Save me, Dear Lord

Meditation on Matt 8:23-27

Dear Lord,

The storms of life buffet me badly as I try to follow you.

I seem to be failing you and everyone else around me.

And sometimes it feels that it is all quite impossible.

You seem to be silent and not hear me as I call out.

And sometimes I am so paralysed that I cannot even speak.

Dear LORD, help me, I am perishing.

Save me LORD!

Only you can do this.

Calm the storms in my heart and in my life.

Show yourself strong as you have done so many times previously.

There is no one as powerful as you.

Do what only you can do!

Angela Azumah Alu, 30th June 2026

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David and Goliath

David and Goliath (1 Sam 17:32-33,37,40-51)

Dear Lord,

Sometimes when I think of my problems and challenges, I feel like David having to face Goliath.

And sometimes I try to face my issues on my own as David did when wearing Saul’s armour.

Increase my faith in you and help me to cry out as David did…."the battle is the Lord’s….”

Remind me of your faithfulness in times past as David remembered your deliverance from the bear and the lion.

Teach me to fight with what I have as David did with the stone and the sling, knowing that ultimately you are the one in charge.

And like David, let me use the enemy’s own sword to finish off the battle.

Increase my faith and trust in you for you are the God in whom I have placed my trust.

Amen.

Angela Azumah Alu

22/01/2020

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