Wednesday December 1, 2021 James 5: 9 – 11 Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors! As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Indeed we call blessed those …
Please join us for a few minutes each Wednesday, between noon and 2pm, to pray with the Trinity community. Local: Pray for those providing emergency winter accommodation in Merton. Pray for the homeless and for those who fear losing their accommodation and ending up on the streets. National: Pray for all those whose travel plans …
The December/January edition of Reform is a 48-page bumper issue. It’s full to bursting – reports from COP26, childhood Christmas reminiscing, Assembly Executive, Philip Yancey’s extraordinary memoir, Sanctuary Cafe, Christmas giving guide, therapy in Palestine, slavery in your local church community, and fond memories of Reform‘s 1980s editor, Norman Hart. And, of course, more. Reform …
Tuesday November 30, 2021 James 5: 7 – 8 Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the …
Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last …
Come quickly, Lord, to rescue me,and hasten to my help, I pray.May all who seek to take my lifebe put to shame without delay. 2 May all who seek Your name rejoice,Your praise in gratitude record.May those who love Your saving powersay evermore, “Exalt the LORD!” 3 Yet I am poor and needy, LORD;be quick …
James 4: 13 – 17 Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.’ Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a …
Sunday 28 November is Advent Sunday, and the Service at 11:00 will be led by our Interim Moderator, the Revd Stephen Lewis. Advent or ‘Coming’ is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas . This is the coming of Jesus into the world. We use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to …
James 4: 7 – 9 ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep. Let …
Wednesday 24th November 2021 James 4: 1 – 6Those conflicts and disputes among you, where do they come from? Do they not come from your cravings that are at war within you? You want something and do not have it; so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it; so you engage in …