I will see the Goodness of God in the Land of the Living

Day7 #fastandprayerKyiv This will be my last day of fasting, but my prayers will continue. Whilst praying for Kyiv and the suffering of the millions in Ukraine, the Russians have bombed houses and hospitals, towns and theatres, and the suffering has been appalling and unnecessary, evil and unjustified.  Yet Ukraine is still undefeated, and the…

God will not be silent

Day 5 #fastandprayerkyiv “Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD.” Jeremiah 6:15 My dreams last night took me again to Kyiv.…

The World has turned upside down

Day 2 #fastandprayerkyiv Last night I had a particularly vivid dream. I was casually watching some soldiers as if in a war film or computer game; they picked up a rocket launcher and blew a hole in the side of a building, my sight zoomed in and I noted their professionalism and the ease of…

Keep Faithful and Turn to Jesus

A thought for Palm Sunday. My office mug has the message ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ copied from an unused Government poster prepared in case of German invasion in WWII.  This poster was never formally issued but was rediscovered recently and spawned numerous copies, tea towels, mugs, and spin-offs. The ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’…

God is God…

Like many people across the country I was shocked on Friday morning to discover that the referendum result was a vote to leave the EU.  Not even Nigel Farage or Boris Johnson expected that.  Almost immediately people woke up to the repercussions as the Prime Minister resigned, the pound fell and there were threats of…

Stairway to Heaven

This Sunday in Churches across the world we celebrated Pentecost.  On the first Pentecost, Peter newly filled with the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus, stood among the crowds in Jerusalem and quoted this prophecy. ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,…

‘Man in the loop’

This week Google’s robotic cars were given permission to drive on public roads and Amazon laid out its plans to use Drones to deliver packages in California. The car manufacturers were keen to declare that the cars were being driven manually when any previous accidents have occurred.   There is no doubt that the automated systems…