Well… this is the second week (of four) that there is no whole church gathering in Stevenage; so, I’ll be posting about Exeter only.
From what I’ve heard so far, the small groups that are meeting in Stevenage are going really well. Here’s a quote from one of the hosts:
We had dinner with God. What a glorious night… God manifested His presence in a powerful way.
I like it!
Exeter (pm)
We certainly met with God in Exeter this week also (of course we did – otherwise, why else keep doing it…?).
The evening began with Mark leading us in prayer while I played the chords to the first song. It sounds so formal when I write it down, but the reality was we were all praying, “Your kingdom come…”.
All the songs were in the key of G this week, so we flowed easily from one to the other. It also meant that it was easier for worship to continue “between” the songs.
The songs we sang were:
- Hallelujah/Your Love Is Amazing (Brian Doerksen/Brenton Brown)
- Forever (Chris Tomlin)
- For Who You Are (Marty Sampson)
- More Than Life (Reuben Morgan)
- Oh How He Loves You An Me (Kurt Kaiser)
- Take All Of Me (Marty Sampson)
At the end of the first song, we were applauding God & speaking / singing our own thanks for His love. The next two songs worked like a medley; both being played with the same rhythm & tempo.
“More Than Life” was powerful. Mark had just talked about all of God’s promises being yes & amen; he wasn’t aware that the next song began “…stand by the promises…”. We repeated the chorus for a short while; as that came to an end, one of the ladies prayed thanking God for His love & puting her confidence in that (not knowing that Mark was preaching on confidence).
At that point, I replaced the song we were due to sing with one that wasn’t originally in the set list. In my worship time on the Saturday evening, the old hymn, “Oh How He Loves You And Me” flashed into my mind. It seemed to fit with what was being prayed, so I started it up, the band picked it up & everyone joined in.
The last song was an appropriate, passionate response to His love, “… love that’s stronger, love that covers (we sing conquered) sin and takes the weight of the world” as with our whole hearts we sang:
I love You
All of my hope is in You
Jesus Christ, take my life
Take all of me
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