Poetic Licence

Psalm 145 – Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise I will extol you, my God and king; I will bless your name forever. Every day I will bless you; I will praise Your name forever, Great is the LORD and worthy of high praise; God’s grandeur is beyond understanding. Worthy is the […]

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As I begin to type I am reminded by the words of an older children’s song. My God is so big, My God is so mighty, there is nothing he cannot do! Sometimes in the midst of life we lose how Big our God is, and the fact that he is always beside us, regardless […]

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As I continue to reflect on the images I have seen on the devestation and destruction of Christchurch, and talk to people living there I can’t help but feel more than a little overwhelmed by the scope of what people are facing. It is not just the physical, but the emotional and spiritual hit people […]

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The Psalms of the Ascents show uas the journey of the pilgrims on their journey to the temple at Jerusalem. As the the travel towards it their eyes are lifted to the hills where the Temple is where there God resides. We need to again look to our God for comfort, for strength, for reassurance, […]

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  In the last couple of weeks Psalm 119 has kept coming up as I pray for people, I really sense the time is now for people to return to reading the word, soaking in it, taking in what God desires to say to them. So often we walk with our head down, instead of […]

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When I was younger one of my favourite songs was based on Psalm 134. Come bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who stand by night in the house of the Lord, lift up your hands in the holy place and bless the Lord… It is so easy in the stress laden society […]

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Hi God is worthy of our praise, in modern worship it is so often about lifting up our hands, being hallelujah focused, looking up to God. There is a place for exuberance and I must admit to enjoying being one who enjoys this, equally there is a place for quietness, for humbleness, for getting down […]

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David cried out to God, he needed a clean heart, renewing of a right spirit within him, he knew he needed to purged and cleansed, overwhelmed by the depth of the sins he had committed, he wanted to get back on track. He wanted to be in communion with, be in a restored relationship with […]

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Our LORD is worthy of praise, he is powerful, mighty, able to destroy, overturn and collapse nations, yet he is also merciful, can you hear his voice, it is both loud and quiet, in your busyness, he may be calling you to stillness and quietness, can you hear his voice? Psalm 29 vs. 1-8  – […]

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  The psalmist was aware of the character of God, a God who: Forgives all our sins and heals our diseases He redeems us from death And crowns me with love Who fills our life with good things Gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly Compassionate and merciful,  slow to anger He is worthy […]

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