Daily Update #345

Today’s reading: Pause: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”   Psalm 19 : 1 Reading: Colossians 1 : 15-1715: The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16: For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether …

Daily Update #324

Today’s reading:  Today’s reading: …. who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:12b-14 Throughout the …

New Wine Event – On Now!

New Wine worship and teaching sessions will be on-line in the Centre (upstairs) starting tonight (29th July) at 7-8.30 pm until Tuesday evening and 11-12.45am from tomorrow until Tuesday. Doors open 30 minutes before each session. We may also watch other seminars and conversations in the afternoon, depending on demand If you wish to come …

Daily Update #323

COLOSSIANS 1:10b-12a   “…bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father…” (N.I.V.) If we knew that St. Paul was praying regularly for St. Johns Church – …

Daily Update #322

Colossians 1:10a “And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way”… You may have noticed that we are tackling this wonderful letter in bite-sized chunks. Please don’t feel cheated that we ‘only’ have half a verse to consider today. It is …

Daily Update #321

Colossians 1:9 Who do you pray for? I have often pondered on Paul’s prayer discipline. Given verses like the one for today, I wonder how much of his time was spent in prayer?For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill …

25th July – No Outdoor Service

Sadly the weather looks like it will be against us this week so we have taken the decision to postpone the outdoor service at St. John’s. You can still join the worship online on our virtual church page, and there will be a morning service at St. Nics. Every Blessing Matt & Team

Daily Update #320

Colossians 1:3-8“We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people, 5 which come from your confident hope of what God has reserved for you in heaven. You have had this expectation …

Daily Update #319

Yesterday we finished our journey through the book of Habbakuk and we are now turning our attention to Paul’s letter to the Colossians for the summer. Before we dive in, I thought it would be helpful to share a few facts about this book to help orientate us. Paul wrote this letter to a small …

Daily Update #318

God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. Habakkuk 3:19 The remarkable thing to me about the end of this little prophetic book is the deep truth in these closing verses. None of what Habakkuk sees around him seems good or indeed likely to …