They fasted

They Fasted

On Sinai's mount, with radiant face,
To intercede for heaven's grace
Upon a stubborn wayward race,
He fasted

Once lifted from the miry clay,
When opposition came his way
This soldier-King would often pray
With fasting

A seer, possessed of vision keen,
Who told the troubled king his dream,
Had light on God's prophetic scheme
Through fasting

The prophetess in temple court
Beheld the Babe the two had brought;
For Him she long had prayed and sought,
With fasting

He came to break the yoke of sin,
But ere His mission could begin
He met the foe and conquered him
While fasting

'Set these apart', the Spirit bade.
A spring, that soon vast rivers made,
Broke ope by men who as they prayed
Were fasting

So shall they fast when I am gone;
Was this no word to act upon?
Ask countless saints who fought and won
With fasting.

When we shall stand on that great day
And give account, what shall we say,
If He should ask us, 'Did you pray-
With fasting?'

Poem by Arthur Wallis, found in his book
'God's Chosen Fast'

Dublin you're shaking

Dublin you're shaking
I can hear your heart quaking
There is no point in faking
I know your head is aching

From boom to bust, dreams have hit the dust
What used to be a 'must',
We can now see was 'lust',
Anxious minds are taking time to adjust.

Dublin you're quaking but hold on...
Could this be your making?
In this cold new IMF/EU undertaking
To which we are waking...

Isaiah 61 - The Saviour's Commission

Good news for the poor
The brokenhearted and captives set free
A year of the Lord's favour?
A new kind of dignity...

Thank God for His mission
Which He suffered to achieve
So that now all He requires
Is that I bend my knee to believe...

Dublin you're shaking
I can hear your heart quaking,
Could this be your making?
There is just no point in faking...

Whosoever

For God SO loved the world (every nation, tribe and tongue, including this little girl selling Puja flowers on the ghats of the 'holy' river Ganges at Varanasi...) that He gave us Jesus His one and only Son that WHOSOEVER believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life...

Christ died for All Nations....ask of me He says and He will make the nations as His/our inheritance...

Who will go?