What a Gift!

Ah well, another child let loose into the world! It's really strange how similar it is when you finish a book and allow it to wander off alone into the vastness of the interweb! Somehow it seems sad to say goodbye, and yet you know it has to go....... well, I think that's taken that analogy about as far as it can go!

Four Advent studies look at the themes of Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh and Journeying, and their spiritual significance for the Christ child, as within them we begin to hear a whisper of the Easter to come - Gold for a King, frankincense for a High Priest and myrrh for sorrow.

In researching the study for Myrrh (which pictures Jesus' future suffering) I came across  this lovely quote from Watchman Nee,

"The Alabaster Box
‘The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell it. Whenever you meet someone who has really suffered; been limited, gone through things for the Lord, willing to be imprisoned by the Lord, just being satisfied with Him and nothing else, immediately you scent the fragrance. There is a savor of the Lord. Something has been crushed, something has been broken, and there is a resulting odor of sweetness.’

There are leader's notes and background material and lots of questions to stimulate discussion. Also included are prayers to open and close a meeting.

The Advent study is in A4 format, and each week's study can be printed on 2 double sided sheets, allowing space for note taking.

Permission is given for a church to photocopy these resources, so only 1 copy is needed per group!

More info and a sample study - Click Here

The Worship Leader's Little Helper

There's another new ebook available on FaithandWorship.com, designed to help the Leader of worship with the opening prayers within a service. I've written over 20 complete sets of prayers (including 5 for Advent) alongside some other bits and pieces which might be of help.

The prayers are designed to be printed off on a single sheet of A4 and are set out for ease of use.

The ebook (a PDF download) is £3.99 (or $5.75 if you prefer!) and I hope will prove useful to lots of  people who occasionally get asked to lead prayers, as well as the more experienced Worship Leader.

Find out more, and see sample page - CLICK HERE

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A new ebook!

This book has been on the go for some time, and I'm really pleased with the outcome!

Still very much influenced by the prayers of the early Christians in this country, I've given this one a basic theme of journeying with God through the day from waking to sleep

This time, not all the prayers are on the website, so you'll need to get the book to find those!

The book also contains some photographs to enhance the prayers

Check out the details on http://www.faithandworship.com/shop.htm