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Friday 15th August 2025

“The word of the Lord which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

“I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land,” Says the Lord; ³“I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land,” Says the Lord. ⁴“I will stretch out My hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, the names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests—⁵those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; those who worship and swear oaths by the Lord, but who also swear by Milcom; ⁶ those who have turned back from following the Lord, and have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.” ⁷Be silent in the presence of the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is at hand, for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.” Zephaniah 1:1-7 NKJV

Lord God of the future,

Another clear voice reminding Judah and Jerusalem that they will not get away with idolatry and ignoring worship of their own true God. He warns them that a great day will come when nothing can be hidden or covered over.

Yes. You, Lord had prepared a sacrifice. Since before time began, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind . . . The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. (John 1:1-4,9) Jesus.

Jesus spoke in a parable about giving invitations to a feast and that many would give excuses and not come. But His servants would go out to the highways and byways inviting others to come. (Luke 14:15-24). What a beautiful picture of the church going out to the streets around them inviting people to come and feast with You. Zephaniah was speaking to his present and our present and our future. God’s message is truly timeless. There is still to come a day of the Lord. When Jesus returns coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. (Revelation 1:7).

So we humbly bow before You our God and Saviour and look to that awesome terrible day when You will come again. And we need not be afraid to see You face to face.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Friday 15th August 2025
We had this just a month ago – but it bears repeating endlessly.

Lo! he comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of his train.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
God appears on Earth to reign.

Ev’ry eye shall now behold him,
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to a tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

The dear tokens of his passion
Still his dazzling body bears,
Cause of endless exultation
To his ransomed worshipers;
With what rapture, with what rapture, with what rapture
Gaze we on those glorious scars.

Yea! Amen! let all adore thee
High on thine eternal throne!
Savior, take the pow’r and glory,
Claim the kingdom for thine own.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Everlasting God come down.

Lyrics: Charles Wesley

Thursday 14th August 2025

“Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—

¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
¹⁹The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.” Habakkuk 3:17-19 NKJV

Lord God of my salvation,

After sitting up on the ramparts and looking out to the distant horizon and having an honest conversation with You, God Habakkuk comes to a conclusion. Some things are too big for us to understand but we can still talk it over with You, our God anf Father who walks with us.

And Habakkuk faces the worst scenario that could possibly happen and it is pretty bad. We could probably write a worse worst case scenario for today. It takes away the fear the enemy would like us to live with and he speaks out his conclusion. He will still be joyful in You, Your salvation, Your strength, Your leading and guidance. And I picture a mountain goat skipping up a sheer mountainside, assured You will show it where to put its feet to find security. So too we will trust You for salvation, strength, guidance and to keep us safe on the precipices of life.

Worship Thursday 14th August 2025
Quietly joyful? and

This is my Father’s world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas–
His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father’s world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker’s praise.
This is my Father’s world:
He shines in all that’s fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father’s world:
O let me ne’er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world:
The battle is not done
Jesus who died shall be satisfied
And earth and heaven be one

This is my Father’s world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!

Lyrics; Maltbie D Babcock

Wednesday 13th August 2025

“Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.” Habakkuk 1:5 NKJV

“Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die.O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. ¹³You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he?”
Habakkuk 1:12-13 NKJV

“I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.” Habakkuk 2:1 NKJV

Lord God Almighty,

You answer Habakkuk’s questions telling him to be prepared because he will see some answers coming to pass in his own time. And even if You told habakkuk the details he would find it difficult to believe. Sometimes we want You, God to tell us the future but You are not a fortune teller. You are a God who can bring things to pass beyond our imagination. We cannot see the whole picture as You can Lord. Prophets more than often come to repeat something we have already heard from You God to give us faith and assurance.

Some things we have to simply trust You for. As Jesus told us we can ask You, seek You and knock on heavens door (Matthew 7:7) But we need to live one day at a time and not worry about tomorrow (Matthew 6:34). It is not easy Lord to hand over all the troubles in our nation and our world and trust You for tomorrow . . . in faith like Habakkuk, we will look at what you will do in our day. You are from everlasting, and we will watch for what You will say to us.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Wednesday 13th August 2025

I do not know what lies ahead,
the way I cannot see;
yet one stands near to be my guide;
he’ll show the way to me.

I know who holds the future,
and he’ll guide me with his hand.
With God things don’t just happen;
everything by him is planned.
So as I face tomorrow
with its problems large and small,
I’ll trust the God of miracles,
give to him my all.

I do not know how many days
of life are mine to spend;
but one who knows and cares for me
will keep me to the end.

Chorus

I do not know the course ahead,
what joys and griefs are there;
but one is near who fully knows;
I’ll trust his loving care.

Chorus

Lyrics: Alfred B Smith and Eugene Clarke