Galilee was bustling with feasting for a weddingJesus’ friends and family together made the journeyOthers drawn from far away and nearWere gladly celebrating thereGreat jubilation all felt keenlyThe room was filled with joyTheir convocation passed serenely Somewhere in that moment from nowhere loomed a crisisMaking one and all there suddenly feel nervousSo Mary ran to […]
Behold the whitened fieldsBut where are the labourers?Pray to the risen LordFor willing hands and harvestersAs lambs among fierce wolvesBe wise and go your way! Within the city streetsShow forth gospel powerBind up each broken heartRedeem each fleeting hourIf heaven they disdainShake dust upon their floor! Every house you shelter inBestow your gift of peaceThey […]
(Josh 24:14-15;21-24; Jn 10:16; Eph 1:3; 2Cor 5:20; Matt 13:33; Hab 2:14) Fear the Lord; in sincerity and truth go serve HimCast those gods aside your fathers used to spurn HimAnd if it evil seems to bow down and esteemThe One who purchased for the world redemptionFor all my house this day there is no […]
(Luke 9:57-62) Would you follow after Jesus?Would you walk His narrow way?Can you bear with indignationWhen they scorn the things you say?Is your conversation salty?Is there oil inside your lamp?Do you His reproach bear gladlyBy yourself outside the camp? Birds of heaven shelter safelyIn the confines of their nest,Where secure they feed their hatchlingsWhile their […]
Sing to the Lord, sing stronger and louderFor He has triumphed gloriously!Chariot and soldier; horse and its riderHe with fierce anger cast in the sea! God is my strength and my song, He’s become my salvationHe is my God, I will praise and exalt Him always;He’s a man of war wielding His sword subduing all […]
Heading to a city,Jesus once was hungry,So He turned aside;Finding on a fig treeNothing for His journeyJesus, in His stride,Cursed it for its lack of fruit,“Evermore in branch and rootThis fig tree will be barren!” Whereupon that fig treeCame that instant to beWithered through and through;Noting its destructionJesus this conclusionFor His brethren drew:Though your faith […]
The disciples came to Jesus one day,“One big question stands in our way.Of all sunbeams in the kingdom of GodWho’s the brightest ray?Who is foremost in the kingdom of GodWho should sit as chief in our squad?Who of all that seek to lead for our causeMight we give the nod?” Jesus:“He’s the greatest in the […]
for John-Michael Many people walk life’s journey throughInvoking pagan lordsEvery thought we think, each deed we doSilently accordsWith the will divine whose hand we holdWhose Name we stand before;Let us not be faint, we will be secureIn His keeping evermore! In time to come we’ll fold our arms‘Neath trees at close of daySeated peaceably with […]
I wrote this short ‘chorus’ recently after joining with several other fellow saints for a conference on ‘Rebuilding the Ruins’ of our Christian heritage. Nearly a hundred Christians over the past few months have joined our ‘Christian Antilockdown’ Telegram Group – Hope, Truth & Light. We are believers from all over the UK who are […]
Rejoice greatly O daughter of ZionShout O daughter of Jerusalem;Behold with justice God’s wondrous salvationBehold the coming of Jesus your king!Lowly the foal of a donkeyBore up the Lord of all time;All horses and bows of the enemyHe’s cut off within both Ephraim and Jerusalem! His peace flows to the kings of all nationsHe shall […]
A new Psalter for the 21st Century. The Psalms represent the Bible's own library of songs specifically written to be sung as part of private and corporate worship. It is my sincere prayer and desire that this new collection of psalms might serve to refresh, restore, challenge, encourage and edify Christians of all lands, cultures and backgrounds.
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