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Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?    Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Today we reflect on verse 7 of the Psalm. Have you ever tried to run away from God? You obviously did not succeed for you would not be reading this if you had! Have there been times when you have realisedContinue reading “Advent Day 9”

Psalm 139 O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me!2 Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up;    thou discernest my thoughts from afar.3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,    and art acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue,    lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.5 Thou dost beset me behindContinue reading “Advent Day 8”

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;    it is high, I cannot attain it. Today we consider Psalm 139:6, Saturday’s photos are of the erstwhile leader of TFG. In this verse we recognise that God is God and we are not. We cannot know as God knows, we cannot understand all that God is. Even HisContinue reading “Advent Day 7”

Thou dost beset me behind and before,    and layest thy hand upon me. We reflect on verse 5 of Psalm 139 today. Friday’s images are of staff members associated with TFG. The word beset has gained a bad press. It gives us the feel of oppression. The Hebrew word again alludes to what we would todayContinue reading “Advent Day 6”

Before a word is on my tongue    you, Lord, know it completely. Today we look at verse 4 of Psalm 139. Thursday’s photos are from TFG in the 10s. What sort of words to you use? Are they well thought out and considered or spontaneous? Do you speak in love or in anger? Do you seek toContinue reading “Advent Day 5”

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,    and art acquainted with all my ways. Today we look at Psalm 139 verse 3. Wednesday’s photos are from TFG in the 00s. We continue to see how God watches over us. It says He searches out our path. The Hebrew word zarah is used in farmingContinue reading “Advent Day 4”

Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up;    thou discernest my thoughts from afar. Today we look at verse 2 of Psalm 139. Tuesday’s images are from TFG in the 1990s Yesterday’s thoughts about God knowing us intimately continue. Now we learn that God knows our thoughts. Jesus said “what comes out ofContinue reading “Advent Day 3”

O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me! This is the first verse of Psalm 139 and our focus for today. Images on Mondays are of TFG in the 1980s In today’s verse we discover several things about God and about our relationship with Him. Firstly He is Lord. What does Lord mean?In what waysContinue reading “Advent Day 2”

Here is a TFG based daily thought, prayer and photo calendar for Advent 2021. Our images on Sundays are artwork related to TFG. We are going to focus on Psalm 139 to begin with, reading the whole Psalm on Sundays and looking at it verse by verse through the week. I’ve decided to use theContinue reading “Advent Sunday – Day 1”