For many of us, our lifetime has seen many churches growing smaller, looking weaker, feeling more fragile and many younger people have grown up thinking that Christianity is irrelevant.
But you know what?
God’s desire and plan is still to have a multi-generational, multi-ethnic kingdom. And our call is to be part of it.
How can the dreams, visions, songs from 2500 years ago help us here in Salford today?
Zechariah, a Jewish prophet, longing for change knew that it could only happen if people accepted the invitation to live as part of a much bigger story. It was a story of hope that kicked against the darkness. That invitation is still open to us.
Have you ever gotten to the point where you don’t know who you are or what you want anymore and, when you think about it, you’re not even sure you like who you’ve become?
I want to encourage you: We are God’s inspired creations, we’re chosen and every one of us is needed!
Some days it’s hard to bite your tongue. You want to say ‘I told you so’. The hurt you might have felt can still linger.
So what does it mean to welcome prodigals?
What does it mean to act like a Father who always goes to meet lost children?
You don’t need to be miles away to be away from home. Sometimes the most difficult thing is to cope with the resentment in your own heart that stops you joining the party…
It’s one of the oldest plotlines in the world: a youngster longs for adventure, burns his bridges at home, gets onto the open road and in time gets into a mess. That’s when they realise they have a choice. You can stay in the mess or you can return home – but changed…
Jesus finished the Sermon on the Mount with the simplest of commands – don’t just listen to all this, live it out!
How do we make sure that we don’t get deceived by fake Christians – and perhaps more importantly, how do we make sure we are not the fakes!
There are certain things that we hear said that we often just accept, but Jesus invites to see that there’s another way…
What have we learnt about prayer over the years? Can it be as simple as Jesus makes out?
How do we handle the times when we ask, knock, seek but find that it all doesn’t work out as we thought it should?
It’s hard being right all the time!
What if we could take the burden of judging others off our shoulders.
What if we believed that they don’t have to answer to us?
What if we practised grace a bit more?
Would that mean we would become gullible or lose discernment?
Can you be discerning and not judge?
Is it possible to live a simpler life that is less worried about what we don’t have and more grateful for what we do have? Is it possible to worry less?
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