2016 UK Christadelphian Choir day

The next UK Christadelphian Choir day takes place on Saturday 28th May, God willing, at Solihull Christadelphian Hall.

As usual, the choir will rehearse from 10am until dinner time, then all are welcome to join us for a praise evening starting at 7pm. May's theme will be *Even So, Come*.

If you'd like to sing with them, please book on by e-mailing ukchristadelphianchoir@gmail.com.

Cost is 7 pounds for new members and 5 pounds for existing members, when paid in advance. Information on how to pay will be sent by return e-mail. The cost covers hall hire, music, folders, drinks, snacks and dinner. Lunch will be bring and share.

Even if you can't make it during the day, please do come and support the praise evening. They always receive very positive comments from those who attend, as it is such an uplifting evening of praise and meditation.

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Praise the most High Jehovah God above all

“1  praise Jehovah! praise, O servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah. 2 blessed [is] the name of Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore. 3 from the rising of the sun to its going down, Jehovah’s name [is] to be praised. 4 Jehovah [is] high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5 who [is] like Jehovah our god, who dwells on high, 6 who humbles [himself] to behold [the] [things] in the heavens and in the earth! 7 he raises up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifts the needy out of the dunghill, 8 in order to make him sit with nobles, with the nobles of his people. 9 he causes the barren to dwell in the house [as] a joyful mother of sons. praise Jehovah!” (Psalms 113:1-9 MKJV)

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Praise be to God

This Sunday in the Belgian ecclesia they spoke about the healer Jesus but also about his Father the healer Jehovah, Jehovah Izuz Wegibbor (Psalms 24:8) the Mighty God without whom Jesus can do nothing.

"Отче наш" на украинском / The Lord's Prayer in Ukranian (Photo credit: guide-israel.ru)

The master teacher Jesus learned the people who came to listen to him to pray to his Father, with the words "Our Father who is in heaven"

“therefore pray in this way: our father, who is in heaven, hallowed be your name.” (Matthew 6:9 MKJV)

Sing to Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses' current hymnal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It is to that One Great God we do have to pray and have to bring praise. It is also His Name we should cry out loud. Others shall have to know the Name of God, and we as followers of Christ should bring the Good News and let this Name be known all over the world, always sanctifying the Holy Name of God Hashem Jehovah.

 “and I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. and the nations shall know that I [am] Jehovah, says the lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.” (Ezekiel 36:23 MKJV)

 “so I will magnify myself and sanctify myself. and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] Jehovah.” (Ezekiel 38:23 MKJV)

 “by him, then, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to god continually, that is, [the] fruit of [our] lips, confessing his name.” (Hebrews 13:15 MKJV)

 “let everything that breathes praise Jehovah. praise Jehovah!” (Psalms 150:6 MKJV)

 “and after these things I heard a great sound of a numerous crowd in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! salvation and glory and honor and the power to the lord our god!” (Revelation 19:1 MKJV)





We should others show who we want for our God, the World or the heavenly Father, Creator of all things.

It is this Jehovah Jireh, wich should be our Jehovah Nissi for ever. Our Jehovah Shalom: God of all gods King of all kings, our wheel in the middle of the wheel, our strength and help in ages pass, our strong tower, the one that gives life and take it away, our creator, all-knowing God All powerful, Redeemer, Healer Restorer.

This is the Only Holy One whom we should praise. 

 “according to your name, O god, so [is] your praise to the ends of the earth. your right hand is full of righteousness; let mount Zion rejoice!” (Psalms 48:10 MKJV)

To Him we should sing with a loud voice: “be exalted, O Jehovah, in your strength; we will sing, and praise your power.” (Psalms 21:13 MKJV)

There are more than thousends of reasons why we should be thankfull to the Creator and be happy that we can find blessings on this earth.Often we even do not see the many blessings we already receive on this earth because we are so involved with our own "I" and "the world" around our own "ego".

Sometimes we may feel lonely, but we may be sure Jehovah Shamma, the Mighty God who is present, is close to us and always ready to help us when needed. He is the One who is always there, even when we do not notice it.

Even without asking it He is standing ready to secure us. The Jehovah, Nissi, is always there for those who want to accept Him as a banner covering us, keeping us and preserving our life.

This God of gods, who is One His Name is Holy and should this Only One God should be everyday on our hearts, and His titles and attributes should give us assurance of the many works He can realize in us and how He is always our Helper and Deliverer.

Many do not understand the difference between the Name and the titles and do not understand what those titles mean. We should try to understand them and to value them. Taking those titles as our assurance to continue in this life notwithstanding all the possible difficulties.

Jehovah Adon Kol Ha-arets is the Jehovah Shalom, the God of all the earth who greets us every morning and looks at us from above. We may never forget that this Jehovah Jireh is the Jehovah Elyon, the Mosth High Elohim who is our defence, the Jehovah Maginnenu (Psalms 89:18)

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Praise the God with His Name

"You have seen night wrapped in her sable mantle woven with gems and stars
— there they shine as ornaments worked by the needle of God in that brilliant piece of tapestry which is spread over our heads...
They are nothing, but just a tiny portion of the skirts of God that drag in the dust.
But...man cannot conceive...that all the stars and constellations of stars might be put together and threaded into a string
— made into a bracelet for the arm, or a ring for the finger of  Jehovah."
-A View of God's Glory
by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892)

"The Maker should have honour from his works,
they should tell forth his praise:
and thus they should praise his name —
by which his character is intended.
The name of JEHOVAH is written legibly
upon his works, so that his power, wisdom,
goodness, and other attributes are therein
made manifest to thoughtful men, and thus
his name is praised.
 We can never extol
him better than by repeating his name.
-The Treasury of David; Psalm 148
by Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-92)

"The heavenly bodies are ruled
by Jehovah's decree
- they cannot pass his limit,
or trespass against his law.
His rule and ordination can never be
changed except by Jehovah, himself.
-The Treasury of David; Psalm 148
by Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-92)


"Praise ye the LORD (Jehovah).  Hallelujah!
The exhortation is to all things in earth or in heaven.
Should they not all declare the glory of him
for whose glory they are, and were created?
"JEHOVAH", the one God, should be the one
object of adoration, Hallelujah!"
-The Treasury of David; Psalm 150
by Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92)

Spurgeon near the end of his life. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Joy: Foundation for a Positive Life

JOY:  Foundation for a Positive Life

   Wouldn’t you like to experience deep and enduring joy?  Wouldn’t you like to be joy-full?  Be assured ~ you can!

   The world has a woeful shortage of joy and a surplus of fear, worry, discouragement and depression.  Even the “pursuit of happiness” and obsessive pleasure-seeking do not bring deep and lasting joy.

   Let’s first understand the difference between joy and happiness.  Happiness is an emotion, and God never intended for people to be in that emotional state all the time.  There is “a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (Ecclesiastes 3:4).

   Biblical joy ~ true joy ~ comes from filling the spiritual void with good relationships, primarily an intimate relationship with the One who is pure joy.  Jesus put it this way:  “I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit” (John 15:5).  That fruit includes much joy!

   The Bible speaks much more often of joy than of being happy.  “Hap” means chance and is the root of several words ~ happen, haphazard (dependent on mere chance), hapless, happenstance (a chance circumstance) and happy.

   Happiness is a glad feeling that depends on something good happening.  God wants us to experience happy times (as long as God approves of what is happening).  But His greater desire is that you have unconditional JOY.  Jesus said His joy would “remain in you” and “your joy no one will take from you” (John 15:11; 16:22).

   Think of joy as a strong foundation that supports a variety of healthy emotions, including happiness. The long-range evidence of joy is general gratitude, contentment, optimism, a sense of freedom and other positive attitudes.

   Joy looks out and up, not inward ~ A common mistake is to think that getting something will make you happy.  We tell ourselves, “If only…”  But joy and happiness come much more from giving and serving than from getting.

   The Apostle Paul reminded his listeners that Jesus Christ had taught this very thing:  “There is more happiness in giving than in receiving” (Acts 20:35, TEV).

   To grow in joy, we must resist not only self-pity but also being self-centered and self-absorbed. For joy to flourish, we must focus on loving others and especially on loving God.

   Joy is largely composed of gratitude ~ gratitude for the wonderful things God has done for us and His “exceedingly great and precious promises” for our future (2 Peter 1:4).  Gratitude produces joy (1 Thes. 5:16-18).  And our gratitude should be for other people’s blessings as well as for our own (Romans 12:15).

   Try to follow this biblical formula:  Add to your life gratitude, humility, forgiveness, faith, hope, patience and love.  Take away resentment, anger, fear, worry, materialism, greed, jealousy, complaining and pride.  The result? JOY!

   Joy is spiritual, supernatural and essential ~ God is joyful ~ far more than any human being ever was!  It is tragic that many people think of God as somber and stern rather than cheerful and smiling.  He is enjoying His creation and especially the delightful anticipation of many new “sons of God” (Rom. 8:14, 19).

   True followers of Jesus Christ will be joyful also.  Psalm 68:3 says, “Let the righteous be glad;…let them rejoice exceedingly.”  God desires that we serve Him “with joy and gladness of heart” (Deuteronomy 28:47).

   Paul spoke of the “joy of the Holy Spirit” (1 Thessalonians 1:6). It is through His Spirit that God shares and communicates His joy.  And when Paul lists the “fruit of the Spirit,” joy is second, preceded only by love (Galatians 5:22-23).  If we are filled with godly love, won’t that produce joy?  Of course it will!

   Joy is a major topic in the Bible.  In the KJV, “joy” appears 158 times and “rejoice” 198 times (not counting other variations such as joyful, joyfully, joyous, jubilant, happy and glad).  Rejoice is the verb form of joy, meaning to feel or have joy!  Clearly there is great emphasis in the Bible on expressing joy.  That explains why the Bible also emphasizes prayers and songs that praise and celebrate God (James 5:13; Psalm 150; Colossians 3:16, 17).

   Joy is not optional.  The Bible repeatedly commands us to rejoice!   The most emphatic exhortation is in Philippians 4:4, where Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lord always.  Again I will say, Rejoice!”

   Joy because of trials?  God’s joy continues to flow through His people even during their suffering because of their rock-solid hope of future everlasting joy in His Presence.  They know that all suffering is limited to this short life, and the time will soon come when “there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying” (Revelation 21:4).  They “rejoice in hope of the glory of God” (Romans 5:2).

   We also have good reason to rejoice because of our trials when we understand how God is using those trials to help us build godly character.  “And we know that God works all things (even severe trials) for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). More specifically, Paul wrote that “we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character, and character, hope” (Romans 5:3, 4 NIV).  James wrote, “Consider it pure joy…whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance” in remaining faithful to God (James 1:2 NIV).

   And because Christ suffered for each of us, we should have a special joy when we are persecuted for our faith.  Jesus said, “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven” (Matthew 5:11, 12).

   The number one key to Joy: God’s Spirit ~ Supreme joy is God’s nature and character!  We see proof everywhere in God’s creation, i.e., birds singing, animals frolicking, flowers blooming, brooks babbling and the sun shining!

   Our unique joy begins when Christ comes to live in us (Gal. 2:20). We then have an intimate relationship with the Lord God, through His Son ~ the One Psalm 43:4 calls “God, my exceeding joy!”  God’s Spirit is a tree of life, producing life-giving fruit which includes great joy!

   Jesus prayed for His followers “that they may have My joy fulfilled in them” (John 17:13). He taught, “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full!” (John 16:24).

                                                                                         Don Hooser                             

Make a joyful noise unto Yahweh, rejoice, and sing praise unto Jehovah

“Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.” (1Ch 16:23 ASV)

“... O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!” (Ps 8:1 ASV)

“Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,” (Ps 19:4 ASV)

“Let all the earth fear Jehovah: Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.” (Ps 33:8 ASV)

“For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.” (Ps 47:7 ASV)

“Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.” (Ps 57:5 ASV)

“... Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:” (Ps 66:1 ASV)

“All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; They shall sing to thy name. [[Selah” (Ps 66:4 ASV)

“That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.” (Ps 83:18 ASV)

“Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.” (Ps 96:1 ASV)

“Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.” (Ps 96:9 ASV)

“For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.” (Ps 97:9 ASV)

“Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.” (Ps 98:4 ASV)

“A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all ye lands.” (Ps 100:1 ASV)

“O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.” (Ps 104:24 ASV)

“He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.” (Ps 105:7 ASV)

“Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, And thy glory above all the earth.” (Ps 108:5 ASV)

“But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.” (Ps 89:24 ASV)

“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.” (Ps 91:14 ASV)

“As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.” (Ps 125:2 ASV)

“A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.” (Ps 125:1 ASV)

“Jehovah hath done great things for us, [Whereof] we are glad.” (Ps 126:3 ASV)

“Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.” (Ps 147:11 ASV)

“For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.” (Ps 149:4 ASV)

“every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.” (Isa 43:7 ASV)

“For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.” (Mal 1:11 ASV)

“But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.” (Mal 4:2 ASV)

“And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to–day and to–morrow, and the third [day] I am perfected.” (Lu 13:32 ASV)

“having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,” (Eph 1:5 ASV)

“making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him” (Eph 1:9 ASV)

“for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.” (Php 2:13 ASV)

“To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;” (2Th 1:11 ASV)

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Maak een vreugdevol geluid voor Jahweh, verheug, en breng lofzang tot Jehovah

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2013 update:

Please do find also to read

1. 

   Excerpt from the book The image of God, or laie mans boke in which the right knowledge of God is disclosed, and diuerse doubtes besides the principal matter written by Roger Hutchinson at 1550 (available in John Bruce's The works of Roger Hutchinson (1842, pp. 183, 183) at archive.org), using God's Biblical name Jehovah (Jehova/Iehova/Iehoua). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

   The Bible and names in it
2. Creator of heaven and earth and everything aroundיהוה The Only One Elohim who creates and gives all
3. Does He exists?
4. The wrong hero
5. A god between many gods
6. God of gods
7. Only one God
8. Attributes to God
9. Jehovah Yahweh Gods Name
10. God about His name “יהוה“
11. יהוה , YHWH and Love: Four-letter words
12. Titles of God beginning with the Aleph in Hebrew
13. Archeological Findings the name of God YHWH
14. I am that I am Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh אהיה אשר אהיה
15. Hashem השם, Hebrew for “the Name”
16. The Divine name of the Creator
17. I Will Cause Your Name To Be Remembered
18. Some one or something to fear #1 Many sorts of fear
19. Some one or something to fear #2 Attitude and Reactions
20. Some one or something to fear #3 Cases, folks and outing
21. Some one or something to fear #4 Families and Competition
22. Some one or something to fear #5 Not afraid
23. Some one or something to fear #6 Faith in the Most High
24. Some one or something to fear #7 Not afraid for Gods Name
25. For Jehovah is greatly to be praised
26. Praise the God with His Name
27. Lord or Yahuwah, Yeshua or Yahushua
28. Prophets making excuses
29. Another way looking at a language #5 Aramic, Hebrew and Greek
30. The NIV and the Name of God
31. Use of /Gebruik van Jehovah or/of Yahweh in Bible Translations/Bijbel vertalingen
32. Without God no purpose, no goal, no hope
33. Developing new energy
34. Praise and give thanks to God the Most Highest
35. Listening and Praying to the Father

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About prayer and calling upon God:

1. Walking in love by faith, not by sight
2. Jesus and his God
3. How is it that Christ pleased God so perfectly?
4. Our relationship with God, Jesus and each other
5. The high calling of God in Christ Jesus
6. God receives us on the basis of our faith
7. A Living Faith #1 Substance of things hoped for
8. A Living Faith #2 State of your faith
9. A Living Faith #3 Faith put into action
10. A Living Faith #7 Prayer
11. Praise and give thanks to God the Most Highest
12. Some one or something to fear #6 Faith in the Most High
13. Listening and Praying to the Father
14. The LORD protects those of childlike faith
15. God is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him
16. Feed Your Faith Daily
17. People who know how to pray to move God to take hold of our affairs in a mighty way
18. Give your worries to God
19. Does God hear prayer?
20. Does God answer prayer?
21. Prayer, important aspect in our life
22. Communion and day of worship
23. If you think you’re too small to be effective
24. Sometimes we pray and pray and it seems like nothing happens.
25. Prayer has the power to change mountains into highways

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Lees meer over Gods Naam:

1. יהוה Schepper van hemel en aarde en alles er op en eraan
2. Rond God de Allerhoogste
3. God versus goden
4. De Allerhoogste is het Opperwezen
5. Spelling van Bijbelse namen
6. Belangrijkheid van Gods Naam
7. Archeologische vondst omtrent de Naam van God YHWH
8. Eigenheden aan God toegeschreven
9. God over zijn Naam יהוה
10. Ik ben die ben Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh אהיה אשר אהיה
11. Hashem השם, Hebreeuws voor “de Naam”
12. Een Naam voor een God #7 Jahwe(h) niet Hebreeuws
13. Een Naam voor een God #8 Vergeten of weigeren
14. Een Naam voor een God #9 Vals geloof gevoed door vrees
15. Een Naam voor een God #10 God en goddelijkheid
16. Een Naam voor een God #11 Y of J Kiezen
17. Jehovah wiens Naam Heilig is
18. Getuig van een levende God en zijn zegeningen voor jou
19. Prijs en zeg dank tot God de Allerhoogste
20. Breng glorie aan Jehovah God de Allerhoogste
21. Gebruik van Jehovahs naam
22. Opgetekend in je hoofd wat is neergetekend
23. God, Jezus Christus en de Heilige Geest
24. Heer, Yahuwah, Yeshua of Yahushua
25. Yahushua, Yehoshua, Yeshua, Jehoshua of Jeshua
26. De NIV en de Naam van God
27. Zonder God geen reden, geen doel, geen hoop
28. Nieuwe energie ontwikkelen
29. Kroniekschrijvers en profeten #3 Poëtische boeken
30. Fragiliteit en actie #8 Eerste Wetsvoorziening
31. Redding, vertrouwen en actie in Jezus #4 Mogelijkheid te kennen en te weten
32. In de hand #5 Niet bang zich te geven
33. Aanbid enkel de Schepper van alles

Lees ook over gebed en aanroeping van God:

1. Geloof in slechts één God
2. Jezus van Nazareth #7 Zijn Leven van gebed
3. Woorden in de Wereld
4. Bidden is een eenvoudige blik op God
5. Kracht van het gebed
6. Gebedsverhoring niet door verlanglijstje
7. Heeft het zin om te bidden?
8. Kan men kwaad afwenden door te bidden
9. Mensen die bidden reageren gezonder op stress
10. Gebed belangrijk aspect in ons leven
11. Hersenen beschouwen gebed als gesprek
12. Gebed heeft ons getroost in ons verdriet
13. Als je denkt dat je te klein bent om effectief te zijn
14. Gebed is een geloofszaak
15. Bidden en mediteren
16. Laat ons bidden alsof wij het reeds verkregen hebben
17. Indien je bid zal je niet ontchoocheld worden
18. Niet even bidden en weer terug de drukte in

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