Keeping the ‘Whirling Wheels’ Turning

The visions that Prophet Ezekiel see as described in the first few Chapters of the Book seem out of this world. If manuscripts of these Chapters were scattered, one would think they are part of a sci-fi movie script.  But Ezekiel opens by saying, ‘In the thirteenth year, in the fourth month on the fifth …

The Delivery Room called Patience

Our interaction with God is not transactional, but relational. The quicker one realizes that, the better. That is why we pray for days, months, or even years to receive a certain response from God. That is why we search through the Scriptures to find a single truth. We search, linger, and wait for answers that …

The Nature of Prayer

One time, the disciples ask Jesus, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples’ (Luke 11:1). If not for His missions, Jesus would always be up the mountain or in a solitary place to pray. While the disciples almost always fell asleep during prayer, Jesus would pray for hours on end. This …

Asking to Receive

‘You have not, because you ask not’ ~ James 4:2 As we get older, asking becomes harder. This may even extend to asking from God. In a world full of unmet expectations and seemingly unanswered prayers, we come to conclude, why ask in the first place? It then becomes that we have not, even though …

Standing in the Gap

‘He stood between the dead and the living and the plague stopped’ ~ Numbers 16:48 The distance between man and God is the deepest deep and the widest breadth. Adding rebellion and unrepentance to the chasm, the deeper and wider it gets. When Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and 250 of their followers opposed and rebelled against …

Prayers: Messages Received

‘God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place’ ~2 Chronicles 30:27 Prayer: Bowed heart, bended will, lifted spirit. Mumblings, rumblings, sobs. . . silence. Waiting. Hoping. Trusting. Believing. Believing in the ‘Name which is above every name’ (Philippians 2:9). Amen. Open eyes. Back to the physical realm. Everything looks the same, …

Vain Babblings

'But shun profane and vain babblings; for they will increase unto more ungodliness' ~ 2 Timothy 2:16 Vain babblings are spoken in insincerity. ‘And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men’ (Matthew 6:9). The …

God the Righteous Judge

God is a righteous judge . . . The Lord is known by his justice ~ Psalm 7:11, 8:16 God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgement among “the gods” ~ Psalm 82:1 Many of us know God as the Father, Friend, or the Almighty and approach Him in this manner-and we correctly do …