by Ross Hendry, CEO CARE Earlier this week my wife was travelling on a train when she overheard an animated conversation about the Princess of Wales. A group of young women were speculating about her absence from public life. One claimed to ‘know someone’ who ‘knew’ about the Prince of Wales’ ‘serial adultery’ and that […]
WHEN Jesus was teaching about prayer, He taught that, when we pray, we should find a quiet, secluded place where we can be alone with God. God wants us to spend time with Him by ourselves. That doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t also pray with other people. Corporate prayer has a vital role to play […]
Ready in 1 hour Serves: 4 Prep: 20 mins Cook: 40 minsIngredients1 tbsp olive oil1 onion, roughly chopped2 celery sticks, roughly chopped1 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped1 garlic clove, crushed1 tsp ground cumin½ tsp ground coriander175g split red lentils1.2 litres vegetable stock400g can plum tomatoes2 tsp tomato purée1 bay leafFor garnishing:4 tbsp Greek yoghurt2 tbsp chopped […]
Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Jeremiah 4:3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns…” Proverbs […]
rodneyshottter Jan 1 ‘For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect what is lacking in your faith? Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord […]
WHAT gifts are you expecting for Christmas? What gifts are you hoping to give this Christmas? In Katherine Davis’s Christmas carol, the little drummer boy was too poor to afford a gift, so, instead, he played his drum for Jesus, and baby Jesus smiled with approval, The carol in the Bleak Midwinter, penned by Christina […]
From Rodney Shotter, Brighton & Hove Luke 1: 46-55 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.”One of my hobbies is bird watching and I have spent many a pleasant hour in a hide watching the antics of birds on lakes, in woodland or on the sea shore. Binoculars are a must because they magnify what […]
Time passes… Time always passes. Time doesn’t stand still, doesn’t wait for us to be less busy or for us to be better prepared for what is about to come. It’s one of the things we can’t stop, can’t control, no matter how much we try. It just… passes. And every new tick joins a […]
from Ian Toone, lay member of New Life Church Derby EARLIER this week, many of our American friends will have been celebrating Thanksgiving. We can all think of things for which to be grateful, and it can be beneficial to develop a general attitude of gratitude every day of our lives, rather than confine it […]
from Andrew Stewart, New Life Church Derby “Let My people go…” “Who is the LORD, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go?” See Exodus 5:1-4 In the first encounter between Moses and Pharaoh all the power is seemingly with Pharaoh. He is established, secure in his position. This request from Moses seems […]
