Recently, I received an email with a link to a Youtube video. What made this email unique was that it was from the singer herself and that she is from the town where John Newton preached and where he wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. This video features Hannah Layton Turner singing Amazing Grace along with […]
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A longing for justice
This verse in Isaiah encourages me that at some point justice will be established. We will no longer experience terrorism, disease, or government corruption. We have a hope that rises higher than any flood of bad news that comes our way.
Your Father knows what you need, then why ask?
The question is, why should we pray if God already knows what we need? It is not like I am going to provide God with a missing piece of data without which he could not make a good choice.
What is my motive?
I should point out that there is value in doing the right thing even if our motives are not entirely pure (which they will never be in this lifetime). I’m certainly not saying that one should sit on the sidelines until something can be done with perfect motives.
