June 24

Never before have the angels listened to such a prayer. They are eager to bear to their loved Commander a message of assurance and comfort. But no; the Father Himself will answer the petition of His Son. Direct from the throne issue the beams of His glory. The heavens are opened, and upon the Saviour's head descends a dovelike form of purest light,--fit emblem of Him, the meek and lowly One.

          Desire of Ages, page 113 from the chapter, 'The baptism'

     God should not be seen as distant and impersonal. The angels, it appears, normally answer prayers. In this case God says, “I need to be there for my Son.”

     Make of the relationship what you will, but note that God is not an administrator ticking boxes and directing orders. God makes decisions, He gets personally involved. God takes the care to care.

     So are you praying for the little things in life or are you prepared to open your heart to let God into your plans right from the start?

     We are back-ish to normal. Bryn has chosen, ‘He looked beyond my faults’ (Amazing grace) by Stephen Adetumbi Take a look at the video here

     Housekeeping details for you

     The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.

     A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here