Showing posts with label Bible Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible Reading. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 July 2007

This Sunday @ 6...

...Elyse Bywater will be leading our service and Andrew will be speaking on the topic of 'Are Christians Cannibals?'. It will be a discussion on the Lord's Supper and its significance in our Christian life.

A great way to be prepared for Sunday @ 6 would be to read our passage - 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Monday, 9 July 2007

Peter Bull This Coming Sunday!


This coming Sunday @ 6 we'll be hearing Peter Bull preach on a difficult passage in the Bible - 1 Corinthians 11:2-16.

Why not read the passage before Sunday? This will really help you get your head around the passage before Peter talks about it with us.

Pray for Peter as he prepares. Look forward to seeing you there!
5 points to guess where this is (hard!). 20 points for the name of the building it is taken from (harder!).

Monday, 25 June 2007

God and You: Quiet Times


But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Matthew 6:6

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.Psalm 37:7

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46:10


It's great to spend time with God on our own - to close the door and leave our ipods, tv shows, music, internet and other distracting stuff behind, and just be still before God. To allow ourselves time and space to hear God speaking to us in the Bible.

Maybe you are carrying some baggage into your time of being still with God. You may be distracted by study, anxiety, time, anger at God, you may even be feeling like it's a waste of time.

Well - before you read from the Bible, share these feelings with God first! Tell him everything, be honest - don't be polite to God. He knows how you are really feeling! It's very refreshing to do this! The writers in the psalms talk very honestly to God about their feelings. Read Psalms 10-13 to see this!

Having a time of stillness before God, reading his word by yourself, with the door closed, is a really important way to truly reFUEL and be refreshed in your relationship with God. Read Psalm 18 also to see how the writer felt as he reFUELed with God.

FEAST has been given 'quiet time' sheets to do over the holidays to get into the habit of being still with God. It's a great habit to get into!

Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Reading the Bible

How is your Bible reading going? See below for how important it is to read the Bible regularly.

If you're having trouble getting into a 'reading rhythm' you can follow a Bible reading plan. I use one as a helpful guideline to my Bible reading.

Click here for a reading plan written by Don Carson. With this plan you can read the whole Bible in two years. Have a go and let someone else know how you are doing!