A vision Farther up Farther in

I was praying with some friends tonight about our church, and the need for more worship leaders and the worship in our church and how we feel it could be more pleasing to God. What can I say but wow thank you Lord! I had a picture come in my mind as I was praying which positively blown me away. It was just the most vivid feeling that I have had in prayer in some time. I can hardly put it in to words but I must try and put it down so I won’t forget it so here it is.

I felt like I was at our church standing up but looking down in to the worship area from our children’s area, which is upstairs and has a glass window looking down into the worship area. I knew that someone was with me but I couldn’t see whom but I knew it was God. From there I could see the worshiping people sitting and standing as they were worship God. I could also see the worship group and the preacher leading them in their worship and it felt good. Then I felt like the there was a power coming form the people who were worshiping God. This power or what ever it was, was so powerful that I began to feel like I was being lifted from the floor and flying in the air like I was a feather in the face of all this power. Then it was as if the words were in my mind not like a voice because God was not saying it but just the feeling or the memory that I should say the words form C.S. Lewis’ book The Last Battle “Farther up Farther in”.

I think that God is saying something to us through this, that we are doing the right thing in our worship, that our worship is pleasing to him and has power. If what I felt was a taste of the power that comes form worship God the way we do now then wow what power have we got by worshiping him even more. Also I think that he is also saying to us as a church that we should keep on trying to move and do more new things to go “Farther up Farther in”.

Thank you, Lord God for tonight and the vision you have given me may I learn and trust you to go “Farther up Farther in”.

Amen

Angel's Born devils.

Today I was at asda and there seems to be a lot of Valentine's Day stock left over. Like any shop they have reduced the price down on all off it. One thing that they have lots of is a novelty soft toy in the form of a devil. It has the words Angel Born devil on the front, it is now 74p good to see the devil going down!
Thinking about those words and if you think about it we are born in to sin but with Jesus and what he done for us on the cross we can become new and holy like the Angel's.

I'M MAKING MELODY

I keep on singing the song I’m Making Melody and I think it has become a prayer for me this week and I thought that I would share it,

I'M MAKING MELODY in my heart to You.
I'm making melody in my heart to You.
Pouring out Your praise
With everything within.
I'm making melody in my heart to You.
I'm making melody in my heart to You.
Yours will always be
The song I love to sing.

How can hearts not love Your name?
How can souls not sing Your praise?
Jesus, You put music in my soul.

I'M MAKING MELODY-Forever and ever Your glory will always remain. Ma
Copyright © 2001 Thankyou Music

Lord, make this happen in my life and the life of our Church and may be we could sing we’re making melody in our hearts to you one day.
Amen.

Meditation for Day 15 from the Northumbria Community.

THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT When an unclean spirithas gone out of someone,it wanders through dry places,seeking rest and finding none.
Then it says,'I will return into the houseI came out of.'And when it gets thereit finds the house empty,swept,and put in order.
Then it goes,and brings alongseven other spiritsmore evil than itself,and they enter inand settle there:and the last state of that personis worse than the first.
Even so shall it bewith this evil generation.Matthew 12:43-45
Legend says that when Satan raised his giant battle-axe against Heaven's gates, God's shaft of lightning struck it from his hand. The flaming axe fell into the North Sea, and was changed into the thousand-acre island of Lindisfarne.Through the centuries this bit of lore concerning God's victory inspired those who lived on, or visited the island, to keep Satan's power underfoot ...
Lord, show us the things that are binding the work You have called forth on Holy Island.Help us to loose YOUR work,and let it goin resurrection power.

Copyright (c) 2004 Northumbria Community Trust.

BUT THERE’S MORE TO LOVE THAN Valentine’s Day

Today is Valentine?s Day. A day when most people think of love and what they can get from their loved one in the form of a present, It?s become about showing love and self-satisfaction. Where people by red things and where little devil horns on their head to show that they can be naughty and nice. It seems to be a time for only the beautiful, chocolate, and warm, a material looking side of love seems to come over? And the little horny devils forget that there is a real devil that tempted Jesus and is still prowling around now, for some he is real and not naughty and nice.