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I’m deliberately going to take 1 thing that Marky boy said, waaaaay out of context. I think that the notion of planning & the role of the Holy Spirit is one that can be highly emotive, & often in the midst of the emotion we can maybe miss what is really happening. I would like to explore a few thoughts on this in the ensuing paragraphs.
I’m all for planning, & I’m all for spontaneity. Does that sound like a contradiction? I think that the two of them can & do mutually co-exist when practised with wisdom & insight. In fact, I would argue that the more planned something is, the greater potential for spontaneity. In my mind, it goes something like this.
Planning exists at a multiplicity of levels in any service; from the loosely put together event to the full on carols by candlelight type thingy that we do once per year. Planning exists at some level within everything that we attempt, & the question for me is more to do with “do we approach it as a help, or a hinder”? Some of my insights are based on the following observations…..
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Is it a sign of wisdom that you notice your own bad habits in your advancing years? And is it a sign of kingly wisdom & virtue if you not only notice them but you start wondering what you can do about them? Here’s an example of what I’m getting at. I’m realllllllllly unfit. I can’t remember a time in my life when I was this unfit. But I’ve noticed that my state of lack of fitness is largely due to the incorporation of bad habits into my daily routine, & time & gravity have caught up with me. So now that I am aware of this, I would be a fool if I were not to do something about it. This introduction is my rather long winded way of positioning myself to say what’s really on my mind.

Sunday morning just gone, I was standing on the platform/stage in my church, playing my guitar & singing in a great band as we lead about 800 people (?) in worship (over 2 services). There was a moment that took over my sense of what we were doing & for that moment I couldn’t sing. Instead I had this disturbing thought & it wouldn’t/won’t go away. Here’s the question; are you ready? (more…)