Spirit moving

There’s a fear that’s forming
Far from a distant shore
There’s a commune breathing
Life into the land once more
In a flash of lightening
In a blaze of fire
You could see their spirit moving
In a light that was so bright
You could see their spirit moving….

For the people of the Son
For the bullet from a gun
In a flash of lightening
In a blaze of fire
You could see their spirit moving
In a light that was so bright
From a dream that was so right
For the people of the Son
For the bullet from a gun

Duw dyma fi (God here I am)

Duw dyma fi
Duw dyma fi
Duw dyma fi
Duw dyma fi

Ty
Iw fy annwyl
Iw fy cariad
Iw fy nerth

Crucified

Verse 1

In the darkest hour He prayed
Is there any other way
Yet not my will, but yours be done
He wept on that fateful day


Chorus

Crucified the Son of God
Crucified for me
Crucified the Son of God
Crucified for me


Verse 2

Bruised and tortured, stripped and scorned
He lay His own life down
Crying father forgive them for
They know not what they do

You are my God

Verse

You are my God, you are my Lord
You are my strength, my shield and my sword
You are the rock, on which I stand

You are my truth, you are my faith
You are the one who keeps me safe
You are my God, You are my Lord


Chorus 1

Praise be to the Lord
For He has delivered me
Praise be tho the Lord
My Lord
Praise be to the lord
For He has set me
Praise be to the lord
My Lord

Chorus 2

Praise be to the Lord
For He is my righteousness
Praise be tho the Lord
My Lord
Praise be to the lord
For He is my Holiness
Praise be to the lord
My Lord

Freedom

It's self explanatory, you would think.
The choice to do anything that you like.
For every choice taken however there is another that you did not.
Furthermore there are consequences for every act that we take and every decision that we make. So whilst freedom is the ideal it also imposes on us responsibility, i.e. the ability to respond to any given situation.
Furthermore freedom means sinless. We do not have the ability to remove our own sin ( remembering sin just means disobedience to God). Christ removed our sin for us, as He is the only one with this ability. We do have the ability however to respond to God or not. For a Christian this means obeying God. For a non Christian, it is deciding whether to believe in Christ as God and saviour. These two statements are not mutually exclusive, and continue to work together throughout our entire lives.
The key, as always is our heart. In the depths of our being who is it that we really are and what would we like to become. To reach these depths can be to say the least, difficult.
An alcohol advert for Heineken in the 80's went something like this " Only Heineken can do this, as it reaches the parts no other beer can reach".
Now substitute Jesus for Heineken and thing for beer , and now we have The Truth.
Or put another way:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".
Philippians 4:13

Culture

Depending on where we live, different norms are imposed on us. What I mean by this is that we feel compelled to fit in with the accepted way of behaving, which spills into our daily life in every way conceivable.

Here's an example. I'm afraid I'm going to get a bit churchy now.
Last Friday a bunch of us were at a Christian retreat centre called Ffald y brenin. My wife was taking a study on dance and its importance in worship through self expression. An excellent study, even if i do say so myself. Anyhow the study is way too long to go into here but my point is this.

It would be quite bizarre would it not if Christians went to church to praise God on a regular basis and did not sing or pray or speak to God at all, surely one would wonder why they are going.
Aren't all facets of worship open to us at all times? So why is it that we consider the dancing to be for just for the so called dancers, if we were to expand on this then logically would should conclude that singing is just for the so called singers.
The answer is simple, it is cultural. In Africa it is the cultural norm to dance in celebration, praise and worship, it would be unthinkable not to - an oxymoron.
My countries culture, and in particular the church tries to suppress this need in us, how bizarre.
Christianity is freedom, if it is not then it is worthless.
In the words of Christ: John 8:36
"So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
A friend of mine goes goes to the same church I frequent and another elsewhere. She is an exuberant and passionate dancer as is her love for God. She was told that her dancing was demonic, and to stop.
Doesn't sound like freedom does it, but it does sound an awful lot like judgment.

FREEDOM

Choice

On Saturday, three of us sat in the square in Neath town centre, drinking coffee and chatting. Well actually we were doing a bit more than that as we had a sign up saying "Dream interpretation and destiny words". The strange thing is we did neither of those things, we did however pray for people as that is what they wanted.
One woman came to us in her wheelchair, she couldn't speak very well, and was permanently wheelchair bound, it was quite difficult to understand what she was saying some of the time. Two things however were very clear, her love for Christ and her happiness with life. We asked her if she wanted prayer but she said she didn't need anything. She was utterly content with her situation regardless of external appearance.
A few minutes later a man sat to talk to us, he had just been released from prison for armed robbery. He spent the winters in jail and the summers sleeping in a bus stop shelter. I asked him why he didn't get help with housing from the council, he shook his head and said "na don't want that." He wasn't happy at all. He did however love Christ.
These two people were utterly different in situation and their approach to life. They both however had choice as do we all. We all have the ability to choose how we react to different situations.
We often make the wrong decision as it is our choice and not Gods. Stress can send us off the rails and into a myriad of bad decisions. Nevertheless the choice is still ours and God gives us the strength to do all things, the problem is we don't always want to do it Gods way.