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Working to advance the kingdom
To reach lives, to touch souls
Being a generation that seeks God’s face

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Exams? Pray!

When the sun comes out that can only mean one thing – exam season is here once again. I know many of you reading All4God will be undertaking exams of some sort over the next couple of months – be it school test, A-levels, SATs, Finals, college exams, GCSEs, university exams, dissertations to complete or any other sort of important assessment.

And when the stress of exams comes it can be all too easy to get overwhelmed and freaked out by it all. It can be easy to prioritise revision to the extent that our daily quiet time with God gets reduced to a rapid prayer of “Help me with this exam” before rushing back to cram in some more facts from the textbook.

But in the midst of exam season, remember the words of Paul in Philippians 4:6-7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Continue reading this →

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I will follow – Chris Tomlin

Imagine how different life would look for most of us if we actually took seriously the lyrics of this song from Chris Tomlin, where he sings about following God completely.

Where you go, I’ll go
Where you stay, I’ll stay
When you move, I’ll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I’ll love
How you serve I’ll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you
I will follow you

Will you pray the words of this song today? Will you go all in for the sake of the Gospel, holding nothing back, not caring what the world thinks? Will you make Jesus your role-model rather than some reality TV star?

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Gatlin Elms – Holy

I recently discovered Gatlin Elms while scrolling through my iPod, having at some point downloaded one of his albums from Noisetrade (a great source of legal free albums from up and coming bands, many of which are Christian) but never having listened to it. And he has a great song Holy which is a reminder about how through Jesus’ blood all our past sins, short comings and regrets are forgotten by God, and a reminder not to forget that He is holy. Hit play and enjoy.

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Not my name

“They call me girl
They call me Stacey
They call me her
They call me Jane
That’s not my name” ~ The Ting Tings – That’s not my name

Several years ago the song That’s not my name by The Ting Tings became quite a hit, with its catchy chorus of “That’s not my name” repeated over and over again. The basic premise of the song was it was a response to all the insults and put downs that had been thrown at the singer over the years, and this was her saying they she refused to let them stick and define her, they would not become her name.

In life that’s something that happens all the time. People try to give us names all over the place. If you don’t make the grades they’ll call you an idiot. If you can’t make the shot on the sports field they’ll call you hopeless. If you’re a girl and you hook up with too many guys they’ll call you easy whereas if you are a guy and you hook up with too many girls they’ll call you a player. Score the goal and you’re a legend, miss and you’re a failure. The world throws all sorts of names at us, and you have probably thrown plenty of names back at others too.

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Average Joe Review

Average Joe is a book by Troy Meeder about how God can use everyday average people. He starts by sharing examples of average, ordinary folk who have taught him lessons about God, then looks at some average, regular guys from the Bible and finally shares some lessons from his own life.

Average Joe is a good reminder that God can speak to us through all his followers, not just the pastors of the megachurches whose podcast we get on iTunes – Troy shares a powerful story about how the groundkeeper at his college taught him the importance of doing your best at everything as worship to God, even if no-one else seems to notice. Continue reading this →

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The Cross

{Introducing a new All4God contributor, a guy I (Pete) went to school with – Matthew Kirk, a Christian currently studying History and Politics at Durham University, blessed with the revelation of the truth that Jesus Christ, the Living God, came to earth to die on the cross reconciling all who believe in Him to God and then rose agin three days later.}

Some thought on Luke 23:35-45

I don’t intend to do justice to the entire theology of Jesus’ death in one, short, late night, reflection on Luke’s account of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ… but it’s either this or procrastinate on facebook.

As Jesus hung on the Roman world’s most degrading and vile instrument of death [verse 35] tells us that people just watched, neither mourning nor rejoicing at his death… just watching, not taking sides but trying to stand in the middle and observe from a distance… Jesus never gave man this choice, we either believe in him or we do not, we either receive eternal life or we are condemned to eternal punishment (John 3:16-17). Man cannot just watch from afar and not make a decision.

[Luke 23:35-39] The Jewish rulers, Roman soldiers and even one of the criminals that hung beside Jesus all mocked Jesus. They all asked why if he was the Christ/the King why he did not save himself?! Good question? Well Jesus had answered this on a number of occasions he did not need to justify his actions to men who were bent on disbelief… Jesus had to die and he went willingly to the cross… These men refused to see Jesus for who he was, the Christ! The Messiah! The Saviour and promised redeemer! (Luke 1:68-75)

[verses:44-45]… The sixth hour… darkness came over the whole land… We all remember the 10 plagues of Egypt in the book of Exodus; darkness was one of the plagues God brought upon the wicked Pharaoh for refusing to let his people go free. In this instance and also in other countless instances, in the Bible, God speaks of how darkness is a picture of his judgement… Christ was being judged on the cross… He was being judged for us… he was dying for us… he was putting himself to death so that we would not be put to death… he was dying the death we all deserve to die… Continue reading this →

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