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Category Archives: Overflowing
Are you looking for Hope? Try Romans 15.13
If you turn on a tap, you expect water. If you pour from a carton of juice then you expect juice. When you ask God to pour something into your life, what do you expect? According to Romans 15.13, God … Continue reading
Loving people because we Love them, not because we ought to Love them
So, we finished Homegroup (a group of people meeting in a home to explore faith) last night by asking God to speak to us. As we were quiet, Christine began to talk about God’s love and how we need to … Continue reading
110%?
Did you hear about the pack of ham that was labelled as containing 110% pork? It’s quite funny, but according to Aldi, who were selling the ham, the % sign should have said grams next to it. Image source: Imgur … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, God loves us, Loving one another, Overflowing
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You are so good at exposing yourself
You are so good at exposing yourself. These were not the words I expected to ever hear at the end of a church service, but nevertheless they were the words that were spoken to me last Sunday. You may wonder … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, change, Faith, Life experiences, Overflowing, vulnerability, Who am I
Tagged being honest and open, don't pretend to be okay, don't pretend to be who you're not, don't wear a mask, exposing ourselves, honest about our faith, luke 6 45, luke 6. 43-45, mouth speaks what heart is full of, tell the truth, trust, vulnerability
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Hope in a hopeless world: Mockingjay Part 1
I have just seen Mockingjay and thought it was an amazing and thought-provoking film. Catching Fire finished with Katniss being rescued and taken to District 13 where the resistance was based. The ending left me with a feeling that things … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, Faith, film, hope, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, Overflowing
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The one about the stolen bin
The picture on the right is what greeted us on Saturday morning. We have these bins for recycling materials outside of our house and at some point on Friday night someone decided to take one. The mind boggles. Why would … Continue reading
Overflowing
Have you ever left a tap running and come back later to a wet floor or even worse, to water coming through a ceiling? Overflowing is inevitable when the water flowing into a container is greater than the capacity of the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Holy Spirit, Life in all it's fullness, Overflowing, Prayer, Relationship with God
Tagged luke 6. 43-45, overflowing, Romans 15 13
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Love all Serve all
Love All Serve All demonstrates God’s love to tennis fans during Wimbledon by a team going out at night, handing out free drinks and cookies, offering prayer and conversation. It is essentially the local churches welcoming tennis fans to Wimbledon. You … Continue reading
Popcorn helps us to understand pentecost
So, Jesus had ascended to heaven and his followers had returned to Jerusalem where they spent time praying together. Then, on the day of Pentecost there was a roaring wind and the disciples saw what looked like small flames appearing above … Continue reading
Posted in change, creative communication, Faith, God is with us, Holy Spirit, Overflowing, restoration
Tagged acts 2, holy spirit, overflow, pentecost, popcorn
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Moving on from preach and run evangelism?
Do you remember the A-team? ‘If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team’. The plot was always the same: person is in trouble, they call … Continue reading
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