General Chat

Some people brought children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and to pray for them, but the disciples scolded the people. Jesus said,let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. He placed his hands on them and then went away. Matthew 19 v13-15 Good News Bible

Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, Nor go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away. Proverbs 27. v 10. New King James Bible.

Be alert, stand firm in the Faith, be brave, be strong. Do all your work in love. 1 Corinthians chpt16 v. 13

Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need. He lets me rest in fields of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths as He has promised. Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me. You prepare a banquet for me where all my enemies can see me; You welcome me as an honored guest and fill my cup to the brim. I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life; And your house will be my home as long as I live. from the Good News Bible.

A gentle answer quietens anger,but a harsh one stirs it up. Proverbs 15. Good News Bible

Week beginning 11th June. Theme: Friend / Neighbour SUNDAY: Friends always show their love. Proverbs 17 v 17 Good News Bible MONDAY: Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you...... This I command you, to love one another. John 15 v 13,14,17. Revised Standard Version TUESDAY: As for you my brothers, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse fo letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another. For the whole Law is summed up in one commandment: 'Love your neighbour as you love yourself.' Galatians 5 v 13 - 15 GNB WEDNESDAY: Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbour to wait until tomorrow if you can help him now. Don't plan anything that will hurt your neighbour; he lives beside you, trusting you. Proverbs 3 v 27 - 29 THURSDAY: ... imagine a woman who has ten coins and loses one. Won't she light a lamp and scour the house, looking in every nook and cranny until she finds it? And when she finds it you can be sure she'll call her friends and neighbours. 'Celebrate with me! I've found my lost coin.' Count on it, that's the kind of party God's angels throw every time one lost soul turns to God. Luke 15 v 8 - 10 The Message. FRIDAY: I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his Master's business. Instead I call you friends, for everything that I learned form my Father I have made known to you. John 15 v 15 SATURDAY: When Jesus was invited to dinner and he saw that everyone was trying to get the best seats, he cautioned them to act with true humility. Then he turned to his host and said, 'The next time you give a dinner, don't just invite your friends and family and rich neighbours - the kind of people who will return the favour. Instead, invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the track. You'll see, and experience, a blessing. They won't be able to return the favour but the favour will be returned - oh, how it will be returned! - at the resurrection of God's people. Luke 14 exerpts 7 - 12 The Message.

Remember, Oh Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses. For they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness' sake, Oh Lord. Psalm 25 v6-7 New King James Bible.

The assurance of the Christian`s hope. For I am persuaded, that neither death,nor life,nor angels,nor principalities, nor powers,nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth,nor any other creature,shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans chpt 8 v 38-39. King James bible.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ST. JOHN chpt.15 v.12-13

'My response is to get down on my knees before the Father................... I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit - not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength - that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that, with both feet planted firmly on love, you'll be able to take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love. Reach out and experience it's breadth! Test it's length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights. Live full lives! Live in the fullness of God.' Ephesians 3 v 14 - 19 The Message.

Good morning everyone, it's cold and windy here. So put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and anvy and all slander.... For you have tasted the kindness of the Lord 1 Peter 2. 3. Love Anne

Let not your heart be troubled; You believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14. 1-3 New King James Bible.

Morning everyone, a nicer day today. A verse I keep coming back to - How great is the love the father has lavished upon us , that we should be called the children of God. And so we are. 1 John 3 v 1 & 2 Love Anne

Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol Him, all peoples! For great is His steadfast love towards us; And the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! Psalm 117 v 1, 2. Vonny :)

Week beginning 18th June. Theme - Love / Kindness SUNDAY: And we ourselves know and believe the love God has for us. God is Love. And whoever lives in love, lives in union with God and God lives in union with him. 1 John 4 v 16 Good News Bible MONDAY: See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children - and so, in fact, we are. 1 John 3 v 1 GNB TUESDAY: Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts, relies on and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness. Psalms 32 v 10 Amplified. WEDNESDAY:... the Lord has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love and to live in humble fellowship with our God. Micah 6 v 8 GNB THURSDAY: For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8 v 38, 39 New International Version FRIDAY: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Philippians 4 v 8. NIV SATURDAY: This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out His love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us. Romans 5 v 5 GNB

Psalm 23 The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil; for thou are with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou annointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. King James Version.

Matthew 7:13-14 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. King James Version.

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37 v 3-4

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians chpt. 5 v 16-18 King James version

in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight Proverbs 3:6 Got both words in that one :-)