Hope : Jesus

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Hope : Jesus Titus 2:11-13, Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7 ‘Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world …

Hope : Joy and Love

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Hope : Joy and Love Romans 12:9-12, Colossians 1:3-8, Luke 2:19 ‘They were coming for him and his people. Friends were being killed or fleeing for their lives. So Andrew White did what he always does when faced with an enemy. “I invited the leaders of Isis [Islamic State] for dinner. I am a great believer in that. I have …

Hope : Past, Present and Future

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Hope : Past, present and Future Psalm 78:1-8, John 1:1-13 ‘Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.’ Corrie Ten Boom Anything to Declare  It’s a long time since I have been to an airport and had to check baggage in for a flight.  There are the endless questions asking if you have packed it yourself …

Hope : The Glory of God

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Hope : The glory of God Romans 5:1-5, Luke 2:8-20, John 1:14 ‘It is always darkest before the day dawn’ Thomas Fuller Walking the Road Have you ever had a time in your life where you have found yourself in the middle of an adventure?  A time when you have started out on a simple journey and it’s turned into …

Give More : Hope for all People

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Family Tree : Matthew 1:1-17, Word and Flesh : John 1:1-14, Becoming Like Us : Philippians 2:5-11  Look who moved in John 1:14 tells us that ‘the word became flesh and dwelt among us’ or as another version puts it ‘he moved into the neighbourhood’.  Jesus’ birth, that first Christmas was world-changing, unprecedented and unexpected. This moment in history where …