Song to choreo #2

Chris Rice's Clumsy

Decisions

I choose to not complain but contribute.

I choose to not go against the current, but to nurture stronger waves.

I choose to edify, encourage and love.

I choose to not discriminate, cause upheaval and chaos.

I choose to be a factor of peace.

I choose to accelerate change.

First questions human beings ask

There is a tragedy at the heart of things’, said Martin Buber. The result of the Fall is a broken relationship with God, Adam and Eve blame each other, and then in chapter four we read that their children also fall out with each other. Cain is angry with his brother Abel.

God’s questioning continues. ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it’ (Genesis 4:6-7).

We will either master sin (now through the power of the cross and resurrection and with the help of the Spirit) or else sin will master us. In Cain’s case it did. He killed his brother (Genesis 4:8). God asked him yet another question, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ (Genesis 4:9a).

In response Cain asks the first question asked by a human being in the Bible, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ (4:9b). Cain wants to avoid responsibility. He is saying, ‘Do I really have responsibility for anyone other than myself?’

This is the crucial question for today. Do we have responsibility? Do we have responsibility for the bad stuff that is happening in our city? Do we have responsibility for the bad stuff that is happening in our nation and around the world? If thirty thousand children die every day of extreme poverty, is that our responsibility?

Lord, thank you for your amazing love for us. Thank you that you have created this wonderful universe for us to enjoy. Thank you that supremely you have given us human relationships because it is not good for us to be alone.

Forgive us for the times that we have fallen for the devil's lie that we cannot trust you and that we need to experience things that you have forbidden.

Thank you that you always come searching for us. Thank you that you have sent Jesus to crush the serpent’s head. Thank you that Jesus was willing to pay the price on the cross so that we could be forgiven and the relationship restored. Although sin is often crouching at our door and desires to have us, help us to master it through your victory by the cross and resurrection and by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Help us this year not to say like Cain, ‘Am I my brother's keeper?’, but to see that we are responsible for the needs of those around us, to see the potential we have to make a difference to others people's lives and to fulfill our potential.

~One Year Bible (Day 2)
by Nicky Gumble

Song to choreo #1

Choreograph something to this tune. Heard while browsing through Ted Baker in Covent Garden. Don't worry, mum, didn't spend any money.

Convicted

Today, Tim Hughes, the chairperson for today's service, went up on stage and said,

'Let's take a moment together to pray for ONE thing we want to see come to past with God's providence. Be it a job opening, or that one person coming to know Christ, or that one family member you want to reach out to. Let's lift these persons and circumstances to God and ask Him to amaze us...'

So I bowed my head, gave a brief thought, and began my prayer with,

'Lord, I desire a first class honours...'

It wasn't long before I felt a twist in my heart as everyone kept in silence and as the band played in the background.

It wasn't long before Tim Hughes was about to end that 3 minute session...

I bowed my head again, gave a brief thought, and ended my prayer with,

'Lord, grant me wisdom, make me whole...'

I stood up with tears swelling in my eyes.

We choose to leave it all behind, and turn our eyes towards the prize ~'Adoration' Brenton Brown~

Audience of One

I come on my knees
To lay down before you
Bringing all that I am
Longing only to know you
Seeking your face
And not only your hand
I find you embracing me
Just as I am

And I lift these songs
To you and you alone
As I sing to you
In my praises make your home

To my audience of one
You are Father, and you are Son
As your spirit flows free,
Let it find within me
A heart that beats to praise you.
And now just to know you more
Has become my great reward
To see your kingdom come
And your will be done
I only desire to be yours,
Lord

So what could I bring
To honor your majesty
What song could I sing
That would move the heart of royalty
And all that I have
Is the life that youve given me
So Lord let me live for you
My song with humility

And Lord as the love song
Of my life is played
I have one desire
To bring glory to your name

To my audience of one
You are Father, and you are Son
As your spirit flows free,
Let it find within me
A heart that beats to praise you.
And now just to know you more
Has become my great reward
To see your kingdom come
And your will be done
I only desire to be yours,
Lord

And we lift these songs
To you and you alone
As we sing to you
In our praises make your home

To my audience of one
You are Father, and you are Son
As your spirit flows free,
Let it find within me
A heart that beats to praise you.
And now just to know you more
Has become my great reward
To see your kingdom come
And your will be done
I only desire to be yours,
Lord

~"Audience of One" Casting Crowns~

Resolve

Cheers to a year that ended with the best tour on the River Thames with the most amazing company, and a dinner that was most heart-warming.

Ahoi to a year that begun with the most amazing fireworks display from the London Eye, and a cheerful welcome from the Big Guy up there with a light shower of fresh snow.

Settled here in my newly refurbished room and a mug of warm honey lemon in hand, I resolve to:-

Stay focused on what I know is true
Live each day daring to move
Choose to always see the glass as half full
Keep in mind those who matters most

and

Smile =)

Have a great one, all!