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Daily reflections

365 days of praise

Join me here every morning for your bitesize pieces of prayer and praise, setting you up for a day of encouragement!

Since first meeting Jesus back in November 1984, I’ve come to realise the awesome truth of the Scripture:

"There are a lot of people around who can’t wait to tell you what you’ve done wrong, but there aren’t many fathers willing to take the time and effort to help you grow up." (1 Cor 4:15)

To be honest, I don’t know why GOD chose me to write a daily Blog, but this Scripture has ALWAYS been uppermost in my heart - whatever I write!

FYI - my Blog began quite innocently when I was trying to encourage someone who seemed to be stumbling within their daily walk. They seemed to like my perspective on walking with Christ, and so they asked if I would send them a short daily encouragement by text.

Soon after, they asked if I could also include one of their friends ... as I understand it, there are now a few thousand souls that take encouragement, comfort and edification from this daily Blog.

All I can say, from one traveller to another, is thank you for resting here - and refreshing your Souls.

Warren Wysocki ❤️

May 5, 2020
1 min

Tuesday

Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly! Quiet your heart in his presence and pray; keep hope alive as you long for God to come through for you. And don’t think for a moment that the wicked in their prosperity are better off than you. I was once young, but now I’m old. Not once have I found a lover of God forsaken by him, nor have any of their children gone hungry. (‭‭Psa‬ ‭37) Uncertainty. Anger. Jealo

May 4, 2020
2 min

Monday

One day Jesus came to be baptized along with all the others. As he was consumed with the spirit of prayer, the heavenly realm ripped open above him and the Holy Spirit descended from heaven in the visible, tangible form of a dove and landed on him. Then God’s audible voice was heard, saying, “My Son, you are my beloved one. Through you I am fulfilled.” (Luke‬ ‭3:21) There are three things here that also ‘belong‘ to each one of us. Rather than just spit out a long and (very bo

May 3, 2020
1 min

Sunday

“You are to be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.” (Lev ‭20:26) From what I understand, the Hebrew term ‘Holy’ is transliterated as: ‘other than’. As such, because our very spirits have been ‘reborn’ we are no longer subject to the pulls, tugs and outright demands of this world, but to be ‘set apart.’ The Hebrew term ‘set apart’ is badal, meaning: to separate, disjoin, as two places by a veil, fence or wall. Jesus

May 2, 2020
1 min

Saturday

GOD is in this place—truly. And I didn’t even know it! (Gen ‭28:16) My wife has an expression – “A dirty Bible, is a dirt life…” The older I get the more I realise that this statement can have many meanings. For example, a dirty life (like a dirty windscreen), needs cleaning so that we can ‘safely’ see our way forward. Right now, plagued by an invisible enemy, pretty much most of the world is held in a form of stasis as we all self-isolate during a global lockdown. Yet life –

Apr 29, 2020
1 min

Wednesday

… don’t turn your back on GOD. Worship and serve him heart and soul! Don’t chase after ghost-gods. There’s nothing to them. They can’t help you. They’re nothing but ghost-gods! GOD, simply because of who he is, is not going to walk off and leave his people (you). GOD took delight in making you into his very own people. And neither will I walk off and leave you. That would be a sin against GOD! I’m staying right here at my post praying for you and teaching you the good and rig

Apr 28, 2020
1 min

Tuesday

… live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us thro

Apr 27, 2020
1 min

Monday

Gaze upon him, join your life with his, and joy will come. Your faces will glisten with glory. You’ll never wear that shame-face again. (Psa 34:5) I’m reading this and an old song flows into my heart … Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face and the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace Oh soul are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There’s light for a look at the Savior And life more abundant and

Apr 26, 2020
2 min

Sunday

Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart

Apr 24, 2020
1 min

Friday

God said to me once and for all, “All the strength and power you need flows from me!” And again I heard it clearly said, “All the love you need is found in me!” (Psa‬ ‭62:11) EVERYONE who has been placed by GOD in Christ has been allocated a Holy Gift and the Bible shows us that the Holy Spirit in us controls the Gifts he manifests. Some know the Way because they ‘see’ the hidden workings of the world as clearly as if they could see the magnificent hues of a vivid rainbow on

Apr 21, 2020
1 min

Tuesday

Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him. (‭‭Gen‬ ‭5:24‬) Thinking about this took me back to my childhood – summer holidays that lasted forever, hours of solid exploring and joy and happy times spent with an eclectic bunch of friends that truly shaped each other. Friends you wanted to be with so much that it hurt. Moving forward in time, we used to have a Friday evening BBQ for some of the church guys that we colloquially ended up cal

Apr 20, 2020
1 min

Monday

“My child, will you treasure my wisdom? Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed. So train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment— then pass it on to your sons and daughters.” (‭‭Pro 2:1) No matter how many ‘friends’ we gather around us, aren’t all of us really on a solo journey? Don’t all of us individually look for direction – each day? Yes, people can get i

Apr 18, 2020
2 min

Saturday

So Jesus said, “I speak to you timeless truth. The Son is not able to do anything from himself or through my own initiative. I only do the works that I see the Father doing, for the Son does the same works as his Father. “Because the Father loves his Son so much, he always reveals to me everything that he is about to do. And you will all be amazed when he shows me even greater works than what you’ve seen so far!” (‭‭John‬ ‭5:19) Break this down – Jesus, the Captain of our Fai

Apr 16, 2020
1 min

Thursday

You answer our prayers with amazing wonders and with awe-inspiring displays of power. You are the righteous God who helps us like a father. (‭‭Psa 65:5) I was speaking with someone yesterday who was querying, “But HOW can GOD answer MY prayer, when there are so many prayers being said every day for things like Coronavirus? He must be flooded with prayer requests, he can’t surely hear them all!?” “Good question,” I heard myself say. “Fortunately for us all, He is GOD and not l

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Wednesday

“We have seen the Lord with our own eyes!” Still unconvinced, Thomas replied, “There’s no way I’m going to believe this unless I personally see the wounds of the nails in his hands, touch them with my finger, and put my hand into the wound of his side where he was pierced!” Then eight days later, Thomas and all the others were in the house together. And even though all the doors were locked, Jesus suddenly stood before them! “Peace to you,” he said. Then, looking into Thomas’

Apr 11, 2020
1 min

Saturday

How blessed and relieved are those who have confessed their corruption to God! For he wipes their slates clean and removes hypocrisy from their hearts. Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside; my dishonesty devastated my inner life, causing my life to be filled with frustration, irrepressible anguish, and misery. The pain never let up, for your hand of conviction was heavy on my heart. My strength was sapped, my inner life dried up like a spiritual drought within my

Apr 10, 2020
1 min

Good Friday

Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity. (‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:15) (Jesus speaking) “… I have given t

Apr 9, 2020
2 min

Thursday

It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredib

Apr 8, 2020
1 min

Wednesday

(Jesus speaking) “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. He cares for the branches connected to me by lifting and propping up the fruitless branches and pruning every fruitful branch to yield a greater harvest.” (John‬ ‭15:1) There are so many of GOD’s children that are feeling demeaned, downtrodden, unloved… fruitless. Child of the Living GOD, don’t go by your transitory feelings! Read the Scripture again and ‘see’ how our Heavenly Father

Apr 6, 2020
1 min

Monday

… Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting—for he will never disappoint you! (‭‭Psa ‭27:14‬) We joke about kids on a car journey always asking, “Are we there yet?” (and we all know how annoying it can be), but are we really any different when it comes to having patience? The instruction to us in times like these is clear – Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with t

Apr 5, 2020
2 min

Sunday

God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him. (‭‭Phil ‭2:13) We’ve all got our own ideas as to what pleases GOD, but what does He actually tell us? For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. (Hos 6:6) This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor fro