ (Jeremiah 36:23).
Help us, Lord, not to be like this king. He didn’t like Your Word. He
thought he could get rid of Your Word. What a fool he was! You saw what
was going on. The king’s attempt to silence You was utterly futile. You
would not be silenced. You continued to speak Your Word. Soon, the king
was hearing another Word from You: ‘You burned that scroll...’
(Jeremiah 36:29)! Lord, You’re still speaking to us today. You’re
calling us to listen to You. You’re calling us back from the way of
‘wickedness’, back from the brink of ‘disaster’ (Jeremiah 36:31). You’re
calling us back from the way of unbelief, the way that leads to ‘the
eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.’You’re calling us
to be ‘blessed.’ Help us to have faith in the Saviour - to receive ‘the
Kingdom prepared for us since the creation of the world’ (Matthew
25:41,34).
We wonder, Lord, ‘Is there a glorious future still to come?’
‘I
know the plans I have for you... to give you a future and a hope.’
Lord, this was Your long-term purpose for Your people. It was important
that they did not lose sight of this. There would be ‘seventy years’ of
captivity in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:10-11). At times, they must have
wondered, ‘Will this ever end? Is there really something better still to
come?’ Our life on earth may sometimes seem like the ‘seventy years’ in
Babylon: ‘The length of our days is seventy years... yet all they bring
us is trouble and sorrow’! We wonder, Lord, ‘Is there a glorious future
still to come?’ In our times of ‘suffering’ and ‘sorrow’, teach us to
draw our ‘strength’ from Your Word. May we look forward to ‘the Day’
when Christ ‘comes to be glorified in His holy people and to be admired
in all who believe’ (Psalms 90:10; 119:28; 2 Thessalonians 1:4-5,10).
Lord, living for You isn’t easy ...
Lord, living for You isn’t easy – Satan makes sure of that!
We try to escape his evil clutches – but he’s always there, and he’s up to no good!
Satan is such a determined enemy. Help us to remind him that he’s a defeated enemy.
We’re often tempted – and we feel so weak.
Help us to tell Satan that Jesus is Lord – and we belong to Jesus!
Satan wins some battles with us. He gives us a hard time. Often, he gets the better of us.
Help us to remind him that the final triumph belongs to Jesus.
Beyond
our present conflict, there is His final triumph; “This day the noise
of battle, the next the victor’s song” (from “Stand up, stand up for
Jesus”).
We thank You, Lord, that Jesus has come to be with us so that we may go to be with Him.
“Immanuel
… God is with us” (Isaiah 8:8,10). Lord, we read these words – and we
thank You that Jesus has come to be with us so that we may go to be with
Him. He has come from heaven to earth so that we might go from earth to
heaven. He died for us so that we might live with Him. Thank You, Lord,
for Jesus, our great Saviour.
Lord, everything seems so hopeless ...
Lord, everything seems so hopeless - when we take our eyes off You!
Help us to keep our eyes on You. Fill us with fresh hope.
Sometimes, we can be optimists. Often, we’re pessimists.
You’re always “the God of hope” (Romans 15:13). You’re always saying to us, “There is hope” (Jeremiah 31:17).
Lord, real hope comes from You. It’s more than human optimism. It’s Your gift to us. It’s Your “gift of eternal life” (Romans 6:23).
Lord,
real hope comes from You. It’s more than just “hoping for the best.”
It’s being lifted up by You, Lord – the God who raised Jesus from the
dead (Acts 2::24).
You
lift us out of our hopelessness. You give us strength to face the
future with confidence – the strength which comes from knowing that You
are the God of hope.
Far too often, Lord, we say, ‘I can’t’ when we really mean ‘I won’t’.
‘The
Lord is the everlasting God… He gives strength to the weary and
increases the power of the weak… those who wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength…’ (Isaiah 40:28-31). Far too often, Lord, we say,
‘I can’t’ when we really mean ‘I won’t’. ‘I can’t’ – This, Lord, is an
insult to Your power of God. You call us to do something special for
Him. We say, ‘I can’t’. What are we really saying? We’re saying – ‘Lord,
I don’t believe Your promise – “Those who wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength”’. Help us, Lord, to stop saying, ‘I can’t’. Help
us not to get so busy with other things that we fail to wait upon
You, Lord, and renew your strength. When You call us to serve Him, help
us to say, ‘Yes, Lord, I will wait upon You. I will renew my strength. I
will do Your will’.
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