One of the most underrated activities a follower of Jesus does is praise. It’s an activity that when I come across it in scripture, I’m always struck by the time and detail the writer will go into defining and outlining it. There are times in life that praise is something done out of routine without […]
Read More Praise: Let Him Have ItIn my childhood I found sport fascinating to watch. My Dad wasn’t that fascinated in sport at all and the only one he really paid attention to was athletics. One of the sports that I was interested in was boxing. As with other sports I got into, I read some history on the subject and […]
Read More When There Are Disputed ChampionsFather. Your word acknowledges you as the Great I Am. Recently I was delighted with the victory of the team I support, but when I look back at your victories and how time after time you prove yourself to be the greatest as if there are any doubters everything else pales into insignificance. You are […]
Read More The Greatest – A Prayerful ReflectionOh that men would praise your name and praise your name to the end of the earth. What a glorious thought, what a glorious desire. How glorious a thought is that. All over the world men and women praising your name and glorifying you. You are worthy oh Lord to receive glory and honour, majesty […]
Read More Spreading the Praise: A Prayerful ReflectionThere is something so beautiful about being with those who love Jesus. Recently I had the great privilege of sitting with a few folks who love following Jesus. They’re down to earth, honest folks. They are not into Christianese, they don’t follow many of the traditional church conventions of practice, because they’re honest types. (I’ll […]
Read More Jesus, I ComeThis is certainly worth your while considering. The practical implications of this would be rather interesting to see. It’s a matter of if congregations would truly let the Spirit work through these elements when we gather together. What a fascinating journey that would be. (HT – The Seedbed YouTube channel) For His Name’s Sake Shalom […]
Read More Something About the Spirit in Congregational WorshipThere’s quite a lot of things that get praise. Someone sings a song on television and it gets praise. Someone scores a goal and it gets praise. Someone draws a picture and it gets praise. Someone makes a meal and it gets praise. You name it and it gets praise for it. A lot of […]
Read More It’s PraiseworthyIf I were to challenge some to think of a time in scripture when people were told to bow and some resisted, one of the first incidents people would refer to, would be the occasion when Daniel’s three friends – Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah – refused to bow to the image of Nebuchadnezzar. It is […]
Read More No Compromise: You Ain’t BowingI had the great privilege of being on a road trip with some saints. As the sun set and night settled in, rather than snoozing off after an exhausting day, those saints saw it fit to sing songs to God. There were songs of adoration, songs of praise, songs proclaiming the wonders of God. In […]
Read More Psalm 147 – In AweThere is a chant that is sometimes used in football games that suggests that a striker of a greater quality ‘scores when he wants’. That degree of acknowledging brilliance in doing whatever he wants can also be attributed to the Creator of the Universe. God, though, does not need to give you His CV to earn […]
Read More Psalm 135 – Great God, Great Track Record
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