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Everyday we make decisions, consciously and unconsciously, about all kinds of things that impact our lives. Have you ever stopped to wonder if your priorities in those moments are aligned and in sync with God’s? The book of Proverbs tells us that “…the Lord gives wisdom, from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.” (Proverbs 2:6) We certainly need His guidance when it comes to aligning our priorities and choices with His.
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This Sunday we commence a new series in the life of our church that looks at the story of a true God and His unfolding plan in this world. Beginning with life, as we know it, The Story reveals to us a God who speaks, a God who acts, a God who listens and a God whose love for this world culminated in Him sending His one and only Son to save humanity from their sins.
What’s so exciting about this story is that it is not history; God is still alive and active in our world today. He still speaks, He still acts, He still listens and He is still demonstrating His love to all of humanity today. He’s the same God who rescued a nation from captivity and He’s the same God who graciously forgave the failings of a king. Over the coming weeks we will discover how our own stories intersect with God’s big story and plan of redemption for this world. It’s our hope and prayer that the stories we look at will encourage you to see things through God’s eyes knowing that He is helping shape your own story in this world.
Our FOCUS series is designed to help us more fully understand what it takes to be disciples that make other disciples and followers of Jesus Christ. As we look at this over the next few weeks, we will be focusing on three key principles found within the scriptures that will help you and I accomplish God’s mission for our church.
Hot days and warms nights; something we often associate with summer, but summer is more than that: it is time for family, friends and fun; it is relaxing, rewinding and refreshing; it's time for connecting and reconnecting. We love summer at BBC - the summer gives us the opportunity to give some of our local folk the opportunity to share the pulpit and to give us a different perspective on God and His work in the community, both locally and abroad.
Feel free to join us and connect.
Have you ever wondered what people were thinking and doing on that first Christmas night in Palestine? Some were hopeless in Jerusalem and others were busy in Bethlehem when God decided it was time to enter our world in the form of a baby. Let’s not fall into the same trap this year as we move into the festivity of another Christmas season.
God’s strategy, since the beginning of history, was to have his people bless the world. What does that look like in practice? How can we encourage one another to be a blessing to those around us without adding undue guilt or unrealistic demands? Over the next five weeks, we are going to look at a simple model that empowers us to live out our faith in authentic ways. It is about being good news and sharing good news with people, and restoring our neighbourhoods back to God’s dream for them. The invitation and the strategy is called BLESS. It’s a strategy that involves us praying for people, listening to them, sharing meals together, blessing others through service and learning to have conversations where we share with others what God has done and still continues to do in each of our lives today.
Life is often quite demanding and it has a way of pushing and pulling us in different directions. Joy for living is something that we all want but at times, it can be incredibly elusive. From time to time we meet people who seem to ooze unspeakable joy. How can we tap into that kind of joy – the kind that makes our journey as followers of Jesus contagious even in the midst of a crisis? Is it really possible? A little book written to a group of young believers in the city of Philippi would suggest that it is. From start to finish, this letter reminds us as readers about how we might embrace and experience extravagant joy in every season of life.
The whole of scripture tells a story about a God who has generously poured out his love on each of us. It began in the creation story in the Book of Genesis as God formed man from the dust of the ground, as He put him into His own incredible garden with an abundance of good food to eat and then as He provided him with a close companion called woman. Even when the man and woman turned their backs on Him, God in His grace continued to keep reaching out and providing a way for humanity to remain in close relationship with Him, as evidenced through the continuing story in scripture. His generosity towards each of us is witnessed once again in the sending of His One and only Son, not to condemn us but to save the world through Him. Jesus was the embodiment of God’s gracious generosity and today it demands a response from us. Join us in our new series as we investigate how we might live out and reciprocate His generosity in the area of our time, tithe and even in the use of our talents.