Live simplyLove generouslySpeak truthfullyServe faithfullyLeave everything else to God It is all about loving God and loving our neighbours. Someone, I think it was Ronald Raegan gave us the above quote and it sounds great… but I believe God said it even better. “Jesus said, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your […]
Forgiveness
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven. Thomas Fuller For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 […]
Rest
28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting […]
Live Love Speak Serve
“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then […]
Tired?
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on […]
Letter for New Year
I expect many of you have heard the expression, “With the New Year we all get a clean slate”. Some will remember that before exercise books, pencils and rubbers children at school would write with a slate pencil on a slate. One of the problems with a slate was that when you had made a […]
Christmas
Have you ever looked at a painting and tried to work out what the picture is all about? Sometimes it is very difficult to tell what the artist has painted if we stand too close to the picture because all we see are different coloured blobs of paint. if however we stand back a little […]
Biblically Functioning Community
Acts 2 v 42‑47 What are we trying to build? Rich care for the poor, Bible study, cell groups, evangelism, worship, discipleship ‑ all of these things make up a biblically functioning community.