Freedom

Our household object today is a hat, and our Bible passage is 1 Corinthians 11:14-16. Nowadays, hats are both practical (keeping us warm in winter and cool in summer) and fashionable (worn at weddings and other special occasions, especially for women), but they have...

Re-appraising what’s valuable

Today’s household object from ‘At Home In Lent’ is something not every household may have: a safe. Our Bible passage is Matthew 6:19-23. A safe is used to keep valuable things safe! Money, jewellery and important documents are items we often keep in a safe, which is...

The Kitchen Sink

I’m really enjoying my Lent study book, ‘At Home In Lent’ by Gordon Giles. The book looks at 46 household objects and connects them to our journey of faith. We are studying these passages and objects at our Lent lunches at church, starting on Friday,...

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...