by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2020 | What's Happening
I have always loved writing and find it easy to put pen to paper. When I was still at school, one of the hardest tasks I had to learn was called ‘precis’, learning how to summarise longer passages of writing in relatively few words. I struggled to do this,...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2020 | What's Happening
Yan’s sermon tonight, when talking about the Parable of the Sower, reminded me of a poem I wrote ‘about the soil.’ Gardeners’ Question Time gathers experts and amateurs, Asking questions about growth. It’s all about the soil, we’re told. Centuries...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2020 | What's Happening
When God moves in revival, our lives are changed. Every true encounter with God leaves us changed. Think of Isaiah, who became a compelling prophet after His vision of God or Peter who became a bold and brave witness. Perhaps the most radical change was in Saul who...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2020 | What's Happening
Guest speaker Yan Hadley spoke tonight on the radical cost of revival. God Himself is eager to bless us abundantly (see Mal 3:10, Luke 6:38), but so often we are not willing to pay the price for revival. Ultimately, the unchanging cost of revival is radical change. If...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2020 | What's Happening
Despite the blustery weather today, we met at Cherry Tree Court this morning, where Garry spoke from Ex 24:1-2, 9-12 about the importance of paying attention. In this passage, God invites His people to hear from Him and calls Moses up onto the mountain to be there...
by Julie Turner | Feb 6, 2020 | What's Happening
I firmly believe that godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Tim 6:6) and that much of our dissatisfaction in life is fuelled by a consumerist society that thrives on discontent (after all, if you’re satisfied with your latest purchase, why would you buy anything...
