by Julie Turner | Mar 14, 2020 | What's Happening
Pride is a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one’s own achievements, and whilst it is not wrong to be proud of some achievements, problems arise when we put more emphasis on these achievements than on God. It’s easy to put ourselves at the...
by Julie Turner | Mar 13, 2020 | What's Happening
If there was one thing we should all give up for Lent (and for life!), it’s worrying. Worry achieves absolutely nothing positive and Jesus warns us against the problems it causes in Matt 6:25-34. Corrie Ten Boom defined worry as a ‘cycle of inefficient thoughts...
by Julie Turner | Mar 12, 2020 | What's Happening
One of the most frequent Lent abstentions is from alcohol, caffeine or chocolate. There is nothing wrong with these abstentions, for all these things can become addictive, and it can be good to ‘de-tox’ from things which would seek to gain first place in our lives....
by Julie Turner | Mar 11, 2020 | What's Happening
We have just received a letter from Reeba in India telling us about the January graduation service for the tailoring programmes. It’s so exciting to think of these women being equipped to earn their own living and receiving the gifts of a personal sewing machine...
by Julie Turner | Mar 11, 2020 | What's Happening
Paul urges us to flee from sexual immorality (1 Cor 6:18), reminding us that whoever sins sexually sins against their own body, which is a temple of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor 6:18-19). We live in a society which does not really recognise sexual immorality anymore....
by Julie Turner | Mar 10, 2020 | What's Happening
We all know people who are constantly criticising others, grumbling, complaining and being negative. ‘X never has a good word to say about anyone,’ we realise. Such negativity is oddly contagious, and we can easily become negative people ourselves. At the present...
