by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2019 | What's Happening
God Sees Us God is given many names in the Bible, but there is none more lovely than the name Hagar gives to God in Genesis 16:13: ‘You are the God who sees me… I have seen the One who sees me.’ We need to grasp something of the omniscience and omnipresence of God....
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2019 | What's Happening
Beer Lahai Roi was not the only well of significance in Hagar’s life. In Genesis 21, we read of another well at Beersheba, of another encounter with God during desperate times. Some fourteen years after Ishmael’s birth, the promised son, Isaac, was born to...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2019 | What's Happening
Beer Lahai Roi, an unusual sounding name for a well, is a well mentioned in Genesis 16, the story of Hagar and Ishmael. It’s the first well mentioned in the Bible, and as with many cases reminds us of the desperate need for water, but also shows us that...
by Julie Turner | Feb 10, 2019 | What's Happening
As Valentine’s Day approaches this week, Stephen spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court about the love we have for our God. Earthly love is celebrated on Valentine’s Day, and we all have different ways of expressing our love, but God calls us to love Him...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2019 | What's Happening
Thinking about these many characters in the book of Acts makes me realise that there are so many ‘Goldthorpe Giants’ who may never be recorded elsewhere but who matter enormously to the people of God in Goldthorpe. Thanks to all who volunteer so faithfully at GPCC...
by Julie Turner | Feb 7, 2019 | What's Happening
One of the longings of the hearts of believers is that their family members come to know and share in their faith. The journey to faith is an individual one; as the children’s song reminds us ‘you need to find Him just for you’: ‘A mum or a dad or a sister who loves...
