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.”
“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’ 4 “Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.” ’ ” Jeremiah 14:1-5NKJV
“Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for interest, nor have men lent to me for interest. Every one of them curses me. 11 The Lord said: “Surely it will be well with your remnant; Surely I will cause the enemy to intercede with you in the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.” Jeremiah 15:10-11 NKJV
God who fulfills what he promises,
There is no relenting with Jeremiah. Trouble, strife, deportation from the promised land, death, servitude is constantly promised. Now, the generous opportunity to repent and change the future is rejected one time too many.
But here, for Baruch and Jeremiah, is an assurance that they will both live and see these events happen. Proving their words. Fear of death from those who wish to silence them. Fear from death at the hands of the Babylonians. Fear of death from staying in Jerusalem or being transported to Babylon. All is removed by God’s promises to them. And Jeremiah is given the glimpse of not just assurance for himself but for a remnant who like him are for You God.
Assurance. You still are in the business of giving assurance to Your people. That assurance which comes when we need to know You are with us (Matthew 28:20). Assured of Your love whatever comes (Romans 38:9) Assured that we will receive life even if we die (John 11:25-26). Blessed assurance.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen
Worship Tuesday 14th July 2026 Just need the original version today much as I love the updated ones.
This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long.
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
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Perfect communion, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight. Angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
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Perfect submission, all is at rest. I in my Savior am happy and bless’d, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
“Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the adversities which I purpose to bring upon them, that everyone may turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.” 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the Lord. 6 You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord’s house on the day of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities. ” Jeremiah 36:1-8 NKJV
Father God,
Here we are introduced to Baruch, the son of Neriah a man with a good writing hand and a good memory for taking dictation! He was a faithful secretary to Jeremiah who trusted Him with the deeds to a field he bought (Jeremiah 32:16). The deeds were put in a jar so they could be preserved for many years. This was to witness that Judah would be taken into exile but at some time in the future God would bring them back, because God was hopeful they would again turn to Him..
Here we see Baruch delivering Jeremiah’s words, written down, so he could deliver them exactly. They had tried to silence Jeremiah by refusing him access to the Temple. So Baruch bravely and faithfully delivers them. He does not add or take away any. But faithfully serves. It reminds me that Jesus came as a servant and He said He only did what he saw his You His Father doing (John 5:19).
The kingdom of God is at its greatest when the lowliest Baruch’s are fulfilling their calling. He did what he was bid to do, willingly. He did not lose heart when later the writing was all torn up and then burned. He had then to re write it all over again. He just got on with it. What a witness.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Monday 13th July 2026 This starts very quiet, and is very intimate worship.
You came to the world You created Trading Your crown for a cross You willingly died Your innocent life paid the cost
Counting Your status as nothing The King of all kings came to serve Washing my feet Covering me with Your love
If more of You means less of me Take ev’rything Yes, all of You is all I need Take ev’rything
You are my life and my treasure The One that I can’t live without So here at Your feet My desires and dreams I lay down Here at Your feet My desires and dreams I lay down
If more of You means less of me Take ev’rything Yes, all of You is all I need Take ev’rything
Oh Lord, change me like only You can Here with my heart in Your hands Father I pray make me more like Jesus This world is dying to know who You are You’ve shown us the way to Your heart So Father I pray make me more like Jesus
Oh Lord, change me like only You can Here with my heart in Your hands Father I pray make me more like Jesus This world is dying to know who You are You’ve shown us the way to Your heart So Father I pray make me more like Jesus
More like Jesus I pray More like Jesus
If more of You means less of me Take ev’rything Yes, all of You is all I need Take ev’rything If more of You means less of me Take ev’rything Yes, all of You is all I need Take ev’rything
Lyrics: Brooke Ligertwood, Scott Ligertwood, Kristian Stanfill, Brett Younker
“Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it. 11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.” ’ ” 12 And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his evil heart.”” Jeremiah 18:5-12 NKJV
Father God,
The potter is the one with all the power to create, to shape or to destroy. The clay can be rejected or be remade. You in Your mercy called them to put an end to their evil ways and return to You so You could refashion them with a good future instead of a disaster. But they had selective hearing and just sulked like a people with no options! Hopeless, we may as well just go on with our own way even if we are useless and destined for disaster. What’s their problem?
I have a great respect for Jeremiah, his longsuffering, his dedication to saying the same thing in so many different ways. Trying to get their attention back on Your ways God. Your everlasting love for Your nation and people is clear. I wonder if I pray for my nation with as much fervour and determination as Jeremiah did. Or do I think it is hopeless? Not that my Nation is any more important than another – but it is where You have placed me Lord God. Mould and shape me into what I should be, accepting that things can change if we seek You.
In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
Worship Sunday 12th July 2026 It had to be this. Our holy calling . . .
Beautiful Lord, wonderful saviour I know for sure, all of my days are held in Your hands Crafted into Your perfect plan
You gently call me, into Your presence Guiding me by, Your Holy Spirit Teach me dear Lord To live all of my life through Your eyes
I’m captured by, Your Holy calling Set me apart I know You’re drawing me to Yourself Lead me Lord I pray
Take me and Mold me, Use me, Fill me I give my life to the Potter’s hands Hold me, Guide me, Lead me, Walk beside me I give my life to the Potter’s hand
You gently call me, into Your presence Guiding me by, Your Holy Spirit Teach me dear Lord To live all of my life through Your eyes
I’m captured by, Your Holy calling Set me apart I know You’re drawing me to Yourself Lead me Lord I pray
Take me and Mold me, Use me, Fill me I give my life to the Potter’s hands Call me, Guide me, Lead me, Walk beside me I give my life to the Potter’s hand
Call me, Guide me, Lead me, Walk beside me I give my life to the Potter’s hand
