A Life of Service

When we were looking at 1 Samuel 16:14-23 last night, we saw how David moved from being the youngest in his family looking after sheep to being in the service of Saul the king. Service is a vital part of the life of faith. Jesus said, ‘Whoever wants to become...

The Power of Music

In our Bible study, we looked at 1 Samuel 16:14-23, a passage that shows us David entering Saul’s service after his anointing by Samuel. Saul at this point is a troubled man; the Spirit of the Lord had left him because of his disobedience and rebellion and he...

Prosecho! – but not the wine!

Garry urged us to ‘keep watch!’ tonight, echoing Jesus’s words in Luke 21:34-36, with the subtitle ‘be prosecho!’ The Greek word ‘prosecho’ (not the sparkling wine!) can sometimes be translated ‘be careful’ or...

Divine Encounters

This morning in our series ‘The Miraculous & The Mundane’, we looked at Philip’s remarkable encounter with an Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-40). Here, we see how an angel of the Lord directs Philip to a specific road and a specific chariot and how...

Letting Go of Anxiety

Dave spoke tonight from Philippians 4:6-8, where Paul urges us not to be anxious or overtaken by worries. When we surrender to God and to His plans, our worries can also be released to Him. THis is done firstly by prayer, by talking to God about the things which worry...