Greetings! Welcome to the new deanspiller.co.za!   Here you are still going to find useful information regarding my musical movements, album(s) [one must be optimistic right?], assistance in the prayer department as well as something to think about regarding our faith.  What you may also begin encountering is a little more talk about the Theology of the Body , the development of a Gauteng ‘youth music' platform and increased community content and feedback: all causes that I find on my heart lately and which I would like to continue to explore should other commitments permit this year.   

Thought for the new year…

I have learned this last year that love is, in essence, simply willing the good of another.  We are called to love each and every person we come into contact with in this way.  So when I ask myself “am I loving this person?” I need to ask “am I doing my very best to leave him or her better off than when I first encountered them?” and “am I bringing them closer to our Lord Jesus Christ by my words and actions?”  I want to make sure that when I love, it is in the way God intended me to, not in the way the world tells me to love.  I find it is often hard to tell the difference because we hear of the world’s ‘love’ every day: on billboards, television, the internet… so often that it is impossible not to be confused. 

How do we love as God intended? We simply love as Jesus did: Freely, Totally, Faithfully and Fruitfully.  Each person is longing to experience this love: it is why we were created.  When we look for fulfillment in what the world terms love to be it is no wonder we are left feeling the need for something more…  more friends, more popularity, more pleasure, sexual promiscuity, more things, more money. When we are not 'feeling' good about something the world leads us to think that something must be wrong. We are pushed to keep searching for the next fix of pleasure. It is not hard to see that this is not God's way. God is there when we feel good and when we don't, when we love him and when we don't and he still loves us through all of this. We must not be afraid to feel 'down' or 'moderate' in our daily life or even in our love for God. Love is not a feeling: it is a choice, and choosing to follow and trust in God as feelings rise and fall is surely the truest act of love and faith. The world will leads us with our feelings, God guides our whole being, the way he intended us to be.  The world has a hold on us that only God can loosen.  All we need do is humbly seek his help in prayer and resolve to do better.  And when we fail to do so we get up, begin and begin again.  I Wish you a blessed year that is filled with God’s grace, love and purpose in your life. 
May God bless you.

Dean Spiller

"Arms Open Wide" is the name of the album of self-written, Christian songs that I released in October 2010. Follow the links above to find out a little more about the album, download lyrics and guitar chord charts, watch live video recordings from the launch and purchase/sample the songs from the album. Should digital purchase and download be too great a hastle for you and you would like to order a physical copy of the album, please drop an e-mail to mail@deanspiller.co.za and you will be contacted shortly.