by Julie Turner | Jan 22, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs 22 carries on the theme of looking at how to live wisely and well. We see particularly how this affects family life ( “train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it” Prov 22:6). It can be very difficult, being a parent – I...
by Julie Turner | Jan 21, 2012 | What's Happening
Godly living cannot be divided into ‘secular’ and ‘sacred’, or to put it another way, it’s not just something we do on a Sunday! God hates that kind of division in our thinking and our living. Proverbs 21:3 says “to do what is right and just is more acceptable to the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 20, 2012 | What's Happening
All too often we think life is about what we do or about what we own. We are often frantically busy and our thoughts can be fixed on how to survive the next day. At work, someone gave me a plaque which says ‘Oh, no! Not another crisis! My schedule is full!’ That can...
by Julie Turner | Jan 20, 2012 | What's Happening
Last night in the Bible study we finished looking at Romans 13. The section on government and paying taxes took us down a path of looking at how to serve God in a society which, by and large, no longer acknowledges Him. This is not a modern problem. Obadiah served in...
by Julie Turner | Jan 19, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs often takes us back to basics, reminding us of our God roots, which may be forgotten in the busyness of life. Proverbs 19:23 reminds us that “the fear of the Lord leads to life. Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.” We can know peace and calm even in...
