A Quick Update

I am still trying to work through the problems I am having with my daily blog. Please be patient; I really don't want to lose you, After I've written the blog, I go through all of the pathways required and then I press the publish tag. At that time, the blog vanishes and can't be found anywhere. It's not in Cloud or in Archive or Delete. It is a mystery.

I will keep on trying, so I ask you to be patient while I am working on it. As soon as I am successful, we will be back, up and running.

Bless you

Grahame

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
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Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard. 

Don't ever give up±

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart."                                       Galatians  6:9   NKJV

I am so sorry that you have not received my blog for the last couple of days. Whether it is a fault on Blogger or, problems with the algorithms, I don't know, but, I will get there. So please be patient.

There are lessons to be learned here though:

(1) Don't ever give up. The devil is trying very hard to block this blog that goes out daily across the world. However, I serve Jesus, the King of kings and He is far more powerful than Satan could ever be.

(2) The great man, Winston Churchill, once went to his old school to give a lecture. Hundreds were there to hear this imminent and quite comical man at times. Mr Churchill approached the lecturn and eyed the crowd. He then said six words 'NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, GIVE UP'. He then sat down. Apparently, people were stunned until they got the message spoken. They were never to give up - ever. This brought thunderous applause and many have never forgotten that wonderful speech.

So, the devil is out to stop you being effective, don't let him. Keep pressing on, keep pressing forward and fulfil your duty. I intend to.

Grahame

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
dailylifewithjesusbygrahamehoward.blogspot.com  

If you would like to contact me, grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
Why not order my Daily Commentary from Amazon - Paperback or Kindle Check it out. Just tap on Grahame Howard books.

If you would like to contact me email grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard. 

Apologies

 TECHNICAL ISSUES PREVENT ME PUBLISHING A BLOG TODAY. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.       GRAHAME

It's never too late

“And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days."                               Joel 2:28-29   NKJV

We struggle and worry over the state of our unsaved family members, and in a way, it is right to do that. None of us want to enter into heaven and leave behind those we love. On the one-hand, we can believe that they have been told time and time again but, have failed to respond. But, that is not what we want. We want them saved. The thing that we have to remember, is that we have all been given free will, just like Eve had the choice to pick the fruit from the tree and eat it. It was a choice, but, not the right one as it invited sin into the world. Therefore, what can we do? Dr Michael Youssef gives us his thoughts on this matter:

'As a born-again Christian, you can fervently and persistently pray for the salvation of your unsaved family members trusting that God desires all people to be saved. While you
cannot force salvation upon another person due to their free will, you can exercise your faith by interceding for them, binding spiritual deception, and asking God to draw them to Himself, open their hearts, and send labourers into their path'.  Dr Michael Youssef

So there you have some good advice. The great thing about this advice is that they don't know that you're doing it. Whereas, you could promote tension by keeping on about them being saved, this is a far better approach.

There is not a day goes by that God doesn't guide these unsaved family members into the path of believers. It may be just walking by a church and seeing a big message outside mentioning 'HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD'. They may see this and ignore it, but when we're praying for them, the Holy Spirit can open a part of their heart and mind about this truth. Some people make death-bed confessions and this is better than not making them at all. However, it is a blessed family when you're all on the right side.

This affects us all; we probably all have someone who we want to be in heaven. So why not start praying for them - everyday.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
dailylifewithjesusbygrahamehoward.blogspot.com  

If you would like to contact me, grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
Why not order my Daily Commentary from Amazon - Paperback or Kindle Check it out. Just tap on Grahame Howard books.

If you would like to contact me email grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard. 

 

Your will or God's?

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven."

                                                                                    Matthew 6:10.  NKJV

Jesus had been having a very in-depth discussion with His disciples on the subject of prayer. Out of this teaching, came The Lord's Prayer which we learnt all those years ago in school. It's a prayer that is often neglected in our free churches today but, is perhaps one of the most important to pray. If you have stopped praying this each day, change this and make this the main part of your time with Jesus.

One day Jesus will come to claim His church. By the state of the world at this time, it could be sooner than we think. Therefore we need to pray this in for when Jesus does come. We all need to be ready and have things in place in our lives and within the church itself. When I say the church, I don't mean the building, but the body - the people, themselves. We need to look inward and purge everything that should not be there.

We need to pray God's Word into this world of ours. Think about it this way, there are two kingdom ways in which we can travel: (1) The kingdom of self, where we rule, or (2) The kingdom of God, in which Christ rules. It is the second that we need to be attempting to achieve.

(1)  This kingdom is self-centred, it only wants things for its own pleasure and, will do all it can to attain this. It is a ME, ME, ME attitude one which the devil knows so well and the one that bought his downfall. It has very little thought for others - just a fleeting thought, because there is so much more that they can achieve instead of wasting time on things that can be checked on later. This was the attitude that the Prodigal Son had when he wandered off with his inheritance to a place which he thought would satisfy his needs. Fortunately, he came to his senses and travelled back in repentance to his father, and was received with open arms. Don't make this mistake yourself, you may not be so lucky.

(2)  This is the route to take, placing God in the driving seat and allowing Him to show the way you should go. If only world leaders could adopt the Word of God and throw themselves in repentance on the way of Jesus Christ. Of course, they may if we pray without ceasing.

Whatever you do, be sure to place Jesus in the driving seat and follow His rules. You can't go wrong if you do this. It's the way to go

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
dailylifewithjesusbygrahamehoward.blogspot.com  

If you would like to contact me, grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
Why not order my Daily Commentary from Amazon - Paperback or Kindle Check it out. Just tap on Grahame Howard books.

If you would like to contact me email grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard. 

Are you a perfectionist?

"Therefore, you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect."    

                                                                               Matthew 5:48   NKJV

In many areas of life, a great amount of people struggle to be better at everything they do, even to the extent of outdoing anyone they feel in competition with. They have a strong competitive spirit and must win at all times. This can be in the area of work, where they will strive to shine in their work, always trying to be better than the other workers. We can see it in sport, such as football or tennis to name a couple. Football can be hard going when players are trying to score goals, leading their team to win and themselves to be a hero. If they don't shine or win the match they can tend to sulk, being a bad loser.

These people are possibly perfectionists and although it is a positive thing to be, it has its negative side too. The main thing is, the root of perfectionism is failure. The perfectionist will strive to bring about the finest piece of work that is possible. However, when they can't bring this about., they class themselves as a failure and allow this to go deep within their very soul. An article I came across says this:

"A perfectionist is an individual who relentlessly strives for flawlessness, setting high standards for themselves and others. Driven by fear of failure or judgement, they are highly self-critical, often leading to procrastination, anxiety, burnout and difficulty delegating. While producing high-quality work, they often struggle to feel satisfied.'

                                                                                           Google Literature

Be honest, do you see yourself in the above statement? Over the years I have had to work hard to allow God to free me from this stronghold - and it is a stronghold, believe me. Like many others in the same position, I have used the above scripture as a defence of how Jesus appears to be saying His Father wants us to be this way. He does, yes of course He does but for another reason. As we read from William MacDonald:  

'The word perfect must be understood in the light of the context. It does not mean sinless or flawless. The previous verses explain that to be perfect means to love those who hate us, to pray for those who persecute us, and to show kindness to both friend or foe. Perfection here is that spiritual maturity which enables a Christian to imitate God in dispensing blessing to everybody without partiality'

                             William MacDonald  Believers Bible Commentary second edition

The meaning of our verse today, that Jesus was explaining, is not about being a perfectionist in the human form but, displaying maturity, wholeness and growing in love like Jesus.

Perhaps you may consider  the negative side of perfection that you may be displaying. It is not easy to change this behaviour but, with God's help and some discipline from yourself, you will be able to manage this. 

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
dailylifewithjesusbygrahamehoward.blogspot.com  

If you would like to contact me, grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
Why not order my Daily Commentary from Amazon - Paperback or Kindle Check it out. Just tap on Grahame Howard books.

If you would like to contact me email grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard. 

An Attitude of Gratitude

"Rejoice always, 17pray without ceasing, 18in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."                    1 Thessalonians 5:16-18    NKJV

Let your minds take this in:

(1)  REJOICE ALWAYS  Now this means in the good times and, in the bad ones too. Pretty easy for the first one but, not so for the second. But we know that joy is our strength and this can be promoted by laughter. Laughter is linked to rejoicing so this gives us our joy. So whenever we are able to rejoice at whatever is happening at any given time, our strength should be strong enough to help us cope with what we are facing.

(2)  PRAY WITHOUT CEASING  This means we don't give up when no answer is imminent, we press on. When we pray in the Spirit, our prayers have an energetic power about them, and we become even more bolder. As we adopt our prayer language - (Speaking in tongues), we are given words that we could never dream of; words that fit the occasion much more than our ordinary language can. No matter what, we are seeking the answer and praising Jesus until He shows us to stop. If you don't speak in the Spirit, seek out your pastor or someone who is able to pray and guide you through this process. It is a heavenly language and, not everyone knows how to speak it and some even frown at it.

(3)  GIVE THANKS  We have so much to thank Jesus for. Some times we may think, 'Why  does He still bother with me - I let Him down so much.'  But this is His love for us, it really does have no end to it. These are the times when we need to cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude, to Him. He is so faithful; so loving, in fact, it is hard to put into words how kind and loyal He is to each of us. 

Joel Osteen, an American pastor of a huge church in Houston Texas says this, 'Choose to live your life in enjoyment, despite the circumstances, every day and every moment. Every day, choose to be happy' This guy knows what he is talking about, he has one of the largest churches in the world and it is growing by the week. These words are typical of what Jesus wants us to be - happy, contented and enjoying life. You know, life is too short for petty arguments, bad feelings and stress. We need to strip off every inch of criticism and hand it over to Jesus. It robs us of happiness. We are all subject to moaning and groaning, criticising, judging and finding fault. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE THIS WAY. 

We were not created to be this way. Therefore, why not adopt the plan that God gave us above. It makes so much sense. 

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
dailylifewithjesusbygrahamehoward.blogspot.com  

If you would like to contact me, grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Member of the National Association of Christian Ministers
Why not order my Daily Commentary from Amazon - Paperback or Kindle Check it out. Just tap on Grahame Howard books.

If you would like to contact me email grahame.howard@hotmail.co.uk

Copyright 2026 Grahame Howard.