This Week's Prayer Theme:
20th. October 2019
As we celebrate our church's 41st. anniversary, we
give thanks for God's help through the years.
Please pray;
- giving thanks for all our church family, both
past and present.
- for wisdom, as we seek a suitable Anglican
candidate, to work with Adele in her ministry.
- asking God's continued guidance, as we seek to
follow Him, in the future.
" Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you".
Psalm 84; 4.
This Week's Readings:
Colossians 3:1-17 (NIV)
Living as Those Made Alive in Christ
1Since, then, you have
been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is,
seated at the right hand of God.
2Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3For
you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
4When
Christ, who is your a
life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5Put to death,
therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality,
impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
6Because
of these, the wrath of God is coming. b
7You
used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.
8But
now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage,
malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
9Do
not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its
practices
10and
have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of
its Creator.
11Here
there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian,
slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
12Therefore, as God’s
chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
13Bear
with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against
someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
14And
over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect
unity.
15Let the peace of
Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to
peace. And be thankful.
16Let
the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit,
singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
17And
whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Introduction to the
Sermon on the Mount
1Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went
up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
2and he began to teach them.
The Beatitudes
He
said:
3“Blessed are the poor
in spirit,
4Blessed are those who
mourn,
5Blessed are the meek,
6Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness,
7Blessed are the
merciful,
8Blessed are the pure
in heart,
9Blessed are the
peacemakers,
10Blessed are those who
are persecuted because of righteousness,
11“Blessed are you when
people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you
because of me.
12Rejoice and be
glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.
At
the church we regularly pray for the needs of our local
community and its people, as well as the needs of the wider world. If
you have any particular prayer requests, please contact us. These
requests will
be handled confidentially.