1 Kings 17:17-24 On Sunday 26 April my friend and pastor Tope Koleoso preached this sermon online at Jubilee Live. I found it very encouraging and relevant to today’s situation. Here are some brief notes or you can watch the video. At the end of the sermon we sang the outstanding and topical song “Psalm 23” which I have embedded at the end of these notes. 1) Recognise the Mess “What do you do when life takes a bad turn? How... Read more
I have read one too many negative comment about the UK government and their attempts to handle this unprecedented crisis. It’s surely the biggest world wide catastrophe since World War 2. And yet some people just want to still carry on politics as normal and score points and talk about “controversy”. It does somehow seem incongruous with the attitudes of the public, and especially volunteers and key workers. We are coming together in a strong sense of community, for example in... Read more
How do we handle it when we can’t achieve what we wanted to? This morning my friend Keno Ogbo the founder of Tiny Life Moments wrote here on Facebook about how to handle the being in the moment during lockdown rather than rushing to the next to do list and stressing about tomorrow. Many of us can’t achieve what we want to right now, and of course Covid19 confronts all of us with our frailty and mortality. I was inspired... Read more
What would it look like if this happened elsewhere? I am not trying to be alarmist here. But here are some facts. If you look at the entire population of people who live in New York State one in every thousand has now died of Coronavirus. To be clear this is out of the whole population not just of those who have caught coronavirus. And as of yesterday if you consider New York City only the number is even higher... Read more
Interview with my friend Julio Abraham the CEO of Derby City Mission. They have been housing 40 homeless people in a hotel on behalf of the government during this Coronavirus lockdown. Its exiting opportunity for him and his team to bless people and be the arms of Jesus to them. We chatted about demonstrating the love of God during this time. Video on Facebook. We also talked about my two books Hope Reborn and Raised With Christ, both of which... Read more
Poor people in Pakistan are starving because of a coronavirus lockdown. Today is my birthday and I was thinking about the many things I have to be grateful in my life. One major thing I am thankful for is I have never spent a single day worried that I would not be able to eat. So I wanted to ask you to consider supporting a charity using a network of in-country volunteers to deliver food packages direct to some of... Read more
In this video I switch places as Rich Johnston asked to interview me. We filmed this about a couple of weeks ago now before lockdown had completely taken effect. Watch the video here or on Facebook Listen to the Podcast Read my story Read more
It is easy to pray for your friends, and for your family. But what about your enemies? And I don’t mean praying down God’s righteous judgement on them! Jesus urges us clearly: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matt. 5:44) Perhaps you have a difficult boss? Someone cut you up on the road (remember when we could all drive freely?) Or someone who has treated you appallingly. Sometimes our suffering is the direct result of someone else’s... Read more
Today I’d like to share my interview with Keith and Kristyn Getty. We chatted about their new hymn “Christ our Hope in Life and Death” and their hymn singing livestream as a family now they are isolated due to coronavirus. Listen the the Podcast Watch the Getty Family Hymncast Listen to “Christ our Hope in Life and Death” Read more
What is revival? Could God use the current situation to pour out a special blessing on the Church? In this wide ranging interview we talk about the Lewis revival, and an experience I had when I was a child at school. I also recount a time Terry Virgo mentioned feeling something of a touch of revival hearing Lloyd-Jones preach. I hope this interview may stir up in you a hunger for personal spiritual renewal and corporate revival. Watch the Interview... Read more
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