• Surrender and Obedience

    I don’t know about you, but I’m the kind of person who loves to seek God for a word for the year ahead. Every December, I make space to pray and ask the Lord for a word I can anchor the coming year in – something I can return to again and again, a kind…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 8

    An 8-day devotional Sacrificial Worship ‘But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen.‘ (2 Samuel 24:24 NLT) Today, on…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 7

    An 8-day devotional Worship and the Word ‘Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.‘ (Colossians 3:16 NLT) I’m privileged to be part of a church that takes…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 6

    An 8-day devotional Corporate Worship ‘Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.’ (Hebrews 10:24-25 NLT) My goodness. Just thinking…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 5

    An 8-day devotional Worship in Silence and Solitude ‘He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ” (Psalm 46:10 NIV) There is such beauty in stillness. All too often, in our busy and rushing world, we forget that stillness…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 4

    An 8-day devotional Worship Through Song ‘Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy.‘ (Psalm 100:1-2 NLT) There are so many beautiful songs of worship in our world today – we are not without accompaniment when we want to sing to the Lord!…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 3

    An 8-day devotional The Heart of Worship You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. (Psalm 51:16-17 NLT) Today I would love to talk about the…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 2

    An 8-day devotional Worship in Everyday Life So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.…

  • Authentic Worship – Day 1

    An 8-day devotional Understanding Worship Hello friends.  If you’re reading this then the likelihood is that you have a relationship with worship as a follower of Jesus. Perhaps you are a worship leader, perhaps you are a pastor, or perhaps you are a Christian who wants to delve further into a narrative around authentic worship.…

  • Be Careful Who You Follow

    ‘He died because of the sin he committed by doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and by walking in the ways of Jeroboam and the sin he caused Israel to commit.’ (1 Kings 16:18-19, CSB) We all follow someone, don’t we? Whether it’s our favourite band, travelling across the country to catch their…