Stan Walker

a Biblical thought...
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10)

a Book thought...
Some people are more comfortable dealing with doctrines than they are with responding to a living, ruling, righteous God. (p12)



a Dave thought...
Unlike most people in Australia I am just catching up on the sensational Stan Walker, winner of Australian Idol last night. He has been very open about his faith, above is the Chris Tomlin version of Amazing Grace Stan sung so expressively a few weeks ago and below is some excerpts from his interview with The War Cry…

While Walker has mostly sung in church, music was always a part of his life. ‘My whole family is quite musical and it’s in my [Maori] culture; it’s just in our blood’. But it was also something of a lifeline for him.
‘I’ve always been crazy. This is me—I’m always loud and I am who I am on the stage and off the stage, behind the scenes, everywhere. That’s what I try to pride myself on, just being me everywhere I am. And my whole family is like that—you know when the Walkers are around!’But despite his high-energy persona, he knows the importance of taking time out to regenerate. He does this through quiet times of reflection when he prays and reads the Bible.‘I make sure every morning and in the afternoon I have my quiet times. Those quiet times are when I really get my strength, when I’m praying and seeking God and learning my Bible,’ Walker says.‘I sometimes go through the same verses just to remind myself of them. I love the verses in the Bible that say we are the light of the world and that we need to shine. One of my favourite verses is “Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that you do not know”.‘It’s like if I just ask then I will receive. My biggest prayer is that I will live my life with actions and not words. And that people will see my actions, instead of me just talking about it.’

Just a thought.