Daily Share-a-Prayer w/e 28/12/2025
Derek Mill
Worship Leader, All Saints Church, Belton
Monday 22nd December
Heavenly Father, 'if' and 'when' are words with different implications. Your love for us is unconditional, but Your promises are conditional. We can see this very early in Your Word to Israel: "Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession." And: "If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." If and then
We can also see the same implication in Jesus' words: "If you forgive other people when they sin against you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." And with regard to miracles Jesus said: "Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move."
'If' is uncertain as it depends on our response, our obedience. 'When' however is certain! Jesus said: "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM He and that I do nothing on My own but speak just what the Father has taught me." "When... then... will..." Jesus spoke prophetically of His death and it happened. Not, 'If you lift up,' but "When you have..."
Regarding eternal life we are told: "When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has been swallowed up in victory.'" Again, "When... then... will..."
The Bible clearly says Jesus will return, not if, and when He does: "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man... Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of Heaven, with power and great glory"
Lord, help me to always be ready, "because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Thank You
Amen
Songs for today:
In the first light
Here is the risen Son
At the Name of Jesus
all songs (usually with lyrics) and talks courtesy of YouTube
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