Sermon Categories: Discipleship
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Matthew’s Gospel 4.1-11
This week we see Jesus taking some time out to prepare for the mission that is His purpose for being on this Earth. Unsurprisingly, Jesus hits some bumps in the road in the form of temptations and attacks from the enemies of God. Jesus never promises following him will be easy so we can expect…
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Matthew’s Gospel 4.1-11
This week we see Jesus taking some time out to prepare for the mission that is His purpose for being on this Earth. Unsurprisingly, Jesus hits some bumps in the road in the form of temptations and attacks from the enemies of God. Jesus never promises following him will be easy so we can expect…
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Fasting
Fasting Speaking Notes – Caveat These notes are my speaking notes and are provided as an accompaniment to the recording. Please accept that they are not intended to be a published grammatically correct essay. I do hope and pray however they help you move towards Jesus. Now onto the content… Well, done for…
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VIP – The Journey
What do you pack for a journey? For me, the first thing I grab is that black bag you may see me carrying around. Inside is everything I would want to have to hand. My Bible, notebook, pens, glasses chargers, cables, and the list goes on. This week we continue our Journey of walking towards…
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What Is Your Gift?
My Saturday nights have been invaded by glitter and ballroom recently. Outvoted three to one, I have to surrender to the fact that Strictly Come Dancing will be part of my life. All the stars work hard at their dance and most produce something that reflects the moves they are supposed to be doing. However,…
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Church – Thyatira – Follow Jesus Not The World
Revelation 2: 18-29 “I know that there is pain, but you hold on for one more day and break free the chains…” A 1990s classic song brings those words of wisdom into my mind as I read about Thyatira, the next church we look at in our series. Have you ever felt out on a…
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Church – Pergamum – A New Name
Giant man-bats with blue skin were the astonishing sights witnessed by John Herschel, an eminent British astronomer, when, in 1835, he pointed a powerful telescope towards the Moon. That was the news digested by the readers of the New York Sun. It seems fake news is not a new idea. From Facebook to the BBC…
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Church – Smyrna – In The Highs And Lows
Revelation 2: 8-11 In our series of looking at what church could be, we reach the church of Smyrna. The Church in Smyrna doesn’t get told what they are doing wrong but instead receives a warning of testing times to come. It seems even when you are doing everything correct life can still be hard.…
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Church – Ephesus – Making The Main Thing The Main Thing
Revelation 2: 1-7 As we move on from what it means to be a community walking towards Jesus together we start our new series. In the run-up to Advent, we are looking at the churches in the book of Revelation. Revelation is one of those books we tend to shy away from, but there is…
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Community – To Be Attractive
Matthew 28:16-20 Attractive: – adjective. Pleasing or appealing to the senses. “An attractive village”. Having qualities or features which arouse interest. We are in our final week in our series looking at what is it to be a community who walk towards Jesus together. We have seen that as a community not only do we…