RED  & WHITE

Hungry, thirsty, and tired. To think that anything but bitterness can grow from such a place would be hard-pressed. But life is exactly what God can grow in the human heart in an environment so hostile. Yes, here where you are reminded just how vulnerable you actually are, can you be brought to trust in God’s sustenance. I think the hustle of making a good life can distract us from who we really are, creatures affected by rain, sun, light, and bread. In the wilderness of Sina

1. Psalms 43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. We begin with the origin of the word 'downcast'. When you feel discouraged, speak to your soul as the psalmist does. Even when you can’t lift the reason for your woes, you can choose to hope in God. Knowing that through his hope, you will find a reason to persevere. Praise him in the pit, for even there he shall come and save you.

No one dreams of being the runner-up. When Joseph, son of Jacob, was given a dream of being the first, he likely awaited a life of privilege. Yet the favour of God led him into the wilderness and chains before the throne. Much like the soldiers did not realise that crowning Christ with thorns glorified him, so were Joseph’s many oppressors unknowingly used as the purpose of God in his life. As we explore the life of Joseph recognise how God brings Joseph into places of darkne

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When I hear that God is timeless, I imagine a line drawn across eternity—beginning perhaps in 1950 and ending in 2050. God, however, does...