Today I wanted to share a Spotify play list that I use often. It is full of calming peaceful relaxing worship music. I often use this to help me get ready to sleep when I are tired out, a bit stressed, or fears and anxiety are gripping me. This is music that God will use to help you receive his peace. It is a peace that passes understanding. This music is so calming you may even find it sends you... Read more
Good worship is really a form of prayer. This has been a relatively recent revelation to me. I am talking about worship as in singing songs of adoration and praise to God. And over the years since I have been unwell it has gradually (oh so gradually, because I am perhaps a bit slow!) dawned on me that prayer can be entwined with private worship. Worship and prayer are not so separate as I have sometimes thought of them. We... Read more
Every band. Every Stoneleigh Bible Week, Brighton and Newday CD, 1000+ songs. Five Decades as it includes Downs Bible Week music (on the Dave Fellingham CD) . One Family, my church family which played its part to help change the expression of Christian Worship around the World. Stuart Townend’s “In Christ Alone” Dave Fellingham’s “Blessed Be”, Lou Fellingham’s “There is a Day” Lex’s rock & the all newest songs! If you want to understand which worship songs have shaped me... Read more
At this time of year it’s only natural to look back on the year that’s gone, and to look forward to the one that’s to come. Review of my blogging year From a blog perspective I have been glad to manage to write a bit this year, although nothing like as much as I have in some years. The vast majority of my articles this year fell into one of two series that both will God-willing continue into 2020.... Read more
At this time of year I have a tradition of sharing the most visited articles here on my blog from the year gone by. There is usually a mixture of some new ones and some golden oldies which people keep finding presumably via google searches. So here is the list of the top ten with the most popular first in case you missed some of these first time round. God Breaks Those He Wants To Make Great RESURRECTION HOPE –... Read more
We must pray for an audience of One, not to look good in front of others. God is listening when we pray. He is watching our hearts to see our motives. Are we praying to impress others, or even him? Or are we praying out of our love for him, and our sense of need for him. What this all means is that multiple words are not necessary. Flamboyant expressions are not needed. Sometimes all that is needed is that... Read more
What you think of when you hear the word faith? I think there’s lots of different things that come into our mind, you know, obviously we think of our salvation. Maybe we think of the word trust we think of God’s grace to us, but I suspect for many of us. We also think of certain things we hear perhaps on the TV and all sorts of other places that promote the so called “faith teaching”. Which seems to us... Read more
Jesus didn’t say “just ask”, he said “keep on asking”. Today I want to draw our attention to a passage which you could argue is mistranslated in almost every Bible version. Check it in your favourite and it will probably sound like an instant slot machine promise. Just ask the once and God is almost obligated to instantly answer your prayer the way you want him to. And certain wings of the modern church teach it exactly that way. If... Read more
Life is a marathon not a sprint. In fact we should probably characterise it as walking rather than running. Many people start of following Jesus in a hurry. Everything seems to change over night. There is great enthusiasm. But perhaps the roots have not gone deep enough. What Jesus is really looking for is a slow continuous walk with him. Step by step. Day by day. Decision by decision. Time of prayer followed by time of prayer. What is better?... Read more
Weeping is actually a command of Jesus, at least in some situations. Not only does Jesus allow us to weep, he encourages us to do so. He actually ordered one group to weep: And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming... Read more
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