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Feed Me
You feed them! It had happened again. It was one of those moments where, from a familiar passage of scripture, something new jumped out at me. It was early one morning when I was reading through Luke and came to the familiar story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand where Jesus said, ‘You find them something to eat.’ Why did Jesus ask this question, I wondered and what did he expect from his disciples? Reading back through the earlier…
Pastors Ponderings
Here is the latest blog from ‘Mrs Jesus follower’. You can catch up with all her thoughts on the CBBC website. I gave the dear man a hug and walked to the car. A feeling of helplessness swept over me and it was with a heavy heart that I drove away leaving him alone and in despair. My heart was crying out…this is where we all are without hope! This emptiness…this feeling that life was no longer worth living was…
Pastors Ponderings
This week’s perspective comes from Steve, who is on the leadership team here at CBBC. When focusing on our month-long perspective on ‘Hope’, I wanted to focus on a perspective that is faith based. Not a blind faith, but faith in the One who is faithful. When we look at life through faith-based hope it gives us a redeemed perspective on life—life will look different and looking at life differently can lead to a changed attitude, resulting in changed behaviour.…
A moment in time
There are a few times in my life where I’ve experienced a time warp. One such time was when I discovered some lost letters from an uncle whom I’d never had the privilege to know. I curled up on the lounge and became lost in another world. I was a little girl again enjoying wandering through the paddocks of our farm but this time I was spending time with a kind, caring fun loving uncle. I cried for the times…
God is in the storm
The rain was bucketing down as we drove along. Would it ever end? It’s only a storm, says Julie in her own profound way. It is still Spring…the daffodils bloomed and the trees are in blossom. I haven’t been able to forget that statement nor the amazing truth I saw as I thought about our journey with God. Jesus Christ the same…yesterday, today…forever. God’s faithfulness never ends…his mercies are new every morning! I’m sure I’m not alone. I’m certain we’ve…
some place to call home
I stood there listening as our CBBCers prayed. Their prayers were passionate & it was evident that these were Godly people praying Godly prayers. Without a doubt God is and will honour these prayers. But my heart was heavy, my mind full of questions…what difference can we make? Can we do anything to rescue millions of people pouring from country to country looking for safety; desperate for refuge for themselves and their loved ones? Are we necessarily right in assuming…
Random Ramblings
The Omnipotence Paradox and the Festive Season Have you ever been asked the question “if God is so powerful that he can do anything, can he create a rock that is too heavy for him to lift?” It’s a logic game, and the reasoning goes like this: God, if he exists, is omnipotent [can do anything],Therefore, there can be nothing that he cannot do. If something can be found that God cannot do, then he is either not omnipotent and…
Pastor’s Ponderings
Last Sunday I went to another Baptist Church, because due to the Pageant our own was not on. It was formal, warm, friendly, reverent. Christian believers are family. The service was very ‘Baptist’, a couple of hymns, some worship songs, a good sermon, just a piano, flute and three singers. All very familiar to me. But now what really astonished me was Me! I was missing our exuberant, robust music! The drums, the guitars, the keyboard, everything and everyone who makes such…
By the rivers
The Church is weeping. No, not for lost souls but for the loss of something that we hold dear. And, as I thought of this, these familiar words came into my mind “By the Rivers of Babylon there we sat down Ye-eah we wept when we remember Zion” And the more I thought about it the more likeness I could see between the Church today and the Jews back then as they wept in Babylon; captured, defeated and taken from…
Pastors Ponderings
People in CBBC often write in with prayers and meditations that they have received from the Lord during the worship time. I’m so grateful that they do because those inspirational thoughts about the Lord add a depth of understanding to our individual worship. It makes us see the Lord in a way that we hadn’t considered before. The following is a word from Holly. Before you read it though can I make a suggestion that you don’t just read it…
Incomparable Riches
Oh, the Incomparable Riches of his Grace! Do we ever truly comprehend what God’s grace and mercy really mean? Do I really get how abundantly, awesomely overwhelmingly indescribable his mercy is? Do I really get how undeserving of this grace I am; how infinitesimally small I am in God’s universe? And do I get how intimately he knows and loves me; how, despite my failings and weaknesses, my obsession with ‘me’ he loves me unconditionally? Can I ever comprehend how…
Pastors Ponderings
A friend of mine who is a pastor in London posted the following thought this week: “Regularly thank God for the people around you who are the complete opposite to you or think and operate differently. What an incredible compliment they could be to you. Thank God for the richness they bring and the perspective they have. Celebrate the strength of others and honour their significance. What God has given to others is not your loss. It becomes your strength…