by Julie Turner | Jan 26, 2025 | What's Happening
Tonight we looked at Psalm 84 and our identity as pilgrims. Last time we looked at the fact that we are blessed (a fact reinforced in Ps 84:4, 5, 12); for the psalmist, being blessed means being in God’s presence, dwelling in His house. A pilgrim (a traveller who...
by Julie Turner | Jan 26, 2025 | What's Happening
This morning Dave spoke on ‘the other side of Christmas.’ Christmas is often perceived as being sweet and familiar, but in Matt 2:16-18, we read of Herod’s murderous intentions towards the Messiah and see that the arrival of Jesus was not welcomed by...
by Julie Turner | Jan 23, 2025 | What's Happening
2 Samuel 13 is as painful a chapter to read as 2 Samuel 11. In this chapter, we see the rape of David’s daughter, Tamar, by her half-brother, Amnon, and the murder of Amnon by his half-brother, Absalom, in revenge for this crime. We see others failing to stop these...
by Julie Turner | Jan 22, 2025 | What's Happening
Tonight we spoke on the fact that we are blessed people (Eph 1:3). God is a God of blessing (see Ps 67, Gen 12:1-3), a God who delights to give good gifts to His children (James 1:17, Ps 84:11), a God whose favour and grace are the bedrock of our lives and the spur to...
by Julie Turner | Jan 22, 2025 | What's Happening
In Colossians 1:1-14, Paul assures the Christians there that ‘since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.’ (Col 1:9) Epaphras was from that church and was working with Paul, and through this connection, Paul prayed for them personally....
