A call to pray… like Elijah prayed. Over past months I have kept coming back to the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 17- 19 and his national context. I have been really provoked by his faith along with the Apostle James’ encouragement in chapter 5:13-18 to model ourselves on Elijah in a time of […]
Questions about direction
Questions about direction This last year has been incredibly unsettling for many but it has also been a great opportunity to stand back and reflect on our lives. Questions like: what am I doing? Where am I going? Why am I here doing this? These are all very common but don’t worry – God still […]
Happy 10th Birthday Jubilee
Happy 10th Birthday Jubilee The beginning Our story actually starts back in 1992 – just after Rob and Alison got married where Rob had a very vivid dream of a church being started in Solihull. Although he didn’t know it was Solihull in the dream, he could see this vibrant group coming out of a […]
Going Deeper: All of God’s promises are still ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’
All of God’s promises are still ‘Yes’ and ‘Amen’ (2 Cor 1:20) Rob shared with the church last weekend about an encounter he had with God which went on over the whole weekend about the challenge of God’s faithfulness seen through all his promises to us: It was last weekend that it happened. It started […]
Church is family not an organisation
Following on from our last post about a family weekend away together, Rob outlines what the Jubilee family is about. You can hear him speaking on this subject in this podcast. Church is family not an organisation The place where God lives amongst his people is the church. The church is his body here on […]
Victory is what you put under your feet
Victory is what you put under your feet Psalm 18: 36-38 You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath […]
What we walk on and when we slip
What we walk on and when we slip I have been thinking about how we need to learn how to walk the path that God has set out for us without slipping or twisting an ankle and putting ourselves off the track for a while. Psalm 18: 32 -33 It is God who arms me […]
A 2016 Jubilee Review
A 2016 Jubilee Review Well, what an incredible year 2016 has been for us here at Jubilee! I recently did a summary of the year for our trustees and we counted up more than 20 major developments in the church over the year, which is a staggering demonstration of the goodness of God to us! […]