Devotions

Devotions

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Devotions episodes

  • Podblast for Peace #10 This is The End
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - This is The End:
    Lay down together, friends.
    Roar lion, roar!
    Silent lamb to slaughter.
    A child will lead them.
    Lay down together, friends.
    Speak and nations bow.
    Swords to ploughs.
    The harvest is plenty.
    Lay down together, friends.
    Prince of peace.
    Hallelujah, angels sing.
    Saints awake.
    Lay down together, friends.
    Lay down on holy ground.
    Lay down your weapons.
    Lay down your burdens.
    Lay down together, friends.
    This is the end.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #9 They Lie
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - They Lie:
    They send us off to die.
    Blood and tears we cry.
    In the heat of battle we live.
    Our sweat and life we give.
    Bang beats the drum.
    A war never won.
    Vanity and pride.
    The leaders hide.
    Why should this be?
    Indeed the name of the free?
    No, not in my name.
    This is not a game.
    They send us off to die, we shall not go!
    For they lie!
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #8 To The Ground
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - To the ground: He falls to the ground.
    Hands over his eyes, he weeps bitter tears of great pain.
    How had things come to this?
    Wiping the blood and tears from his face, he does something he hasn't done for a long time, he prays.
    With his rifle finally laid to rest, the young soldier looks to the heavens and then across a field of corpses.
    Among the dead he sees a child he killed in the heat of battle.
    The soldiers words echo in the valley of death, God forgive us.
    Forgive us all, sweet Jesus, forgive us.
    To the ground the soldier falls.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #7 Collateral Damage
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - Collateral Damage:
    You are someones baby, someones child;
    But they call you collateral damage.
    You are someones son, someones daughter;
    But they call you collateral damage.
    You are someones brother, someones sister;
    But they call you collateral damage.
    You are someones father, someones mother;
    But they call you collateral damage.
    They call you collateral damage.
    For they know not what spirit they are of.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #6 Vigil for Peace
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - Vigil for Peace:
    Alone it floats on the water, lit by a child, a call for peace amidst the wars.
    Its a sign to beckon the weary to come.
    Slowly more candles are lit,
    More people come.
    They come, not to curse the darkness.
    They simply come to light a candle.
    Soon the water reflects so much light.
    Broken and surrendered they come.
    Softly without words or song they minister.
    In prayer and stillness they gather.
    The ever-growing, universal vigil for peace has begun.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #5 Fields
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - Fields:
    Beautiful sunshine.
    Fields of buttercups.
    Lambs playing in the spring.
    Dark clouds of poison smoke.
    Fields of bones and bodies.
    No one and no creature plays in 'no man's land'.
    Sunshine breaking through the clouds in a blue sky.
    Fields golden and ripe for harvest.
    Blackened sky.
    No light or life.
    No one to harvest, no harvest.
    All that is left is the aftermath of slaughter.
    God forgive our heartless species.
    God forgive us!
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #4 War Child
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - War Child:
    Another body on an empty street.
    No wave of flags for this child.
    No red, white and blue.
    No streets lined with mourners.
    No drum beat or trumpet call.
    No red flowers or wreaths.
    No moment silence or vigil mass.
    Worst of all:
    No faith,
    No hope,
    No love,
    None is given.
    This is the death of another nations child.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #3 Not in Thy Name
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - Not in thy name:
    Cruelty and punishment.
    They say in thy name.
    Do they know what manner of spirit they are of?
    Killing and wholesale slaughter.
    They say in thy name.
    Do they know what manner of spirit they are of?
    Not in thy name.
    Not in my name.
    In theirs.
    Not in thy name.
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #2 War
    Transcript: War 
    Blood and guts
    Widows crying 
    Where is the glory? 
    Blood and guts 
    Children dying
    Where is the glory?
    Blood and guts
    People dying 
    Where is the glory? 
    War! 
    What is it good for? 
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    1 min
  • Podblast for Peace #1 Letter to the Leaders
    By David Timothy Holdsworth - Letter to the 'Leaders': 
    From whence cometh wars and rumours of war?
    Lust for power as you sacrifice at the altar of your gods. 
    Lust for wealth, the love of which is the root of all evil.
    Lust that fills the streets with rivers of blood. 
    Lust that burns children alive in the name of "a higher cause."
    Lust in the name of dark liquid and swords. 
    Lust in the name of your false god Ares. 
    From whence cometh wars and rumours of war?
    Your lusts!
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    3 min

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Simple Christian messages, offered without the noise often associated with some styles of preaching or sharing of the good news. This podcast includes a merging of various podcasts, preachings and messages by David Holdsworth.