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Some regular thoughts from FFMCWeekend Reflections: Psalm 3
I was going to try and write a reflection on this weekends services, but someone else has said it better than I ever could. Some reflections on Psalm 3 – Conquering Fear: Hi Andrew I know I'm probably stating the obvious but thought I would send these thoughts. ...
Haiti Update
Two new videos have been made available today by www.helphaitiheal.org highlighting the situation in Haiti and the impact on the Free Methodist Church there: Please continue to pray and to give.
Weekend Reflections: Joy and Debt
This week we started out on a whole new series in or morning services looking at the Psalms. We’ve called it Life Stories because it links a Psalm with a particular moment in the life of those that wrote it.
Weekend Reflections: Philemon and Baptism in the Holy Spirit
One of the thoughts that occurred to me this weekend was how our relationship with Jesus is relevant to every part of our life. We divide our life into boxes – physical, spiritual, mental – but Jesus wants to be in all of them. Chris looked at the practical Christian...
Weekend Reflections: Back to Church Sunday
Last weekend we were involved in the national Back to Church Sunday campaign and it was great to have some people join us who we haven’t seen in a while. A special thank you to everyone who invited a friend or a family member to come along. It’s not always an easy...
Weekend Reflections: Three Stories and The Spirit in Creation
Recently I’ve had the phrase “radical transformation” going through my head quite a lot. It is so easy for us to loose sight of how radical and how transforming the life of a disciple can be. Sometimes we can read the words of the Bible and miss the shock and even...
Weekend Reflections: Temptation and a Higher Position
In his introduction to the subject of temptation this weekend Trevor Crawford asked a series of questions to see if any of us were above temptation or below temptation. One of the questions was whether anyone was too intelligent to be above temptation to which one of...
Weekend Reflections: Soon to return
There’s been no updates from me over the last few weeks because I’ve had the wonderful privilege of being on holiday. We went to Italy and it was very, very, nice indeed. I’ll return to writing a regular Weekend Reflections post when I’ve been around for one, which...
Weekend Reflections: Esther and Axioms
I’m really enjoying writing these Weekend Reflections posts. I hope you are too, but to be honest it’s doing me so much good that I think I would carry on anyway.
Weekend Reflections: Encouraging Prayer
I’m only going to comment on one of our Sunday services this week and that’s for very simple reasons. The first reason is that I wasn’t there, that wouldn’t normally be a problem because I would listen to the podcast afterwards. That leads us on to the second reason,...
Weekend Reflections: The Kingdom of Heaven and Giving with Joy
This weekend Ian Higginbotham started out on a mini-series on the Kingdom of God with our overall What would Jesus say… series. I must admit that I’ve never really got my head around the meaning of the Kingdom of Heaven. I’m not saying that I don’t understand it at...
Weekend Reflections: Challenged to be a Father
Last Sunday was Father’s day, a day focussed on those of us who are Fathers. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the Father to two teenage children, who are fabulous, but there are still times when I find it a challenge to be a Father. Like many people, I suspect,...