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The spiritual battle is real, and we are involved in it whether we like it or not. It’s time to STAND up against our adversary and defend ourselves from his schemes and attacks.
Even in the most pagan corner of the world, God is ruling all things to the benefit of his people and to the glory of his name. Even when his own people, like Esther and Mordecai, make decisions that come from ambiguous motives at best, God is still providentially working through those very things to fulfil his will.
God loves to take ordinary people and give them extraordinary boldness to accomplish His divine purposes in this world. If there was ever a time for bold obedience, convictions and bold prayers, it is right now. May the ancient stories of the heroes of our faith inspire us to keep living boldly for Jesus today.
Our world may look different to what it looked like at the start of 2020, with our lives feeling like they are changing everyday, but the message of the cross is unchanging, timeless and ageless - the message of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and marks the beginning of a new covenant between God and man.
Ask several people for an explanation of the Gospel and you are guaranteed to get a variety of different responses. If the gospel that we preach determines the disciples that we make, then our understanding of the “Gospel” message of Jesus is absolutely crucial if we want to make disciples and not converts. The first-century church understood this gospel and it’s time that the twenty-first century church reacquainted itself with the “Gospel" according to Jesus.
Summer at BBC is filled with all kinds of different activities and we are looking forward to hearing from a variety of guest speakers (male and female) at our weekend services throughout January. Make sure you’re checking into our weekend services to catch up with friends, experience some refreshing moments of worship and enjoy some quality teaching from our “Sounds of Summer.”
As we move into the festivity of another Christmas season and the desire to give good gifts to our loved ones, it seems appropriate that we remind ourselves that we also have a God who delights in giving good gifts to us. While the meaning of Christmas is often diminished by the loud voice of commercialism, the entrance of God’s Son into our world was His gift of peace, His gift of hope, His gift of joy and His gift of love to us.
Living in London for almost 10 years, I got to enjoy taking people on the London Eye when they came to visit. It’s like a giant ferris wheel on the banks of the River Thames, and offers a brilliant view of London. From Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament just down below, across to Buckingham Palace, and Hyde Park and St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower Bridge it’s a great view of London.
The letter to the Ephesians is a bit like that alongside the rest of Paul’s letters. It isn’t the longest letter, but it offers a magnificent view of the landscape of Christ and his people as Paul sees it. As we go through it, we find one theme after another that is central to Christianity; God, the world, Jesus, the church, the means of salvation, Christian living, marriage, family, work, spiritual warfare. There is so much there for us to take in, and it’s worth our attention.
Some of you may have read Ephesians many times, and feel like you know it well, and maybe you subconsciously go into cruise mode. I want to urge you to resist that temptation; God means to show himself to us now as we come to his Word afresh. Let’s set ourselves to receive what he has for us, and co-operate with Him in what he wants to do in our lives and in our church community.
Dave Gillett
FInd out more about the wonderful book of Ephesians: https://thebibleproject.com/explore/ephesians/
Our ultimate goal and calling in life is to grow up into full maturity as a follower of Jesus Christ. This end pursuit doesn’t just happen by chance, but because of a conscious or deliberate decision to engage in some life-giving rhythms that keep us moving in a positive direction.
As followers of Jesus, we have a faith that tells us to keep on getting up, to keep on moving ahead and to keep on enduring all things because we believe that God is doing something even when we might not be able to see it for ourselves. In this series we will learn some key principles for never giving up on our marriage, our friendships with one another and most importantly, our relationship with God.
Never Give up - on your marriage, on your relationships, on God.
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