Poetic Licence

Psalm 1 is one I continually find myself going back to – the imagery of the tree planted by rivers of water, and as I write this I am reminded of John 15 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father                  will give you […]

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Hi Paul in this passage is keen to exhort Timothy to greater things- 2 Timothy 1v7 7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. The time is coming when the church must fan into the flame its gifts and to be prepared to: […]

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Hi All One of the aspects of the Gospels we see again and again is that Jesus upturns the expectations in this passage “thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike ”   We need to re-recognise the need for humility in the sight of our God, […]

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  I can only but imagine the scene when Jesus tells the disciples in the Upper Room that one of them is going to betray him.  The turmoil it must of caused, the consternation, each of the disciples looking at the others sideways.  I am not sure if they picked the one who did betray […]

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We live in a world where looking after number 1 is the first priority. Jesus shows us a different way. Jesus was prepared to be a servant but still understood his rightful place as head of the table, but didn’t exploit that authority.  As we get closer to Easter Friday may we consider again the […]

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  Hi All In this time it is so easy to be focussed on finances and on ensuring we get through as well as possible. Yet I wonder if this pulls us away, distracts us from hearing God. Do we want to lay hold of what Christ Jesus has laid hold for us. Part of […]

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