The lyrics to Israel Houghton‘s great song “Jesus at the centre of it all” make this value so simple to understand: “It’s all about You, it’s always been about You, everything revolves around You” Christ is the centre of all creation, of all that we are, of all that’s been and is to come. For
Experience can make the difference in someone’s life. If you have a bad or good experience, you remember it, and it colours your view of that place or event for years to come. We had an interesting experience with two restaurants when I took my wife Ali out for her birthday a couple of years
In Numbers 13, spies are sent into the Promised Land, and they return with fruit they’ve found and a report of what’s ahead. Two spies – Caleb and Joshua – give a good report, but the other ten spies give a bad report. That bad report spreads like wildfire throughout the nation – around 6
“He also chose David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes that had young He brought him, to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance. So he [David] shepherded them according to the integrity of His heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.” Psalm 78:70-72, NKJV
“In two days He will put new life in us; on the third day He will raise us up so that we may live in His presence and know Him.” Hosea 6:2-3 (NCV) Four hundred years before the cross, Hosea prophesied this verse, revealing not just that Jesus would die on the cross and be
Our confidence is not rooted in what we can do, or what we have done before, but completely in who we are in Christ – we are God’s children, we have been completely redeemed, purchased through Jesus’ blood only and NOT by any of our attempts at living right. That confidence comes from making good
Psalm 69:9 (NIV) says this: “Zeal for your house consumes me”. In the New Century Version, that verse reads, “My strong love for your temple completely controls me”, and the New King James translates that last part as “has eaten me up”. David describes his passion for God and God’s House VERY clearly in this
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. (Psalms 92:13 NKJV) Worship is about how we live our lives, and when we serve in God’s house, that serving comes from the outflow of worship in our lives. We flourish in serving God’s purposes only when
In Luke 14:28, Jesus speaks about the wisdom of not just having a plan, but making sure you can pay the cost required to bring that plan to fruition. There is a cost involved, for each of us, to walk in what God has called us to – and it’s a different cost for each
There are many ways that we can be responsive as a worship team. First and foremost, we must be spiritually responsive to God’s voice – we must be listening to Him, have our ear tuned to His direction (and away from our own soulish ambition or opinion). We must be ready to respond to Him