Thoughts on Prayer

by | Jul 9, 2017 | What's Happening

Leonard Ravenhill gives us sobering words to ponder about prayer: ‘No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organisers, but few agonisers; many players and payers,...

The Lord’s Prayer

by | Jul 9, 2017 | What's Happening

Jesus gave us a framework for prayer in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-15, Luke 11:1-4), whichhighlights common factors in prayer: Prayer is addressed to God, not to people. It is a lifting up of our soul to God (Ps 25:1), a pouring out of our hearts to God. (Ps...

P Is For Prayer

by | Jul 9, 2017 | What's Happening

In our series on the ‘A-Z of Christian Faith’, we have reached the letter P: P is for Prayer. Prayer is our ability to communicate with the Almighty God and can involve personal prayer and corporate prayer. It can involve words (Jesus is described as...

Stuck In A Rut & Downcast

by | Jul 9, 2017 | What's Happening

Stephen spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court from Luke 24:13-32. These two disciples, possibly heading home to Emmaus, were downcast: things had been tough and had not turned out the way they had expected. Even when Jesus came alongside them, they did not recognise...