Songs of preparation: I Will At All Times Bless The LORD (Psalm 34) and Jesus Is The Name We Honour. Call to worship: Praise: Come People Of The Risen King. Corporate prayer of Confession: Song of assurance, confession of faith, doxology: Love Divine All Loves Excelling; The Apostle’s Creed; Now To Him Who Loved Us. …

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Following Jesus and seeking platforms are compatible. Jesus is fame-shy. Jesus seemed drawn not to the spotlight but from it. Disciples and friends had to search. He wasn’t tweeting. His blog lay unattended. His email responses were not immediate. Where they often found him was alone and in desolate places praying (Luke 5:16). In fact, …

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Sandra McCracken and Sara Groves perform McCracken’s song Dynamite (from her album Desire Like Dynamite). Here’s what McCracken has to say during the song: “Some friends and I went on a pilgrimage to meet Wendell Berry one afternoon and had a conversation with him about life, life living in a city, what does a sustainable …

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As promised, here’s a link to part two of Ray Galea’s personal and helpful post. Part 3 is forthcoming. Anger betrays a lack of understanding that it is God alone who brings a change of mind in a person’s life. While gentleness is a declaration that God is sovereign, anger is a denial of the …

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