After recapping the series – a journey in ‘trusting God’ in the face of opposition, Mark Enzer speaks from Nehemiah 4:1-6 about the inevitability of opposition when doing God’s business. Here the focus is on prayer followed by practical action, it’s a both and. Prayer did not make the enemy go away – the enemy […]
Seeing work as part of our vision is key. Nehemiah 2:17 – 3:5 Allen Foster speaks about people from all walks of life coming together as 42 teams working to side-by-side to build the walls, gate and towers of Jerusalem; emphasising that this is God’s work through Nehemiah’s plan. Psalm 127:1 1. God’s work, our […]
Readings from Nehemiah 2:9-16 and John 21:15-17. Tim recapped the story and lessons learned from Nehemiah previously and looked at five features of Nehemiah’s commitment: hopeful, boldness, preparedness, interdependence and focus. He drew out features of the story mirrored in the Gospel story.
Peter explores the first three verses of the book of Nehemiah chapter 2 in which the king notices Nehemiah’s countenance and he takes the risky step of explaining the sadness of his heart.
Briefly setting the context of the story of Nehemiah, Rosie Cunliffe speaks about Nehemiah’s attitude to prayer, how he prays and his expectations about God. Before all else Nehemiah is committed to pray. Nehemiah 1:5-11.
Bishop Dagmar addresses the congregation and conformation candidates at a conformation with candidates from the Deaf Church and the Hearing Church. Speaking from Matthew 4:12-23 about Jesus calling disciples to follow him.
At Breakfast Church Tim opens the first session of the new series in Nehemiah (1:1-4). “Our new sermon series this term focuses on learning from the book of Nehemiah. Last week Peter kicked things off by placing Nehemiah in the context of the events in the book of Ezra. It’s about us learning more about […]
Introduction to new sermon series ‘Trusting God’ in the story of Nehemiah. Setting the context from Ezra and Jeremiah. Reading from Ezra 1:1-8 and suggesting that reading or listening to both books Ezra and Nehemiah would be helpful to seeing the whole picture from which we seek to learn what God would say to us […]
Last in the Series in 1 John. 1 John 5:1-12
Continuing the series ‘Living in Christ’ from 1 John 4: 7-12