Romans 12: 1-8I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what …

inspiration in your inbox 18 August 2023  Romans 11: 25-36So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.  And so all Israel will be …

Romans 11: 11-24So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.  Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their defeat means riches for Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion …

Romans 11: 1-10I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? …

Mission Impossible? Dear Friends, Our lovely friends at St Andrews with Castlegate URC in Nottingham have agreed to make the recordings of hymns available for other churches to use and I wonder if there is a small group of people who might like to assist. All the recordings are on YouTube and the audio of …

Worship Notes and Weekly Intercessions Dear Friends, Millennia ago the prophet Habakkuk, when faced with war, environmental disaster and consequent famine, sung:  Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines;though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food;though the flock is cut off from the …

Let us come together to hear what God, the Lord, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts. A gathering prayer   God of everything and everywhere, we find you by the lakeside,we hear you in hidden places,we see you on the mountain-top.May we feel your presence …

Romans 9: 19 – 29You will say to me then, ‘Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?’  But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is moulded say to the one who moulds it, ‘Why have you made me like this?’   Has …

Romans 9: 1 – 18I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit —  I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my …