My gospel music upbringing was predominantly around choirs and groups with a smattering of male solo acts and a very limited number of female solo artists. So if you were to ask me to name ten quality female gospel solo artists I’d struggle where I wouldn’t struggle to name twenty male ones. Deniece Williams as […]
Read More My Soul Desire – Deniece WilliamsImagine a love so true and pure that it captivates the heart, stimulates the mind but most importantly converts the soul to becoming that true and that pure. Imagine life previous to that with fractured expressions of love that too often involves disappointment and despair. Imagine life where love was all too fleeting and never […]
Read More Holy One – Tramaine HawkinsIt baffles me why I haven’t done this sooner. What is up with me? What is going on? This song has opened the doors to the power of confession more than any sermon or bible study. Yeah a big statement I know and it’s not a slight against bible study or sermons, it’s just a […]
Read More Create In Me A Clean Heart – Keith GreenThis blog entry was written yesterday. A fair bit of preparation has gone into today’s proceedings, there’s the highlighting of the previous blog I wrote on this very subject. Earlier on today I posted the first musical tribute about today based on my heart’s desire and then around lunchtime I also put together another musical […]
Read More Thank God For MarriageI cannot think of many better female vocalists than Vanessa Bell Armstrong and knowing that she’s committed a hefty portion of that gift to God’s glory has benefited more than just little ol’ me. Listen to this track and resonate with the quality and the sentiments in the lyrical content that remind us again – […]
Read More Desire Of My Heart – Vanessa Bell ArmstrongThere are those from a particular school of church songs who will look at this title and think of a typical reggae-esque chorus which has the following lyrics: I feel like pressing my way (x2) I’m on my way to glory And I feel like pressing my way Well crafted, studied and profound lyrics I’m […]
Read More I Feel Like Pressing My WayDo not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbour who is near than a brother who is far away. (Proverbs 27:10) Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) One of the entries I’m looking […]
Read More MTP27 – Staying Close To ExcelHe who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. (Proverbs 22:11) Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8) Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. (Colossians […]
Read More MTP22 Grace Talk and Pure HeartsWisdom is for life not just for reading in a book called Proverbs. It’s all well and good to get stirred and inspired by words on a page, but there’s something inspiring when it comes alive in the human experience. Take for example … Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his […]
Read More MTP19 Wisdom Has You CoveredThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3) A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17) Back in the day the religious status quo went as follows – if you were rich, happy and healthy then that was […]
Read More MTP17 Bad Times As Good Times In Disguise
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