Fulfilling Life Daily Devotional

Sometimes we can see the trouble ahead and have nothing left to meet it. David prayed this from a cave while he was being hunted. Discover why he could pray with such certainty. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Sometimes the damage is so large that we don’t know where to begin. This verse was written in the rubble of a destroyed city. Discover what it says about God’s goodness while we wait. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

That knot in your stomach when you’re waiting on news you can’t change? Jesus spoke this to his friends hours before his arrest, using a word that means churned-up water. See what he asked them to do with an anxious heart. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

After loss, we can start to feel that good things are no longer allowed. David wrote this verse in the middle of fear and loneliness, and the Hebrew behind it shows how close he came to despair. Discover where he found his certainty. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Busy seasons can leave us eating on the run and feeling guilty for stopping. Jesus spoke this verse to friends who were exhausted by their own success. Discover why he invited them to rest, and what happened next. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Long seasons of caring and carrying on can drain us completely. Paul prayed for a tired church, and the word he chose is more striking than it first appears. Discover whose endurance he points us to. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

To be fully known can feel both comforting and frightening. David chose a surprising word for the way God surrounds him. Discover what kind of nearness this verse describes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Some situations get worse the harder we struggle against them. David knew what it was to be stuck in a pit he couldn’t climb out of. Discover who did the lifting, and where he put David’s feet. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Some failures feel worse because other people are watching. Micah wrote this verse to a gloating enemy while sitting in the dark. Discover where his confidence came from, and why it wasn’t in himself. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Most of our sorrow happens where nobody can see it, and it’s easy to believe unseen pain goes unrecorded. David wrote this verse while seized by enemies in a foreign city. Discover what he knew about the God who keeps count. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Isaiah describes the servant of the LORD treating the weakest people with surprising gentleness. What the cracked reed and the smouldering wick say about how God handles the tired. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

You’ve checked your phone again and still nothing has come. Habakkuk waited too, and God’s answer included the word delay. Find out why that turns out to be good news. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Some people get through their days. Others walk them. The Hebrew of this psalm says pilgrims carry highways in their hearts, which is why the same road can feel completely different. What does a pilgrim have that a commuter doesn’t? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Jacob was on the run, partly because of his own choices, with a stone for a pillow. What God promised him that night, before he’d done anything to deserve it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Some of the hardest faithfulness never looks like progress. What the pilgrims sang about the seed, the tears and the harvest still to come. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

When bad news lands, your instincts choose where to run in a split second. Solomon says where the wise go, and what that place actually offers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

The exiles in Babylon felt forgotten by God, and he answered with the strongest picture of love we know. What it means that your name was never dropped off the list. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Samuel set up a stone to mark a rescue before the story was over. Why he named it, and what it means to stop and remember what's already carried you. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Moses refused to take another step without God, and God's answer was better than a shorter road. What it means to be given rest while the journey is still unfinished. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

It's three in the morning and the grief feels permanent because the dark feels endless. David had been there, and he came back with a word for anyone still waiting for the sky to change. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

Three men faced a furnace with no guarantee of rescue and no legal way out. What they said to the king reveals a faith that wasn't betting on a particular outcome. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

The returned exiles abandoned their temple rebuild for sixteen years, discouraged by how small their effort looked. What Haggai told them before they picked the tools back up. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

David wrote this psalm while being betrayed by someone who once sat across his own table. What he discovered about carrying weight in the middle of the crisis, not after it was resolved. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe

St Paul's Cathedral has signed a four-year exclusive partnership with the nightclub Fabric to host contemporary music events under Wren's dome — the same Fabric that lost its licence in 2016 after two people died there. In this podcast I look at what's actually happening (seated concerts, not discos), what the Church of England's own Canon Law says about events like this, and the real financial pr...

Joshua inherited the weight of a nation the day after burying the only leader Israel had ever known. What God's command to him actually promises when courage feels impossible to find on your own. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit monoingles.substack.com/subscribe