Song of the Week | Chris Tomlin 'Our God'

A classic. Sing along!

Rain, Reign

It's absolutely throwing it down here today. It has been for about a week. One newspaper headline read 2 months of rain in 48 hours. The drains are barely coping, umbrellas are permanently in our hands and the holes in my trainers aren't great! It;s funny though how we're still in a hosepipe ban however that's a different story!

Our front roof over the bay window in the lounge is leaking! I had a tin of emergency repair stuff which I went out with in my waterproofs and attempted to sort the roof out. I don't think it worked. I'm not great with heights and standing on the ladder in the high winds and rain was a nightmare for me. The roof is still leaking! I'll try again once the rain ceases.

When i was perched on top of the ladder though I kept myself calm by singing one of the songs from this morning's church service. It kind of worked. I also thought about how we've had a ridiculous amount of rain, but at the same time a ridiculous amount of people don't believe in Him reigning. So many countries in this world need rain, so many countries also need reign.

My wife creates greetings cards as part of her graphic design and I think the one in the picture sums up just what our Lord did for us, and continues to do.

I also found a bible quote which kind of sums our leaky roof issues up:

Laziness leads to a sagging roof; idleness leads to a leaky house. - Ecclesiastes 10:18

The previous owners of our house may well have left us with some problems and we must turn that laziness and idleness around to make our house rain proof and reign-filled!

Song of the Week | The Rend Collective Experiment 'Exalt'

This is an amazing driving and running song. You have to listen!

Running the Race

I've been running a little bit recently. I started off last month with a 6 mile effort (which left me unable to move properly for a few days) and then today went out for a slightly smaller effort of just over 3km. I'm no marathon runner, but well done to all those who completed today's London Marathon.


It's funny really. I felt great for the first couple of kilometres but then started to flag. The massive hill didn't help much but I thought about our relationship with Christ. How we walk, run, sprint, jump, basically journey with God. How he is with us in every journey we do, all parts of our life. He supports us, he gives us strength when perhaps we would otherwise give up, he's forever with us if we are with him.


There are loads of passages in the Bible about running. I'm sure you know a few yourself and can lean on them when you need. Here's one that I found about endurance.


"For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised." - Hebrews 10:36

Song of the Week | Group 1 Crew (feat. Chris Tomlin) 'He Said'

Group 1 Crew have been around for the last 5 years but only recently hit the mainstream with the help of American Idol using some of their songs. This is taken from their 'Outta Space Love' album, enjoy it.

Song of the Week | Moriah Peters 'I Choose Jesus'

This is the title track from Moriah Peter's debut album of the same name. Will you say 'I Choose Jesus' too?

Song of the Week | Manafest 'Never Let You Go'

An awesome combination of rock & rap. This is Manafest.

#BelieveInHim

Over the past couple of weeks the football (soccer to non-Brits) world has come together and united.

Firstly a player collapsed on the pitch. A young player, one who was fit, healthy and had passed medical upon medical. Collapsing during a match in front of a stadium full of on lookers was tragic, the scenes were unwatchable, even as the cameras pulled back whilst emergency services attended the scene. He suffered a cardiac arrest.

We're told that a specialist was fortunately in the crowd and immediately knew what had happened as the player fell to the grass. He jumped the barriers and used his skills and experience to, what we now know, save the players life. Fabrice Muamba is now recovering in hospital after a massively near death experience.

A couple of weeks later Stiliya Petrov, another player of the game was diagnosed with leukaemia. Known as Stan, he said he is taking inspiration from Muamba and will fight the disease. Once again the world of football rallied round and showed support. Club mates wearing t-shirts before kick off, fans uniting and holding up banners, it is fantastic to see.

In the world where breaking news now appears on Twitter usually before it hits our TV screens, there were messages of support for players in both of these cases. Hashtags are all the range these days because of the social networking site and #prayformuamba & #prayforstan were immediately being used and trending worldwide.

It is awesome that people unite over a specific cause, but how many of these fans, club mates and members of the general public all over the world are actually praying? How many of them actually believe in God? I hope that these situations, these happenings and occurrences bring more people to the Lord and not only these 2 footballing individuals, but thousands of other people around the world can be saved by Christ.

#BelieveInHim