Living in the Promises of God

Stephen spoke last night on ‘living in the promises of God’, challenging us all to take hold of the many promises God has for us rather than living complacently in the status quo. Josh 1:8 gives us the secret to success (keeping God’s Word in our...

Rebuilding for God

John spoke this morning from Nehemiah 4 on rebuilding for God. Nehemiah had undertaken the tremendous endeavour of rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls because of God’s calling to do this, a task which took him out of his comfort zone. When God is in control of...

On data entry…

Bleary-eyed and with blurry vision from a day spent inputting data into various tables and charts, I am acutely aware of how our lives are made up of numbers. Pupils in a school are identified by a candidate number, a UCI (unique candidate indicator, which is not so...

Amen!

Mark spoke tonight on the word ‘Amen’, a word we use frequently in prayer or to affirm something someone has said. Apart from being an encouragement to preachers (or at least an affirmation that people are listening!), the word is defined as meaning to...

Penitence in prayer

Garry spoke about penitence in prayer this morning, looking at Psalm 51. Though we are continually striving not to sin, we have to know that when we do sin, God forgives us and cleanses us (1 John 1:9) We live in a fallen world where we are are engaged in an ongoing...