Jacob/Israel used to recall His intimate time with God where he could describe God as One who answered him in the day of his distress and Who had been with him wherever he had gone. He set up stone pillar to remind himself of the place God talked with him (refer Genesis 35:3,14-15). Learning from him, let us not forget God's goodness for us and how He had answered our prayers. One good practice would be to write down our prayer requests and to keep the answers to prayers in a journal (like the stone pillar) so that we can always refer and recall His goodness to us. Dear Lord, help me to count my blessings and to know that You will never leave me nor forsake me, You are holding my hands to go through this week. Thank You, Lord. AMEN! https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC
Day 187 - Have Fear of God Read: Psalm 145; Proverbs 6:28-31; Revelation 6; 2 Samuel 15-16 2 Samuel 15 & 16 15:13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.” To me, as a parent, it is so sad to note that King David got to run for his life from his own son, Absalom. His own son schemed for 40 years (15:7) to topple his own father - could you believe that? This is our Bible - it will not hide - all the successes and failures of God's people are truthfully reported. Why did King David suffer this? It started with his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba (11:3) Even though God had forgiven him when he sincerely repented by recognising that he sinned against the Lord (12:13), King David nee...
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