The Audience of One You can check out Parts One, Two and Three Worship is a lifestyle but that lifestyle is rooted in a posture of the heart that comes before God to simply behold Him in reverence and awe and to thank and praise Him for who He is and what He's done. That... Continue Reading →
The Heart of Worship #3
Target Practice Check out Parts 1 and 2 HERE and HERE A few years ago I heard a worship leader from America, say something that put words to a problem I'd struggled to articulate. He said that whenever he attends worship leader conferences he hears a lot about how to make worship as enjoyable and... Continue Reading →
The Heart of Worship #2
The Heart of Worship Check out Part 1 HERE You've probably sung this classic worship song before but have you ever heard the story behind it? It's a really powerful message that I think I will always try to revisit and it's part of what's on my mind in writing this piece. The times we... Continue Reading →
The Heart of Worship #1
Look, we need to talk about worship. Okay wait let me change that. "I need to talk about worship." But since you're here, you might as well join in. It is a blog after all... Corporate Worship or Worship Incorporated? I came across an interview with musician John Mark McMillan, the writer who manages to... Continue Reading →
“Dear Church, THIS is the answer!”
Ephesians 4:13-16 Ever notice how preachers try to make their message the centre of your life? Ever wondered why? I think it's because often that's honestly how it seems to them. The Holy Spirit has so powerfully revealed something to them it often takes up their whole field of vision so they preach it as the singular... Continue Reading →
Hurting and Healing – Part 1
[I use a lot of parallel examples in this post so to avoid confusion, let me please clarify that I'm not talking about miraculous physical healing but emotional healing that is led by the Holy Spirit] Even though there is so much to celebrate, so much to be thankful for and so much to enjoy,... Continue Reading →
Hurting and Healing – Part 2
[I use a lot of parallel examples in this post so, to avoid confusion, let me please clarify that I'm not talking about miraculous physical healing but emotional healing that is led by the Holy Spirit] You DEFINITELY need to read Part 1 first... Knowing our problems is not the same as no longer having them. Sometimes... Continue Reading →
The Secret Place – Intro: The Father Who Sees in Secret
(If you're not much of a reader but are interested in this topic, this series has been condensed into a 43min sermon that I was privileged to share with my church family in Manchester earlier this year. Click here.) Let me share something with you that changed my life. In Matthew 6 Jesus puts some... Continue Reading →
The Secret Place: Part 1 – All Eyes on Me
(If you're not much of a reader but are interested in this topic, this series has been condensed into a 43min sermon that I was privileged to share with my church family in Manchester earlier this year. Click here.) "Beware of practising your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for... Continue Reading →
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