Praying the truth

by | Dec 10, 2015 | What's Happening

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?

by | Dec 9, 2015 | What's Happening

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

by | Dec 8, 2015 | What's Happening

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...

The Haves and the Have-nots

by | Dec 7, 2015 | What's Happening

Read Ps 119:49-56. The world is divided, we are told, into two camps: the haves and the have-nots. Whilst there is truth in this statement (and our support of the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal seeks to give to those in need), the world is also divided spiritually:...