Author : Mabel Duncan

 When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews . . .  So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart. Nehemiah 1, 6, NIV. Holy Father, we thank You for encouraging […]

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:’ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have […]

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:’ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have […]

Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you:’ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth that You have […]

But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings…” Jeremiah 23: 22, NKJV. Blessed LORD, how much we need to hear from You. So please make us attentive to Your voice as we […]

For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD and has perceived and heard His word?  Who has marked His word and heard it? …I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.  I have not spoken to them yet they prophesied.  But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people […]

Thus says the LORD of hosts:  “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.  They make you worthless; they speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD.  They continually say to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD has said, you shall have peace;’ and to everyone who walks […]

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. Nahum 1: 7, NRSV. Dear Father, we are so blessed to be called by Your name. Please help us to listen carefully as You speak to us today. This is our prayer in the blessed name […]

So it was when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!”  Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him.  For so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was […]

O God [Y]ou are my God, I seek [Y]ou, my soul thirsts for [Y]ou; my flesh faints for [Y]ou, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.  So I have looked upon [Y]ou in the sanctuary, beholding [Y]our power and glory.  Because Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will […]