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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people and kindle in us the fire of your love.

All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God and fellow-heirs with Christ.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people.

Renew the face of your creation, Lord, pouring on us the gifts of your Spirit,

and kindle in us the fire of your love.

For the creation waits with eager longing for the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your people and kindle in us the fire of your love.

Great prayer, part of the liturgy for todays morning prayer: http://daily.commonworship.com/daily.cgi?today_mp=1

Loved Phil Wickham’s first singalong album.  Vol. 2 is available now and is just as good.  It  is connected to child sponsorship charity compassion who you should also check out.

The Welcome Wagon make lovely, simple songs about God and people and they’re brilliant! You can get a free EP of theirs from NoiseTrade now,  and a couple more mp3s plus info on their new album at Asthmatic Kitty

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say, ‘Friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from the other person’s eye.

Luke 6:41-42 TNIV. From todays CofE daily readings.

I’m till rubbish at practicing this one!

Later in the chapter Jesus says that those who don’t put his words into action will find their house has collapsed. I know its a depressing thought for a Tuesday morning. But perhaps that’s a warning we Christians - with our disputes, arguments and petitions - should really listen to!

Oh… Did I just do it again?

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Streetlights,
Divine DNA

This is brilliant!  Streetlights is a project to record the whole bible with MCs (a lot from the excellent Humble Beast label).  They’re not rapping but reading straight from the New Living Translation over some tasty beats.

 I think it sounds really, really good and is great for listening to big chunks of the bible or to mix up worship or devotion time on your own or in small groups. Vol 1 is called Divine DNA and Covers Gen 1 - 6 and the whole of John’s Gospel.

There’s also a sampler of various selections which has been out for a while.

It’s all available for free, but if you want to donate to help them complete the whole project you can.

If you like the beats, you can get similar stuff from Courtland Urbano and See Saw Kids.  

Junk shop Jesus.

Helen and I have been recently took over running the Missional Communities UK blog. I say we, actually its H who really does the running.

We’ve got a range if people, who are involved in medium sized commutues engaged in mission in a number of different situations, sharing their stories, challenges and passion. I’ve just written a couple of posts there on prayer.

If you are interested in church plants, fresh expressions or just ways to connect Jesus and 21st century life then go take a look.

Love this video from 24-7.

guardianmusic:

A really lovely 30-minute mixtape of recent live performances, rehearsal sessions and field recordings by Buzzin’ Fly’s Spanish left-field guitarist/electronic artist Towards Green. It’s available to download for free too. CS

Listened to this a few times today. Love it!

algordontv:

Connected, but alone? How technology is ruining your life…

Very thought provoking video.