Quite often Midweek Musings is an opportunity to reflect on the teaching points from Sunday. However, when the main teaching point is the verse that tells us that “when [we] come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything Read more
Biblical Definition of Fasting: the voluntary abstaining of food (and sometimes drink) Types of Fasting: 1. Normal Fast – No food, water still consumed. Example: Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 4:2: “After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.”) 2. Absolute Fast (Dry Fast) – No food or water. Read more
Look: Psalm 91:4 Read: ‘On his return, Jesus was welcomed by a crowd. They were all there expecting him. A man came up, Jairus by name. He was president of the meeting place. He fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his home because his twelve-year-old daughter, Read more
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“Sabbath” is from the Hebrew word Shabbat : ‘to stop’ The sabbath is about spending time in the presence of God where we can rest in him, delight in him (and his creation etc.) and worship him. We can do this alone, and in community! Sabbath is so much more Read more
Read The Parable of the Lost Son [or Daughter!] 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger onesaid to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he dividedhis property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got Read more
You know that song: “I’ll Stand” by Hillsong? We sing it sometimes at our gatherings. The chorus goes like this: “I’ll stand with arms high and heart abandonedIn awe of the One who gave it allI’ll stand, my soul, Lord to You surrenderedAll I am is Yours“ Well, it dawned Read more
Read On the Road to Emmaus 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along Read more
If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead on that Sunday, then our faith means nothing. It all hinges on whether or not he really did what he said he was going to do. Join us on a journey of discovery to answer the question: What do you believe happened that Read more
Read Jesus’ Triumphant Entry 11 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey Read more