Walking with the Son of Man Part 2 Session 9.

The account of Balaam in Numbers 22-24 is a strange one - a prophet of God, hired by Balak, King of Moab, to curse God's people but who finds of course that those whom God has blessed cannot be cursed - by anyone!

I was invited to speak yesterday at an event in Bibury and on being given the schedule a few days before, saw that my 'turn' would come between two readings of Scripture - Ephesians 3:14-21 and John 17:20-26. Two wonderful prayers in God's Word - actually two wonderful promises to the bride of Christ.

My heart was heavy this morning thinking through all that I have been hearing in these past few weeks; things happening inside the professing church, things that cause the name of the Lord Jesus to be maligned, things done and said by people who call themselves Christians yet trample the Lord's name underfoot.

Paul recognised that work in Corinth - saw the enemy's efforts through the false teachers and their deceived helpers - and knew that he must fight with the weapons that God had provided - with prayer and with the Word of God.

We've put up a calendar on our website and on it are the conference dates, the regular classes, the prayer times....all the things that DT are currently involved in. Take a look and make a date to come and be with us as we seek to proclaim the excellence of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvellous light. 1 Peter2:9

Our culture of course adds its own subtle call - 'make some 'me time'- time to love yourself', all the while presenting me with people who are nothing like me, to whom I can never measure up and who seem to have their lives completely 'put together'.

I can't quite believe that it has been almost a month since I posted here - time just seems to slip through my fingers these days. I have been busy though as Desiring Truth is looking to move - we are having to find larger premises to accommodate the number of people who are now attending the regular weekly studies and also the conferences and seminars that are going on monthly.

What an amazing proclamation of the glory of the Lord we have in Psalm 29. An incredible shout of praise to the indescribable Sovereign God.

I read Numbers 6:24-27 just the other day and was caught by the last verse. I'm sure I have read it many times before but somehow God wanted to show me something else, something new in it

Lord, I crawled across the barrenness to You with my empty cup uncertain in asking any small drop of refreshment. If only I had known you better, I'd have come running with a bucket. Nancy Spiegelberg