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Psalm 118 

  ¹    O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

²    Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

³    Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

⁴    Let them now that fear the LORD say,…

Gift of Salvation

I am writing to you to let you know the depths of God’s love for you. Yes, you. No matter whom you are, or what you have done, or, are doing presently. God still loves you and wants you close to Him. (John 3:16 )says: For god so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish , but have everlasting…

Jesus Christ Gives the Great Commission.

When someone is dying or leaving us, we pay close attention to his or her last words. Jesus Christ left the disciples with some last words of instructions. God gave Jesus Christ complete authority over heaven and earth. On the basis of His authority, Jesus Christ told His disciples to go and make disciples as they preached, baptized, and taught.

Making disciples means instructing new believers on…

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Jesus Christ to die on the cross for my sins. I acknowledge that I have sinned and I cannot save myself. I believe that Jesus Christ came to give me life and by faith I now choose to receive You into my life as my Lord and Savior. By the power of Your indwelling presence enable me to be the person You created me to be. I pray that You would grant me repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth so that I can experience my freedom in Jesus…

When We Pray

(Matthew 6:5-6) And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. ⁶But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in…

Here are links to some beautiful photos and a slideshow of Jim Rosenthal's licensing day, Saturday 21 January 2012.

http://gallery.me.com/richardeverton#100415

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stmw/sets/72157628970839963/show/

Jim's new parishioners gave him a most magnificently warm welcome and the licensing service was absolutely lovely,…

Living Victoriously

(1 John 5:4)For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Victorious living is just the daily experience of a soul full with Jesus Christ and running over. How do we…

Help! - What do I seek?

I have a sense of need, a sense of want

What I seek or what I need though, I do not know

This sense of need has been gnawing at me for several weeks

It grows like a tumor, increasing in magnitude every day

It is almost as if I am fighting an ever increasing magnet,

pulling me in an unknown direction

Pulling me where and for what purpose?

Perhaps God will point the way or perhaps God IS the way

Take…

Priests fighting in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at Christmas time.

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16138626

Who could have imagined such a thing ever happening?

"It was a trivial problem that occurs every year," Bethlehem police Lt-Col Khaled al-Tamimi told Reuters.

"No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God," he said.

Men…

Isaiah 60:1-22 (Good News Translation)

God’s Word Goes Forth: Spread Tidings of Joy to Everyone

Introduction

Isaiah 60:1-22: Today we begin reading the first of three oracles pertaining to the restoration and transformation of Jerusalem. The city had been destroyed by foreigners in 586 B.C. because of God’s anger, but foreigners will now help rebuild the city because of God’s favor and mercy. Those who had been living in exile will return home. The city will…

Safe in God

Sometimes we take things lightly. Billy Graham once said that we do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us.

(Proverbs 3:25-26) Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it…

Forgiveness

(Luke 6:35-36)But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

As Christians we are called to be merciful just as our heavenly Father is merciful and forgive others as…

Amazingly love is not lost.

I still feel the same as I did in June, I just had not realised it.

Love does not wane, it is for ever there.

I guess that love is...

  The willingness and ability to allow those that one loves to do as they please,

  without any insistance that they satisfy you.

I ask nothing of God, yet feel God's warmth

God has asked nothing of me and therefore accepts me for who and what I am

For this, I am deeply…

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

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After all, the very name ‘Protestantism’ is meant to denote a reform movement of protest within the Church Catholic. When Protestantism becomes an end in itself ... it becomes anathema. If we no longer have broken hearts at the church’s division, then we cannot help but unfaithfully celebrate Reformation Sunday. 

- Stanley Hauerwas

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in…