Blessed

Tonight we spoke on the fact that we are blessed people (Eph 1:3). God is a God of blessing (see Ps 67, Gen 12:1-3), a God who delights to give good gifts to His children (James 1:17, Ps 84:11), a God whose favour and grace are the bedrock of our lives and the spur to...

Never Stopped Praying

In Colossians 1:1-14, Paul assures the Christians there that ‘since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you.’ (Col 1:9) Epaphras was from that church and was working with Paul, and through this connection, Paul prayed for them personally....

God’s Elect

Today we looked at the fact that we are God’s elect (1 Peter 1:1-2). At the start of a new year, we can often feel uncertain and afraid of what may happen, but it is helpful to know that our identity is secure in God. Peter’s first letter was written to believers who...

Set Free!

This morning, Dave spoke from Luke 13:10-17 about the healing of a woman who was crippled. It is about a specific person who had been suffering with a broken body for 18 years who found deliverance and healing in Jesus. Because of her disability, the woman would have...

Consequences

2 Samuel 12 teaches us much about mercy and grace and the possibility of restoration and fresh starts. But it also teaches us about the consequences of our sins. Nathan brings a word of judgment to David, which will reverberate down through David’s life. Not only is...

Second Chances

We left David in 2 Samuel 11 in a sorry place, having sinned greatly against the Lord through deceit, lies, adultery and murder. What he had done displeased the Lord, and so God sent the prophet Nathan to confront David about his sin. Perhaps we would have talked...