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Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 196
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 196
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 199
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 199
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
Are you the One who is to come
Are you the One who is to come
by Michael Docker
Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for someone new? Thousands have named your holy name Yet now your followers are few. Are you the One to bring us life, or should we leave the search behind? Many have found a kind of truth While in their eyes our love seems blind.…
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
by Michael Docker
Can anything part us from Christ's love? Can danger, nakedness or sword? Affliction, hardship, persecution, hunger, The daily doing to death told by the Word. The suffering for the sake of others; The fate of sheep uniquely ours Who walk with Christ through the world's condemnati…
Christ is the human face of God
Christ is the human face of God
by Michael Docker
Christ is the human face of God - First born of all God made; This is the truth; all who are flawed Proclaim it unafraid; All things in Him, seen and unseen, Were made; all that has ever been. Christ is the Head, Christ is the first, And Christ will come to be; This truth will al…
All people, nations, lives on earth
All people, nations, lives on earth
by Michael Docker
All peoples, nations, lives on earth, All cities, places, great and small, Hear this good news, this shining truth: Christ lives who died for one and all. All faith, all thought, all science, all art, All cultures, ways of life, all mind, Take this good news, this joy, to heart, …
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
Gather at the feet of Jesus
Gather at the feet of Jesus
by Michael Docker
Gather at the feet of Jesus, Let his spirit call to you, Let his wisdom, born from ages, Light the road life's brought you to. Thank God for His sacrifice, Live like salt and pay the price. Build your life on firm foundations, Rock and stone not shifting sand, Sound advice and as…
Father God whose face in Jesus
Father God whose face in Jesus
by Michael Docker
Father God whose face in Jesus Shows a love that saves and sees us, Holds and keeps and calls and frees us, For a crying world we pray When a man dies in a moment, When a world ends in the ferment Of dis-ease, despair and torment, For a hurting world we pray. When a family, churc…
God above us, God beyond us
God above us, God beyond us
by Michael Docker
God above us, God beyond us, God as close as our next breath, God in Jesus living, dying, Overcoming pain and death. Jesus rising, Jesus rising Jesus lifting all we are From the depths of hate and violence To God’s realm so near, so far. Broken hearts, bewildered spirits; Earthly…
God has plans for the world, told in stories
God has plans for the world, told in stories
by Michael Docker
God has plans for the world, told in stories Handed down from a people of old; Plans that start with a Word and a garden, And that end in a city, with gold. At the heart is the story of Jesus From his birth through his life to his cross, Prophecied by the ancients and angels, Ful…
God of the rising, shining sun.
God of the rising, shining sun.
by Michael Docker
God of the rising, shining sun, Whose course is founded by your will, The source of life in everyone, In every era shining still. Here in the morning you have given, We praise and like the sun would move Along the lanes and laws of heaven, Our lives made full and free by love. Go…
Come to this work, this task, this joy
Come to this work, this task, this joy
by Michael Docker
Come to this work, this task, this joy, This worship, thanks and praise, Come join the mystery, share, enjoy God's work in Christ; God's ways. Hold in your mind the ancient truths Proclaimed in worship real; God's work in Christ, the love God breathes To hold, to help, to heal. B…
For all who believe that there's more to this life
For all who believe that there's more to this life
by Michael Docker
For all who believe that there's more to this life Than this world of sadness and sickness and strife What's needed are stories of symbol and sign Like Cana where Jesus turned water to wine For all who believe that the world of today Is rich in potential but poor in its ways What…
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