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12 Days of Christmas Videos- #11 Christmas in the Trenches

Russell Martin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:00:08 +0000

Today’s Christmas video was comes via my friend Frank Coats. It’s the story of the Christmas Truce of 1914. You can read more about the story from Wikipedia here. The following is a song called “Christmas in the Trenches” – written and performed by John McCutcheon. Enjoy.

Tomorrow is the last day. Be sure to tune in to see what the 12th video will be. In the mean time go back and check out the first 10 videos.

#1 Acapella Deck the Halls

#2 Christmas Lights Gone Wild

#3 The Chipmunk Song

#4 Hallelujah Chorus Flash mob

#5 Christmas in Fast Forward

#6 Silent Monks Hallelujah Chorus

#7 Ipad Iphone Christmas Band

#8 Advent Conspiracy

#9 Dominick the Italian Christmas Donkey

#10 Digital Story of Christmas

Words of Encouragement

Russell Martin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:21:00 +0000

When I was in college I was part of a ministry leadership team for a student ministry group. Each week we had a memory verse that we had to memorize and recite at our weekly meeting. These scriptures, ingrained in my head, have been helpful in different situations to offer comfort and encouragement.

Here is one I recited often over the past two weeks through our move to a new house.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus”

~ Philippians 4:6-7

Instrumental Reflection #9- It Is Well With My Soul

Russell Martin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:10:44 +0000

Sometimes these reflections are hard to come up with. Unfortunately this weeks came too easy, but for a difficult reason .

My sister’s best friend was supposed to be married in a few weeks. A few days ago her fiancee went to sleep and never woke up. I cannot even begin to imagine what she and the family are going through. I cannot think of any words to say. When I found out the news this one song rushed into my head and has not gone away.

This reflection is not only for her, but for all who are going through tough times.

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It Is Well With My Soul

It is Well With My Soul
by Horatio G Spafford
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
- Refrain:
  It is well, with my soul,
  It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

If you would be interested the family has set up a pay pal account which will be used to defray funeral expenses and to pay bills, etc. that may need to be covered. Any gift would be appreciated.

Also I will pass on any comments or words of encouragement you leave in the comments.

1. Go to paypal.com
2. Press Send (to send money)
3. Enter davidrosbrough@gmail.com in the to box and then enter your email address in the from box
4. Enter amount desired.
5. Scroll down and click on “personal” and “gift”
6. Press continue and follow instructions

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Instrumental Reflections #5

Russell Martin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:58:16 +0000

This weeks Instrumental Reflection is a song I wrote in college at East Texas State University. It’s kind of a theme and variation type song and it’s called Autumn Leaves. I hope you enjoy.

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Free Song- Piano Peace

Russell Martin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:14:45 +0000

Since I was taking piano lessons at an early age, I have never really liked being told what to play by a piece of sheet music. I always tended to just sit down and play the melodies that came from my head. In college, as an effort to try and develop my improvising I began an exercise of having someone select 5-8 random notes and I would then compose a piano piece using those notes in that order.
I enjoyed this so much that when I began doing concerts I tried the same thing. I had the opportunity to do this at my last concert in Friendswood. I had the congregation call out some notes and this song was the result. Enjoy.

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My goal for the Summer is to take all the recordings from this concert and put them on a CD but I thought I’d share the tracks with my facebook fans and blog followers first.

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Guest Devo: Kerri Crocker- You Against the World

Russell Martin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:09:16 +0000

As I was driving to church yesterday, my eyes were drawn to the clouds and I just had to take a picture! Oddly enough they reminded me of “life”. The large, dense blanket to the right was covering the sky in the distance (a.k.a. our problems, struggles, fears) while the smaller ones looked as if they were pushing their way through… fighting against them so we could enjoy the blue skies (a.k.a. peace, joy, love)

Things may look impossible for you, but the Word says greater is He that is in YOU than he that is in the world. You can overcome any cloud because of our Savior!!

Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world … Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground and after you have done everything, to stand!

Ephesians 6:11-13

Written by Kerri Crocker. Kerri is a worship leader at Williams Memorial UMC in Texarkana. She also travels sharing her music with churches and groups all over. Find out more about her and her ministry at www.kerricrocker.com