Devotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 3)
Thoughts on Biblical comfort...
Keep ReadingDeuteronomy Devotion: Moses not leading Israel into the Promised Land
In this brief reflection, Graham gives some thoughts on God refusing to allow Moses to lead His people into the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 3:23–27)...
Wednesday Webwatch (17/11/21)
This week's W-W gives thanks for the gathered church, warns against overfamiliarity with God, challenges those who make people bigger than God, or themselves as more worthy of worship....
Wednesday Webwatch (10/11/21)
In this week's W-W there is a classic gospel illustration, a word on singing together, a summary of marriage truth, and a reminder of an important reason we gather together as a church....
1 John devotion: The Interrelationship between Faith & Love
Unpacking John's teaching in 1 John 3:22-23, where he speaks of the necessary interrelationship between our belief in Christ Jesus and our love for others....
1 John devotion: How the Spirit of Christ in us works so we "cannot continue in sin"
Though genuine believers will struggle with sin, the work of the Spirit of Christ in us prevails such that we cannot live in ongoing, unrepentant sin....
Wednesday Webwatch (06/10/21)
In this week's W-W, we have a sensible productivity tip, an observation about discipleship, a word on God's will and prayer, and a reformation history doco to watch....
Wednesday Webwatch (1/9/21)
In this week's W-W, there is a discipleship encouragement, a family encouragement, a prayer encouragement, and a tempo of life encouragement... ...
Wednesday Webwatch (25/8/21)
This week's W-W has an illustration from marriage, encouragement from gospel conversations, a word on church divisions, a lesson from Afghanistan, and a prompt to pray for those living in pain....
Wednesday Webwatch (11/8/21)
In this week's W-W there is encouragement to fight, to pray, to trust, and to run... all in God's strength!...
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Devotions on the Book of Job (Monday, Week 4)
In yesterday's message, we looked at the worldview of Job's friends. It sounds so right when we work through it: God is absolutely in control. God is absolutely just and fair. Therefore God always punishes wickedness and blesses righteousness. Therefore, if I suffer I must have sinned and am being punished justly for my sin, and if I am blessed I must have been good....
Keep ReadingWeek of Prayer: Day Five
As we come to the end of our week of prayer, we are encouraged as God's children to be remaining in prayer- to keep asking of our Heavenly Father and to delight in doing so....
Keep ReadingWeek of Prayer: Day Four
On Day Four of a week of dedicated prayer for the life of our church, an encouragement to use the words of Psalm 86 to give fuel to your prayer....
Keep ReadingWeek of Prayer: Day Three
For Day Three of our church prayer week, we will use Colossians 1:9-11 as we pray these wonderful words for one another....
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Week of Prayer: Day Two
For Day Two of our dedicated week of prayer we will continue to find encouragement from some of the prayers of the Bible. Today's passage is Ephesians 1:17-19....
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Week of Prayer: Day One
We have set aside a week for focused, dedicated prayer for the life of St Ives Community Church. While there are four corporate prayer evenings, the encouragement for us all is to have a mindset of prayer throughout the week. ...
Keep ReadingEveryone's favourite!
Is Romans 8:28 one of your favourite verses in the Bible? We will unpack this glorious promise this Sunday at St Ives Community Church....
Keep ReadingHelp in our weakness: Piper on Suffering
John Piper summarises Romans 8:18ff....
Keep ReadingDeath through Adam, Life through Christ (Part 2)- Romans 5:12-21
We will continue to work through the glorious news of Romans 5:12-21 this Sunday...
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