Surviving Hard Times: Finding Freedom and Hope in Every Season Jesus said we would face trials and suffering. In this practical post, Rob lists biblical truths to help us when we face these challenges and suggests action steps for daily freedom. Life doesn’t always go the way we plan. Storms come, challenges hit, and sometimes […]
Fullness of Joy
Fullness of Joy The third post in our Christmas series Peace, Love, Joy has been written by Jon Marshall. Earlier in the year Jon talked about Praying with Joy. Stepping into joy Ask anyone what they want out of life and you’ll likely hear a reply along the lines of, all I want is to […]
God’s Perfect Love
God’s Perfect Love Leading up to Christmas we are featuring a three part series Peace, Love, Joy. Today we are looking at God’s love for us. God’s Love Letter The whole of the Bible can be seen as a love letter to God’s people. There are too many times to mention here when God’s love […]
Blessed to be a blessing
Blessed to be a blessing Genesis 12:2-3 starts with God’s words to Abram (Abraham): “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all […]
Praying with Mary
Through the year as a church we have focused on prayer. On the first Sunday of the month our speakers have looked at the prayers of various people in the Bible. Our first blog post each month has also concentrated on prayer. This week Kate looks at Mary’s prayer commonly known as The Magnificat. Praying […]
Love your neighbour as yourself
A few months ago Simon Holley spoke at Jubilee Church on Having a Heart Like Your Father and mentioned someone speaking to him about the difficulty of loving your neighbour as yourself if you have difficulty loving yourself. This is a verse that I have struggled with myself so I asked Peter Davey to help […]
The Best Love Story
The Best Love Story At this time of year there is a lot of talk about love. The shops are full of ways in which we can demonstrate our love to that special person in our lives. Too often we take on board this message and it influences our understanding of true love. It is […]
Love is the Way
This poem, written by Phil Clarke, opened our Carol Service this year. We thought it would be good to share it with you all this Christmas. Love is the Way Before the day began that days began, When stars were but a twinkle in God’s eye, Before the eldest angel ever sang, Love was the […]