FELLOWSHIP
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Daily Readings: Revelation 21-22 and Psalm 63 The final chapters of the Revelation are filled with the promise of the new creation. When Jesus returns as King and Lord of all, the entire universe is re-created, never to be corrupted by sin again. In this glorious new creation, God dwells with His people in a
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Daily Readings: 1 John 1-2 and Psalm 48 The letters of 1-3 John were written by the apostle John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James, around about 90AD. At the time he lived in Ephesus and probably wrote it as a letter to be circulated among the churches of that region. Having known
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Daily Readings: Hebrews 10-11 and Psalm 15 It was not enough for Christians living in a world filled with the sort of violent hostility as is described in Hebrews 11:35-38 to be inspired by the example of the great heroes and heroines of the faith as are listed in 11:4-34. They needed to make every
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 4 and Psalm 141 On Friday, in reflecting on Ephesians 3, I invited you to … “Imagine when we are empowered to encounter this love not only inwardly and individually by the Spirit, but also as it overflows between us in loving relationship too. Imagine when each member becomes an instrument of
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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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Galatians 6 and Psalm 137 The opening section of Galatians 6 illustrates just how important it is not to read a verse or two in isolation. If we were to do so with this chapter we’d be thoroughly confused by the combination we find here: 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will
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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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As Christians we are disciples of Jesus, and few passages of Scripture sum up Jesus’ desire for His disciples’ lives better than today’s reading from John 13:1-17, and 34-35. Having first demonstrated what love in action looks like by washing His disciples’ feet, Jesus makes His call on our lives perfectly clear in v.34-35 34 ‘A
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Today we return to reflect on the call to connect to our fellow Christ-followers through deliberately cultivating genuine, sincere, loving relationships of mutual support, care and fellowship in a small group setting. Like the early Christians, we often struggle to do these relationships well. The apostle Paul wrote to the Philippian Christians to encourage them
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Daily Reading: Acts 2:42-47 “46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.” This passage describes the earliest Christian Community, freshly filled with the Holy Spirit. The word “Christian” had not yet been created (that only came later in
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