Category: Bible verses

  • A Sacrificing Seed

    Jesus replied, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who…

  • It’s a Wonderful Name

    Choosing a name….. I asked my Mum the other day why she had decided to call me Nicola. I knew why she had called my brother, Ian. She wanted a really short name that couldn’t be turned into a nickname. Ian would always be Ian. It so didn’t work because my family all called him…

  • The Awe and Wonder of Christmas

    The Awe and Wonder of Christmas

    This Sunday, my talk at church was about “Christmas Means”. I had chosen as my theme: “Emmanuel which means God with us.” “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”Matthew 1:23 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a…

  • The Good News

    “The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.” ― Carl F. H. Henry We have been privileged and blessed as a church fellowship this weekend to have Simon Guillebaud come and speak to us for our Kingdom Weekend when we focus on missions both near and far. Simon has been a missionary…

  • First Snow

    First Snow

    Don’t get toooooo excited but we woke up to our first snow of the winter today as a result of storm Arwen. It wasn’t very much but it was still snow. We don’t get much snow where I live so for the children it’s great excitement. Making snowmen, sledging and all the fun things then…

  • Pure Whites

    After a recent time of fellowship and ministry during which we took communion, my friend had a picture of pure white washing pegged out on a clothes line. It’s a simple picture really but it spoke deeply to me about who I am now in Christ. I’m as clean as that white washing. In order…

  • Six Things…no wait 7

    Ephesians 5:8-10 – “Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases God” As followers of Jesus we are to live our lives in a way that is pleasing to God. The bible tells us about 6 things, actually 7 behaviours…