Answered prayer Jen tells us about their desperate need for God to intervene when Tim became ill towards the end of last year. When Tim became seriously ill in November, it was humbling to hear of hundreds of people around the world praying for him, some even through the night, and many we didn’t even […]
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 3
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 3 Paul’s final post reminds us that we can all help and encourage others. We have discussed the dangers of becoming fearful and approaching the current cost of living situation negatively in the previous blogs. Let’s now look at how we can help and encourage each […]
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 2
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 2 In the second of three posts, Paul talks more about trusting God whatever the circumstances. In the last blog I wrote about not giving way to fear in the current cost of living challenge. Instead, we need to build our faith in the certain knowledge […]
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 1
Trusting God in a time of financial crisis part 1 This is the first of three weekly posts about the current cost of living challenge from Paul Plagerson. Paul is the author of ‘If God is so good, why do I always seem to be broke?’ Don’t Panic The governor of the Bank of England […]
Hope
Hope As we look forward to Christmas Day, Peter Davey writes about our need for hope and where we can find it. Hope … a word we have heard repeatedly through 2020-21. All around the world people are crying out for HOPE, desperate for some certainty in the constantly shifting morass of life. To have […]
Surviving Hard Times: 10 Words part 1
Ten Words part 1 Rob began 2021 with a talk on Surviving Hard Times. You can find the talk here on our website or on our YouTube channel. 2020 has been frustrating, depressing, frightening, uncertain for many. The world seems to be lurching from one crisis into another. Apart from the global pandemic, there’s economic […]
What In The World Is Going On?
What In The World Is Going On? The last few months of 2019 saw unrest and unhappiness, not just in the UK but across many countries around the world. There was bullying, rancour, name calling, turmoil, wars and rumours of wars. In all, it was not a pleasant time and many may have asked: What […]
Children’s Storehouse
News from the Children’s Storehouse team We just wanted to start by saying thank you to you all for your support in our first campaign! Before Christmas we launched a “Christmas Pants Campaign.” Where instead of sending Christmas cards, individuals were able to donate packs of pants to the storehouse. We calculated that we would […]
Psalm 42 – When your soul is downcast
Psalm 42 – When your soul is downcast A longing for the presence of God is a distinctive mark of His people. There is nothing better than the experience of being with God. The riches of earth cannot compare to it. The glories of nature can only point to it. The intimacy of fellow humans […]