Prayer for local churches

It’s Sunday morning. You’re about to go to church. What have you been praying for before you leave the house?In this month when we are praying for our local churches, it’s good to examine our prayers for our churches. I don’t just mean for the...

Patience and suffering

Tonight’s Bible study looked at James 5:7-12. In the first section, James looks at the need for patience as we wait for the Lord’s coming and likens this to a harvest, warning us against grumbling against each other; in the second section, he looks at the...

Thankfulness

One of the most encouraging verses in the Bible for me is 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I often feel I struggle to know what God’s will is and so I take hold of...

Breathe on us, breath of God

I find it exciting when I realise that God is saying the same things to different people in different places, when there is a sense of the amazing foreknowledge of God! Dave spoke to us yesterday about how the topic of prayer has also been burning in one of the local...

The Valley of Dry Bones

Mark spoke from Ezekiel 37:1-14 at the family service last night – an unusual theme for March, perhaps (if you were expecting a Mother’s Day service, you were disappointed!), but definitely a theme that has been recurring in our church life this year. This...