Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it? The centre of our being is desperately sick and all the education, all the changes to our environment; all the healthcare and all the wealth of this world will not heal it. We need a new heart.

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.

I've been thinking a lot about prayer these past couple of months - about the mystery that it is and yet how wonderful that we can come boldly to His throne of grace to find help in our time of need.