Finding Hope When Life Is Hard

Prelude

Every church faces moments of crisis, sorrow, uncertainty or hardship—both collectively and individually. Songs that give space for lament, trust and perseverance are essential in pastoral worship.

KDMusic has songs that offer honesty and hope rooted in Scripture and Christ’s faithfulness.

For Worship Leaders

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As we approach Reformation Day (31 Oct), All Souls (2 Nov) and Remembrance Sunday (11 Nov), many worship leaders, youth-teams and home-groups are looking for meaningful resources. In response to a season of great loss in my own church, we recorded this song drawn from Hebrews 11 (“cloud of witnesses”) and 1 Peter (Christ’s suffering & glory)  We hope will help you mark this season with lament and hope..

🎵 What’s included:

A full lyric video — ideal for screen projection or online…

‘I don’t know why He chose me’ - The Love of God 

As usual, I turned on the radio, and the BBC presenter was interviewing England football superstar, Ian Wright. By the end, thousands of people across the country were in tears. As a young black man growing up in South East London, Ian had lived through a troubled childhood. His father left when he was a baby. If he turned up, he was always a disappointment. His step-father frequently beat Ian and his alcoholic mother. It’s no surprise he grew up a…

Jesus Loves Me (He is Strong) ~ is a study of the much loved classic children’s hymn
'Jesus loves Me This I Know" by Anna Bartlett Warner & William Batchelder Bradbury.

So, how do you cope with uncertainty?

It's been an interesting few years lately! Many of the things we took for granted have been rattled to the core. Doesn't it make you a bit nostalgic for 'simpler' more certain days? But of course that's a big lie too isn't it!
The past is only certain because it's fixed when we look back on it.
At the…

Life is great, BUT, there are a few things about the cultural momentum in ‘The West’ that irritate me, one or two that scare me, and several that fill me with bottled rage. I think this says more about me gaining perspective as I get older, than this snapshot in time being particularly worse.

It's just another fashion honest!

For instance, fashion was really bad in the 70’s when I was a kid. My…