Keys

Today’s household object are keys and the Bible passage is Matthew 16:13-19. Keys are essential to unlocking doors, but the concept of keys applies not only to a physical lock but to other areas (a piano or computer keyboard have keys, diagrams and maps have keys and...

Prayer Is God’s Power House

Joy Gascoigne from Grimethorpe Pentecostal Church spoke tonight on the subject of prayer. Prayer is a mark of God’s people, His plan that His kingdom operates through prayer. When we pray, we should expect God to answer. Luke 5:16 shows us Jesus as a praying...

Paul’s Prayers

Garry continued his series looking at the prayers of the apostle Paul by focusing on Eph 1:17-20 where Paul prays for God to give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that they may know Him better. Wisdom is obviously important in life as the book of Proverbs...

Distractions

Today’s Bible passage is Matthew 4:1-11 (the temptation of Jesus) and the household object is the mobile phone. You might wonder at the connection between the two, but the author of ‘At Home In Lent’ (Gordon Giles) reminds us of the distraction which a...

Fire

Our household object for today is the fireplace and our Bible passage is Genesis 18:27-33. When I was a child visiting my grandparents’ house, the open fire in the living room was both cosy and inviting. Fire produces both heat and light, but as it burns, it produces...

The Snowball of Sin

Last week we had a flurry of snow in our area, just enough for children to have a snowball fight and to build snowmen. My grandchildren built a snow woman called Sheila and her baby, Melody (named after their baby sister.) To build a snowman, you need to roll several...