Friend of God

Dave spoke this morning from John 15:9-16 on being a friend of God. In today’s modern society, where the extended family often lives scattered and not in the same vicinity, loneliness can be a problem for many. It is easy to have acquaintances but not so easy to form...

Responses to Adversity

Have you ever felt life was just going from bad to worse? David in 2 Samuel 15 is in this position. His half-hearted reconciliation with his son Absalom cannot hope to placate that arrogant young man for long, and in this chapter, we see Absalom using his charm and...

The Call To Follow

Garry spoke this evening about leaving what we think we need, based on Luke 5:1-11. This is a familiar passage to many of us, when Jesus calls His first disciples, and it is easy to skim read, thinking we know the story so it has nothing new to teach us. God’s...

The Bride of Christ

This morning we looked at our identity as the Bride of Christ (see Rev 21:1-4, Isaiah 62:3-5, Ephesians 5:21-33). It’s important to realise that human marriage acts as an analogy for our relationship with Christ, where Jesus is described as the Bridegroom and the...

Don’t Take God For Granted

The proverb ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ reminds us that we can easily take situations and people for granted. Instead of finding awe and wonder in familiar places and scenarios, we often become blasé and complacent, and this can lead to indifference and...