How kind and considerate of the Lord to teach us how to pray with a short, simple prayer of incredible depth and new revelation every time we meditate on it. 

Whatever is included in this prayer must be of the highest importance to His mission and of the closest proximity to His heart.

As both wholehearted Jesus-lover and longsuffering gospel-labourer, who better than Paul to instruct us on how to pray, and what to pray for in mission?

When we look for answers in the world, we never find something truly and eternally satisfying. It will always feel like a losing battle. But what is the response of Jesus to a lost people looking for hope and meaning?

Like the scattered Christians Peter originally wrote to, we are ‘living stones’ – not uniform ‘bricks’ with the same background, experiences, traditions and heritage; but individuals

Malachi 1:11 is one of those verses that we love to quote in the prayer and missions worlds. It’s not a goal or an aspiration, it is a statement , His name will be great among the nations.

In Isaiah 56, the verses for this month’s worship with the word series paints a beautiful picture of what happens when people choose to respond to God’s loving invitation to enter into relationship with Him.

As we draw near to Christmas, we are considering the convergence of worship, prayer and missions in the very person of Jesus Himself. This messianic psalm is a prayer for the coronation of the coming King…

James used this opportunity to emphasise to the leaders of the early church that God’s grace extends to all people, Jews and Gentiles alike, which is as true for us today as it was then.

While the poetic beauty and musicality of the Psalms accounts for their popularity and appeal, it is their enduring relevance and relatedness for all people and generations that is most remarkable.

Having brought up the Ark to Jerusalem, David pitched a tent for it and set singers and musicians to minister to God there, night & day. That is what we have happening here in 1 Chronicles 16: