I'm a Christian, a physicist, a worshipper, a gamer, a husband and a father.
Today is the launch of the Countdown campaign to fight together against the climate emergency.
If you have the time today, please tune in to some or all of the launch event and find out how you can play your part in saving the planet from the crisis and fighting the injustice brought by climate change.
Continue reading “Countdown to a better future”
When the wind stirs the water, the ripples distort the reflection. When everything is calm and still, that’s when there’s the greatest clarity.
I heard an interesting talk today at church about fear. We often think we are scared of objects, like spiders, snakes, water, heights (slightly abstract object)… What we really fear is the effect they have on us. The fear of spiders comes from imagining some harm they could do to our bodies, etc.
Failure is a big fear, and it comes down to the fear of our personhood being worthless. To counter that I need to remember that my worth comes from God and his sacrifice for me, not from my successes and failures.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
So, Zach has been with us a few days now. He is the most amazing person, the way he grows so quickly, even in three days. His neck is getting stronger, his legs are stretching, wriggling and pushing, and his head is becoming less deformed each day!
Zachariah means The LORD remembers, and we believe this is a prophecy over him, that through all his life he will know that God is with him and God is for him. Continue reading “Zachariah Michael”
God is good!
(You say, “All the time!”)
Yesterday and today I’ve been at the Worship Central London event with Fairy and a gang from our church. We learnt lots and had a great time, but by far the most exciting thing for me was what happened in the last worship session tonight.
I’ve been struggling for ages with feeling emotionally detached from God. It’s been a long time since I’ve tangibly felt the Holy Spirit, and although I feel fine in the “head” part of my relationship with him, I’ve been missing the “heart” part. It has felt like, whenever I pray, I’m talking at God rather than meeting with him and hearing from him. The only times I’ve really felt close to God have been when I’m leading worship, which isn’t a healthy state to try and serve in.
Tonight though, something broke through. I was worshipping God and giving him everything, when suddenly it just clicked, and I felt a wave of the Holy Spirit running through my body. It wasn’t dramatic or overpowering, but it felt like the beginning of something big. I’m excited about what God might do next!
so this is the start of a new year. i’m looking forward to it very much, hopefully getting stuck into my phd and hopefully church will keep moving forward and getting more and more exciting. this year is a year of HOPE across the country, which is a great mission, aiming to bring hope to many people who are in need.
God spoke to me on sunday about priorities. the passivity issue is effectively just an issue of having incorrect priorities. i dislike the whole “new year’s resolution” thing because it seems a little contrived, but the new year is at least as good a time as any to start something new. i’m going to keep a private prayer journal as well as a public blog, so i can look back over it and see how God has answered my prayers. i’ve done it before and was amazed by the experience, so i’m now going to make it a priority.