This song can also be watched on Ishmaels Songs YouTube Channel or FaceBook. For home use only. If you choose to use an Ishmael song in a public setting, please add the song title to your churches CCLI list. CCLI list ID# CCLI ID# 7205774 ‘Come And Be With Jesus’ ‘Come and be with Jesus’ Matthew 11 verses 28-29 This song is written by Ishmael (Ian Smale) and copyright by Song Solutions Daybreak.You will find the words and guitar chords on my Ishmaels Songs YouTube Channel. Just to say I am writing songs at a very frequent rate at the moment, and I never initially know if any song that…

A short tribute song that I wrote on the 8th of September 2022 straight after I heard that our wonderful Queen Elizabeth 11 had died.

For home use only. If you choose to use an Ishmael song in a public setting, please add the song title to your churches CCLI list. CCLI ID# 7205297 The Lord’s my light and my salvation This song is written by Ishmael (Ian Smale) and copyright by Song Solutions Daybreak.You will find the words and guitar chords on my Ishmaels Songs YouTube Channel. Just to say I am writing songs at a very frequent rate at the moment, and I never initially know if any song that I write is good or not so good and …the first people to hear this song are…YOU! So if you think it’s good,…

Twenty years ago Irene and I visited Costa Rica, Central America as patrons of Educación Plus, a Christian charity working with young people in the shanty towns. We still feel honoured to be their patrons to this day. We have the greatest respect for our long time friend Keith, he always has been ‘sold out’ for the shanty town folk of Costa Rica, living amongst them, often in dangerous situations and presenting Christ to them both in deed and word. I deliberately put deed first because showing these desperately needy families (mostly children) the love of Jesus practically has given him amazing opportunities to share the good news that Jesus…

No, the photo is not of a Queen cover band, it’s me with Pastor Reg and the great techies from the wonderful praise party I did this morning at Hillingdon Baptist Church. Lots of people present of all ages, and they really are a happy Church and boy can they sing! It really was a great morning and for the first time at the end of the praise party I was asked to do an encore! Wow! Being a little thrown and not sure what to sing, I chose the Glorie Song (Down in a noisy small valley) and it seemed the perfect choice judging by the way they enthusiastically…