CLOSED!

A decision has finally been reached...

Bring the rain has run its course for me and i have decided to move on. There are many reasons for this but I won't go into detail now

I have moved my blogging activities to Patient With Me. Please feel free to visit and follow as the journey will continue...just a new chapter.

Quick Hello

Hi and thanks for stopping by.

IF you check this blog out regularly you cant have failed to notice that i have not written anything in a while.
The reason for this is that I simply don't want to write just anything and have been trying to figure out where I want to go with this.
I am not a great writer and can only write what I feel,

I want to be honest about my feelings and what's going on in my life. I also want to have a bit of fun.

I'm not sure if I am going to continue on this blog or start afresh...we'll see

In the mean time I leave you with this!




God bless.

Great Video

More on Worship

I recently wrote a post on worship.

Since then I have been on a bit of a search for the meaning of worship, and I have to be honest and say that I feel like I have only scrapped the surface.

one of the questions I am looking at is:

What does Worship look like to our God?

We can stand and sing great songs with robust chorus's and big verses and heart felt lyrics but unless the heart of the individual singing the lyrics are truly seeking to worship God then they mean nothing to him.
God is looking for hearts of worship and lives that are lived in total worship to him.

Don't get me wrong I love nothing more than singing great songs to the Lord but I have learned that unless I truly mean the words that I sing they are empty and all God can hear is Blah blah blah.
Also when I am leading worship, If I don't mean every word I sing, how can I expect for the congregation whom I am responsible for at that moment - to get the the throne room?

I have to mean it, I have to live like I mean it, there is no pretending to mean it, there is no hiding from God!!

I know this hasn't fully answered my question but this is a Journey!!!

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:24

Let me know your thoughts on worship!!

Questioning?

Currently I find myself in a bit of a situation.

I am finding myself questioning certain aspects of the word being received. there is a reason for this which I wont go into!! but lets just say that I am not convinced on some of the preaching being given at the moment.
I honestly believe that our pastor seeks God for the word but I am also aware that little "self" can creep in at times
I know that it is good to question some things and that there are times when this is healthy but right now through this period I don't feel that I am questioning in a healthy manner.

Questions?
Is it healthy to question the word?
can this do more harm than good?


Let me know you your thoughts!!


***** To Clarify **************************

It is the Preached word I am struggling with NOT the Written Word ( The Bible!!)

Worship

Lately I have been reading " A Passion for your name" by Tim Hughes. Its all about Worship.
To be quite frank it is possibly the best Christian book i have read to date...well almost!!
At the Same time as i am reading this God has been teaching me about worship.

Now i know worship is a spiritual act but there are physical elements to worship.

If you go through the bible it is full of examples of physical and spiritual act of worship. lying prostrate, arms are raised etc etc etc.

Me however for the last 20 or so years worship with my hand in my pockets or my arms folded or just be hind my back.

That was until a conversation with my wife changed the way I thought.
The conversation went something like this
Me:" i wish we could do away with the chairs some times in church"
Wife " Why?"
Me" Cause i think that i limits us in our worship, whens the last time anyone danced, getting rid of the chairs would encourage them"
Wife "Thats rich coming from you... You just stand there with you arms folded if your not playing guitar!!""
I wish I could get across the venom with which the statement was delivered or the amount it cut to my heart!!
But I have to say she was right and she had a point. I never express my self physically to God EVER!!
This stuck with me for quite some time then at work's prayer day we sang "The Stand" by Hillsong united and that was it for me i had to make a decision there and then.. a line from the chorus goes
"So i'll stand with ARMS HIGH and HEARTS ABANDONED" so basically hit hit me that if I sing this line and dont do it I was lying!! I have never been convicted of anything so strongly before!!
So i did it and the freedom was unreal it added a whole new level to worship for me, I didn't care who I thought was watching i didn't matter it was all about God!

How do you express to God Physically?
What's your favourite worship song right now?


My Favourite Worship song at the moment!!
Enjoy

Update!

Hi All.

Just wanted to let you know

1- My niece is now home, only 3 day s after being diagnosed with Meningitis. I went to see her yesterday and she was perfectly fine but we are still waiting for test results. Please continue to pray for her and that my Brother acknowledges that God had his hand in her healing!!

2 My cousin will be back home tomorrow. they are still waiting for test results also but it is a good sign that he is allowed home. Please continue to pray for him and his family through this difficult period.

Many thanks for all you prayers so far.

If you have anything I can pray for for you please let me know!

God Bless

Urgent call for Prayer

Anyone who drops by.

Please pray for my niece.

She has been diagnosed in the last couple of hours with Meningitis!! she is just 2 months old.

All prayers are welcome and as I have just explained to my eldest daughter we can never pray too much!!

Many thanks!!!

God Bless

On spirititual knees

Over the last 20 years or so i have had a persistent knee problem, which has now resulted in what's called an Oestochondrial Defect put simply a bit of the joint has worn away and a small piece of cartilage is floating around the knee joint. This is now causing my knee to lock into place causing excruciating pain!!!

The piece of cartilage is incredibly small but is temporarily totally debilitating.

Every part of me screams with pain and I cannot move forward until it has moved!

Why do I tell you all this...simply for sympathy!!
But it did get me thinking about the body of Christ.

You see in the Body the smallest problem can cause the whole body to come to a stand still, and quite often God will not allow the church to move on until the issue has been resolved.
He loves each and everyone of us so much that he would not allow pain or sorrow or trouble to be unresolved in the body.

How cool is it that we have a God who loves us this much!!
Just think about your job... does you boss stop everything because you are having problems.....highly unlikely he just wants his business to run and doesn't particularly care about your troubles.
But God is much bigger and has much more responsibility but will stop everything just for you.

Awesome!

Please Pray

My cousin Michael was taken ill with a stroke last night - (in California)

He is only 34 and has today been Diagnosed with 2 brain tumours.
Please remember him and his family in your prayers.

God bless!

Gary Moore 1952 - 2011

Pure Genius!!
One of my all time favourites!!

Bring The Rain

I heard this song again this week and I was reminded why I called this blog Bring the Rain!!
I think the lyrics say it all really.
With all the bad stuff that has happened so much more good has happened. When we focus on all the negativity we can forget how much God has done for us, how he is ALWAYS there, how he will never forsake us!

Enjoy

Whats are your songs of the moment?


MercyMe - Bring The Rain

I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I’ve gone through

The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You

Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It’s never really ever crossed my mind

To turn my back on you oh Lord
My only shelter from the storms
But instead I draw closer through these times

So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory

And I know There’ll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that’s what it takes to praise You
Jesus Bring the Rain

I am Yours regardless of
The dark clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain

You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what’s a little rain

Holy, Holy, Holy
Is the Lord God Almighty

Yo!

Right now I am sat with my lap top, wanting to write a post but without a clue what to write about.
Several issues are going around my head at the moment
Hypocrisy in the Church
Getting the Job done
Worship
lead or be led
How can Russell Brand win an outstanding award to comedy award!

But really I just want to say hi!!

I am loving life. My family are fantastic, my wife is awesome and my kids are even more awesome!! I have a Job i love. I am loving church and stuff at the moment

I hope that if you pass by everything is going great, let me know!! if its not let me know and i can at least pray for you

Say Hi!

Shame Shame Shame

I am incredibly proud of my Eldest daughter (And my youngest for that matter!!) She is totally fearless when it comes to talking about God





She is not ashamed to:
speak about Jesus - Even when it costs
Ask for prayer
Turn to Jesus
Stand up for her Beliefs
Turn to Jesus

For All this I am proud! but ashamed of myself.

I fail to speak about Jesus when the opportunity arises
I fail to ask for prayer
I Fail to turn to Jesus

I don't know why I fail so often because I am not ashamed of my Christianity nor am I ashamed of Jesus.

This is my prayer!

Lord I want to be better for you, I am not ashamed of you Lord yet my actions do not prove that.
Help me to take the opportunities that you give to talk about you. Lord Help me to trust that you can answer my prayers and to ask for prayer when I need it.
Lord be my life, my all, my everything

Amen

COMING SOON

Hello to any who pass by!

A new post will be coming soon.
In the mean time
Hope you had a Great Christmas and new year!