Tag: We are marching in the light of God

Monday 14th July 2025

“The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said, 12 “Don’t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don’t live in dread of what frightens them. 13 Make the Lord of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble. 14He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.” 16 Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me. 17 I will wait for the Lord, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him. 18 I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion. 19 Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? 20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.” Isaiah 8:11-20 NLT

God unchanging,

I am struck by how this passage speaks to our day and Your family in Christ now, just as it did in the day of Your people of Judah. You do not change and it seems we need to hear the same warning over and over again. I hope we heed them. Perhaps we have an advantage . . . in Jesus Not to think like anyone else does. – We have the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:12, 16).

Not to believe conspiracy theories and live in dread of what frightens us. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth (Ephesians 4:14). Jesus said, “What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.” (Luke 12:7)

Not to be like Israel and Judah and see God as a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. – Jesus, became the stone that the builders rejected and has now become the cornerstone of the church. (Matthew 21:42)

To preserve the teaching of God. – Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Colossians 3:16) All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching (2 Timothy 3:16).

And so it goes on Lord. And we will consult You and not the dead for You were resurrected, nothing can kill you. We will live in the light, let our light shine and not hide it . . . and be grateful that You have conquered the darkness.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Worship Monday 14th July 2025

We are marching in the light of God
We are marching in the light of God (Repeat)
We are marching, marching,
We are marching marching Oh-oh
We are marching in the light of God (Repeat)

We are living in the love of God
We are living in the love of God (Repeat)
We are living, living
We are living, living oh-oh
We are living in the love of God (Repeat)

We are moving in the power of God
We are moving in the power of God (Repeat)
We are moving. moving
We are moving, moving oh-oh
We are moving in the power of God (Repeat)

Lyrics: Andries Van Tonder. A South African hymn that became popular in North American churches in the 1990s and then sung across Europe.






Friday 7th March 2025

“So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: 29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. 34 For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’ 35 I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.’” Numbers 14:28-35
“Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.” Numbers 14:38

Lord God Almighty,

This reminds us that You are God. There is judgement at Your throne. Not theoretical, not that doesn’t apply now but that still sees the complexity of the heart and mind of man. This generation that left Egypt constantly doubted You, complained and nothing was good enough. They always say You should have left them as slaves. One could say the spoke an endless self fulfilling prophecy that they would not make it. And they didn’t. But You in Your mercy kept Your promise to Abraham and led the next generation into the promise. Along with Caleb and Joshua. We can begin to see why Joshua becomes Moses right hand man.

Help us not to become unbelievers by our attitude. Not to get stuck in the rut of negativity and look back to what we think of as better days. Help us to see that today is the day to seek Your Kingdom, God and all Your blessings (Matthew 6:33). Help us in all our ways to acknowledge You as God and Lord, so You can direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6). And worship not whine and complain (Philippians 2:14).

At Your throne there is judgement. But Jesus took our punishment. Keep us in Your love through Your Your Son. Walking the right way, willingly, not dragging our feet or whining.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.

Worship Friday 7th March 2025


We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching, marching,
O, we are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching, marching,
O, we are marching in the light of God.

2. We are living in the love of God…

3. We are moving in the power of God…

Lyrics: Original Xhosa Text and melody, South Africa.

Sunday 3rd November 2024

“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.” Psalm 113:3

God of Light and Life,

Sunday and we praise You, Father, Saviour, Provider, Redeemer, Almighty, God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. We could go on as their are so many names trying to give us some understanding of who You are, what You do and what You mean to us. Till we get to “I Am” the name You told Moses at the burning bush and we are silenced by Your magnitude.

Some of may be praising You as they jump out of bed and others will be pulling up the covers and thinking about getting up for church . . . some will be busy getting others up and some . . . just having a second cuppa and thinking about moving!

However we start today, help us to remember to praise You for how wonderful You are and to thank You for who You are. Dawn brings light every day. The true light came into the world (John 1:9) comes into our hearts just as certainly every day, all day. If there is just one thing to start our praise today . . . it is for sending the light of Jesus for us and in us by Your Spirit.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Suggestions for prayer . . .
God of light and love,

For our family, friends, neighbours, those we promised to pray for.
For our fellowship, ministers and our and neighbouring congregations.
For our king and all those in authority (1 Timothy 2:2).
For our Government. Lords and commons. Civil Servants. Local councillors.
For Ukraine and Russia. For Israel, Lebanon, the Middle East. Miracles of Peace.
For schools as they reopen after half term tomorrow. Light of good knowledge.
For the power of the gospel to set shed light into new believers all over the world today.
For us to experience You today through Your Word even if we cannot get to church.

In Jesus name, Amen

Just enjoy this hymn first in Welsh and then in English. There is something beautiful about listening to it in the language it was written in.

 Here is love, vast as the ocean,
loving-kindness as the flood,
when the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
throughout heav’n’s eternal days.

On the mount of crucifixion
fountains opened deep and wide;
through the floodgates of God’s mercy
flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
poured incessant from above,
and heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
kissed a guilty world in love.

Lyrics: William Rees
Translator: William Edwards