Understanding Limitation

by | Jun 18, 2024 | What's Happening

I’m spending time re-reading one of my favourite books, ‘Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work’ by Eugene Peterson, a masterly exposition of five Old Testament books (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther) as they pertain to...

Speaking According To The Needs of Others

by | Jun 16, 2024 | What's Happening

One way we can bless, encourage and build other people so that their needs are met is through our speech. Paul said, ‘Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit...

God Meets Our Needs

by | Jun 16, 2024 | What's Happening

This evening we looked at one of the most encouraging verses in the whole Bible: ‘And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.’ (Phil 4:19) Here, Paul promises not only that God will meet all our needs but that this is...

Prayers Without Words

by | Jun 16, 2024 | What's Happening

Garry spoke this morning on the subject of ‘prayers without words’ from Romans 8:25-27. The Holy Spirit helps us to pray at times when we don’t know what we should pray or how to pray. He is our advocate, living in us (John 14:15-23, John 16:5-7),...

Pursue, Overtake, Recover All

by | Jun 14, 2024 | What's Happening

God’s advice to David in 1 Samuel 30 was to pursue the Amalekites, overtake them and recover all that had been lost, which is what happened: ‘David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. 19 Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or...