Hi I am from Mexico...This is about the delirious concert like 2 years ago in mexico in cd. juarez is close to the el paso Texas is in the border...
This is was my favourite concert ever I traveled 3 hours in a flight from the capital only for that...the day was rain day and I remember they played songs from the-now is the time- with songs like god is smiling and we give you praise... and majestad(only the chorus in spanish)....I hope see you soon guys....an my favourite album is world service and libertad.....

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sorry, if my english is not perfect...when you say that words on the dvd "my soul sings" , i remembered that we have that power of change. yesterday listened a conference on my church, when a pastor of brazil says: "you are a motive of inspiration to arround the world..." because people of all the places of the earth come every 6 months to learn of us, our vision to win people for christ, and that pastors believe in the anointed who have this country.
"you are a motive of inspiration to arround the world..."is not only for this church,also every people than God give a dream, a place, a country and he talked me this morning and He says "fills me on my grace, because my power is perfectioned on the ...(i dont know how says "debilidad"in english...lol!)
God no need perfect people,because He make perfection in every person that`s ready to accept his called.
PD: HEY!,martin, please, in that concert i listen the very best version live of "inside outside", please,put on "download" , PLEASE!!!! thanks.

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Well I've been going to church since I was little since my parents are christians, I'd listen to delirious? on the way there and back and sometimes sing there songs in church, I got baptised when I was 10 but didn't really think much of it until i asked myself, why did I do it, and what do i do next, i prayed this for about 6 months, nothing happened, but then I went to the delirious concert at loughborough on the kingdom of comfort tour, I was on the front row, giving it my all, just looking at all the people behind me, I thought to myself, look at these people, all here for one reason, GOD! I suddenly had goosebumps right through my body. And then Martin started to speak about his time in africa. He then said to ME! whats your name? I was gobsmacked. He asked abit about me and who I came with and all such as that. After I started to read out of the bible, Isaiah 58 v6-9 if i remember rightly. read it it's really good, it says,
"This is the kind of fast day I'm after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,cancel debts.
What I'm interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will turn on,
and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way.
The God of glory will secure your passage.
Then when you pray, God will answer.
You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'

Then at the end of this he said to this Jacob, I was like ME? you want ME? to do this?
Then I felt a strong sense of peace,.
So I go to church as normal but about 3 months later I'm setting there getting prayed for, then the priest says, everyone here is special, and has there own talent, but I fell there's someone here that has great patiental to go out on the street and speak the word of God, and maybe go away to other countries, I just had goosebumps and an overwhelming since of the holy spirit. I'm praying that one day that'll be me.

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My family and i went through many bereavemnts within a short time. Sept 2000 my sister..Jan2001 my sons 10 yr old friend died in a fire with his grandmother [totally broke us all], dec 2001 my auntie who rang me about my sister died of liver cancer and 2002 my dear mother and father died within 9 weeks of eachother april and june..i was beside myself and turned to the alfa course for some help. I'm so glad i did. At my local church a band called Delirious were very popular. I have to admit i was not aware of D...i decided to check on the internet a couple of songs...i was so broken but there was something about this band that lifted me..i bought world service... my life changed. I heard Majesty i found God ..properly this time. I cannot say thankyou and really express my gratitude properly! God Bless you Delirious you made my soul sing again:) when i thought the world was just a dark hopeless place to be..now i know differently and i tell people about the man who brought Heaven to Earth and this helps me want to carry on living.xxx

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In the mid 90's I had become frustrated with the church and had begun to slip into a spiritual funk ...so to speak.
I went into a Christian Music store kind of as an afterthought and was thinking MAYBE there is something a bit different, someone out there who is out of the box. Well there was someone in a Can as I bought this cool looking CD in a round tin can. I was scheduled to make a 3 hr trip that day and it is safe to say Live and In the Can was played the entire way. I was hooked and immediately looked up this band Delirious. I found such encouragement from the songs, but almost as much from the sound and arrangements of the instruments. Being a musician I was often frustrated at the same old sound coming out. As I continued this journey with Delirious it has always been the skill they display with their craft as musicians that I like most.
From the Investigate solo, the ebow on Take Off My Shoes, the simple splash of the high hats on HIASM, etc...it just brightens my day.
Sometimes I find myself "mad" Delirious is quitting because I know anytime I need that pick me up they had a song new or old that could provide it. But I know they are doing what they must and it is time for them and me to both move on, but I know those songs will always provide the encouragement, strength, and smiles they have since 1996.
Blessings and thanks to each of you. I know it was probably a tougher journey than any of us will know. Thanks for sticking it out!
Take care,
GW

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Hello folks, it's Status Joe here from Dave Wood's amazing d: forum. I can't quite believe that it's all coming to an end. A journey that started in November 2001 is ending, 8 years on. I was captivated by Delirious? from the outset. I was given a tape of King of Fools by my best friend and decided to go along to my first d: gig in Portsmouth (d: tension tour). Watching the ghostlike silhouette of Stew Smith as he clambered on stage through a blanket of dry ice as the house lights dimmed was the beginning of an extraordinary story for me. Little did I know that I'd go to a further 35 shows, meet many new friends, travel the length and breath of the UK, travel across Europe and share this amazing band's story with Christian and non-Christian alike.

I'm going to miss this band for sure. I'm going to miss the pre-gig coffees. I'll miss the queuing. I'll miss the pre-show excitement. I'll miss waiting for my favourite band to take to the stage as the background music filters through the PA. I'll miss Martin's Bible readings in the drop-down section of History Maker. I'll miss all the amazing friends I've made like Becky, Ben, Leanne, Sam and so on. I'm going to miss the guitar intro of Rain Down. I'm going to miss travelling across Europe. I'm going to miss faking illnesses at work for the opportunity to go to the infamous Christmas Show. I'll miss the crazy cross-continetal trips like the one from the UK to Belgium and back to Hemel Hempstead in one day (I don't suggest going 50 hours without sleep!) I'll miss the Christian festivals which d: headline the rocky unsuitable car park entrances and the lack of parking. I'll miss watching the stage lights pack up (it's all good fun in hindsight!) and the spontaneous worship moments. I'll miss Majesty. I'll miss the moments where you just stand in the presence of God. So yeah, I guess I'll miss a lot.

But the important thing is that this is a small price to pay when you consider what God is going to do in the lives of Mart, Tim, Jon, Stu. Paul and Stew. But this applies for us too. Seasons change. A new spring is on the horizon. Greater things are yet to come.

It's funny. I'm not sure the definition of 'History Maker' has changed for me. When I first started listening to d:. I was inspired by the 'History Maker' mandate. I wanted to see people saved, people healed, churches grow and the poor to have a voice. I'm still praying for this, longing for this. And it's happening. Amen.


Joe x

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The day was Saturday 27th August 1994,
And i was born three mounths premature and i had jaundice and survier blood clots and i was on the verge of dieing and the doctors said to my mum that i would have 100% brain damage but with the churches prayers and Gods amazing power he healed because i could come home and five mounths later they (my perants)came back to the hospital the doctors checked my brain and it was all clean brain tissue and no places were thee blood had been and the specailist said to my mum "you prayed for a miricle and you got one" and since then i have always loved Jesus and always will thank you for saving me and you are my Miricle Maker.

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2004 - A mere 12 years old I was sitting at the back of my church next to the PA. The elder manning the PA at this time just so happened to have a copy of Word Service is one of the draws of the desk.

"Take a listen". A window.

Not really being much of a Christian then, I was a bit pessimistic. But my idea was that anyone who had a lot of music was cool, so I gave it a go.

I thought the songs were fantastic, even if I didn't understand what they meant. For the first time I realised that yes, Christians could be cool!

Between then and now, so much has happened. The funny thing is, D? songs have always managed to work their way in. Songs of joy, sorrow and support finding their way into my different situations of growing up. At my baptism a year later (I grew a lot!) the simplest and easiest song that I chose said it all - "I could sing of your love forever".

The constant issue I came and come across, as I said, was that people didn't think Christian were cool. Show them one D? song and it broke the mould.

This was the same for not only at school, but at my Churches' community youth group.

Named "JIMS" (Jesus in Me), it's funny how many kids turn up week in week out that have little idea who Jesus is.

Wack a D? DVD on and all of a sudden they start asking questions. "What does it mean to be a history maker?" "Who is Jesus?" "Do you (as in the leaders) get paid for doing this? (which they are constantly surprised at)"

A window. I'm only 17 now so I am someone they can relate to. It still surprises me that my church trusts me to be a leader, but when I think about it, I've been equipped. Through songs, people, and many other things (not forgetting God!)

My journey is only just beginning, and although I find it extremely difficult already, there is always the underlying feeling that I have someone to talk to who is there.

If I end up as a youth worker, preacher, healer - I don't really mind or care as it's all planned - all I know is that I want to move forward on my very own History Maker Tour through my life, and that of others...

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It was 1997. I had just become a Father for the first time to a boy called Ethan. I loved God but didn't care too much for Christian music! Someone gave me a free CD called Stadium Praise and I heard Did you feel the mountains and I thought this is good!
For some reason the Cutting Edge days passed me by but I liked this Delirious sound!

Anyway back to 97, I remember Ethan being only a few weeks old and I bought Live and in the can from a Christian bookshop in Matlock

Since those early days Lucy (wife) and me have been both collecting and following the D sound mainly via CD but also some live performances

Ethan's nearly 12 now and likes the D sound for himself and in particular Kingdom of comfort and 12 years on he's coming with us to say goodbye to the D boys in November

For me D single handily restored my faith in Christian music and at times restored my faith through (their) Christian music!

From the worship to the rock back to the worship to bearing their souls I've loved virtually every song

Thanks for the songs through the years boys

I owe you one!

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In late 2004, I dug an old CD out of my dad's collection which we were clearing out. It was the Live & In The Can album and as I listened, I felt more and more drawn towards the revival that called out from it. From then on I've gone to as many d? concerts as I can and bought nearly all their albums simply because I can't get enough of the exciting message they preach.
Through organising youth trips to their concerts to give people a taste of God and his passion, to covering some of their songs in my Churches youth band, I just cannot get enough of their preaching and worship for God.
I'll always remember going to the Living Room gig in London, where we chatted with them outside in the rain while the equipment travelled across the city and then talked to Jon Thatcher about South America and bass guitars!!
I can go on and on about the music, how listening to their songs gives me such a passion for God and how watching them live or on a DVD brings a smile to my face when ever I hear the opening riff to Rain Down. I guess that they have become such a household name in my life that when they're gone, I'll have to just play their music all the time to remind me of what an inspiration they were and still will be. But I also am so proud that a bunch of guys from (mainly) Littlehampton have had such a huge impact of the lives of Christians all over the world. You've brought people to God, created anthems that will be played in Churches for years to come and still have time to devote yourselves to God's message.
Delirious? have been an epic tale of running God's race for well over a decade and I can't begin to thank them all for the excitement for God they have brought to my life. Thank you guys so much and I really truly hope that whatever you go onto in the future, your lives are blessed immensely with God's favour and peace. You are the sound of many generations and real History Makers.

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The year was 1996, as a young teen going to church every Sunday since I was a fetus, the start of worship time did not really mean much. It was just part of the normal Sunday program. Greet, songs, sermon,joke with friends then home. However, that Sunday morning something changed. When the opening bars of "Mountains" began to be played, there was something tangible in the air, something moving in my spirit. As I stood there singing my guts out and hearing myself believing the words on the screen for the first time, that yes "the old and young will and are returning to Jesus and for God to open up the dusty doors of the church and fill the streets with singing". This was real truth and it was feeding my soul. From that point on I was hooked to Delirious?. From going Deeper at youth to being history makers at Fresh wind Conference's I knew something had changed, something had shifted. Christianity or whatever you want to call one's walk with Christ was now seemingly real. Over the next 12 years Delirious? became the sound track to my life. I still sing d:? as loud as possible in my car as I did when I was 15 in my bedroom. (Only no parents to tell me to turn it down:) However, since that Sunday 12 years ago I've changed too, life in general has affected me. I'm not that young exuberant 15 year old boy who desperately wants d:? make it to # 1 in the charts.

Now I'm a married adult of 27 who worries about paying off student loans and paying bills. Conferences, music charts, the next D:? album, don't mean a whole lot now. (ok maybe the next album). However, things such as being a faithful husband, not being negatively affected at work by gossip or dicey employment. Striving against my own humanity. This is the focus of my history making now. To trust God and walking humbly with Him, no matter how hard being humbled can be sometimes. I guess what I'm trying to say is that as we grow and move through life, we go through our own "Metamorphis" if you will. Things come and go(just like our very own D:? will be doing at year's end), but Christ will always be there. Though we are often unfaithful sheep, He always will be our Solid Rock.

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About Eleven or so years ago in my thirties i worked on the buildings, happily married with two daughters belived in God but new nothing about him, i prayed but never went to church etc. That was,nt Rock & Roll enough for me, One of the guys i worked with had invited me to a christing in an Anglican Church, but my mate invited us to a Dedication on the same day, to cut to the chase the Anglican service was dire but later that day at the pentecostal Church Dedication,God spoke so clearly to me, challenged me, Called me, on returning home i was buzzing, i always thought Church was organs/ Choirs/Smells & Bells, and that has its rellevance but it was not for me,at the Pentecostal church they had Guitars,Drums Keyboards and sang up to date stuff,(D) i rang the Pastor, we spoke about every thing i then went to his house here was a man with a Passion for God, an ex engineer a man who worked with his hands and who i could relate to, the conversation came around to music and i told him that i played Guitar and liked rock music,at the end of the evening he gave me a video tape of a christian music conceret in Wembley Stadium, the first time i heard Sanctify it blew me away, this was God Music WOW. i Cried when i heard What a friend. bought the Cd, and learned to play all the songs, not long after i gave my Heart to God and Delirious have been a soundtrack for my life ever since, i have had the privalige of playing their songs in worship in America, Ukraine, my own Church and many other countries i Have been blessed to take the Youth of my church to Gigs all over the Uk and watch as children with no hope gave thier lives to God, and now all these years later i still love to go to the gigs, I,m the big guy at the front in his forties with grey hair doing his best to jump and praise on Knackered Knees, Unfortunately my wife and children still do not Know the Lord, but i belive on his promise,SO a BIG THANK YOU TO DELIRIOUS, for showing me the way, for making music to cry to. praise to, lift and question you, so heres to the next chapter, going wherever it takes me. Took the pic at Wolverhampton i think, Just shows a power and a passion for Our God

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As a Father i will always remember August 3rd 2008 - at 5.45am my wife and I found our youngest son breathing his last breathe - despite our best efforts he died in his bed three days short of his sixteenth birthday. In life Zac had been literally a larger than life character with an amazing capacity to draw people together, entertain and make those he encountered laugh and forget their own troubles, often I might add at his expense.

At 15 he was not the finished article and was still asking many of the questions we all struggle with in life, what are we here for and where are we going. In many was a typical teenager! I remember well the first D gig he went to at Kingdom Faith (Nov 2007) and it just blowing him away, so much so that he nagged to go to the 02 for Stews UK send off - they were great nights.

In death he stepped up to the plate to make his mark on History. In the days after Zac went home his story through the network of family, friends and the church was being told around the world and leaving its mark. On the day of his Celebration they told us to expect a reasonable number to pay tribute, they stopped counting at 300 and family,friends and teachers spent an hour and a half recounting the impact he had upon their lives. His entire year group came and heard the message of life delivered by his Grandfather. For some it was the very first time they would have heard the name of Jesus. In death my little boy drew his friends together to hear that they have a hope, that they have the potential to effect History. Fitting then, that as he made his last journey to the cemetery, he was carried from that celebration to the anthem "History Maker"...

I very much miss my son, who wrote no books,or songs, who preached no sermons and who lived his life almost entirely within a small part of Eastbourne and yet left a big mark on his world and his people. He left some big shoes to fill, I hope I am up to the task - I look forward to seeing him when I get there.........

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I came along in the early days.. a bit messed up but loving God and being part of a crowd.I sang and danced .. jumped and knelt and HS came and stirred me ..I used to come to Lhapmpton beach and SS.. Saw you guys once in Anaheim!My fav. was being 1 of 250,000 last year in a land where our J is rarely lifted high in public.It makes a huge effect 2 come and do what you did + I am sure we will see more coz of it.. Paint the town red.. the land!So thanks for ALL you guys have written + sung + travelled!I don't always "feel" like a HM.Last week helped a dying man to hosp... he is HIV+ _+ thankful 4 a new home but it wasn't easy!Tonight I washed 3 dirty kids + fed them but now?U r my soundtrack!+ papa my guide!

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My name is malcolm,I'm 16 and I'm form Argentina..I'm leading the worship at my church (st. saviours anglican church)
I remember the first delirious gig in argentina..(september 23rd 2006)I went there and I didn't know the band...just I could of your love! When the gig finished I was very exited! I'd never seen worship like that! just rock music but crying we're gonna paint this big old town red with the blood of jesus! I started listening Delirious? and it became my favoruite band!
Delirious? came here again and of course, went to see it! I went to the airport to fecht them and the the gig was awesome...then...
my father got a job in Scotland for december and january so...CHRISTMAS GIG! I stayed with my sister 1 week and went to sheperd's bush empire. We were there at 4 o' clock I remember meeting Rachel Inglis ( Martin you know her, don't you?)
Stu G gave me his pick! and then the great LEE gave me the setlists.
after all this summary of Delirious' music I just want to say that Delirious? made me fall in love with God again...trough music, their words, everything. They could cheer me up and the made me feel the real power of God.
If Delirious? wouldn't have been in my life I think I wouldn't be at my church leading the worship nor talking to my non-christians friends about God and his son's sacrifice.
So Delirious?, Thank you very much, even though I've only followed you for a few years they have been awesome years.
God bless you guys in the future and your wives and children.
Malcolm.

PD:that photo is from my beginings at a camp. I'm the guy with the guitar who isn't singing.

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May 2007 was a huge turning point for our family, my husband and I, and 2 girls drove 7 hours to go to a D concert in Canada (we are from MN USA). That night God started a change in our lives, in our thinking, in the the way we thought we knew God. He showed us that He is way bigger than we knew, He blew us away! In this process we lost friends, found a new church and changed our way of thinking and living. Because of the band, we discovered new things about God and His Spirit that we thought were not for us today. Our new, loving church has been teaching us about the Holy Spirit and how He can move in us and work through us to bless others.I never believed this way before, not until I met the dboys. We started listening to Arun Community Church podcasts,they also taught amazing things we never knew before.God used Delirious? to reach out to our family, to show us that we can live for Him and not for ourselves.One daughter has gone to Bible school in England and has felt a calling to India,my husband felt a calling to India too-not knowing that his daughter was feeling the same way.I have felt drawn to love orphans all over the world.My youngest loves spending time with children and has the most wonderful loving, giving spirit.Our family never considered any kind of missionary work before, and now that is all we dream about. Our hearts have been changed forever. God used Delirious? and their amazing songs to root His love in us, so we can love others in ways we never knew was possible.Our family looks to the band as role models.If Martin and the band can be ordinary folks that have done extrordinary things for God, then we can too. All we have to do is 'assume the position' for God to use us, and that is what we are doing.Opportunities are happening at church for us to serve and give of ourselves and our time to others in need.Our church will be planning a trip to India and we will go as a family, and I know that this is just the beginning!We are so excited to see what God has in store for us, I have never felt so alive as I do now. I am ready for the Lord to move in my life.I feel as though I am standing on the edge of a cliff,waiting for God to tell me when to jump.And when I do, I will soar on eagles wings.I am ready, today! Thank you Delirious?We admire you, we love you and will always be thankful that you followed God's calling, because you did, so many people are becoming HistoryMakers.You are very dear to us and we love praying for you and your families.God Bless You!!!

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On May 20th, 2009 I posted a blog regarding starting the new adventure that God has me on instead of the one i thought he was going to have me on...teaching 300 elementary aged kids per weekend how to be HistoryMakers themselves. Since that time God has shown up in a big way especially as I was teaching the 4th & 5th graders about NOT giving up on their God given dreams. That there will be naysayers at every turn but they need to keep their eyes on Jesus. As I was teaching I relayed how the naysayers in my life changed my life in a dramatic way. As I continue on with my lesson, I felt God press it upon me to be as passionate as possible, so much so that I my voice started cracking and almost busted out in tears (I do not cry very often)! I had these kids write out their dreams and put it in a place that they can visually visit that dream of often. Wow was God ever there in that moment! A few weeks later I went to a festival here in California, and again I was teaching the 4th & 5th graders about how many accepted Christ that weekend (3000). In addition I was relaying the sequence of events that happen during an Altar Call that night and how that person then turned to someone to comfort someone else the next night! I know that I am out of the boat like Peter but unlike Peter I will NOT look away for Jesus! I LOVE this new adventure!
Thank you for the all the hard work that you have done to show us how to be HistoryMakers in our sphere of influence! May God continue to bless you all!

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The name's Podge. I'm Irish. 18. I play guitar in a band called Dissonance. (check us out at www.dissonance-online.com) I'm not a Christian. However I use to go to a Christian Youth Club several years ago. That's how I heard Delirious? They had a youth band playing My Glorious and I was hooked. First album I bought was World Service and it's my favourite.

I don't really know what to write here. Not sure if I really have a story to tell. But I guess I could talk about my beliefs.

When I use to go to the Christian Youth Club years ago I thought I was a Christian. I helped out with the worships band and went to Church now and then. Never read the bible though. And although I was helping lead people in Worship I was never truly worshiping myself. I guess I was just trying to fit in with everyone. Never truly gave my heart to God. Never had a strong faith. Always had doubts. I started to see alot of hypocrisy with the people in my Church and I didn't like alot of things people were saying to me so I stopped following God. Well.. as I said I never gave my heart to God so I wasn't really following him in the first place. Now my beliefs are that of an agnostic. I don't deny God could exist. I just don't think there's enough proof that there is. I just can't rely on faith. But being a fan of Delirious? and listening to their music for the past several years, they've kept me thinking about it. Sometimes I think maybe God is trying to speak to me through them, that's if he really exists. But no signs yet.

Anyway's I guess that's my story. Don't know exactly what the story is meant to be or if that really counts as a History Makers story. But yeah..

Rock On! m/
Podge

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I became a Christian at the age of 24 and as a new Christian I went to Spring Harvest and being into (secular) music, I looked for bands that made sense to me and discovered a band (not yet called Delirious) playing in the "little top".

Delirious have been a soundtrack to my journey. The ups and downs as I got married, got divorced got re-married.

I am now 40, I am in a little church in Gloucestershire and it is where we are called to be. It is not my ideal type of service and we are an aging C of E congregation, with not too many young people. However, we are still holding on and even trying to pioneer ministry in another local village. I am on the PCC and our Local Ministry Team and the Delirious gigs we have gone to (Swansea, Bath, Lincoln, Alton Towers, Big Church Day Out etc) have given us strength (not to mention the CDs which inspire the journey to work!).

We are still going strong and I know whatever Delirious do they will still be making a difference in people's lives(like ours).

I'm not sure if I'm a history maker but I'm trying to do my bit.

God bless

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