Today was ANNUAL REVIEW SUNDAY and Mick gave a message on the two words that we don’t often hear in church: FAILURE and SUCCESS.
Often a s church, we don’t really want to admit that we’ve failed and on the other hand we think claiming to be a success is fairly arrogant. So do we make success and failure tangible?
“SUCCESS is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.” – General George Patten Continue reading
The Parable of the Bags of Gold – Matthew 25:14-30
In this Parable we read about a man who goes away on a journey and entrusts all of his wealth to his servants. The servants are given wealth in proportion to their ability – their natural strength (v.15). As the story progresses we find that the servant who is trusted with 5 bags of gold puts the money to work and gains five more bags. Similarly the servant who is entrusted with 2 bags of gold puts it to work and earns 2 more bags. Lastly we read of the servant who dug a hole in the ground and buried his master’s money keeping it safe but not putting it to good use.
The servants who earned more gold with their master’s initial investment were spoken highly of and invited to share in his happiness. In contrast the servant who takes his masters money and hides it is called wicked and lazy. He is told off for knowing the character of his master and not putting what he had been given to good use. Continue reading
Today at the evening gathering Bryony was speaking, and the title was WHAT DO YOU WANT? (Mark 10:46-52).
The Messianic Secret is the truth that Jesus is the Messiah. At first, it was kept by Jesus then slowly revealed to the people who experienced his mission.
The miracle we read about in our text isn’t purely about a man receiving his sight, but it’s also about Jesus and how He continued to reveal his mission: to spirituall save the world, to be the Messiah.
Bartimaeus addressed Jesus as the Messiah, the Chosen One, the King, the Son of David. When he gets to Jesus, Christ asks him, “What do you want me to do for you?” This wasn’t always the case, it was obvious what this blind man wanted and very odd that Jesus would ask this question. Continue reading
Last Friday, around 25 lads from ChurchForStudents got together for a night of fellowship and food, worship and word.
I had the privilege of bringing the word to the guys. What follows are my bulked out notes so that those who were there have something to look back on and so that those who couldn’t make it can catch up.