The Power of Praise

The Power of Praise

"But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them sing joyful praises forever.
Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be filled with joy."
Psalm 5:11

 

 

 

Over the past twelve months the team and I have been very conscious of the power of singing God's praises with the seafarers.

Peter Wells and myself have developed an interesting approach to engaging with seafarers: when the opportunity presents itself Peter will put his magnetic sketch board on a fridge (or some such) and deliver an engaging talk. We follow this with me playing my guitar for a song based around the story. Popular favourites with the crew are ‘My Lighthouse’, ‘Thy Word’, ‘Amazing Grace’ and a new one we have been learning called: ‘Let the Lower Lights Keep Burning’.

Our vision is to place a decent guitar on every commercial ship which docks in Portsmouth and encourage those who can play to use it to lead worship. We would also like to encourage the crews by showing them how to access chords for their favourite hymns.
Tony Cotton