Sola: Acts 9 v 1-20 – Conversion of Saul Saul persecuted the church but God got hold of him!!! Act 9:15  The Lord said to him [Ananias], "Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel. Know a lot about Paul the apostle, but we don’t know much about Ananias. We can’t all be Paul but we can be Ananias. Mission is not a big thing that cannot be attained, but a response to God. Gillian: Know where we’ve come from to know where we are going. Mission always seen as something we WENT to, i.e. foreign places. BUT it’s also about my community. Have to rethink what is meant by mission. Everyone has amazing gifts in God – every time you make a cake for a neighbour, a thoughtful word, helping other people – […]

2Samuel 24:24  But the king answered, "No, I will pay you for it. I will not offer to the LORD my God sacrifices that have cost me nothing." And he bought the threshing place and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. King David went to the house of the man, and the man offered to provide the sacrifice. “I will not off to the Lord God sacrifices that have not cost me anything”… Want my giving, my sacrifice to cost me something. That means that I should look in my wallet for something precious, not the base notes or coins. Giving in the body of Christ The Warren Buffet Effect – He gives, and gives to Charity…. Foundation: God’s ownership of everything God is in control of the air, rain, sun, valley, mountain etc…. Our Response – Everything we have belongs to God, we are stewards of Gods things […]

Exodus 33 v 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Read – Exodus 33 –34 A diamond has many views, you can look at it many different ways, as it is with God. What is Gods Glory & Presence Glory mentioned over 350 times in the bible to very important. Manifest presence by which he reveals his character of goodness and display by signs and wonders Wherever Gods glory goes, Gods presence is there Manifest as a Cloud King Solomon – “His love endures forever” Gods glory turned up as a cloud in the temple Manifest as Fire Moses and the burning bush Tongues of fire Manifest as light Blinded Saul on the road to Damascus Revelations – John saw someone appear as the sun shining Manifest as Sound Loud trumpet blast – Mount Sinai Jesus baptised – Voice […]