“Father in place into your hands the things I can not do”

Wow and more wow, not sure where this little gem came from but I am glad it has been going round in my head all day. Yes it is possibly one of the oldest songs I know, and with it comes more childhood memories, this time not as happy, it was always rubbish being in the lower years in primary school, when it came to assemblies you had to sit on the dirty wooden floor – the dream was to make it to the year six when you got to sit on the benches.

However, the words are so heart felt; it takes such courage to admit that you can’t do something. So this song is packed full of courage, full of faith and possibly full of desperation, but its not so much a cry, more of a realisation “yes I can’t do that so lets give it to God”.

It personally challenges me to give more to God, not just the really tough things but also the everyday bits – like crossing a road, eating breakfast.
But it also challenges me to give him the things I can’t do. The old cliché springs to mind, small steps at a time, our challenge should be for the next few days to pray for the mind set of “Let it be so”/ “Into his hands”

Father – I pray that you will grant us the courage to accept the things we can’t do, the courage to do the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.

Greetings to one and to all!! Its Monday afternoon and I feel so tired…last night was the fourth ever breathe, a late night always seems to follow breathe (I think it must come from being filled with the holy spirit), so I thought I would give you all an update on how it went…and hopefully inspire other people to write something too – perhaps.

We decided we would go bigger this month and move into the church which had its ups and downs. It felt a little weird and we lost some of the intimacy that we had grown accustomed to, never-the-less we ploughed on and got down to why we had really come together, to praise God.
Because there was more space it allowed people to be liberated – some for the first time, by dancing, and standing with arms opened wide to receive anything that God wanted to give us.

Despite hick ups and things not tying in as seamlessly as before, God really turned up – the noise levels were so high as people forgot where they were and what was going on in their lives and came close to God and sang praise at the tops of their voices (it was truly beautiful to be leading people and to God, it was great for me to stop singing and listen to everyone else). One person even said that as people were praising he had an enormous sense that the room was filled with angels rejoicing with us….

At times it felt like a constant battle to keep things ticking over, but the bottom line of it is that even though we are called to be worship leaders – we’re not called to be perfect – so even when praising God we will make mistakes. The beauty of worship isn’t that everything runs so perfectly its like a performance – its to reach those intimate moments with our King, and for me that certainly happened last night.

Bring on breathe 5!!!!

All from you is the new album from the Vineyard Church in St.Albans (famous for beautiful) and this ablum is superb. I've had it for about a month and I have listened to it everyday. The album is all about praising God and for me it has taken my praise to a new level. Its freshing, loud and so uplifting. The lyrics are not like your normal lyrics found on a praise CD, but somehow they manage to tell it just as it is...

Exactly how good God is and the effects he has on us.

This morning I was feeling pretty blue - for no good reason, just a blue day. The kind of day that I am sure we all have - "is God real" and I tried to battle through, tried to make the choice of being "happy" but still felt...fed up.
So I thought I would put "All for you on" and just sit and listen for a bit...and it has lifted my spirits (hence me writing about how good the album is)Its hard to really explain how it feels when you can feel God touching you and lifting you up. But its almost like your heart starts to beat faster and the things pulling you down just seem to drift away....Not sure if that makes sense and I am sure it is different for everyone.

I love it and if there is one CD I would recommend for this year, so far - it would be all from you. The CD even has the chords and a few videos on it too. The bit I love the most is it has come straight from the ehart and is just an expression of worship.
So massive well done to all the Vineyard guys....

"Seek ye first the Kingdom of God"

Now this is a classic old song, my family and I used to sing while sat in the back of our Peugeot 504 (a massive ugly car, it had multicoloured panels and brown interior)especially on long car journeys, so this song always makes me smile - it brings back the joy of being a child and singing your heart out as you drive down the motorway. In fact I sang it with a friend on the way back from a retreat we had been working on...

But there is a deeper meaning I am sure. Seek the kingdom of God, something that sounds almost like a fairy tale to most. A far of place full of beauty and grand halls and perhaps our departed loved ones.
Like a child, I spend most my time thinking the kingdom of God is miles away, on clouds at times, but the reality is that the kingdon of God is much nearer. In actual fact the kingdom of God can be found in the hearts of your "neighbour", obviously there is more to the kingdom than can be found in someones heart - but its a good place to start. God has placed bits of his kingdom in each and everyone of us - and although its easy to see in some people we need to challenge ourselves and look deeper into the people we meet.

As its Lent, its a time to grow closer to Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Be bold and full of the spirit and look for the kingdom of God in the places you wouldn't normally.

D R E A M D R E A M S
Evangelisation - Charisms - Renewal - Unity


I thought I would take the chance to plug a friends website that has just launched (how exciting), its www.dreamdreams.org.uk. The company is run by Rob taylor and he is truly a holy man of God. He inspires me with his knowledge of Gods love and I admire him for answering Gods call to start dD. Check out the website and hold him and his project in his prayers....

Rob, May God bless you and your work and may he shower you with all you need to bring people closer to him.

I have to share this with you....I was just sat praising God in my study, and as I stopped singing I started to pray about breathe, about my life and about the people who have asked me to pray for them - I feel overwhelmed by how good God has been to me. I feel so blessed that he has put me in this place and I rejoice that I able to lead people in music, I rejoice in the fact that I can turn to him any time day and night no matter what my mood is.

And as I began to pray more into next week and the the next breathe I can't help but get excited that God is going to do even more with our hearts! Prepare your hearts for the work he wants to do - if you are able to come to the next breathe then prepare for something big to happen, bring a friend and get ready, as you may know we are moving into the chruch so we can get more people in!!! If you are unable to come to the next breathe then send me an email and we'll pray for you on the night, with your permission we may even read a few out? But either way still prepare for the work that God wants to do in you, I encourage you whoever you are reading this to be bold stand firm on Holy ground and look upwards for God is with you. h

"I can only imagine..."

A lady at my church gave me this song to listen to and hopefully learn to play. As I sat reading the booklet and listening to the words this line really stood out "I can only imagine..." Often we are told to ignore our imagination and only hold onto the truth, if we let our imagination get the better of us we will be in our own world. But the song encourages about dreaming being with God and what it would be like.

God has given us an imagination to help us in the times we are strugling with our burdens, our imagination can be our prayers, it can give us hope, it acts as the light at the end of the tunnel however distant that light may feel.
I quite often "imagine" Jesus walking into places that I am, I imagine the feelings that would come. God can talk to us through our imaginations, so go on dream a little and use it as your prayer and see what God wants to say to you....

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"and time is in his hands"

This little gem is taken from my favourite worship song of the moment - the splendour of the king, its taken from the album arriving by Chris Tomlin.

There are lots of amazing lines in this TUNE but this one stands out for me. I often get carried away with praying for things and waiting for them in my time scale and looking in places that perhaps aren't there...But the song drums home in one line the answer to all our prayers.
Time really is in his hands and we need to pray for acceptance that everything is in Gods hands (despite how hard it may be to deal with) and have faith that he will answer the cries of our hearts.

We are now back on-line after a short while of not being able to write anything (thanks Andy Moore) Today is the first day of lent and its been three days since the last breathe and I am still on a high, even if I am still tired.
Sunday night was possibly my most blessed time as a lead worshipper so thanks to all those who attended, we are going to aim (with Fathers permission) to move into the church for the next one as the parish centre was getting a little busy! Bring your friends, your children, your parents and yourselves.
As mentioned above Lent is here and now is the best excuse to prepare for Jesus - think long and hard and pray even harder in this special time in the year....