31/07/2026
A message from Amir the guest speaker this Wednesday evening at Navigate Baptist Church.
Last night I returned to my hotel room and began going over my keynote slides for my messages on the Exploring Ezekiel cruise to Norway.
I don’t know what it is with me in recent weeks, but the nearness of the Lord strikes me every time I prepare a new teaching.
Here I am, studying and preparing to teach from a book written some 2,800 years ago by one of my favorite prophets, yet it feels as though I am reading today’s newspaper.
How blessed we are to know the times and the seasons. And even more than that, how blessed we are that God doesn’t expect us to rely on clergy or priests to understand His plan. He has revealed it to us in His Word.
“I am God, and there is no other,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done.”
Isaiah 46:9-10 (NKJV)
This morning I want to ask you, perhaps even beg you: spend more time in the Word.
You will gain two priceless things. First, the peace that surpasses all understanding. Second, a growing burden for our fallen and lost world.
News by itself will make you bitter, angry, anxious, and sleepless. Trust me. I know, because for years I reported it and exposed you to only a small fraction of what was really happening.
As I have reached day 35 of this seven-and-a-half-week journey, one conviction has only grown stronger within me: stepping away from the constant flow of news and devoting myself to teaching God’s Word was the right decision.
I must admit that I am a bit under the weather today, with a cold, sneezing, a cough, and a congested nose. But other than that, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13 (NKJV)
The headlines change by the hour.
The Word of God never changes.
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
Matthew 24:35 (NKJV)
Awaiting His Soon Return,
Amir
Last night I returned to my hotel room and began going over my keynote slides for my messages on the Exploring Ezekiel cruise to Norway. I don’t know what it is with me in recent weeks, but the nearness of the Lord strikes me every time I prepare a new teaching. Here I am, studying and preparing t...