Pretty well everything in our spiritual lives revolves around being willing to yield ourselves to the Lord, and to say 'Yes' to whatever He asks of us - even as Mary did at the Annunciation. In the heat of difficult circumstances, it is easy to suppose that that excuses us from having to do that. It doesn't - unless the alternative is to yield to something that we should actually be actively resisting. May the Lord make our hearts flexible, willing and deeply surrendered - but also alert to discern what and who we should yield to.

Even with Judas present in the room, John was still able to experience intimacy with Jesus at the Last Supper. May we be able to do so too during our tough times.

With the help of this brief improvisation by Carol Sampson, may the Lord make this a really rich and deep meditation. You will probably need to listen more than once to get the most out of it!

Track 15 Grace and Peace to you!

Pepusch Opus 8:1 (Thomas and Julia Herzog)

Track 14 The Sword of the Lord.

Faithfulness is rewarded and love does not go unrewarded.

Pepusch Opus 8:1 (Thomas and Julia Herzog)

Track 13 Moving in the dimension of His glory:

Pepusch Opus 8:1 (Thomas and Julia Herzog)

Track 12 John turned round and saw the Lord.

Remembering examples of God’s faithfulness can be a valuable springboard for the future. Our future does not lie in the past: we can never exhaust His willingness to give! Each fellowship is God’s handiwork, and has its own characteristics. God wants His church to be open to His leading and His people to practise encouraging each other.

Pepusch Opus 8:1 (Thomas and Julia Herzog)

Track 11 Moving beyond the survival mentality.

Berceuse (Improvisation)

Track 10 The power of praise in narrow times.

A chance to draw close to the Lord.

Music from Behold Your King

Track 9 Patmos times are times of Transition!

Prayer for Christians in ‘closed’ countries

Vivaldi Concerto RV 565

Track 7 Write what you see!

Discerning the Still Small Voice

Corelli Adagio from Christmas Concerto

Track 6 A Voice came from Heaven like the sound of many waters:

Wouldn’t it be boring if God’ didn’t speak?

Flute and harpsichord improvisation (Elizabeth Long & Christiane von Albrecht); Improvisation by Linda Entwistle