Anointing

This weeks song is prophetic worship in a slightly different form!  Many years ago, a good friend shared a vision he saw of me - similar in imagery of when Moses anointed Aaron :

..precious oil poured on the head, running down on the beard, running down on Aaron's beard, down upon the collar of his robes. (Psalm 133:2)

As I sat down at the piano to sing through and ponder on this prophecy, this very simple song formed in my fingers and my mouth.  It's still one of my favourite songs to sing all these years later.  Everytime I play it, I feel the nearness of the Spirit of God.

I've shared the chords to this song on the "chord chart" page here.  And as usual, you can download the audio of this song for free by clicking on the link below.

Enjoy!

A Song To The Bride

A little while ago, as I was worshiping  I saw a vision of the Bride of Christ. Well actually, I saw a vision of Jesus as He was looking at the bride....  He just kept saying "isn't she beautiful???" .  The look on His face, the words and the feeling He was expressing, the wonder, the love he had for her - it was just overwhelming. I was so overcome, it took me a couple of hours to recover.  He was just so in love with her.  It was an intense vision!

I think that we who have been Christians for a while can sometimes have a tendency to see all the faults, all the shortcomings, all the problems in our churches.  We will sometimes speak badly of our local church, or even about other congregations or the body as a whole.  What's more, we're often afraid to lift our gaze to Him as his bride, because we're so aware of our own shortcomings!!!  Yet the bible paints a very different picture of the bride.  Ephesians 1:22 describes the church as being the fullness of God, and Jesus describes His bride as the "Joy set before Him" and endured the cross for the sake of having her.   Ephesians 5:27 says Jesus will present to himself a bride without spot or blemish, and the picture of the marriage of the Lamb in Revelation is just stunning!!  I think if we truly understood the love that Christ has for His church, we'd think twice about despising her (including ourselves!!)  Are you willing to slander the one that the creator of the universe is in love with????  No sir, not me!!!

About "Isn't She Lovely"

No - it's not a cover of that Stevie Wonder classic, as much as I dig it! Rather this is a simple meditation on what Jesus says about His bride.  Drawing on sections of Song of Songs, it's an invitation to understand the heart of Jesus towards his bride. Be blessed oh Bride!  He is ravished by you (even when you're at you're worst!)

Who May Ascend??

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord??  Who may draw near to him??  What a good question to ask!  All week, I've been feeling like I'm just on the edge of breakthrough... just on the edge of seeing and experiencing so much more of God than I ever imagined was possible... just on the edge of my desire to be near Him being so big it's all i can think about!!  So this seems like a great question to be asking!!!

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart...  (Psalm 24:3-4a)

Psalm 24 tells us that it's he who has clean hands!!  He who has a pure heart!  Of course, this leads on to the next logical thing to ask of God: If my heart is not pure and my hands are not clean, then come search out show me what those things are so I can be rid of them!

Search me, O God, and know my heart;Test me and know my anxious thoughts.Point out anything in me that offends you,and lead me along the path of everlasting life.  (Psalm 139:23-24)

Well, those verses pretty much sum up this weeks song "Search Me, Know Me" (actually recorded a few weeks ago now!.. yeah it's been one of those weeks where i haven't been able to get any recording done!!).  Enjoy!  And don't forget you can download and own it for free if you love it!  Oh - and a big shout out to those of you who have been buying my stuff.  You guys are legends!!

A New Day

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Today is the day!

I love that every day is a new day!  I love that it's layed out so plainly in Psalms that we're meant to rejoice and revel in every day God gives us, like it's a fresh start!  To soak in the joy of each day.  To look for the blessings that God has set out in that day.  To actively set our hearts up at the beginning of each day so we're searching out all the good that God has planned for that day:

This is the day the Lord has made
Let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24)

In Hebrews, there's this fantastic verse talking about rest - and it uses a phrase that I love: "God set a certain day, calling it 'Today'"(Hebrews 4:7).  I love that God called the day to inherit that promise "today" - so it is always available!!  There's no "oh that promise expired because it was for yesterday, I'm too late", because even though it was valid yesterday, God called the day 'Today', so it's for today too!!  Genius!!

So ask the question. What's your 'today' got in store for you?  Here's one to get you started:

"Surely, Goodness and Mercy will follow me all the days of my life (Psalm 23:6).  

Sometimes I try to catch a glimpse of them following me... I think if i turn around fast enough, I'll see them there.  The two of them side by side, tailing me like my own personal security detail.  I can't out run them, I can't hide from them, I can't shake them.  They chase me down whether i like it or not...  my own personal stalkers!!!  

I challenge you to seek out and search out the good things God has for you in this new day, because I guarantee you, it'll be awesome...