“God wills our good, and our good is to love Him (with that responsive love proper to creatures) and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces. If we do not, that only shows that what we are trying to love is not…
Emmanuel City Centre Key verse(s) to learn: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV, 2011) Key question to ask: What is God’s masterplan? Extraordinary thing to…
Who would you love to introduce your friends to? Well, for Thursdays in August, a few of the church family would love to introduce you to some people God has used to shape their lives and thinking – who they’ve been inspired by, spurred on by or challenged by. Hear a bit about their life and faith (warts and all), and some samples of either what they’ve…
“When I feel low and demotivated, stopping to ask how to use the time or task in front of me to worship God transforms my struggle. It injects purpose into the most mundane of tasks, fears fade, and a settled contentment takes hold. Whether it’s clearing the table, going to the shop, or a bit…
‘Empathy. that is,the imaginative identification with a perspective that is not my own, is not just an optional extra in our human identity and our human repertoire, it’s something without which we cannot know ourselves. Without identification with the other, I don’t know myself.’ Rowan Williams, Being Human, p.58.
Mike Cain is bringing us a daily devotional from the Psalms every weekday morning. Go to his Facebook page or the Emmanuel Westbury YouTube account to watch it live at 8:45am or catch up here on the Emmanuel blog from 9:10 onward each day.
Mike Cain is bringing us a daily devotional from the Psalms every weekday morning. Go to his Facebook page or the Emmanuel Westbury YouTube account to watch it live at 8:45am or catch up here on the Emmanuel blog from 9:10 onward each day.
Our mission partners, Nick and Betsy Howard, have not only been ministering in New York, one of the major epicentres of the virus, they have also been awaiting the birth of their first child. Due in May, there were many uncertainties including whether Nick would be allowed into the hospital to support Betsy during her…
We hope you’ve been enjoying reading Julian Hardyman’s ‘Fresh Pathways in Prayer’ and most of all, that it’s been helpful in fuelling your prayer life. If you’ve not got round to reading it yet, then listen below to some of the ECC church family sharing some of the ways it’s already been useful.
Mike Cain is bringing us a daily devotional from the Psalms every weekday morning. Go to his Facebook page or the Emmanuel Westbury YouTube account to watch it live at 8:45am or catch up here on the Emmanuel blog from 9:10 onward each day.