COMMUNITY
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Daily Readings: 1 Timothy 3-4 and Psalm 4 14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing to you with these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 3 and Psalm 140 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 13 and Psalm 113-128 1 Corinthians 13 sits snugly between two chapters about spiritual gifts. And that is by no means random. Despite the fact that most of us associate 1 Corinthians 13 with weddings and romantic love, it is actually all about the “the most excellent way” to exercise one’s
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Daily Readings: Romans 14 and Psalm 110 Are our disagreements loving, or do we just love disagreements? Romans 14 addresses the unloving way in which some early Christians in Rome were allowing “disputable matters” to cause division among themselves. God’s Word remains clear on many, many matters, but it seems that each generation finds points
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Daily Readings: Acts 18 and Psalm 86 Personally, it seems to me that when Paul met Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth, they were not yet believers in the Lord Jesus. Had they been, I’m sure Luke would have been described them as “a believer named Aquila and his wife, Priscilla”, rather than “a Jew named
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Daily Readings: Acts 15 and Psalm 82 “It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements …” (v.28) Acts 15 reflects a watershed moment in the history of Christ’s Body, the Church. The early Church had to discern whether the LORD required Gentile believers
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Daily Readings: Acts 13 and Psalm 81 So much happened in Acts 13, but it all happened from the home-base of this wonderful fledgling Church in Antioch. Here, for the very first time in history, followers of the Jesus-Way were called “Christians” (11:26). And here, by an amazing work of God’s grace, people from different
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Daily Readings: Acts 1 and Psalm 65 The disciples returned to Jerusalem in obedience to Jesus’ command, to await their infilling with the Holy Spirit there. They “joined together constantly in prayer”, eagerly anticipating His arrival and, I suspect, praying fervently for His help in the great mission Jesus had left them to complete. During
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From Monday 12 February, the weekday daily blog posts will focus on a chapter (or sometimes two) of the New Testament. This aligns with our Walmer Methodist Church Annual Bible Reading Plan (available for download on the Resources Page of this blog). The readings will cover the entire New Testament over the rest of 2024.
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Daily Reading: Ephesians 4:11-16 We know that Jesus came to make the only Way for us to be brought home and adopted into the Family of God. He died and rose again to restore us to right relationship with God. While He certainly would have done that for you even if you were the only
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