Listen to Luke Smith’s talk from the 1st May on how God makes all things possible. He is the God of the impossible.
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One verse stuck out to me as i was reading today – the first verse I came to when reminding my self of what I had read yesterday!
“And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine: For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” – Matt 7:28-29
What struck me the most with this verse, was the contrast drawn between the teaching of the scribes, and the teachings of Jesus – the difference being that Christ has AUTHORITY! The authority of the Kingdom of Heaven drove every word that came from His lips. And His very character, being the model through which these words were taught….what probably drove the scribes was pride, and intellect – head knowledge. But what Jesus specialised in, was getting to the HEART of the matter.
The scribes would be spurting out scriptures left, right and centre – they were up to their ears in scripture, but Jesus would trump it, because they remained on face value! – Jesus would say “No, you say it’s like this, but I’m telling you, it’s like THIS! Yes, do not murder, BUT if you hate your brother without cause, then you are guilty as charged” Read more here
Hannah Smith
Did you know that Taste + Aroma = Flavour? Taste happens in your mouth; we taste salt, sweet, sour and bitter. But aroma happens in your nose. If you eat some chocolate while holding your nose, you will just taste sweet and maybe a bit of salt. Then let go of your nose and you will get the real chocolate flavour.
I am not in control.
I am currently on a train to York. When I arrive, which hasn’t happened yet, I will be over three hours late. My train broke, I was put on a coach with no air conditioning, was travel sick and missed a connection.
I am not in control.
Whilst on my nightmare journey I had a text from a mate who was gutted because his mate Jim, who came to Student Alpha on week 1, cant come on week 2 because of a party and heavy work load. We had prayed together that Jim would be there as he had some great God chats on the first week. My friend had to surrender that frustration to God.
Watch this great video of Sarah Glenfield and Jordan Goodfellow from their baptisms.
The leadership team of G2 are in the process of planning their vision for the next 5 years at G2. It is invigorating to see how much vision, energy, commitment and skill we have been blessed with in our leaders. We met in Starbucks the other night to present our visions to the team. We are now sharpening them and will share them with the church in the new year.
The leadership team is:
Rob and Hannah Ainsworth – cluster leaders
Josh Cockayne and Miriam Swaffield – cluster leaders
Dan and Susie Finn – cluster leaders Read more here
