Recovery Meditations

The song "Oceans" by Hillsong seems to be touching a chord in the hearts of people around the world.

I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; (Isaiah 65:2-3a NKJV) God says we have problem with rebellion.

The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.

What a difference each day becomes when we walk and talk with God.

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father.

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name.

Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest commandment in the law and He replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest commandment in the law and He replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Today, as we recover from the festivities of saying good-bye to the old year and embrace the New Year, let us reflect on what we would like to achieve in the coming year.

Happy New Year! A time of new things, of new hopes and dreams.