Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ when I arise, — St. Patrick's Breastplate Prayer Where does God dwell? Our God, who is invisible to the human eye, who is larger than life, the infinite, eternal God, where can we find Him? Is His presence confined to heaven or maybe to the church buildings? Wherever He can be found, that is where I want to be. I long to be in His presence, to sense His nearness and to know Him as closely as if I were dwelling in His home. God is omnipresent, which means He is always present, never far from us. We can pray to Him wherever we are and we can commune with Him anywhere. Not only does God invite us to join Him in His dwelling place, to draw near to Him in...
“Great is Thy faithfulness,” O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. “Great is Thy faithfulness!” “Great is Thy faithfulness!” Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided “Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me! — Thomas O. Chisholm Throughout the scriptures, we see God making covenants and promises to His people as He declares His purposes that will be seen through the people He has chosen. We can look back and see how God fulfilled His promises with Abraham and with the people of Israel again and again. He is a faithful God and if He says it, He will do it. God will never leave our side and He will not give up on us no matter what challenge we are facing. However there are many promises that took hundreds of years to be fulfilled and even in our own lives, we may have to wait to see God's plan and His purpose in our pain. H...