Whose Glory?
October 7, 2011 by Derek
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Isn’t is great when you start seeing the power of God moving if your life? It’s sometimes an even better feeling when God works through you to impact someone else’s life. You know those things that happen that you tell everyone about – you start “telling the story”. We think that telling stories – testifying about [...]
Beautiful Feet
September 18, 2011 by Derek
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Take a look at your feet – would you describe them as beautiful? Ok – there is a point to this When writing to the Romans Paul gives a simple approach on how to be saved – to have an eternity in relationship with God. He says “confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [...]
What Are You Fighting?
September 4, 2011 by Derek
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We are constantly trying to learn what it means to love other people. Another way to look at this – being reminded of what Paul wrote – is that our battles are not against flesh and blood (each other) but against spiritual powers. So love other people – but fight against the dark forces in [...]
Habits
August 21, 2011 by Derek
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Our habits can be defined as the combination of our choices. So on our journey of learning to love God – what are the habits, the combination of choices, that help us remain connected to God? Jesus talks about this idea of us staying connected to God – and God to us – by using [...]
The Ends Of The Earth – Pt 2
August 8, 2011 by Derek
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Last week we were exploring Acts 1:8 and began with what it means to be a witness. When Jesus spoke these words he gave some specific instructions of where that was meant to be – in Jerusalem, Judea & Samaria and to the ends of the earth. At that time there was about 120 people [...]
The Ends Of The Earth – Pt 1
July 31, 2011 by Derek
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In Acts 1:8 Jesus said “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jersualem, Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.” What’s clear is that we can’t be a witness without the power of the Holy Spirit – but that’s a blog [...]
Look In Look Up Look Out
July 17, 2011 by Derek
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The world we live in teaches us to look at ourselves. The advertising that we are surrounded with says: “What’s important to you?” “What’s your choice?” “You are the most important thing”. Just spend a few moments looking at your naval – looking inwards… This is the model of the world – it’s all about [...]
Earthly Wealth Heavenly Wealth
July 11, 2011 by Derek
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Last week we looked at some ideas around money and what the Bible says about the rich and the poor. We are continuing to explore that model this week and look at some differences between earthly wealth and heavenly wealth. Poor On Earth | Poor In Heaven Biblical Examples The sluggard & The fool in [...]
The Rich And The Poor
July 3, 2011 by Derek
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“The rich and the poor have this in common – God made them both.” Prov 22:2 The most talked about theme in the Bible – is love… followed by money. There are about 500 verses on faith, 5oo on prayer and over 2000 on money. It surrounds our world, and is a topic we can’t [...]
What Are We About
June 26, 2011 by Derek
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We are always exploring what it means to Be The Church as we journey together, learning to love God and love other people. Today we spent time with some people who are looking at joining our community and we were sharing some of the scriptures we felt were really relevant to what God was calling [...]







