by Julie Turner | Apr 25, 2024 | What's Happening
We often think of life as a mountain climb, an ascent where we make linear progress to a summit and can ‘arrive’ at a peak with satisfaction. In truth, life is more like a meandering river where there are twists and turns we cannot predict and where our own progress...
by Julie Turner | Apr 21, 2024 | What's Happening
This evening we continued looking at how to live according to God’s will. In Colossians 1:9-10, Paul prays, ‘We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life...
by Julie Turner | Apr 17, 2024 | What's Happening
Importunity: persistence to the point of annoyance. The word ‘importunity’ describes a widow in a parable Jesus told His disciples to remind them that they should always pray and not give up. (Luke 18:1-8) The woman kept coming to a judge, asking for...
by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2024 | What's Happening
This evening, we looked again at the subject of living according to God’s will, highlighting four areas which the Bible explicitly teaches us are God’s will for His people: The need to love unconditionally (see John 13:34-35, 1 John 3:1-2, 16-18). We love because God...
by Julie Turner | Apr 14, 2024 | What's Happening
‘United we stand, divided we fall.’ This slogan has much truth in it. Unity is highly prized in the Bible (see Ps 133, Eph 4:3) and should be the aim of all Christians. Jesus prayed for unity among His followers based on the very unity that exists in the...