What me?

I'm to lazy to hold a grudge!!

Let all that I am praise the Lord

1 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.
3 He forgives all my sins
and heals all my diseases.
4 He redeems me from death
and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
5 He fills my life with good things.
My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
6 The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
7 He revealed his character to Moses
and his deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
9 He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.
10 He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
11 For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
12 He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west.
13 The Lord is like a father to his children,
tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
14 For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
15 Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
16 The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
17 But the love of the Lord remains forever
with those who fear him.
His salvation extends to the children’s children
18 of those who are faithful to his covenant,
of those who obey his commandments!
19 The Lord has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.
20 Praise the Lord, you angels,
you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
listening for each of his commands.
21 Yes, praise the Lord, you armies of angels
who serve him and do his will!
22 Praise the Lord, everything he has created,
everything in all his kingdom.
Let all that I am praise the Lord.
(Psalm 103:1-22, NLT)

Readers

Last night my mother started her course to become a "reader" (a bit like a vicar), in the Church of England. I'm so proud of her, I know shes going to do great.
What an amazing God we have, look what He is doing in the Knight family.
My brother is on his third and final year of study to become a reader, my mum is now starting the same course and I'm studying theology with a view of becoming a pastor.
What a turn around for us all, and some question whether God is real!
Are they blind?
Lord, give sight to the blind I pray.

Song of Victory

Psalm 18

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies.
(Psalm 18: 1-3, NIV)

I'm preaching from this Sunday.

England, you Beauties!

Come on England!

Wow, what a win last night; Croatia 1-4 England.
Theo Walcott hit a stunning hat-trick as England thrashed Croatia in a World Cup qualifying tie in Zagreb.
Check out the report below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7602774.stm
Croatia haven't lost a competitive game at home since 1994 so the commentators reported.
THEY HAVE NOW!!

Love is....

1 I may speak in different languages, of people or even angels. But if I do not have love, I am only a noisy bell or a crashing cymbal.
2 I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.
3 I may give away everything I have, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing if I do not have love.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
5 Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.
6 Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth.
7 Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.
8 Love never ends.
(1 Co 13:1-8, NCV)

My devotional for the past leaders meeting can be found at the link below:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddp84qn2_2hbnz598q&hl=en_GB

Leaders Meeting

Monday night we have our next leaders meeting at Church. I'm leading the devotional and have been trying to think of a challenging message to really get us going as leaders, but is that what's needed? Isn't a devotional meant to lead us to a place where we are in complete devotion to our Lord? Wouldn't being in such a place set the meeting of on the right footing?
It's when we are in such a state of humble devotion that the challenge to love Him, and fulfill all He is calling us to as leaders comes.

The Message

Some time back, as a small group we completed a course of studies called "In the dust of the Rabbi". Towards the end of these studies we were encouraged to get back into the regular reading of God's Word as disciples of Jesus.
I've tried to take this on board and have been regularly using Eugene H. Peterson's "Message".
I know this bible translation isn't new, a number of people have been using it and praising it for a longtime.
Well anyway, I've been using it and really enjoying it's contemporary language .
Some will say that it's simply a paraphrase of the bible and not great for a deeper study of God's Word, that's fine; I would still choose the NIV for study purposes, but for everyday reading I'm loving the Message.
You can actually access an online version by clicking on the link below:
http://www.studylight.org/desk/?l=en&query=Matthew+10&section=0&translation=msg&oq=mt%252010&new=1&nb=mt&nfc=%A0%7C%3C%A0&ng=10&ncc=10.

Give it a try and decide for yourself.

Check it out!

Every one's getting into this blog stuff!
My mum, now back in the UK has started her own blog. Check it out at:

http://sueknight.blogspot.com/

Isn't she doing well?

Go for it mum.