I love the phrase ‘compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love’ in this reading: But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength on behalf of your servant; Read more
Read: We were thinking about the concept of servants and serving at our Equipping meeting this week, and, moreover, ‘serving from a place of rest’. This is not always easy for people and churches who are naturally active. When we’re faced with potential staffing gaps for our groups and ministries, Read more
On Sunday, we gathered to pray against the traps of leadership* for our new Prime Minister and governing party, after the general election results last Thursday. Here is the list in case you missed it or want to carry on praying into these areas: *taken from the book ‘Letters to Read more
Watch this: Reflect: “The Call to Discipleship is the Call to Change.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Go Deeper: In the video, the guy presents 4 dysfunctional views of God: Do you have one of these unhealthy views of God? What is God really like?
On Sunday we talked a little bit about the coming General Election, and how the Apostle Paul exhorted believers to pray for those in authority, and how us playing our part in the democratic process is an important expression of this. I recommend the link that Jane sent out yesterday as Read more
God is my daddy There are many ways to view and begin to understand the Bible. One way is to see that it is the gradual revelation of who God is and how he wants to relate to us. On Father’s Day, we broke this down into three stages. The Read more
Read 2 Kings 6:8-23 Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.” The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Beware of passing Read more
Watch this Go Deeper On Sunday David read out the names of Jesus in the Bible and asked us to pick one that stood out to us, reflect on it, and then see if we could see anything of that aspect of Jesus in the people around us, to encourage Read more
This week’s scripture: Acts 2:1-21 & 37-47, is a long one, so pour yourself a cuppa, make yourself comfortable, and we will begin… We know that at Pentecost the Spirit’s arrival was marked by the sound of a ‘violent wind’ and the tongues of fire that came down from heaven, alighting on Read more
This year, we have been journeying together on what exactly is the church, what our purpose is and how we fulfil that purpose (see Judy’s last 2 sessions on why joy & hesed are important for this: Part 1 & Part 2). Julia continued this week with the fifth part Read more