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From Scattered Sheep to Sent Shepherds
It’s amazing how you can read a very familiar part of the Bible and yet see something new in it! Recently I was reading about the time when Peter said that he would never deny Jesus (Matthew 26): 31 Then Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Bible, discipleship, Faith, freedom, God loves us, Learning, Life experiences, Relationship with God, vulnerability
Tagged Acts 10, Do you love me more than these, failure is a part of life, feed my sheep, free to fail, God restores, jesus restores peter, John 21, Matthew 26, peter denies Jesus, peters denial of Jesus, restoration, scattered sheep, sent shepherds, shepherds, you will deny me 3 times, Zechariah 13
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Pushing through the Pain Barrier
Those of you who know me well will realize that I am far from athletic! I may not have run a marathon but I know that in order to complete one that you have to persevere and to push through … Continue reading
Posted in Easter week explained, Faith, Holy week, Holy week explained, perseverance
Tagged don't give up, Easter, easter week explained, fix your eyes on Jesus, God restores, Hebrews 12 1-3, holy week explained, perseverance, Pharisees question Jesus, religious leaders question Jesus, restoration, throwing off sin
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Today is an Exciting Day!!!!!!!!!
Today is an exciting day for me! Our church boiler which has had no end of problems is being replaced with a larger capacity boiler which is also a very well known make. As our installer was ripping out the … Continue reading
Posted in change, Faith, Following Jesus, freedom, Life experiences
Tagged broken, brokenness, finding freedom, God renews, God restores, new start, restoration
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The Church that does Glueing
A mum described Orchard Baptist Church today us as the church that does glueing. She was on her way to our toddler group and was bringing her 3 year old daughter who hadn’t been to the group since she had started pre school several … Continue reading
The One Where the Panels Appeared Broken
So, I received an e-mail that said that the solar panels had generated nothing for the previous month. Unfortunately I received it on a day when I couldn’t get to the church to check on the system and so I had to try to … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, freedom, Life experiences
Tagged christian analogy of solar panels and the sun, do not be afraid, fix you, fix you coldplay, God restores, God wants to fix you, have a break, investing in our relationship with God, jesus can fix us, life experiences, relationship with God, relationships, restoration, slowing down, solar energy, time is precious, time to stop
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Do you ever feel like giving up?
Elijah had traveled all day in the desert heat and as evening came he collapsed, exhausted, terrified and broken and he prayed that God would let him die. He poured out his heart to God as he prayed, ‘I have had enough Lord’ he said. ‘Take … Continue reading
Posted in change, do not be afraid, Faith, God loves us, hope, Listening to God, restoration
Tagged angel of the lord, be still and know that I am God, brokenness, do not be afraid, elijah, elijah runs away, freedom from fear, God restores, God speaks, healing, pour our your hearts, restoration, still small voice
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It’s not as useless as it looks
Take a look at this picture. What do you think it is of? My wife and I came across it whilst on a walk recently and it took us a few moments to work out what it was. Can you guess? … Continue reading
A work of art, brokeness and restoration
I’m not brilliant at drawing but imagine if I took a picture I had drawn and told everyone how proud I was of it. Imagine as I was talking of how I had worked so hard to overcome adversity to produce … Continue reading
Old wax crayons, brokeness and restoration
A simple and creative illustration about restoration. Place broken pieces of wax crayon in a mould then bake it in an oven until the crayons melt and then let it set. These two pictures show the before and after. This … Continue reading
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