2026 will again be through the Bible chronologically selecting verses which attract my attention or questions or encourage me on the day. I pray it blesses whoever reads . . . My theological background is Salvation Army College and now Church of England. I love all Christian denominations.
Lord Jesus, I am sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Forgive me and help me turn from everything I know is wrong. Thank you for dying on the cross to pay the price and set me free from my sin. Please come into my life, fill me with your Holy Spirit and be with me forever. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.”
““Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. 4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”” Ezekiel 3:1-9 NKJV
Father God,
This did seem a hard thing to ask. To go and not expect anyone to listen. But then You promised to provide him with Your Words, and Your strength of character, an inner strength even hardness to be able to keep on speaking to them. It reminds me that Jesus called us to preach the gospel.
You send us out as workers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38) but the harvest is provided and ripen by Yourself. We cannot take any of the glory and we cannot tell who will listen. Jesus spoke about the sower scattering seeds (Matthew 13:1-23. Only some fell on good soil. But only You God can read the heart. We are meant to just faithfully sow. We do not always know which seed may take years of watering to grow. And though You said aid the road is narrow and the gate small that leads to life (Matthew 7:14), we marvel today at the church that will worship in Spirit and in truth today around our nation, our world. Bless the Ezekiel’s who get knocked down, mocked and ignored but who still talk about You and Your Son and Your Spirit. Give me courage and flint!?
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Worship Sunday 26th July 2026
““Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. 4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”” Ezekiel 3:1-9 NKJV
Father God,
This did seem a hard thing to ask. To go and not expect anyone to listen. But then You promised to provide him with Your Words, and Your strength of character, an inner strength even hardness to be able to keep on speaking to them. It reminds me that Jesus called us to preach the gospel.
You send us out as workers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38) but the harvest is provided and ripen by Yourself. We cannot take any of the glory and we cannot tell who will listen. Jesus spoke about the sower scattering seeds (Matthew 13:1-23. Only some fell on good soil. But only You God can read the heart. We are meant to just faithfully sow. We do not always know which seed may take years of watering to grow. And though You said aid the road is narrow and the gate small that leads to life (Matthew 7:14), we marvel today at the church that will worship in Spirit and in truth today around our nation, our world. Bless the Ezekiel’s who get knocked down, mocked and ignored but who still talk about You and Your Son and Your Spirit. Give me courage and flint!?
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Worship Sunday 26th July 2026
““Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. 4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”” Ezekiel 3:1-9 NKJV
Father God,
This did seem a hard thing to ask. To go and not expect anyone to listen. But then You promised to provide him with Your Words, and Your strength of character, an inner strength even hardness to be able to keep on speaking to them. It reminds me that Jesus called us to preach the gospel.
You send us out as workers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38) but the harvest is provided and ripen by Yourself. We cannot take any of the glory and we cannot tell who will listen. Jesus spoke about the sower scattering seeds (Matthew 13:1-23. Only some fell on good soil. But only You God can read the heart. We are meant to just faithfully sow. We do not always know which seed may take years of watering to grow. And though You said aid the road is narrow and the gate small that leads to life (Matthew 7:14), we marvel today at the church that will worship in Spirit and in truth today around our nation, our world. Bless the Ezekiel’s who get knocked down, mocked and ignored but who still talk about You and Your Son and Your Spirit. Give me courage and flint!?
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Worship Sunday 26th July 2026 ““Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that scroll. 3 And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly, and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in sweetness. 4 Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, but to the house of Israel, 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, because they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted. 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”” Ezekiel 3:1-9 NKJV
Father God,
This did seem a hard thing to ask. To go and not expect anyone to listen. But then You promised to provide him with Your Words, and Your strength of character, an inner strength even hardness to be able to keep on speaking to them. It reminds me that Jesus called us to preach the gospel.
You send us out as workers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38) but the harvest is provided and ripen by Yourself. We cannot take any of the glory and we cannot tell who will listen. Jesus spoke about the sower scattering seeds (Matthew 13:1-23. Only some fell on good soil. But only You God can read the heart. We are meant to just faithfully sow. We do not always know which seed may take years of watering to grow. And though You said aid the road is narrow and the gate small that leads to life (Matthew 7:14), we marvel today at the church that will worship in Spirit and in truth today around our nation, our world. Bless the Ezekiel’s who get knocked down, mocked and ignored but who still talk about You and Your Son and Your Spirit. Give me courage and flint!?
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Worship Sunday 26th July 2026 We had this very recently but I could listen to this everyday it is so encouraging and empowering to me.
I just wanna speak the name of Jesus Over every heart and every mind ‘Cause I know there is peace within Your presence I speak Jesus
I just wanna speak the name of Jesus ‘Til every dark addiction starts to break Declaring there is hope and there is freedom I speak Jesus
‘Cause Your name is power Your name is healing Your name is life Break every stronghold Shine through the shadows Burn like a fire
I just wanna speak the name of Jesus Over fear and all anxiety To every soul held captive by depression I speak Jesus
Chorus
Shout Jesus from the mountains Jesus in the streets Jesus in the darkness, over every enemy Jesus for my family I speak the holy name Jesus,
Repeat twice
I just wanna speak the name of Jesus Over every heart and every mind ‘Cause I know there is peace within Your presence I speak Jesus
“Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.” Ezekiel 1:1
“Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also from within it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. 6 Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings.” Ezekiel 1:4-6
“And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it. 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and down ward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.” Ezekiel 1:26-28 NKJV
God of eternity,
While Jeremiah was writing to the exiles and speaking to the remaining in Jerusalem, Ezekiel was with the exiles by the river Chebar in Babylon (modern day Iraq I think). And You certainly took him by surprise because he fell on his face. If you read the whole chapter and try and imagine what he saw you can understand why he had trouble describing it. This was not a little vision in his dream space this was something as vast as the skies and more glorious than anything he could imagine.
We do not know what You look like Father, nor can we imagine it. You are not a man though we find it comforting to see what You are like through Jesus. We have no idea what Your Holy Spirit is like except when we sense He is directing us or moving us to worship. But this vision is You showing a tiny part of Your glory to a mere mortal. As You did to Isaiah in chapter 6. But he only saw You on a throne afar off and so large that just the train of Your robe reached and filled the Temple. These wee not visions of a man sat on a throne on a cloud but were surrounded by the colour of glory if it has colour. Ezekiel saw raging fire, brightness, flashes of lightening, glittering crystal and the sound like many waters.
We need to see the vastness of Your glory – or at least know about it. You are not limited by space or time and yet You choose to appear to one exile who You call to speak for You. You provide him with all he needs. Your Spirit to strengthen him (Ezekiel 2:2) and Your words in his heat (3:Your words in his heart (Ezekiel 3:10).
It reminds me of a children’s chorus, My God is so big so strong and so mighty there’s nothing that he cannot do. And yet You choose to use a man Ezekiel and later a fisherman and a tax collector . . . and us. Ezekiel sat down for 7 days thinking about what You had asked (Ezekiel 3:15). You did not rush him, A mighty and yet patient God.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Saturday 25th July 2026 We are constantly amazed at Your magnificence, Your generosity to sinful man (me) and the depth of Your mercy. We can sit as Ezekiel did and wonder before we go to worship tomorrow . . .
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more Stronger than darkness, new every morn Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
What love could remember no wrongs we have done Omniscient, all knowing, He counts not their sum Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Chorus
What patience would wait as we constantly roam What Father, so tender, is calling us home He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
Chorus
What riches of kindness He lavished on us His blood was the payment, His life was the cost We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford Our sins they are many, His mercy is more
“Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 (This happened after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.) 3 The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying, 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all who were carried away captive, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon: 5 Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. 6 Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace. 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, says the Lord. Jeremiah 29:1-9 NKJV
God of Israel,
Jeremiah not only faithfully spoke to the people left behind but sent Your word to those who went into exile by letter. You wanted them to know, hear from You, and understand You had not completely forsaken them. You would always be their God even when they rejected You. You wanted them to prosper even in their captivity,, ready for the day they chose to turn back to You.
Only a compassionate and loving God would endeavour to reach the lost when they would not listen. But then many generations later You chose to send Your Son to a people who would not listen. But some did. And You opened the door, You were the door. Not just to Your chosen people personally knowing You, but to anyone, born anywhere. The ‘whosoever’ as the hymn says. There have been many faithful Jeremiah’s since speaking out to trust God in difficult and challenging situations. The situation does not always change but You, God bless us and carry us through.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Friday 24th July 2026 Keen pianist to get going at the beginning made me smile. The whosoever – even me.
Whosoever heareth,” shout, shout the sound! Spread the blessed tidings all the world around. Tell the joyful news wherever man is found: “Whosoever will may come.”
“Whosoever will, “whosoever will!” Send the proclamation over vale and hill; ’Tis a loving Father calls the wanderer home; “Whosoever will may come.”
Whosoever cometh need not delay. Now the door is open; enter while you may; Jesus is the true, the only Living Way. “Whosoever will may come.”
Chorus
“Whosoever will” the promise is secure; “Whosoever will” forever shall endure. “Whosoever will” ’tis life forevermore. “Whosoever will may come.”
