Gaelic and Soul

I have had no one to pray with for the last 5 days,but have been getting closer to God by reading the Bible, and the Metrical Psalms ( which are the Psalms written in metre so they can be sung, which was their original purpose), so the Bible already has its own hymn book inside!!!..Praise Him.
. I listened to some of the Psalms sung in Gaelic, which is the original language of Britain, and is only spoken in a few outlying Islands in the Hebrides, they were from a Church in a place called Back,maybe on the Isle of Lewis,they really have soul, the way the Black Gospel singers have, some say the only soul in the British Churches!!!..,so have ordered a C.D, looking forward to hearing that!!
I was really inspired by a book about the Hebridian Revivals called 'Songs from Heaven',there have been  quite a few revivals on those Islands.I was watching a drama on T.V several years ago about the Islands and an ordinary families struggle to survive,a secular programme,and when some of the young Islanders went to war by ship, the people gathered on the quay side and sang them off with a Psalm,brought tears to my eyes it was so beautiful,even when they could not see the Island any more because of fog, the singing was still reaching them over the sea.
I read a few interesting articles that the Black Gospel songs style have their origins in the Hebrides, because some of the Hebrides went to America, unfortunately owned slaves, were land owners and taught their slaves Gaelic singing, i am not sure if this is true, i don't want to take anything away from the Gospel singers, and say they did not originate the form themselves.
I saw a t.v show many years ago which put forward the Idea that Rock and Roll originated from the Hebrides too, don't know,If any one out there knows anything about this please let me know.

Fearful hearts, and Manna

Well i dont have too much to report at the moment we had a prayer meeting at Mikes on Friday, just me and Mike again, it seems silly to use my one night off a week to pray with him when i can pray with him at any other time, i could go to the Gym,i am not sure what God wants me to do, will just have to wait, and see what He says.
Mark has thanked us again for praying for Alfie,and of course we did nothing except bring something to Gods attention that He already knew about!.. God healed, not us Glory to Him!
The Ex has apologised to Mike,which he seems happy about.It turns out that he works on fridays at 6pm, so he would have not have been there, ( when Mike was worried that it would be a strained situation if we were both there at the same time),!!!!God know what is best for everyone,He is in control,everyone seems pretty down at the moment,hardly anyone at church,dont really know why,we all need a touch of fire, from the Holy Spirit!!!!
Read yesterday somewhere that in the last days peoples 'heart would fail them for fear' it does seem tht out in the world, those who don't know the Lord, are in great fear,it is hard not to be too, but it is disobedience not to trust that God will bring us through.He brought the children of  Isreal through the desert, and He is the same God, He does not change!...
I had a phone call from a Lady in her 80's yesterday,she had to give up her family when she chose to follow God as a young girl, she and her Housemate are very keen on water baptism, and believe that women should not cut their hair or wear 'mens' clothes,i.e trousers,  or jewellry or make up!!! apart from that they are wonderful women of God, so inspiring!...

Baby Alfie goes home!!

Praise the Lord baby Alfie went home on Monday,they were going to bring specialist in from all round the country, because they could not find out what was wrong with him,Mark rang me to thnak us for praying on Monday, but we know that God is a miracle working God!...

Baby Alfie

We have been praying for a 15 day old Baby called Alfie, he has had trouble breathing,since just a few hours after he was born,he is still in hospital but has come off the ventilator,Praise God, i went to the prayer meeting at church on thursday, we all prayed for Alfie,by the time his parents got to the hospital to see him next morning he was breathing on his own! went to Mikes for prayer on friday night,only me and Mike, no Luke  or Darren they came here last night,just Darren and Mike,Darren was struggling a bit but we got through it, just hour and half, but we prayed for lots of people!...

CARDBOARD TESTIMONIES

Been very inspired by the card board testimonys, i have wathched on you tube in the past, so have done my own, hope to inspire the others with this on friday! ( on one side you put who you used to be,on the other who you are now, large piece of ordinary everyday cardboard, large marker pen....cue the inspiring music...

RAPED                BEATEN CHILD                               ABUSED


                                                 UN-LOVED



UN-WANTED CHILD                                        BATTERED WIFE


.......................................................................................................................................................................
(flip to other side)

FORGIVEN                                                                                           VICTORIOUS


                                         LOVED!

WANTED CHILD                                                               OVERCOMER
  
                                 PLANNED AND MADE

......................................................................................................................................................................

God is good!!!....

praying for prodigals

We have been praying today for some prodigals, Mike came round and we felt led to pray for them, we have asked for some news of them in the next week,one called Pete, Avril, Joe,there were five,but i cant remember the others!....,so we will see what God will do, not testing Him but throwing out a 'fleece' so to speak!
God is good Praise Him, 5 months ago i thought i would never have Mike coming round to pray for people almost daily again!....His life has changed to an un-recognisable extent too,5 months ago he was alone, now he has two great lodgers, who are great guys, one is an Italian chef, so he eats wonderfully, and the other has just come to the Lord, so God is moving...watch this space!!!... its exciting times...

fireworks and hootenanny

Well it another new year, with the endlessly annoying fireworks, just as well i am not asleep as they would wake me up again!! i live near a Park where in the summer there is a flower festival over two days, and they have fireworks on both nights,so close its really loud,!!!....grrr.. the dogs panic and bark loudly too!!!...really gets me mad, so try to be away at the caravan then!
Mike came round and we had some prayer today!! its getting back to how it was before the Ex stuck his nose in, hope its the last we hear from him for a while, but i am sure the enemy wont give up that easily! He has got another plan, just round the corner,but for the time being it all good!!.. Praise the Lord