 Published on June 21st, 2010 For the last couple of months or so we have really started to feel a sense that God is going to shake things up this year, and that He has got some major plans for us in the next few months/year or so.
We don’t know quite what it all means or how it’s all going to happen but the sense of change is impossible to ignore and has only been reinforced by words God has spoken either to us directly or through others who have no idea what is going on right now.
That’s an important factor – we have had people coming up to us (me, Mrs H and our eldest) asking really direct questions regarding the future and plans that we may have. There has also been many words coming about through the sermon series and also from the recent 3 days of prayer and fasting.
Through all the uncertainty and the turmoil – there is complete certainty and peace. We know that God has plans to prosper us and not to harm us, to give us a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29 11:14) but even more than that promise there has been a song that has been resonating within me and filling me with such joy, peace and hope.
Continue reading Anthem for a season
Published on April 22nd, 2009 Brian Doerkson wrote this back in 1994… a simple song of declaration, desperation, adoration, worship, love and more
More than oxygen, I need Your love More than life-giving food the hungry dream of More than an eloquent word depends on the tongue More than a passionate song needs to be sung
More than a [...]
Published on July 8th, 2008 Wow! Bombshell!
The email hit my inbox with an almost discernable “THUD” sound, and I read it in stunned silence – saddened by what I read, but also a bit pleased.
Continue reading Not totally delirious about the news…
Published on July 8th, 2008 I originally blogged about this a couple of weeks ago, but ScribeFire had a useful bug that wiped the content from your posts (useful blogging tool there!) – they reckon it’s fixed now so I’ll try again 
The other week was another round of baptisms at KingsGate, and the first to take place since Mrs H got dunked and I turned myself around again.
To say I was emotional during the service would be an understatement of grand proportions. The memories of my wifes dunking, and the realisation of all the changes that had taken place in my life in the past couple of months, totally washed over me and I found myself dumbstruck as I stood in complete and utter awe of what God has done.
Continue reading Always remembering…
Published on July 2nd, 2008 Can’t you tell we’ve got a busy weekend coming up? I’ve now come down with my second dose of Tonsilitis in the past 3.5 months and, when the drugs wear off, boy do I feel rough  Plus we are just coming to the end of a 3-day time of prayer and fasting (which has been really good – but tough at times)
I’m also rather miffed as I had written 2 posts using ScribeFire which it then proceeded to lose – only posting the titles and not the content… so I *did* try posting a couple of times… and then lost the work (oh the ironies I could list about that scenario)
Anyway – life for the Hartleys is kinda up and down right now. We are all very tired and run down, and the kids are definitely ready for the summer holidays. To cap it all off I’m not well, in case you hadn’t read the first sentence
This weekend sees Mrs H, me, my Bro and Mrs H’s sister all hitting the glories of Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. My parents have got the kids, and we are all facing a weekend of sleep-when-we-get-it and early (!) mornings… with Sunday being the earliest as we will be on the road at 3am.
Continue reading Quickie update….
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