Apostolic example

Tonight’s Bible study looked at 1 Cor 9:1-18, where Paul, in continuing his discussion about rights and responsibilities, looks at the role of apostles. His claims to be an apostle rest on his having seen Jesus and on the fruit seen in the Corinthians’ own...

Christmas preparations

Yesterday, leaders from some of the local churches met together to prepare for the Christmas Market on Friday and to collect booklets which will be distributed to all primary school children. Please pray for the ministers as they take these Christmas booklets...

Praying the truth

Read Psalm 119:75-80. Prayer involves speaking forth the truths we know about God and petitioning Him for the things we need. The Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-15) begins with worship, acknowledging our relationship with God (‘our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name’)...

What’s your fixed point?

Read Psalm 119:65-74. In the days before satellite navigation, travellers used the stars as fixed points to direct them on long journeys. The Christmas story remind us of this in the star that shone from Jacob (Num 24:17) guiding learned men to Jesus (Matt 2:1-12). We...

Satisfaction

Read Psalm 119:57-64 Mick Jagger used to sing ‘I can’t get no satisfaction’ and the double negative of that statement was presumably for emphasis rather than to imply everything was going well for him! God is the source of all satisfaction; the psalmist says ‘You are...