Yesterday has gone!

"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." 

                                                                                      Psalm 118:24  NKJV

Notice this emphasis on the words 'This is the day.' Yesterday has gone and all we have is Today and this depends on how you approach this day. No matter what we try to do, yesterday has gone; it cannot be lived through again - ever. Film-makers, may be able to take us back in time but it is a false time; a time in which can never be. Keep it for the movies, not for your life.

You may try to live in the past; many try it and, many fail. It just can't be done. You can hear a song on the radio, which takes you back over the years to what was a happy time or, a sad time. Music has a habit of doing that, the same as special places or even special days. You may choose to re-live that memory but, let's face it, they're empty dreams - the house is empty and the people have moved away, type of thing.

The Word clearly says, ''This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it' Note the phrase, 'we will rejoice and be glad in it.' That is a declaration. The Psalmist knew that yesterday could not be incorporated in today and so, he wrote it firmly. Yesterday may have been happy - but sadly it has come to an end. It is over. Yesterday may have been sad - it has gone, the only one who is keeping the pain going, is you. You have a future or the chance to remain in the past, it is your choice, no one else's.

King Saul finished his life as a Yesterday's man. Initially, he had been a somebody. But the anointing was lifted from him when he decided to do things, his way instead of God's. Therefore, he became Yesterday's man. Don't you become Yesterday's man, it is not something that God has ordained for you. He designed you to be, today's man. Therefore, leave the past where it should be. If there are nice memories in your past, by all means, take them with you but, don't try to live in those memories. As Paul said in Philippians 3:13 'forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.' It really is the only way to live so, filter it into your Daily Life with Jesus

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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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Love

"Love never fails                        1 Corinthians 13:8      NKJV

Just meditate on these words for a moment or two:

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  6does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8Love never fails".  v 4 -8

These words describe Jesus totally. If we had spent years with Him, we would never be able to comprehend the love that Jesus has for each of us. Just think of where you fit into these words. You may have let Jesus down over and over but, His love never fails. He is totally fixated with you, this is why He took your place and your sin on the cross.

If He feel this way about each of us, don't you think that we should feel the same way? Imagine what it would be like if we lived this way all the time, especially when people are rude or nasty towards us. Then of course, there are those who gossip about us; point the finger and always seem to want to hurt us. Imagine if we responded to them with the words above.

This is being Jesus to whoever we meet, live with, work with or associate. Look at the difference this could make to situations. People want to be this way, they just don't know how to be. We hold the blue print. Jesus lives in our heart and by acting this way to whoever, they will know that there is something about us, but what?

We know that it is Jesus within us but they don't and we have the wherewithal to be able to introduce them to Jesus. Imagine getting to heaven and someone Jesus has cast aside because He doesn't know them, walks up to you and says, 'Why didn't you tell me about Jesus?' That would be totally shame. Don't ever be in that position. We don't know how it will be in heaven, but, that could happen.

Show people Jesus; show them these words and lead them to know Jesus

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

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and 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'

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard.                                

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Always look at the bright side of life

"A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones
                                                                           Proverbs 17:22   NKJV

Eric Idle, part of the Monty Python team, wrote this song in 1976. Although, the film it was written for was controversial, the song has survived the track of time. It has the ability to make you feel happy as you sing it. (You're probably humming it now).

Many things in life, rob us of the joy that God has placed in our hearts but, if we can look at them differently, things look just that little bit better, hence the title of the song. Just a few examples can be:

(1)  You wake up late for work. First thought PANIC! Alternate thought, 'Well, I needed the sleep'
(2)  You run out of petrol. First thought Again PANIC! Alternate thought, at least there's a petrol station just up the road.
(3)  You get drenched walking to the garage. Alternate thought, at least I am alive and wet through.
(4)  You're snowed in and can't get to the shops. Alternate thought, thank goodness, I have food in the freezer.

There are many examples you could add to this list I am sure, The thing is, looking at things from the other side - the alternate view, you can turn something from a negative to a positive and this is important for survival of your nervous system. Viewing things in this way, also bring a kind of joy, it's almost like you are saying, 'Oh well, I'm sure we'll manage, it may not be ideal but at least it is helpful.'

God wants us looking on the bright side of life (Phil 4:8) and we can see Jesus in this verse.. Now look at Nehemiah 8:10 and you'll see why, 'Do no sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.' For our survival in the Christian world, we need strength and the joy of the Lord, gives us this. Also walking in the armour of God (Ephesians 6) is essential. 
Therefore, we need to be dressed properly, we need to be strong and joyful, using this to look at alternate ways to survive, so that we can shout out, 'Always look on the bright side of life.' So why not put it into action, today!

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

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and 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'

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard.                                

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Stir up that nest

"As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings"  Deuteronomy 32:11  NKJV 

The Golden Eagle is an amazing bird, up to 34 inch in length with a wing span of around 7 foot. In flight it is like a mini aircraft as it soars over the sky as if it has all the time in the world. It builds its nest high on a cliff side and usually, the female lays around 3 eggs; 1 brood between February - June.  Its nest is made out of a massive pile of sticks with wool and greenery for warmth. When it is time for the eaglets to leave the nest, the mother does a most strange thing. She starts pulling away parts of the nest and then picks one of her young up and throws it over the side of the nest. The startled eaglet, falls at a great pace. But before it smashes to the ground, the mother swoops down, picks up the babe on her wing and then carries it on its wing, depositing it back in the nest. She will do this several times until the young bird realises it has wings and can fly. When it does, it leaves her and makes its way on a new adventure. The other couple of eaglets have been watching this in terror, but there is more to come. The mother, again pulls away a considerable amount of the nest and the same thing happens with the second eaglet. Eventually it's the terrified remaining eaglet. But this time, the mother pulls the whole nest away and the eaglet falls through. Again the mother swoops down catching it on her wing. But this time, there is no nest so, she flicks her wing and the poor eaglet enters a nose dive again. This is repeated until the eaglet comes to its senses and flies off to freedom.

Imagine if God started pulling the floorboards away in your house. You would get the feeling of terror like the eaglets had. Thankfully, God doesn't do this. However, if He believes that you are ready to train for service, He will do all He can to make this very obvious. You may try to ignore the signs but, He won't give up until you make a decision - Yes or No. He won't bully you into it but, He will give you opportunities to consider. He may call you straight into ministry - it happens and you train on the job. It may not be church-based, He may want you working with people with addictions, with homeless on the streets or some other area. He may give you a secular job but place you as an undercover agent in a hospital, hospice or care home. This happened to me. I came out of main field social work to work in a hospice. They had a strict code of no set religion - it was multi-faith and this could only be applied by a chaplain. I was forbidden to speak of Jesus. However, God wanted different and set me in place to tell people about Jesus, whenever this was appropriate and requested. I had many successes there and it was the highlight of my career before I retired.

God will never force you to give your livelihood up for Him. He will give you the opportunities and if you take them, He will bless this. Therefore, if at this time, you feel like the Lord is pulling pieces of your life apart, consider if He is calling you to serve Him. Over the past 45 years, I have been a soldier, pastor and a social worker. I never thought I would do any of this but, God has a way of leading you into various positions if you are willing. Are you willing? 

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

'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and 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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Be an Ovecomer

4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?              1 John 5:4-5   NKJV

Would you say that you are living in victory? Our text above says that whatever (or whoever) is

born of God overcomes the world. Does that sound like you? If not, it should do because when Jesus died on the cross at Calvary, He took our sin and therefore He claimed the victory. And because we belong to Him, we share this victory because He also took our sins and declared us not guilty.

So therefore you are an overcomer; John says here that we have the victory. Through Jesus we have won the conquest. In the Strongs Greek dictionary the word for victory is NIKE pronounced 

nee-kay, Gr 3529 and this victory is known as conquest - the means of success. Therefore, God wants us to be victorious and we can be this by being a Nike person. It's no wonder that the sporting world chain claimed the name NIKE for their goods. Everywhere we look, someone is wearing a Nike product.

Our text continues with being an overcomer v5. Believers in Jesus Christ have the victory; they are overcomers, they are Nike people. So, whenever we meet with an obstacle, we need to remember that we are an overcomer - there is a way out of whatever you meet. We have the victory wherever we are. The victor is standing right beside us - Jesus Christ Himself. There is not a thing that is too difficult for Him to do because He is victorious. And let us remember that He has placed us in this victorious mode too, 'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me'.  Philippians 4:13. 

You may have sinned today; if so ask Jesus to forgive you and receive this forgiveness. You are an overcomer. You have the ability, through Jesus, to overcome the world. Without Him, you are nothing; but with Him, you are victorious, so start living this way from this day forward.

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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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Don't let your faith waver

"He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,  21and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform".                        Romans 4:20-21.  NKJV

Picture the scene. You have asked God for something or He has given you a promise. You know God doesn't lie and you're certain that God is in this, yet, nothing seems to be happening. A few weeks or months down the line and still, there is nothing. What do you do? If you are as certain as you can be that God is going to do this for you then don't go around saying things like, 'It's never going to happen - God's let me down. I knew it was too good to be true.' Saying such things as this means that you have negated what you asked for or what you believed God would do.

All through the Gospels, Jesus talks about things such as, 'Your faith has made you well.' Mk 5:34, or He noticed people's faith and people were made well; take Peter's mother in law for instance (Mk 1:29-31). Faith impressed Jesus, He expected His disciples to have it. Look at His reaction when He had fallen asleep on the boat and they were stuck in a storm. The disciples, being terrified, shouted out to Him, waking Him up. He said to them 'Where is your faith?' (Luke 8:25). He expected them after being with Him so long, to have faith. He expects the same from us.

When we are making a stand of faith, everything will come against us to make us change our mind. People we know may scoff at us, others may think we are crazy. If we continue to listen to this negativity, we can become affected by it and give up. DON"T DO THAT! Our faith should never waver and we must be fully convinced that what God has promised us He will perform.

At this point, you may be standing on your faith for something and you have been tested by people saying unhelpful things. Your own mind may now be playing tricks on you. So fall back on the scriptures that you know and start preaching to yourself. Try this one, '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. Personalise it as 

a prayer and make it a part of you. Jesus said to Jairus 'Do not be afraid; only believe' Mark 5:36. Don't give up, look up.

Jesus expects us to have faith. He expects us to live it, walk in it and never lose our faith whatever we face. Sometimes we can face the most diabolical of moments, we really need faith then. Don't live without it.

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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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Wait on the Lord

"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope".   Psalm 130:5   NKJV

One of the most difficult things to do, is waiting for God to move in our life. He'll promise us something or, we will ask Him for something and in our humanity we expect Him to deliver the same day. He doesn't work for Amazon Prime; they may deliver the same or next day, but God won't. In this fast day of living, we have become used to things being done quickly. We order something and we expect it the same day. We can call into McDonald's and grab a carry out or go to the supermarket and get a ready meal - Ding -  and it's ready to eat. Things are not like this with God.

He will not be rushed. He knows that many mistakes are made by rushing around getting fast service. He can and will do things extremely quickly in an emergency but usually, He plans, assesses and puts things in place for us before He says 'Yes'.

 

Note what the psalmist says in our text, 'I wait for the LORD, my soul waits.' Remember that our soul is made up of our mind, will and emotions. So firstly, we have to overcome our thoughts (our mind). Our thoughts can cause us to have all types of worry, fear and negativity. If we're not careful, our mind can tell us to forget this waiting, 'It's just a waste of time this waiting.' 

This can lead us to the second stage - our will. If we have a strong will, we can begin to make our own way instead of waiting for God to answer us. 'Time is short, we can't afford to wait like this, we want things now!' We can't afford not to wait as many have found out in the past. Rushing in like a bull in a china shop will not do any good, in fact, it may bring us much sorrow. 

Then we come to the last stage - our emotions. - If we are not careful we can allow ourselves 

to become worried and fearful. We can start looking at the negative side, such as, 'If we don't do this now, we are lost'. That is a lie from the pit. The devil will use the three stages of our soul to do things that we're better off without. He can cause us to panic and fret and get in such a state that we don't know if we're coming or going. 

However, if we train ourselves/our soul to wait on the Lord, God will give us a hope - a biblical hope, that will help us overcome all of the negatives we may have been having. The negativity 

is coming from our minds so, use the Word of God to cast it out. We have a hope in God that the world could never have. So use this hope, build upon it and learn to live with it each day.

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

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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