Mother Teresa on Prayer

"There are some people who, in order not to pray, use an excuse the fact that life is so hectic that it prevents them from praying.  This cannot be…Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer…It is not necessary to always be meditating, nor to consciously experience the sensation that we are talking to God, no matter how nice this would be….What matters is being with Him, living in Him, in His will.  To love with a pure heart, to love everybody, especially to love the poor, is a twenty-four hour prayer."

Never once did we ever walk alone

I'm reminded of the Matt Redman song "Never once" from his album 10,000 reasons. Never once did we ever walk alone, every Victory is God's power in us. So when we feel distant it's not God who's moved but us. Prayer is the key to a relationship with our Father.

Gifts

Good Morning
Wow, the Sunday evening service was amazing, like, there seemed to be A LOT of people impacted by the word and a huge response, it was so cool to see! Yes please to more of that!
So, I have a favourite verse in the bible: James 1: 16-17 - Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

What a glorious God!

Isaiah 53:3-10

Despised, so that we might draw near to Him

Rejected, so that we might be forgiven and accepted

Pierced, so that our hearts would be pierced by His great affection for us

Crushed, so that we might be whole

Oppressed, so that we might soar on wings like eagles

Afflicted, so that we would not have to bear the weight of our guilt and shame

Slaughtered, so that we might live

Judged, so that we might go free

Cut off, so that we might be grafted into His family

Assigned a grave, so that we might take up our place of royal residence with our Heavenly Father

Suffered, so that we might enjoy God's abundant blessings

Guilt offering, so that we might be found innocent of all our offenses

What a glorious God!

Dave Smith

Staff Prayers

I love our weekly staff meetings! It's always so encouraging to meet up as a staff and praise God for all he's done. I was struck by how much God provides; how He resources; how He challenges us and moves us out of our comfort zones especially in mission; how He meets our physical needs; how He moves in peoples lives and how we can trust in His plans for the future!

Prayer is...

Prayer builds a deeper relationship with God

Prayer enables us to talk to Him

How can you have relationship with someone if you do not talk to them?