Emmanuel City Centre Key verse to learn: Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. 1 Corinthians 14:12b (NIV) Key question to ask: How does this passage correct us and our meetings together? Question to ask others: “What do you think church meetings are for?” Thursday: Read 1 Corinthians 14:1-25. How…
Emmanuel Bristol is a family of churches working together to make more disciples, who will plant more churches, to show more people that Jesus is Lord.
Emmanuel Bristol is a family of churches working together to make more disciples, who will plant more churches, to show more people that Jesus is Lord.
Ed Shaw
As we get thinking about the upcoming ‘Talking about Mental Health’ morning, the brilliant Emma Scrivener here poignantly writes about her own experiences of eating disorders and the incredible grace and love God shows us when we’re at our lowest ebb. A New Name – Recovery from Anorexia
‘Whoever really has considered the lilies of the fields and the birds of the air and pondered the improbability of their existence will hardly balk at the turning of water into wine which was, after all, a very small miracle. We forget the greater miracle and still continuing miracle by which water with soil and…
Today we have a short talk on the ancient Japanese art of Kintsukuroi which takes broken pottery and restores it to make it even more valuable. A great image of how God lovingly restores us and helps us to celebrate our weakness through Him. Kintsukuroi – Celebrating Weakness
Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have…
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‘Let us learn from the divine principle lived fully and perfectly in Jesus’s life that God will not fail to honour those who honour him, that he will exalt those who are humble, that he will reward obedience in ways beyond our comprehension. Oh, how our obedience matters! So, how wrong it is of us…
Today we have a book recommendation from the biggest bibliophile in all the land, Ed Shaw: “Christian families of all stages and sizes (including Christian adults living together) will benefit from Ed’s help in re-living the Easter story together. I’ll be buying copies for my Godchildren and strongly recommending this fantastic resource to our church…
THE BIBLE ‘My beloved, when the Scriptures seem to strike one against the other, understand that the cause for this is the darkness of our understanding, and that there is not, in reality, a single inconsistency in the Holy Scriptures; and the only thing for us to do (whenever we find anything obscure) is to…
A day of talks, dramatic readings and workshops to celebrating the life and ministry of Susanna Wesley (1669 – 1742) To mark to 350th anniversary of the birth of Susanna Wesley we will be having a day of celebration, reflection and prayer. She never preaches a sermon, published a book or founded a church, but she is…