I wrote a wee song to sing at our Christmas Holiness Meeting this morning. Its to the tune in the chorus section ‘Lord, make Calvary real to me’ (CS81) and its called ‘Lord, let Christmas be real to me’. I offer it for you to use if not this year but next if you want … More Lord, let Christmas be Real to Me
Had a good day of meetings. Busy holiness meeting this morning and a packed hall tonight for the carol service. Our new Kids Alive Choir put in a performance and it was good to see mums and dads and grannies etc etc there to support. We were a few kids down, but was great to … More Tis the season…
Was looking around on You Tube and found Bishop Mike Hill’s Christmas message…posted it here for you. Had the opportunity to meet the Bishop in Bristol, and to hear him preach once or twice. It was great to encounter a high ranking man such as him with a strong, modern, evangelical and engaging message. I … More Christmas Message – Bishop Mike Hill of Bristol
So, I mentioned a few posts back the whole junior soldier and senior soldier thing. 10 senior soldiers and 20 junior soldiers. To be more exact, we’re especially talking 10 adults and 20 children saved…whether they reach soldiership during the course of the year is not quite as important, so long as they’re saved and … More Fishing
I begin this post with a note of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. Long term readers of Army Renewal Blog will know that this time last year, due to a variety of circumstances, that I was off work because depression had set in. It used to happen now and again, throw back from a … More Praise Note, Prayer Note
After carolling today, and because our youth club has finished for Christmas, I had a longer spell of time to have with the kids before I went with the War Cry to the pub. We had a lovely drive to a beautiful place called Lairg on Loch Shin, in the southern part of Sutherland then … More Beautiful Scotland
BEFORE YOU READ: This post will not make sense to you unless you have read Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. Regular readers of Army Renewal blog will know that I’m not particularly a fan of Rob Bell. I recognise too that the moment I offer any thought on his writings that people will have to … More Velvet Elvis Reflection 1
The Lord has laid on my heart that we should aim for 10 new soldiers and 20 junior soldiers by Christmas 2008. What does this involve? It will involve deeper discipleship and decisions for some of the people on our fringes, it will involve soldiership being portrayed in a different light for some, it will … More Give us faith for souls
Our wee band have been facing the Caithness weather with our Christmas carolling. Yesterday we were in Tesco, the largest store in our town and had a good time of sharing and witnessing with shoppers. The store manager was reportedly in tears, not because our playing was awful, but because it just touched her. Pray … More Carolling
Well….what a week! You may recall me mentioning that one of the young lads in our community died a few weeks back. Well, after long delays with the post mortem and more torturous waiting for the family, we finally got to lay him at rest. I’ve buried my granddad, my young aunt, several people, but … More That was the week that was
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