Gratitude: The Attitude Worth Having Psychologist, Dr. C. looks at the benefits of expressing gratitude both physically and mentally. As a Psychologist I am always fascinated with the intricacies of the brain. Its function. Its complexity. The way it’s put together. How beautifully and wonderfully we are made. And how even the brightest minds currently […]
Praying ‘outwards’
Praying ‘outwards’ In this month’s prayer-focused post, Jodie provides practical ideas for how we can pray ‘outwards’ for those around us, our communities and the world. Over the last few months we’ve thought a lot about prayer and explored how it is essentially communicating with, seeking and listening to God. We’ve considered how we can […]
Aspects of prayer
Aspects of prayer Jill Davey shares with us different aspects of her prayer life. Gratitude I often find myself starting to pray with gratitude; not just for the everyday things, but thanking God for who He is. He is my Saviour, Father and the one who sits upon the throne putting all thing under His […]
How big are your prayers?
How big are your prayers? Jon’s recent talk challenged us to pray big and extra-ordinary prayers. Simon looks at how God’s actions can inspire us to do this instead of praying safe prayers. I love reading the Bible. I find it inspirational to read the stories of what God has done in times past. Seeing […]
Are you a cheerleader?
Are you a cheerleader? Are you a cheerleader? Not the sort of cheerleader in a skimpy uniform on the side of an American Football field performing gymnastic tricks! But the sort who cheers people on. God has given some a special gift of encouragement, but we are all able to support and encourage one another. […]
Praying on all occasions
Praying on all occasions Jen shows us what praying on all occasions might look like for each of us. She gives us ideas for how we might train ourselves in this area. Many of us know what praying on all occasions look like and many of our church family model it so well…and some of […]
Preparing for Battle
Preparing for Battle Within our series on Foundations in the church, there was a mini-series about spiritual warfare: learning the foundations from which to fight. The reference passage for these talks was Ephesians 6:10-16 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you […]
Praying in faith
Praying in faith Kate helps us to understand what it means to pray ‘in faith’. I’ve been thinking about how we pray ‘in faith’, and what does that mean? In the Lord’s prayer we ask God to ‘give us today our daily bread’. We can’t fake faith or try and pretend we believe, the key […]
Connect Day
Connect Day Last month Jubilee Church family met with two other Newfrontiers churches for the first ever Connect Day. There was worship, talks, youth and children’s work. Everyone had a great time and it felt as though we had all done this before and knew each other well. Since it was a family day out, […]
As Above, So Below
As Above, So Below – What I’m Learning about Intercessory Prayer Becky helps us to understand intercessory prayer and how to be an intercessor. I wonder what comes to mind when you hear the word ‘intercessor’? I always imagined an older lady, sitting in a chair, praying fervently for hours at a time. I wanted […]
Learning from others
Learning from others Peter looks at the life lessons we can learn from the life of Joseph. From beginning to end the Bible has stories about the lives of different people. Each of these life-stories has been recorded so that we may learn lessons from them. (1Cor 10.1-14: Phil 3.17: 1Tim 4.12: Titus 2.7: 1Peter […]
A call to pray… like Elijah prayed.
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 […]