Tag: Start the Day

Monday 5h October 2026

“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand. 9 Do not be furious, O Lord, nor remember iniquity forever; indeed, please look—we all are Your people! 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, is burned up with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?” Isaiah 64:8-12 NKJV

“But you are those who forsake the Lord, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, And who furnish a drink offering for Meni. 12 Therefore I will number you for the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear, but did evil before My eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.” Isaiah 65:11-12

God of righteousness and mercy,

It does us good Lord to read the Old Testament and Your great mercy in forgiving Your people over and over again and restoring them. Then in reading the New Testament we are overwhelmed by Your giving and giving and giving again. Our gift of salvation, acceptance and Love which cost You everything and us nothing.

But Isaiah reminds us it is not licence to take and do as we please. You know those who forsake Your ways. You read our hearts. You warned us that things would come that cause us to sin (Luke 17:1) Jesus knew we would always need Him. But woe he says to the one who causes another to sin. You know the difference between a slip, a trip and a disobedience. Keep us like the soft clay, Isaiah speaks of, in Your hands. Always being willing to be shaped back through the love of our Saviour. May we never offer praise or trust in anyone or anything else above You. Isaiah 64:8-12 is a beautiful timeless prayer and Isaiah 65:12 a warning to keep our ears and hearts open for Your answer and call.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Worship Monday 5th October 2026

Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.

Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.

You are the potter, I am the clay,
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.

Jesus, Oh Jesus come and fill Your lambs,
Jesus, Oh Jesus come and fill Your lambs.

Lyrics: Eddie Espinosa

Sunday 4th October 2026

“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” Isaiah 61:1-3 NKJV

Lord God,

We know the beginning of this chapter of Isaiah because it appears in the New Testament. We see Jesus in the Temple. He was handed the sacred scroll to read and it is Isaiah 61:1-2. He then sits. Unusual because everyone stood in the Temple. The chair, we believe, was for the Messiah if he should come! No wonder the priests were offended by Him. But we rejoice.

It was all planned and prepared for Him to come to us as Messiah, before the first spark of light appeared in creation. Isaiah felt called to speak it and he believed You, God would make these things happen. Perhaps some saw it partially fulfilled, to some extent, when Judah returned to Jerusalem from captivity? But not all.

We then read that Jesus did all those things that Isaiah spoke about. He fulfilled the promise. He brought good news, He healed, He mended hearts and released those bound by evil. Today we have Your comfort, the beauty of the resurrection, praising You lifts our spirits, Your Spirit both strengthens us us and helps us grow in Your righteousness.. But we too wait for the final day of vengeance when all sorrow and sickness will end, and we thank You God that You are with us every step of the way until that day..

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Sunday 4th October 2026

One day You’ll make everything new, Jesus
One day You will bind every wound
The former things shall all pass away
No more tears

One day You’ll make sense of it all, Jesus
One day every question resolved
Every anxious thought left behind
No more fear

When we all get to heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We’ll sing and shout the victory

One day we will see face to face, Jesus
Is there a greater vision of grace
And in a moment, we shall be changed
On that day

And one day we’ll be free, free indeed, Jesus
One day all this struggle will cease
And we will see Your glory revealed
On that day

Chorus

One day we will see face to face, Jesus
Is there a greater vision of grace
And in a moment, we shall be changed
And in a moment, we shall be changed
On that day

Chorus

Lyrics: Matt Redman
 Chorus from a hymn: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt 

Saturday 3rd October 2026

“Arise, shine; For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.” Isaiah 60:1-3 NKJV

Father God,

We linger a few days in the closing chapters of Isaiah because You were saying something they would find it very hard to believe maybe. That gentiles and their kings were part of Your long term inclusive plan God. They had only known the Law of Moses, to keep to Gods ways together and separate from other nations. Lest they took up the practices and pagan gods of the other nations who were no gods at all.

Now the message is clear and well lit! The glory of the Lord for all. It takes me to an evening in the fields, long ago but many years after Isaiah, where shepherds trying to keep watch of their flocks through the darkness (Luke 2:9). An angel appeared and the glory of the Lord, Your glory Father, shone all around them. Bringing good news of the birth of one we would also know as the Light of the world (John 8:12).

Your glory, Your light amidst the deep darkness. And no-one will ever put it out (John 1:5). Isaiah may not have been understood in his day but his words have stood the test of time. Jesus did bring Your light back to Jerusalem even if they sought to put it out. Nothing could, not even death itself. You alone are God. You alone are Good. You alone can lighten our darkness and bring us into Your light.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Saturday 3rd October 2026

We had this recently but it is in my ear and my head and my heart.

For no one else in history is like You
And history itself belongs to You
Alpha and Omega, You have loved me
And I will share eternity with You

It’s all about You, Jesus
And all this is for You
For Your glory and Your fame
It’s not about me
As if You should do things my way
You alone are God, and I surrender
To Your ways

Jesus, lover of my soul
All consuming fire is in Your gaze
Jesus, I want You to know
I will follow You all my days
For no one else in history is like You
And history itself belongs to You
Alpha and Omega, You have loved me
And I will share eternity with You

It’s all about You, Jesus
And all this is for You
For Your glory and Your fame
It’s not about me
As if You should do things my way
You alone are God, and I surrender
To Your ways

Repeat chorus . . .

Lyrics: Paul Oakley