Random acts of kindness are an easy way of making prayer practical and positive. It can move our focus away from our needs, and onto the needs of others.
Everyone is hungry – we’re all looking for bread; however, the problem isn’t that we’re hungry – the problem is with the type of bread we eat. Are we eating the bread of loneliness, regret, selfishness – or accepting the living bread that is Jesus – offering himself in all of our relationships?
The lost sheep; we’re all familiar with the story – but do you believe it? Do you doubt with a nagging internal monologue stating “I’m not good enough” that Jesus won’t find you worthy, over that of friends or family? Or on the other side of the story – if we feel we’re doing everything right, why should the lost who comes back through Jesus take priority over us?
A few from our congregation recently took part in Ride and Stride. An annual charity event in support of the Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches trust (www.hihct.org.uk), it encourages participants to travel to churches and chapels across the region.
Notices for Sunday 15th September, with details of our upcoming services and events. Join us later today, for our Churches and Chapels on the Air open day – as we also welcome Ride and Striders too!
Here is a way of praying for others by using your fingers to trigger you into thinking about different groups of people.
Have you said “yes” before reading the small print first? There’s a cost, to discipleship – and Jesus warns us of this. Are we sometimes guilty of portraying the Christian faith as simple, not requiring full commitment? Of course we want to be welcoming …but are we guilty of making it seem too easy?
Notices for Sunday 8th September, with details of our upcoming services and events.
Stick a favourite prayer up on the fridge door, then each time you visit the fridge, you can say that prayer.
What are we doing when we pray for healing? Rachel shares something of her own experience of an encounter with God, the gifts of the spirit, through a lower point in her life in hospital. Do we accept who we are – do we let go of our need to control, to always get it right, our fears: allowing us to step back and know God with us now?