4th November 2025

God's Faithfulness

Have faith in God”  

John 11:22

Today's Bible Reading: Mark 11:20-26.

Some of the words that the Lord Jesus used to His disciples about having faith in God leave me wondering if I can ever exercise that level of trust and confidence in prayer. I cannot recall telling a mountain to relocate itself into the sea and watching it happen.

Hudson Taylor, pioneer missionary to China, said that the Lord's words in Mark 11:22, “Have faith in God,” could be translated, “Hold on to the faithfulness of God.”

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, former minister at London’s Westminster Chapel, appreciated Taylor’s insight and said: “Faith is holding on to the faithfulness of God and, as long as you do that, you cannot go wrong. Faith does not look at the difficulties. . . . Faith does not look at itself or at the person who is exercising it. Faith looks at God . . . . Faith is interested in God only, and it talks about God and it praises God and it extols the virtues of God. The measure of the strength of a man’s faith, always, is ultimately the measure of his knowledge of God. . . . He knows God so well that he can rest on the knowledge. And it is the prayers of such a man that are answered.”

“Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations” (Ps. 119:89-90). Is your faith in this Faithful God ?

Prayer: My Faithful Lord God, Sometimes life is not always fair, but I thank You, Father, that You are always faithful. In Jesus name. Amen.

3rd November 2025

Weeding

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.    

1 John 1:9

Today's Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5–2:2.

One Spring morning, whilst feeding the hens, I noticed a weed budding in the path to the hen house, I ignored the seemingly harmless eyesore. How could a little weed possibly hurt the path? But as the weeks passed, that nuisance grew to be the size of a small bush and began taking over the path. Admitting its destructive existence, I decided to dig out the wild weed by the roots and then protect the path with weed killer.

When we ignore or deny its presence, sin can invade our lives like unwanted overgrowth and darken our personal space. Our sinless God has no darkness in Him at all. As His children, we are equipped and charged to face sins head-on so we can “walk in the light, as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7). Through confession and repentance, we experience forgiveness and freedom from sin (v 8–10) because we have a great advocate—the Lord Jesus (2:1). He willingly paid the ultimate price for our sins—His lifeblood— and “not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (2 v 2).

When our sin is brought to our attention by God, we can choose denial, avoidance or deflection of responsibility. But when we confess and repent, He weeds out sins that harm our relationships with Him and others.

Prayer:Loving Father, please uproot the sins from my life so I can grow closer to You and others. In Jesus name. Amen.

2nd November 2025

Anger Management

Then the Lord said,

“Is it right for you to be angry?”    

Jonah 4:4

Today's Bible Reading: Jonah 4:1-4.

You have a temper. There is nothing unique about that. Most people have tempers, in varying degrees, of course. God does not ask that you get rid of that temper. But He does say that if you are to be happy, it must be brought under control and rechannelled to proper use. God cannot use a man or woman without a temper as well as one with a controlled temper. Too many professed Christians never get “wrought up” about anything; they never get indignant with injustice, with corruption in high places, or with the godless society around them which batter away at the souls and bodies of each of us. It is very right and proper to get angry about sinful activities, and to take them to God in prayer.

However, Jonah directed his anger towards God. In Jonah 4, Jonah, in expressing his anger against God, was being honest about his feelings — something good; but we should not for a moment think that all of our feelings towards God are justified. 

God likes to ask us questions, because they reveal our heart. It also puts us on proper ground before God, because He has every right to question us and we owe Him answers. 

A few examples

Where are you? Who told you that you were naked? What is this you have done? (Genesis 3)

Where is your brother Abel? What have you done? (Genesis 4)

What have you done? (1 Samuel 13:11)

Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in His eyes? (2 Samuel 12)

Whom shall I send? Who will go for us? (Isaiah 6)

Who do you say that I am? (Matthew 16)

Are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? (Luke 22)

Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? (Acts 9)

Is it right for you to be angry: This is the question we should and even must ask ourselves if we find ourselves angry with God. The answer must always be “No, Lord. All Your ways are right, even if I do not understand them.”

Prayer: Lord, take my temper and turn it into a force for Your justice, not my pride. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.