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  • Just a Thought... 23 April

    On Sunday evening we continued to see from Matthew 26 that the events leading up to Jesus’ death were all part of God’s plan to save many people. God was working out His purposes even as Jesus was betrayed by Judas, denied by Peter, and deserted by all the disciples. Jesus knows everything that is about to happen to Him and as he anticipates the cross, we read in verse 38: “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” And in verse 39: “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken...

  • Just a Thought... 16 April

    “Surely just a little bit won’t hurt…” is how our thinking often goes in all sorts of areas. Sometimes that’s true… Yet when it comes to decisions over right and wrong, the Bible makes clear that ‘compromise’ isn’t acceptable to the LORD. Last Sunday morning we saw Moses starting to apply the implications of the 10 commandments to the day-to-day lives of God’s people as they went to live in the promised land. The implications of loving God and not making idols were explained in graphic detail as God’s people...

  • Just a Thought... 9 April

    The greatest crisis coming on the world isn’t global warming, financial crisis, inflation, poverty or even wars. The MOST important crisis coming on the world will be the return of Christ and the judgment of God. Yet as we saw last Sunday evening from Matthew ch 26, even as the Lord Jesus warned His disciples about the coming judgment of God, He described God’s rescue plan to them. The fact is that although our world looks and feels as if it is out of control and in chaos, it isn’t. God’s plans ARE being fulfilled: We...

  • Just a Thought... 26 March

    Decisions, decisions, decisions – life is full of them: From the large decisions about relationships, jobs, accommodation and health to the small ones about whether to have another cup of tea or how many biscuits are enough? The question is how we make such decisions: What criteria do we use? Do we just go with the flow of our upbringing, the flow of society or go with the demands of our appetite?! Last Sunday morning we saw Moses reminding the Old Testament people of God that the LORD has given them criteria that will guide both their large and small...

  • Just a Thought... 19 March

    In a world that has sadly begun to feast on ‘cancel culture’, as Christians we know the grace of God, giving us who don’t deserve it second chances. Last Sunday morning we saw again from Deuteronomy ch 9 & 10 Moses’ account of God’s people: How they broke their covenant with the LORD within days of receiving it. Moses had illustrated clearly what they had done by breaking the stone tablets on which the LORD had written the 10-commandments. Only his prayer for their forgiveness saved them from destruction. Yet what’s clear is that the...

  • Just a Thought... 12 March

    On Sunday evening we were continuing to consider Jesus’ return from Matthew 24. We saw from v36: “No-one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” God the Son willingly took on human flesh and was made like us. He humbled Himself as Philippians 2 reminds us, limited Himself, so the He could go to the cross and save us. In His humanity Jesus could say that He did not know the hour of His return. It is, therefore, futile and wrong for us to try...

  • Just a Thought... 5 March

    For the majority of people alive, this world is all they know. Therefore, their great concern and fear is the end of the world and not where they will spend eternity. We should not be surprised, then, when there is worry about nuclear disaster, climate catastrophe or the sun burning itself out. As Christians it would be easy to worry about these things too but as we have seen in the last 2 Sunday evenings from Matthew 24, God is in total control and will bring this world to an end in His perfect timing. In explaining the conditions of...

  • Just a Thought... 27 February

    Many of us will have heard the illustration: “If your whole life, what you thought and your heart attitudes were all put on a huge display screen for everyone to see, how would you feel?”. The answer of course, if that were ever possible, is that all of us would feel deeply ashamed! Last Sunday morning we saw from Deuteronomy ch 9 Moses describing a major incident in which the people of God had shamed themselves so sinfully and deeply, that it seemed as if they were damned: ““13 I have seen this people, and they...

  • Just a Thought... 20 February

    We often excuse ourselves from things we know are wrong: people speak of ‘little white lies’ or ‘a small vice’ as if somehow saying something or doing something subtly minimises its impact. Yet we heard last Sunday morning: “…what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body…” (James 3:5,6) In other words, apparently small things that we do or especially that we say can cause enormous problems. Yet we must understand, not just the...

  • Just a Thought... 13 February

    It’s really unhealthy to go through life looking back with regrets for ‘what might have been’. Regrets never change facts, and especially for those who have faith in the Lord Jesus and what He has done to save us, we need to remember BOTH that He is sovereign over all our days, fulfilling the purpose in our lives and that here and now is not all that there is! Because of Jesus’ Saving work on the cross for us and resurrection from the dead, faith in Him means that 1000000+ years from now we’ll still be delighting...