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Growth

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   … but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.  Mark 4.19 If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from unrighteousness. […]

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Our mothers

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. Luke 2:51 Comment Mary treasured the events of Jesus childhood in her heart, particularly this episode at the temple courts where the young boy was engaging […]

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Affirmation

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16.24 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Ephesians 4.29 […]

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Love is the priority

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbouras yourself. All the  Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’ Matthew 22:36-40 […]

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Don’t worry, pray

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and prayers shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces […]

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Sex on the brain

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   ‘If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.’ Comment On the day after Valentine’s Day […]

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How many ways to say I love you?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   How many ways to say ‘I love you’? Kind words are like honey – sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. Proverbs 16.24 Comment In last week’s ePrayer we talked about different ways of expressing our love.  This week we thought we’d look at speaking out our […]

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Love made complete

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgement, because in this world we are like him. 1 John 4:16-17 Comment In a programme […]

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All kinds of prayer

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   And in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18 Comment One of the reasons praying together can be a challenge is that we can be motivated by […]

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Supporting each other

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Comment Over Christmas we ‘binge’ watched our way through both seasons of the Netflix blockbuster The Crown.  Whether the facts are correct or not, there is no doubt that over the years […]

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Equal but different

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:10,11 Comment Lost month marked the 70th anniversary of the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights. […]

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Get ready!

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thes 5:11 Comment In last week’s ePrayer we talked about new years resolution and inviting God into those.  This week we wanted to get a bit more specific and look at new […]

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New year, new beginnings

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! … Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day … The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.  Lamentations 3:22-25 Comment It’s halfway between Christmas and the New Year.  The fridge is crammed […]

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Joy to the World – Part 3

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   For a child has been born – for us,  the gift of a son – for us! He’ll take over the running of the world. His names will be: Amazing Counselor, Strong God, Eternal Father, Prince of Wholeness. His ruling authority will grow, and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.  Isaiah 9: […]

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New year, new beginnings

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! … Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day … The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.  Lamentations 3:22-25 Comment It’s halfway between Christmas and the New Year.  The fridge is crammed […]

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Joy to the World – Part 2

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.  John 17:13 Comment So what does Joy mean anyway?  In her book Choose Joy because Happiness isn’t Enough, Kay Warren states that ‘Joy is the […]

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Joy to the World – Part 1

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.  John 15:11 Comment It’s the season when the word Joy is bandied about everywhere and for some of us it IS a really joyful season … for others […]

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Appreciation

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Appreciation So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good.  At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit.  Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people […]

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Making time for your marriage

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Making time for your marriage If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.  Deuteronomy 24 […]

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The meaning of marriage

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The meaning of marriage ‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason aman will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ So they are no […]

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Peace and strength

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Peace and strength Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.  John 14:27 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.  Psalms […]

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Love is a verb

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Love is a verb A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  John 13.34 Comment On Monday Tom was at a men’s curry night run by guys from the local church. With the help of video clips […]

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Identity loss

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Identity loss Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  2 Corinthians 5:17 Comment As I was considering this eprayer our dog came and put her head on my lap and looked at me and wagged her tail…. […]

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What’s important?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   What’s important? But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 10.32 Comment “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in […]

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Interesting maths – God’s synergy

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Interesting maths – God’s synergy How could one man chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight?…….for their rock is not like our rock as even our enemies concede!  Deuteronomy 32:30 Comment God employs some very interesting mathematics at times whereby one plus one doesn’t always add […]

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Choosing right

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Choosing right Be it known – we will not!! Even under all the intimidation from Nebuchadnezar and his cronies the three guys Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego stood firm – WE WILL NOT!!! They then left the consequences to God.  Daniel 3:18 Comment Now this is a pretty extreme example […]

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The Lord IS there for us

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The Lord IS there for us For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness. For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall. As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He […]

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In sickness and in health

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   In sickness and in health ‘The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.’ Deuteronomy 33:27 Comment We have various friends who are struggling with sickness at the moment.  Having had a few episodes in our marriage during which I’ve been ill with depression, we were blown […]

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Grace and truth

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Grace and truth In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of […]

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Trust (and stress)

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Trust (and stress) But as it is written: What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and what has never come into a man’s heart, is what God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 (CSB) Comment The way we live and behave reflects what […]

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Footprints

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Footprints We understand what love is when we realisethat Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for each other (in this case of husband/wife). 1 John 3:16 Comment Most of us must have seen the famous footprints poem; it is seen everywhere reproduced […]

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Money worries

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Money worries ‘So do not worry, saying, ‘what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or what shall we wear?’ for the pagans run after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these […]

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What’s our purpose?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   What’s our purpose? ‘Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.’ Matthew 21:43 ‘A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one […]

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Thankfulness

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Thankfulness For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave […]

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Unity and independence

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Unity and independence The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”. 1 Corinithians 12:21 Comment These days independence is often seen as a good thing … ‘do what’s right for you’ we’re told. Now I’m […]

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Keep climbing

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Keep climbing Anyone who meets a testing challenge head on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate.  For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.  James 1:12 (MSG) Comment Picture two climbers persevering to get to the ‘crowning’ view.  When […]

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Partners who belong to God

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Partners who belong to God We work together as partners who belong to God. 1 Corinthians 3.9a (NLT) Comment These days we tend to associate the word Partner with co-habitating couples.  However, partner is a lovely word describing working together/sharing responsibilities each with a ‘part’ to play.  (Personally I […]

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Learn to relax

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Learn to relax I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn’t like the peace that this world can give. So don’t be worried and afraid.  John 14:27 (CEV) Comment Learning to relax with God’s peace takes time and practice. The world and […]

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Protection

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Protection Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate. Mark 10:9  Comment I always find the part in a wedding service where the minister joins the bride and grooms hands together and prays this verse over them, so powerful.  It is acknowledging that right from the start of […]

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Breakthrough

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Breakthrough Praise be to the Lord for He showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city. In my alarm I said “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. Love the […]

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A royal wedding and the power of love

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   A royal wedding and the power of love Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can […]

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Three legged race

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Three legged race Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing (win a prize). 1 Peter […]

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Change

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Change This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him. 1 John 5: 14-15 Comment […]

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What I did was wrong please forgive me

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   What I did was wrong please forgive me Be kind to one another, tender hearted, compassionate, understanding, loving hearted, forgiving each other as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:33 Comment Being fluent in the language of forgiveness is essential in marriage. Living in close proximity means we have […]

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Gender differences

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Gender differences So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 Submit to one another out of reference for Christ. Ephesians 5.21 Comment “Men can’t see dust” according to one author. If I’m in […]

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Apples of gold

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Apples of gold “A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.” Proverbs 25:11 NIV Comment When some people compliment me I often ignore it. I think – ‘well they would say that’. However when a closer friend says the same I might pay more […]

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Time together

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Time together Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages. Songs of Songs 7:11 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear […]

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Parenting the right way

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Parenting the right way Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.  Proverbs 22:6 Comment There was huge excitement this week at the birth of a new royal baby.  Looking every bit the proud Dad, Prince […]

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Entering into each other’s world

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Entering into each other’s world The King … had John beheaded … John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed […]

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Friday the thirteenth

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Friday the thirteenth Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  1 Peter […]

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Putting up with each other positively

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Putting up with each other positively Bear – endure – carry each other’s burdens and troublesome moral faults and in this way fulfil and observe perfectly the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 (Amplified Bible) Jesus said “And now I give you a new commandment: LOVE one another. As I […]

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New access

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   New access My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? Psalms 22:1 NIV The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there […]

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Different rules

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Different rules Jesus Arrested While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? When Jesus’ […]

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Times of crisis

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Times of crisis The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard […]

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Be alert!

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Be alert! Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand that he may lift you up in good time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist […]

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Handling our worries together

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Handling our worries together Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:6-7 Comment I easily get […]

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Healthy home

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Healthy home By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. Proverbs 24:3-4 Comment In the last in our ePrayers to tie in with National Marriage Week, we are thinking about how our marriages thrive in […]

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Finding joy together

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Finding joy together A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.  Proverbs 17:22 Comment When was the last time you experienced joy together? Perhaps it was some happy news or a celebration.  Really we need to be cultivating joy in our marriage on […]

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I promise …

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   I promise … Scripture: Love does not give up. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not put itself up as being important. Love has no pride. Love does not do the wrong thing. Love never thinks of itself. Love does not get angry. Love does not […]

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Rhythm of life

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Rhythm of life ‘ …. walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:28-30 MSG Comment […]

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Attitude of gratitude

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Attitude of gratitude ‘I always thank God when I pray for you!’ Philemon 4 Comment Being grateful for, and to, one another is so very important in marriage. Most of us feel taken for granted from time to time; whether it is for the financial provision and security we […]

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Issues and problems

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Issues and problems ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.’ Genesis 2:24-25 Comment A couple we know were having an issue and it […]

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Looking forward – dependence

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Looking forward – dependence But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I […]

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Humility – finding God in all places

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Humility – finding God in all places A band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage […]

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Joy to the world the Lord has come

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Joy to the world the Lord has come The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  John 1:14 Comment Have you seen a new […]

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Finding space for love at Christmas

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Finding space for love at Christmas 1 Corinthians 13 – a Christmas Version If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I’m just another decorator. If I slave away in the kitchen, baking […]

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Our source of love

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Our source of love We love because he first loved us.  1 John 4:19 Comment The other day I saw a picture that made me think about God as our source of love in a new way.  It was one of those towers made up of glasses stacked on […]

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Overwhelming emotions

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Overwhelming emotions Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to […]

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Our source of love

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Oops!

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Oops! How great is the love that the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3: 1a Comment This eprayer is going out on Monday; it should have gone out last Friday. I messed up. […]

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Independent v interdependent

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Independent v interdependent In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.  1 Corinthians 11:11 Comment People talk a lot these days about life being a journey and of course this is true for marriage. When I look back over the years […]

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Independent v interdependent

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Independent v interdependent In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.  1 Corinthians 11:11 Comment People talk a lot these days about life being a journey and of course this is true for marriage. When I look back over the years […]

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Looking back … and forward

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Looking back … and forward And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.  Hebrews 13:16 Comment With Remembrance Sunday falling this weekend it’s a good time to think back and remind ourselves and give thanks for what people […]

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Love … God’s and ours

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Love … God’s and ours “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: […]

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Light

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Light “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same […]

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Holiness, lemmings and relativism!

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Holiness, lemmings and relativism! Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his […]

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Disagreement and unity

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Disagreement and unity “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone […]

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Jack, Jill and submission

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Jack, Jill and submission Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 Comment Jack and Jill are married and they work together. Jack was called last week and invited to be part of a church team to go to Tunisia for a week to help serve the […]

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Being humble

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Being Humble Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, […]

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Safe?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Safe? Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die …… Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the tent of […]

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Who are we?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Who are we? Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; […]

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For the good of the other

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   For the good of the other Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone – especially to those in the family of faith. Galatians 6:10 (NLT) Comment There are certain times of the year when I can feel overwhelmed. One is the beginning of January […]

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Material idols

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Material idols But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood – idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! Revelation […]

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When things go wrong …

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   When things go wrong … A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.  Proverbs 15:1 Comment How would you rate your communication? Excellent/Poor/Could do better? One thing we are not good at is passing on messages to each other.  Last night I forgot to tell my […]

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Tough times & angels

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Tough times & angels Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he […]

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Fruity marriages

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Fruity Marriages “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message […]

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Holidays – Unity

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Holidays – Unity I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me.  May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them […]

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Holidays – Weariness

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Holidays – Weariness Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. But those who wait on the LORD will renew their strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 NLV […]

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Holidays – Differences

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Holidays – Differences Jesus and the disciples try to get away for some rest … Then because so many were coming and going that they did not even have time to eat, he said to them “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest”.  […]

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The Praise of Men

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The Praise of Men “How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?”  John 5:44 Comment The Bible show us that things go horribly wrong when instead of being obedient to God we […]

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Enemy tactics

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Enemy tactics For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day […]

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It works!

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   It works! All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” 2 Timothy 3:16 NIV Comment I read with interest an article in the Times titled ‘Marriage Masterclass’ written by a journalist (who states he’s an atheist) about the Marriage Course which he attended. […]

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TLC

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   TLC Jesus said ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’. Mark 12:31 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Comment I have been unwell this week but my husband gets full marks for sympathy and practical caring. He sits and talks to me, […]

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Healthy fear?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Healthy fear? For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. 1 Thess 4:7-8 Comment In the work that we […]

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The Big Problem

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The Big Problem Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst. 1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV) Comment I find it easy to forget what a big issue sin is and the price Jesus […]

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The heart of the matter

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   The heart of the matter The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? Jeremiah 17.9 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your […]

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Support

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Support Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 (NLT) Comment Do you get bogged down with stuff? I do. I can get bogged down with my never ending to do list, work deadlines, money etc. I can also get bogged down […]

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Trust or fear?

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Trust or fear? If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because […]

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No strings attached

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   No strings attached Love is patient, love is kind.… It is not proud .… It is not self-seeking …. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. From 1 Corinthians 13  (NIV) Comment These well known verses describe God’s love for us. I know that […]

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Joy

Printer Friendly Find us: Online Facebook Twitter   Joy Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (TNIV) Comment It’s easy to be grateful and full of joy when life is good. It’s not natural to be joyful when life is very challenging […]

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Prior to June 1st, 2013, the ePrayers were published as an email and accompanying PDF document. Here is that archive:

31-May-13
24-May-13
17-May-13
05-May-13
26-Apr-13
19-Apr-13
12-Apr-13
05-Apr-13
08-Mar-13
29-Mar-13
22-Mar-13
15-Mar-13
01-Mar-13
22-Feb-13
15-Feb-13
08-Feb-13
01-Feb-13
25-Jan-13
18-Jan-13
11-Jan-13
04-Jan-13
30-Dec-12
14-Dec-12
23-Nov-12
09-Nov-12
02-Nov-12
27-Oct-12
12-Oct-12
28-Oct-12
21-Sep-12
14-Sep-12
07-Sep-12
31-Sep-12
24-Aug-12
17-Aug-12
10-Aug-12
03-Aug-12
27-Jul-12
20-Jul-12
13-Jul-12
06-Jul-12
29-Jun-12
22-Jun-12
15-Jun-12
08-Jun-12
01-Jun-12
25-May-12
18-May-12
11-May-12
04-May-12
24-Feb-12
17-Feb-12
10-Feb-12
03-Feb-12
24-Jan-12
20-Jan-12
06-Jan-12
30-Dec-11
23-Dec-11
16-Dec-11
09-Dec-11
03-Dec-11
25-Nov-11
18-Nov-11
11-Nov-11
04-Nov-11
28-Oct-11
23-Sep-11
16-Sep-11
09-Sep-11
02-Sep-11
26-Sep-11
19-Aug-11
12-Aug-11
05-Aug-11
29-Jul-11
22-Jul-11
08-Jul-11
01-Jul-11