Sunday 29/11/2020 For a long time, the most quoted verse in the Bible was John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” But in recent years, it’s been overtaken by the opening verse of Matthew 7:Continue reading “‘Do To Others…” (Matthew 7:1-12)”
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How to Worry (Matthew 6:19-34)
Sunday 22/11/2020 Are you good at worrying? Do you get much practice? At first, it seems easy. Instead of thinking about what you should be thinking about, you focus on one thing. You ask yourself questions you don’t know the answer too, like ‘What if this happens?’ Then you guess what will happen, and guaranteeContinue reading “How to Worry (Matthew 6:19-34)”
‘Pray Like This…’ (Matthew 6:5-15)
Sunday 15/11/2020 The Lord’s Prayer is one of the most famous parts, not only of the Sermon on the Mount, but of all of Jesus’ teaching. It’s so well-known that linguists use it to study differences between languages. But the Lord’s Prayer should be of more than theoretical interest to us. How we pray saysContinue reading “‘Pray Like This…’ (Matthew 6:5-15)”
Perfect Decoys (Matthew 6:1-18)
Sunday 08/11/2020 Operation Bodyguard was a part of the Allies’ plans to invade Nazi-occupied Europe on D-Day in 1944. Operation Neptune was the overall plan for D-Day, but Operation Bodyguard was a deception plan. It was intended to mislead the German military leadership over the time and place of the invasion. From December 1943 toContinue reading “Perfect Decoys (Matthew 6:1-18)”
The Perfect Life (Matthew 5:33-48)
Sunday 01/11/2020 If you asked 100 people what a perfect life looked like, what answers would you expect? And if you asked the same people how they could get a perfect life, what would they say? Will a perfect life just come to us? Will working hard get us there? Or do we have toContinue reading “The Perfect Life (Matthew 5:33-48)”