pastors ponderings (Page 5)

We’ve been working through a series of videos by N T Wright in young adults group recently and there are certain ideas and questions that keep coming back around.   Here’s a simple version for those of you who might be unfamiliar. The bible teaches us… God is so all-powerful and utterly good that the goodness of anything is measured by how well it aligns with Him. Evil is not a thing unto itself, but what is evil is only…

A dream by Bill I was awakened at 5 am in the morning because of a dream which I wrote down so as to not forget it. This was the dream. I was with a friend (the people of God) – we were walking in the country (a wilderness) and we came upon many small gold nuggets upon the ground – ripe for the picking, so we began to collect them until our hands were full. We began to drop…

During our Sunday service prayer time, Colin shared a prayer that he had written just through using scripture verses. I wanted to share this with us for a couple of reasons. First, to encourage us to also do the same. 1 Corinthians 14:26 speaks of each of us bringing a song or a prayer to share when we meet together. So if you haven’t thought of being pre-pared for church, or you don’t like praying off the cuff, then have…

This week’s blurb is the latest from a Jesus follower: Contained within the walls of God’s sovereign purpose I’m finally getting it! After days, weeks even, of having new and exciting snippets of God’s truth seep into my dull brain, I’m finally seeing a clearer picture. I need to begin way back when I was a child growing up. All of my life I’d had the security of my parents’ love and the knowledge that they would do everything in…

This pondering has been written by John, and is a very timely word, particularly given the Sunday message last weekend that spoke about never forgetting the wonderful things God does for us. Have you ever spent some time inside a great church cathedral or maybe a small, humble, country church building? I find there is something special to these kinds of spaces. Perhaps it is because in them I feel a stronger connection with the church through the ages. Perhaps…

A couple of weeks ago, I suggested it was time to consider and define what ‘freedom in Christ’ is. Galatians 5:1 says, “it was for freedom that Christ has set you free. Now make sure you stay free.” It’s difficult to stay free, if you don’t know what freedom looks like. Then, in last week’s pastors ponderings, a transcript of the word that the Lord gave to CBBC was provided that you could pray and then together we might discern…

This word from the Lord was delivered to CBBC via our own very lovely Phil. Please pray over this word and feedback to us what especially spoke to you. Next week, in pastors ponderings, I will give you my own take but I wanted to give you opportunity to prayerful consider this without my influence. “Listen! Listen! Listen! To what my Holy Spirit has been saying in my Church. This is all I desire, I want your will. And for…

Galatians 5:1 says, “It was for freedom that Christ has set you free!” Do you ever read the Bible and feel like saying ‘duh’? I mean, doesn’t this verse seem, well obvious really. I have been set free so of course it’s freedom I’m living in, what else could it be? Except, I’m wondering if it is that obvious? Christ has set us free but you can say in simple words what Christ has set you free from? And you…

This word from the Lord was delivered to CBBC via our own very lovely Phil. Please pray over this word and feedback to us what especially spoke to you. “Listen! Listen! Listen! To what my Holy Spirit has been saying in my Church. This is all I desire, I want your will. And for you to repent of your pride. I will not force anyone; I want you to do this willingly. Humble yourself, remove your pride and come to…

This week’s blurb comes from Mrs Jesus follower. She says exactly what the Spirit has been saying to me this week. Blessed to Bless Others I had read through Ephesians as Paul intended…straight through as I would a letter. I was truly blessed in a whole new way! So, with a surge of enthusiasm, I decided to study it in depth but didn’t get past the first few verses! What amazing truths are tucked away in those first few verses…

Last Sunday Julie and I talked about our journey in regards to giving. We thought we had our giving sorted. Generally speaking we gave 10% of all of our income to our ‘storehouse’ which we understand to be the local church – the community where we were Spiritually nourished. However, although we have seen amazing provision and blessing in our lives through following the principle of ‘tithing’ we have come to understand that the scriptures encourage us not to simply…

If you would learn more, ask the cattle, Seek information from the birds of the air. The creeping things of earth will give you lessons, And the fishes of the sea will tell you all. There is not a single creature that does not know That everything is of God’s making. God holds in power the soul of every living thing, And the breath of every human body. —Book of Job 12:7-10 I was at Kids for Christ (KFC) on…