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16 January: Church? Who we are: Family of God
Part one of our new series. 9th January 2022
Join us as Chris Tebbutt launches our series on Jesus in His own words.
Join us for this weeks Lantern Church talk.
Join us this week as Mike speaks to the Lantern Church.
Join us as Jamie speaks to us from Psalm 23 and Matthew 11.
Join us as Jared speaks to us from Psalm 23 and Mark 1.
Jared shares about the refreshment found in the Spirit, from our Pentecost Sunday service.
Join us as Mike opens up Acts chapter 1 in preparation for Pentecost Sunday.
Jared explores Ezra 7.
Ruth shares with us about coming to Jesus like a child as part of a baptismal service.
Mike encourages us that it is our love for Jesus that qualifies us to be used in His Kingdom.
Pat Nesbitt reminds of the amazing truth that Jesus steps into our fears and anxiety and brings His perfect peace!
Geoff encourages us with the truth that no genuine word of God will fail!
Jamie shares with us the power of listening to and obeying God voice
Jared shares with us the opposition the returning exiles faced and what we can learn from this
Beth looks at Ezra 3, what the returning Exiles do first on their return to Jerusalem and what we can learn from their example.
Mike kicks off our re:new series in Ezra and Nehemiah.
Mike challenges us to step into more ‘humble cultural engagement' and more ‘integrated courageous living' and to pray for things we couldn't achieve by ourselves!
Chris Tebbutt shares with us our 5th talk in our series on Esther, as we see God begin to turn things around! Surely there can be no doubt anymore of the hand of God in all this...? Praise God that for all of us, he turns ashes into crowns and tears into joy and laughter and feasting!
Jared shares with us the important difference in walking in pride and walking in humility, as we marvel at the extraordinary turnaround in circumstances for Haman and Mordecai in this passage!
Beth shares with us the source of true courage, and how like Esther we weren't created to be locked down but to live dangerously for God!
Mike shares our second talk on the book of Esther
Mike Kicks off our series in the book of Esther. It's easy to see the hand of God in the Jericho's and Red Sea crossings, will we trust in Him when it feels like he's nowhere to be seen? When his actions are veiled, will we still trust He is at work? Is God what Dawkins called, ‘the absentee landlord'?
Mike kicks off 2021 by looking forward to the year ahead and the examples of Simeon and Anna.
Ralph draws 2020 to an end by sharing with us some thoughts and ideas from the book of Micah.
Bob shares the amazing truth that Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us! And challenges us not to leave Jesus as a baby in the manger...
Pat shares the story of a young girl called Mary and the Hope that she carried.
Karen shares with us the Hope that we have in Jesus as we can come to Him exactly as we are in all our mess!
Beth shares with us the importance of seizing hope and sharing hope.
Katherine speaks on Spiritual Warfare and how it fits into our prayer lives
Ali shares some practical tips on contemplation and her reflection on our passage from Acts
Mike shares the importance of confession in prayer and the power of reconciliation.
Phil explores the topic of 'asking' as part of our prayer lives
Jamie shares with us the importance of beginning our times in prayer with rejoicing in and adoring our Heavenly Father.
Karen explores the second talk in our series on prayer, by looking at the idea of pausing.
Mike kicks our series on the Prayer Course, by introducing the idea of why it is important we pray.
Phil shares with us the amazing truth of the future hope we have in Jesus. Looking at the illustrations in Revelation of one wedding, two cities and three trees.
Mike digs deeper into the book of Acts
Ralph shares with us the AMAZING truth that God has given the gift of His Holy Spirit to all who believe in order to grow, encourage, empower and bless the Church!
Chris digs deeper into the Gospels as he look more specifically at Jesus bringing full life and colour into our own lives.
Mike kicks us off in our first session looking at the New Testament. Sharing why we can know the gospels to be truthful and how they can bring us life!
Jared wraps up our time in the Old Testament. Sharing with us the truth that God is the same God of the Old and New Testament and how His Fatherly characteristics can be seen as we look back over the Old.
Beth shares with us how the exile relates to our time here on earth and four points for how we can 'excel in exile'.
Bex talks to us about the prophets in the Old Testament, specifically focusing on Hosea.
Jamie share with us what he loves about the Psalms, and what we can learn from the book, to input into our own daily lives.
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