Children & church

Care for the Family is a charity I very much respect. We mentioned them when praying for Christian organisations involved in schools and I think one of their ventures is worth discussing in the context of praying for local churches. They are running a summer tour...

Prayer topic for March

March’s prayer topic is for local churches. We are praying for all the churches to be blessed by God and:• that they will be moving in the gifts of the Holy Spirit• that they will be lights of hope in this community• that their leaders will be blessed,...

Women’s World Day of Prayer

The Women’s World Day of Prayer meeting was held at the Salvation Army in Goldthorpe on 1st March. The meeting was not fully completed on schedule as one of the ladies became ill during the service, but prior to this, members of a range of local churches had...

Education survey

Before we move on to look at the prayer topics for March, I found it interesting that the Evangelical Alliance published the results of their survey on education at the end of February. This online survey was carried out in November 2012 with 1,377 evangelical...

Following

The Christian walk is all about following God. He leads; we follow. It sounds such an easy principle that I wonder why we struggle with it so much!The Israelites, when travelling in the wilderness, moved when God moved. “By day the Lord went ahead of them in a...

What happens when a church prays?

Prayer is a recurring topic for our church currently. Dave spoke from Acts 12:1-17 last night about what happens when a church prays. Here, the church was praying for Peter who was imprisoned by Herod. To their surprise, God worked in the supernatural to release Peter...