Ruach Breath of Life

I was looking for a piece that would help us to pray for Russia, and was reminded of a hymn we used to sing many years ago. It is a famous Russian folk tune, and the words are so powerful. May it inspire us to see Russia in a good and godly way, but also to pray for other nations too. The reference to grain in the mills is particularly poignant. For background see, https://hymnary.org/hymn/PsH/595...

A psalm of Robert the servant of the LORD, a prayer for a heart that is single-minded and free from deceit. To the Gregorian chant Veni Creator Spiritus. (Musicians: Shirley Richards, Helen Rees (violin), Chian Lewis-Lim, Cathie Muncey (viola), Corinne Frost, Jo Garcia, Anna Frazer (cello), Geth Griffiths (double bass), Amy Roberts (oboe), Fontane Liang (harp), Beth Davies (bassoon), Phil Stevento...

This is a really lovely improvisation, which leaves a precious aftertaste. See where the Lord leads you as you listen to this beautiful piece, and who and what He might have you lift to Him.

The Lord has particular sounds that He wants to be heard, and this incredibly atmospheric and evocative music is one such. Beginning with a powerful fanfare on the French Horn from Peter Richards, it is a remarkable piece of improvised music which ‘happened’ in the course of an intense recording session, and which includes an astonishing piece of virtuoso recorder playing by Julia Herzog. The reco...

At a folk dance on a village square in Majorca many years ago I heard this delightful piece being played, which we transcribed and arranged many years later for Julia Herzog (descant recorder) and Susanne Herzog (violin.) Having come across this piece in passing we obviously do not know who wrote it, but assume it to be a traditional Majorcan folk tune.

A psalm of Robert the servant of the LORD, a prayer for a heart that is single-minded and free from deceit. To an improvisation on the music of ‘In Church’ by Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Musicians: Christiane von Albrecht and Jo Garcia You are trustworthy, tried and true; While I, as changeable as a weathervane, and only too capable of saying one thing but meaning and doing quite another, of...

A psalm of Robert the servant of the LORD, a prayer for a heart that is single-minded and free from deceit. To the tune, St Denio, which is based on ‘Can mlynedd i nawr’ (‘A Hundred Years from Now’) and familiar to us in the hymn, ‘Immortal, invisible God only wise.’ Even many of those who instinctively enjoy and welcome change have found the upheavals and restrictions of the last few plague and c...

The New Testament is unique. It was written by people who walked with the Lord Jesus, or who came to know Him by revelation. Many believe the author of this book is someone who knew the Lord Jesus intimately, but who did not come to realise who He really was until after the Resurrection - in which case we are talking about James, Jesus’ own brother. Come with me on this extended meditation that I...

The New Testament is unique. It was written by people who walked with the Lord Jesus, or who came to know Him by revelation. Many believe the author of this book is someone who knew the Lord Jesus intimately, but who did not come to realise who He really was until after the Resurrection - in which case we are talking about James, Jesus’ own brother. Come with me on this extended meditation that I...

What contradictory desires pass through our minds every day! All the more precious, therefore, to pray with the psalmist for the Lord to ‘unite’ our heart and teach us His way and to so that we can walk in His way in His truth. (Psalm 84:11 ESV) Rather than pressurising ourselves to restlessly pursue a multitude of illusory things, may the Lord sift, shape and focus our desires on the one thing th...

Rejoice, the Lord is King: Your Lord and King adore! Rejoice, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, Lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! Jesus, the Saviour, reigns, The God of truth and love; When He had purged our stains, He took his seat above; Lift up your heart, Lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o'er ear...

Rejoice the Lord is King (ii) Improvisation: With gladsome heart, lift up your voice! Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it. Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming . . . (Ps. 96:11-12) When God’s Kingdom comes, and Jesus is established as Lord over all th...

Into this Morning . . . What a difference it makes when we start each day by inviting the Lord Jesus to direct and lead us each moment of each day, and to ‘clothe’ ourselves with and in Him. (See Romans 13:14 NLT) May this song, which I co-wrote with David Booth, serve as a clarion call to remind us to dedicate ourselves each new day to the Lord Jesus, and to come and explore it to the full with H...

The Mystery of God is accomplished - Part Two: I am making all things new by Ruach Breath of Life

The Mystery Of God Is Accomplished - Part One by Ruach Breath of Life

Music by Henry Purcell; words translated from the Latin by John Neale. What a debt we owe to John Neale, a nineteenth century poet, scholar and Anglican priest, who has blessed many by translating many of the really great hymns from the Latin. It is a joy to introduce this powerful hymn to a new generation of believers who have a heart for both Church and nation. The full lyrics of the original hy...

Aslan's Strength returns by Celia Redgate "O children," said the Lion, "I feel my strength coming back to me. Oh children, catch me if you can!" He stood for a second, his eyes very bright, his limbs quivering, lashing himself with his tail. Then he made a leap high over their heads and landed on the other side of the Table. Laughing, though she didn't know why, Lucy scrambled over it to reach him...

Aslan's walk to the Stone Table - by Celia Redgate Forward they went again and one of the girls walked on each side of the Lion. But how slowly he walked! And his great, royal head drooped so that his nose nearly touched the grass. (from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis) As Aslan, of his own volition, makes his way to the place where he will be slain, we are reminded of Jesus’ o...

Your years will never end (In the beginning) . . . Huw Humphreys wrote this really magnificent song that has shades of many of the great Biblical Scriptures, and Justin Coldstream arranged it for the musicians: Megan Topper, (Vocals), Justin Coldstream (keyboard) , Francis Cummings, Philippa Barton, Christiane Mueller, Jo Garcia (strings), Anthony Thompson (trumpet), Peter Richards (French horn)....

Time and again the Lord's sweet presence steals over us, often when we are expecting it the least, or are in greatest need of it. He comes quite unexpectedly, sometimes when we know ourselves to be in great need of receiving a fresh touch from Him. As the melody of this piece passes from one instrument to another, and the strings play a joyful pizzicato, may it release fresh joy into our own heart...

The Lord has always used the night hours to draw close to His children – but they can also be a time when cares and worries come to the surface. I have written a song here that seeks to both soothe and reassure, and to welcome His presence with us, all through the night – for, truly, ‘He neither slumbers nor sleeps!’ Thank you so much to Megan Topper, Jo Garcia and Sally Prittie for singing and pl...

Quoniam Tu sanctus by Ruach Breath of Life

Jesus is calling my name by Jane Charlesworth This is a lovely song that draws us deeper into the precious and reassuring reality that Jesus not only calls us by name, but really does know everything about us. From the moment He began to knit us together in the womb, His call has shaped each of our lives in a unique way. It operates both directly and indirectly, and intersects perfectly with His p...

An improvisation inspired by Psalm 23 - by Sally Mowbray Come and take a walk with the Lord alongside the springs of life! Vocals and keys - Sally Mowbray Guitar - David Booth

I will pour out My Spirit At the Symphony of Prayer Conference in Malvern in 1996, Grace Nadin brought a brief but beautiful and powerful call to see and feel with the heart of the Lord Jesus. Here is something to savour deeply and take to heart. The Lord longs that we should see things with His eyes and share the pain He feels about many things too. At the very beginning of one of the Sounds of H...