Suffering According To The Will of God

Tonight as we continued to look at the subject of living according to God’s will, we looked at 1 Peter 4:1-19, where Peter makes it clear that the rest of our earthly lives should be lived not for earthly desires but for the will of God – even if this includes...

It’s Time To Pray!

Garry spoke this morning from Acts 16:16-28, giving us an alternative perspective on prayer! Previously, he has been looking at Paul’s prayers in his letters, but here, we do not know what Paul and Silas prayed. They were in a difficult position at Philippi, as...

May Notices

Here’s a list of what’s happening in May… Don’t forget our ‘Churches Together’ prayer meeting on Wednesday 15 May at 1.45 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Goldthorpe.   On Sunday 19 May we are holding our Annual General Meeting...

Consequences

If we left David in some turmoil last time, living in Gath and about to fight for the Philistines (1 Sam 27), our focus now returns to King Saul, who is in an even worse position. Knowing that the Lord has departed from him and facing the might of the Philistines,...

Sucking on Limes

Eugene Peterson’s book ‘Eat This Book’ (an allusion to Ezekiel 3) talks about the art of reading Scripture and of Biblical meditation, ‘chewing over’ God’s word like a dog with a bone. ‘Lectio divina’ (holy reading)...

‘Our Help’

The song ‘Our Help’ by Sovereign Grace Kids was especially helpful in reminding us of many truths about the Holy Spirit. He is indeed ‘our help/ to understand Your word’, ‘our help/ to give us strength to serve’ and ‘our help/...