Psalm 142

The Psalms are usually set to music and we don’t have the music notes to hand, which is why I love it when people actually do that themselves, especially when it works like a treat.  In preparation for my brother’s birthday tomorrow, it’s definitely worth taking this in – to me it is a remarkably […]

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Waymaker – Tramaine Hawkins

It’s the early 1990’s, possibly even the very late 1980’s, but if it is that late, they can’t get in and we’ll have to leave it at the early 1990’s.  At the time I was being very conscious of the music played by my sister and my mother.  I remember seeing the album cover of […]

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When Jesus Comes

A lot of today’s pop music and various other styles acknowledge their debt to the old black churches with their gospel stylings.  You would not have heard the likes of Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, Chaka, Mariah, Mary J and the assortment of others influenced by them.  Sure, it is a pity that those beautiful voices are […]

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Is All Hope Gone?

What we find exciting in some movies is that bit where it seems as though all avenues have been blocked and the hero is trapped in a perilous situation.  Sadly for some life is like that without the miracle solution.  So what happens when all hope appears gone?  First realise that your situation as unique […]

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What Hope of Deliverance?

When the clouds are grey and the nights are long and lonely it’s difficult to hope in deliverance.  Visiting that loved one as they undergo chemo therapy, unsure as to whether they will pull through it’s difficult to hope in deliverance.  When there’s another relapse after so long it’s difficult to hope in deliverance.  Yet […]

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Hear Me Out

The cry for deliverance is something that is as natural a part of the human condition as the need for food, clothes, shelter and relationship.  Although we all need it in different ways whether economically, physically, relationally and spiritually, please spare a thought today for those who need to have deliverance from substance addition.  For […]

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Deliver Us

Deliver us – from the past that would enslave us; Deliver us – from future unknown that brings anxiety; Deliver us – from relationships that would crush us; Deliver us – from the pride that poisons us; Deliver us – from the fear that cripples us; Deliver us – from the world quickly fading; Deliver […]

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Deliverance

Deliverance.  The boy bullied at school needs it; the girl facing abuse at home needs it; the young man constantly criticised by friends needs it; the addict struggling to stay clean needs it; the business in the downturn needs it; the community threatened by loss needs it; the family on the brink of eviction need […]

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