November 10, 2014 
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“Why are there wars in the world? Why is there this constant international tension? What is the matter with the world? Why war and all the unhappiness and turmoil and discord amongst men? According to this Beatitude, there is only one answer to these questions-sin. Nothing else; just sin.”
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
August 4, 2014 1 Comment
This powerful poem was read out yesterday at our morning service as we prayed and reflected on the situation in Gaza. It was deeply moving.
Yohanna has written a poem, Cry with us (see below), which he is happy for churches to use as they pray for the situation and cry with them at this difficult time. He believes people in the UK and around the world can help change the situation in Israel-Palestine… read more
Cry With Us
This is a season of weeping and mourning, but it is not void of hope.
Our tears are the bridge between brutality and humanity;
our tears are the salty gates for seeing a different reality;
our tears are facing soulless nations and a parched mentality;
our tears are the dam preventing rivers of animosity.
For the sake of the mourning men, cry with us to reflect your amity.
For the sake of the poor children, cry with us demanding sanity.
For the sake of lamenting mothers, refuse violence and stupidity.
Love your enemies and cry with them is the advice of divinity.
Bless those who curse is the path to genuine spirituality.
Pour tears of mercy; compassion is true piety.
Pray with tears, for the sake of spreading equity.
Followers of Jesus: crying is now our responsibility.
But don’t cry for your friends only;
but also for your Enemy.
Yohanna Kanatacho
July 23, 2014 10 Comments
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke
June 27, 2013 19 Comments
These were the words I received from a spirit nudge yesterday whilst trying to find PS3 games suitable for Vini (12 years old) to play at my home when he visits with my brother Ben and his wife Rosie.
My background with video games…
I’ve played video games my whole life, starting with ‘Pong’, then my Dad bought a ‘ZX80’ & a ‘Video Genie System’ and all I remember playing on it was ‘Space Invaders’. Then came the ‘Commodore 64’ and we broke many joysticks playing ‘Way Of The Exploding Fist’ and many more fighting and shooting games, then the ‘Commodore Amiga!’ This was a fantastic games machine in the late 80’s & 90’s and really stepped up the quality and quantity of these genres.
Now The PlayStation…
Since I was a boy i’ve always wanted the most violent and brutal shooting and fighting games but nothing could be made as there just wasn’t enough processor speed or memory to do the job.
I’ve always thought playStations are amazing, I’ve owned a ‘PlayStation 1 & 2’ and I currently own a ‘PlayStation 3’ used as my DVD player for bible studies (this still makes me smile).
Since the release of the ‘PlayStation 1’ I’ve loved playing ‘Tomb Raider’, ‘Resident Evil’, ‘Silent Hill’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’, GTA was especially brutal and pushed the boundries of just how wrong can we make a game, but I loved it!
📖 Verse 4 2day!
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Back to childhood…
War and violence are horrific, brutal, destructive and uncaring, it leaves a trail of devastation through generations. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on, it still kills husbands, wives, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and on, and on, and on….
Are we that tangled up in the worldly culture that we have been deceived and we don’t even know it?
Is God trying to steer you away from something you know you shouldn’t really be doing?
Are you just a fan of Jesus? Or do you know him? Do you trust him to transform your life with the renewing of your mind, and turn you into the person that God wants you to be, and not the person the world wants you to be?!
🙏 Prayer 4 2day!
Father, please help us to be aware of the world and its destructive popular cultures. Help us to be the people you want us to be and not the people that blindly put idols on the throne where you belong, Amen.
April 18, 2013 2 Comments
I have had this written down for many years, but I have only just found it again when searching through some old folders.
A few of the songs/poems I have on here were written as I was coming out of a very dark time in my life, but I still would like to share them with you as they are still part of my journey.
Rest in Piece
by Steve Rebus
Verse 1 C, Am7, Em, G
As they Wade through the blood of your family,
Bullets pass through you for all to see,
Tears of blood, life long scars remain,
The evil one, is prowling once again,
Chorus Am, Em
Rest in Piece,
Children of war,
Rest in peace,
You don’t have to fear no more,
Verse 2
Lying face down in the mud,
A war never turns out like they say it would,
Trying to send a prayer with your final breath,
While spitting and choking on the stench of death,
Chorus
Middle 8 F, C, G/B Am
Who’s to say who’s wrong,
Who’s to say who’s right?
How much innocence will die tonight?
Verse 3
Is the war over now, are we done?
Or has all the darkness only begun,
What’s the value of a human life?
I guess that changes from side to side.
© Steve Rebus
📖 Verse 4 2day!
Matthew 5:44 (NIV)
But I tell you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
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