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I just wanted to post the accumulated list of worship songs that have ministered comfort most deeply across my last decade.
He sings over me.
His song is with me in the night
– and I join the song in my waking hours.
Zeph 3:17
Psalm 42:8
I know a Potter.
He made the most intricate work.
And then He breathed into His workmanship and it opened its eyes and lived.
This has been a VSP (very short post 🙂 )
Recognising a desire to dig deeper into the Bible is already a response to His call… it’s an awareness that there is treasure waiting to be found… Life waiting to be breathed in… a ‘deep calls to deep’ response taking form. Beautiful.
Continue reading “Approaching the Bible 2 – digging in”
I got curious about the word ‘proclaim’ when it leapt out at me during a Communion service some years ago so I did some thinking and searching… This section was where my attention was grabbed:
Continue reading “Proclaiming His Death – to whom?”
Sometimes reining my head in to focus during worship is really hard. I often feel like I’ve only just got my mind off me and my eyes onto Jesus when it’s time to sit back down. What a waste. Sometimes it’s the busyness of the day or week that is in my own way, sometimes my mind is stuck in problems in need of solutions or sorrows that weigh me down. Whatever the reason – they result in distraction – and is something I purpose to conquor deliberately instead of passively waiting for the music to take me there.
Continue reading “How can I sing in this situation?”
If you think you’d enjoy a five minute taste of paradise then this little video is for you. There is nothing but the ocean and some music. Being there was a 3 day hug from God and I hope this might be similar for you.
Continue reading “A beachside meditation”
I had a long season of grief a few years ago… there was a death but there was also a ‘living’ grief – and it was the living grief that brought me the most pain. I wept and wept for many nights – long into the nights and often felt guilty – or like a failure for crying through the night AGAIN.
Continue reading “Lamenting is worship”
I have a speculation regarding the number 40 in the New Testament… My speculation is this.
Continue reading “40 something”
Someone’s crying.
Someone’s praying.
Someone’s singing.
Someone’s angry.
Someone’s joyful.
Someone’s hurting.
About 5 years ago I stopped going to church. This wasn’t the same as when I was 19 and stopped going… at 19 I wanted to avoid His presence (and His people). At 40 something I wanted to soak in His presence but I felt closer to Him getting about my day at home than by being in church.
Continue reading “Stop-start church”