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50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Look
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Look
by BRF - Rona Orme
The Bible encourages everyone to look to the Lord for help (Psalm 105:4, NIV), in the sense of searching to find truth, guidance or aid. There are also stories about the need to use one's eyes, to look closely. Jesus told people when they were sitting on a hillside to look closel…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Persistence
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Persistence
by BRF - Rona Orme
It is easy to become discouraged from praying regularly, but Jesus emphasised the importance of being persistent. It is important to encourage everyone to find different ways to maintain interest and different reminders to help them persist. To know that Jesus told everyone to ke…
Seek Ye First (The sermon on the mount)
Seek Ye First (The sermon on the mount)
by Colin Smith
Traditional stained glass window in St Johns Methodist Church Hayfield depicting Jesus delivering the sermon on the mount. Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 2936 x 2396 pixels and 2.2MB The ideal way t…
Hide signs
Hide signs
by Rev David East
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart. If now bereft and desolate, our God will share a part. For when our lives are broken …
John The People's Commentary - One Man Must Die for the People
John The People's Commentary - One Man Must Die for the People
by BRF - Richard A. Burridge
One Man Must Die for the People In a paradox typical of John, this chapter about giving life ends with the threat of death. In Chapter 9, Jesus took the blind man out of darkness to see the light, while the religious leaders went from seeing into self-imposed darkness…
Exploring The Wood
Exploring The Wood
by Rose humphrey
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
What do you seek?
What do you seek?
by Paul Glass
Regina and Reggie from the city ask what you are looking for. ‘What do you seek?’ John Ch. 1. 29-42 Reggie: Hi there, welcome. Regina: Listen carefully. Reggie: I’m Reggie. Regina: And I’m Regina. Reggie: We’re something big in the City. Regina: Really, really big. Reggie: So you…
HYMN - False is the fasting, and foul is the purpose
HYMN - False is the fasting, and foul is the purpose
by Andrew Pratt
False is the fasting, and foul is the purpose, rich the injustice the Godless pursue; this is the judgment we hear prophets speaking, seeking to challenge, restore and renew. Where are the humble and those who are open, facing in honesty all they have done Where are the righteous…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 22ndSunday in Ordinary Time Year A Romans 12: 9-21 In our passage from Romans, this week, Paul is continuing his discourse on putting righteousness into practice within the Church and the wider world. He makes three further main points: Love Bear up under persecution…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - The New Way of Life
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - The New Way of Life
by SPCK - N T Wright
The New Way of Life 1 Peter 3.8-16 Most of us know the feeling of getting into a car we haven’t driven before. You have a look round, see where the switch for the lights is, check the angle of the mirrors, and so on. It may take a moment to figure out, with some of today’s cars, …
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - The Third Sunday in Lent Year C