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Zephaniah 3: 14 – 17. As we continue to engage with the theme of “connecting with God”, and so knowing His restoration and renewal, today we add thoughts about joy and reassurance. We’ve moved forwards 200 years from Nehemiah’s preparation for the people of the Lord to return to Jerusalem from exile. Now we’re with […]
Nehemiah Chaps 1, 4 and 8. When Nehemiah stepped forward to seek permission to serve the Lord, he was alone and vulnerable. Where did his strength come from to do that? How do we compare? The first tentative steps that Nehemiah took marked the beginning of a new era that saw the people of God […]
1 Kings 19: 1 – 18. If we get so distracted by the things that are driven by our own desires and emotions, things that we haven’t first of all been “Connecting with God” about, then we’ve moved into a dangerous place. And when we realise that we’ve been moving into that unhelpful direction, we […]
Matthew 2:13 – 23. After the events around Jesus’ birth, things “went quiet” for a ‘long’ time – about 30 years. Many must have come to assume that the Messiah was still awaited…
Luke 2: 1 – 7; Matt 2: 5 – 6. God’s chosen rescuer and restorer of the kingdom, born somewhere unknown in Bethlehem and put to sleep in a feeding trough. Is this mistaken identity? Certainly not!
Christingle Service.
Luke 2: 8 – 15 King David had been a shepherd, and the Messiah was spoken of as becoming a shepherd. The shepherds outside Bethlehem were probably the lower parts of society, but that is exactly who the Messiah was coming to rescue. And they were probably good at talking…
Matthew 2: 1-12. Beyond the borders of the Jewish homeland foreigners recognise a sign in the stars. This event carries importance and they are motivated to set out and discover the truth.
Luke 1: 26 – 56; Matthew 1. After hundreds of years of waiting the expectations for a Messiah were still present, but who would have thought of an unmarried girl from the Galilee District being the mother. Could this really be the coming of the promised Messiah?
Luke 1: 5 – 25, 57 – 80. After more than 500 years of waiting – the first special angel-announced birth – is this the Messiah? In fact the angel announces that this baby will “make ready a people prepared for the Lord”.