The Power of love
This summer I’ve walked in wellies across flooded fields with several thousand other Christians at the New Wine conference, sat up late at night ‘chilling’ with good friends from The Church At Perton, enjoyed the amazing bays and beaches of the Gower peninsula, celebrated my wedding anniversary in Bridgnorth, climbed 6 flights of stairs up a working windmill in Lincolnshire and I’m still finding new additions to put in my morning porridge! On a few clear nights I’ve sat looking up at the amazing canopy of stars and galaxies above our heads, each one named by our God.
Hebrews 11:3 teaches us that by faith we believe what we see, was not made out of what was visible, or out of nothing. This fascinates me, I believe God has the power and creativity to create the cosmos, a fraction of which we can see with the naked eye. Scripture teaches us that this same God appeared in human form and taught all who would listen, how to live to please God in a hostile world.
This September we unpack some of the most radical teaching the world has ever known. 2000 years ago Jesus Christ was teaching his listeners about the kind of person that God really notices and considers blessed. We find this teaching in Matthew chapter 5 and include it under the theme of The Power of Love.
Many things clamour for our time, attention and resources, and from time to time we need to reflect on our life values and the direction in which we are going. I remember a time in my mid-20’s when I was doing all the things our culture told me I needed to do to be happy, yet felt unfulfilled, thinking ‘there must be more than this’. It took some shaking from God to get my attention, but I never did regret making a change of direction in order to follow Jesus Christ. Please make the effort and join us on a Sunday morning in the Lakeside Hall, Civic Centre, you are most welcome.
Do call in to our Quiet Room any time on a Sunday morning for some peace and quiet or the opportunity to talk with some of our helpful staff.
God bless you,
Rob Pearson, Pastor