HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not." (Acts 16:7). Have you ever found yourself doing a service and you had to wait and at times you cannot perform? Have you considered it a hindrance? I have good news for you … Continue reading WAITING IN SILENCE
Category: Devotion
COUNTING THE COST
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ," (Philippians 3:8). This is the happy season of ripening … Continue reading COUNTING THE COST
TROUBLE IS A MESSENGER
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman." (John 15:1). It is comforting to think of trouble, in whatever form it may come to, us, as a heavenly messenger, bringing us something from God. In its earthly aspect it may seem hurtful, even destructive; but in its … Continue reading TROUBLE IS A MESSENGER
GOD IS IN EVERYTHING
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And Samuel told him every whit and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.". (1 Samuel 3:18) See God in everything, and God will calm and colour all that thou dost see!" It may be that the circumstances of our … Continue reading GOD IS IN EVERYTHING
ASH WEDNESDAY
Lent is intended to be a time of self-denial, moderation, fasting, and the forsaking of sinful activities and habits. Ash Wednesday commences this period of spiritual discipline. Ash Wednesday and Lent are observed by most Catholics and some Protestant denominations. The Eastern Orthodox Church does not observe Ash Wednesday; instead, they start Lent on “Clean … Continue reading ASH WEDNESDAY
CARRYING YOUR CROSS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Mark 8:34). The cross which my Lord bids me take … Continue reading CARRYING YOUR CROSS
THE SHAPED STONES
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires." (Isaiah 54:11). The stones from the wall said, "We come from the mountains far away, from the sides of the craggy hills. Fire and water have … Continue reading THE SHAPED STONES
BEARING YOUR CROSS
HH Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:" (John 19:17). There is a poem called "The Changed Cross." It represents a weary one who thought that her cross was surely heavier than those of others … Continue reading BEARING YOUR CROSS
PROVING WHO YOU ARE
Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div "And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them," (Exodus 15:25). I read about how steel is made and one day I … Continue reading PROVING WHO YOU ARE
VIRTUES OF KNIGHTHOOD (Part five)
FISHING WITH JESUS Luke unveils a less gory story of faith in his gospel, which he describes as follows: One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the … Continue reading VIRTUES OF KNIGHTHOOD (Part five)
THE MYSTICAL COURT 