The Adonai's Crescent

Monthly Intercessory Prayer Invitation - Nov2026 Date: 7 November 2026 (Saturday) Time: 7:00 AM Venue: The Upper Room, BCC Bromley Theme: Praise the LORD! "Summon Your Power, God; show us Your strength, our God, as You have done before." Psalm 68:28 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, You are warmly invited to join us for our Monthly Intercessory Prayer Gathering as we come together to exalt and glorify our mighty God. This month, our focus is "Praise the LORD!" Let us lift our voices in thanksgiving and worship—praising God for who He is, for all He has done, and for the countless blessings He has bestowed upon us. We will also reflect on the wonder of His creation as declared in Psalm 19:1: "The heavens declare the Glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." As we gather in prayer, let us thank God for His faithfulness, goodness, power, and sovereignty. Together, we will seek His strength, intercede for His people, and honour Him for His marvel...

Why could we not cast it out? *Reference: Matthew 17:14–23* A pattern worth noticing: most of us ask questions of Jesus, or of fellow humans, that come from confusion, fear, ambition, or failure—the disciples ask theirs in the middle of not understanding, not from a comfortable distance. Their failure was not a lack of authority but a lack of dependence—faith diluted by self-reliance, prayer left behind. Jesus turns the question into the remedy: bring the failure to Me, and trust the God who does the casting out. At the bottom of the mountain, Jesus walks into chaos: a crowd, an argument, a father desperate for help. His son has seizures—falling into fire and water—though the text frames it as demonic affliction. The father says he brought the boy to the disciples, "but they could not heal him." This isn't their first attempt; Jesus had already sent them out with explicit authority to cast out demons (Matthew 10:1, 8), and they had done it successfully. It's a breakdo...

Is the Lord among us or not? Reference: Exodus 17:7 NIV “And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarrelled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?””  The background The Israelites, newly freed from Egypt, are in the wilderness of Sin journeying toward Sinai. They arrive at Rephidim and there's no water to drink. This isn't their first complaint since the Exodus — it follows earlier grumbling about food (Exodus 16) — but thirst brings it to a crisis point. The escalation: The people quarrel with Moses, and their accusation is sharp: "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?" (17:3). Moses, fearing they're about to stone him, cries out to the Lord. God instructs him to strike the rock at Horeb with his staff — the same staff he used in the plagues and at the Red Sea — and water flows out for the whole community. The naming: Moses names the place Massah (...