What sometimes leaves you feeling unable to cope?
Perhaps it's disappointments or doubts. Possibly loneliness or grief or maybe just a lack of motivation.
Many things are capable of getting us down and casting doubt on our faith and our view of God. Where is our passion for the Gospel? How often have you asked (or thought) is God enough?
With honesty and humility, Ray Galea reflects in his book, God is Enough, on ten psalms that have helped him put God back in the centre of his life. Ray reminds us of the many reasons we have to join with the psalmist in saying, "Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you".
Read more and get the book HERE for just £5 using the code gie1114 at the checkout.
It's our Friday Quiz, and what better than a 'fire' themed quiz for fireworks night. Enjoy!
In which book are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the furnace?
Who said in Genesis 22, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Who will baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire?
Peter warmed himself by the fire with the servants and officers outside which building?
On which mountain did God speak to Moses out of the midst of fire?
Which event is being described, "There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land"
Who is this referring to? "Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him."
Excited to announce that 'Light in the Darkness' - our brand new graphic novel faithfully illustrating the unchanged text of the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke.
Available to buy now from HERE.
Maybe your week’s been stressful, or fun, or sad, or exciting—or just a whirlwind of busyness. However you’re feeling at the end of it, if you’re a Christian, you can still echo David’s amazing words of praise:
I waited patiently for the Lord;
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.
Psalm 40 v 1-3
Why not pause to praise him for these acts now?
Based on an extract taken from Explore Daily Bible Reading Notes
Many people assume that the Bible simply can't be trusted and if you can't trust the Bible then you can't trust Christianity, because the whole of the Christian message comes from the teaching of the Bible. Watch Vaughan Roberts answert his critical question:
You can order Barry Cooper's book, on the same subject, HERE.
Well worth taking some time to watch Sam Allberry's session from the 2014 ERLC National Conference on “The Gospel, Homosexuality, and the Future of Marriage.”
You can order Sam's book, Is God anti-gay?, HERE.
1. Serving without Sinking ebook just £1 or $1.50 till midday Thursday
Get the ebook version of Serving without Sinking by John Hindley for just £1 in the UK and just $1.50 in the US!
2. Purity is Possible
Tim Challies reviews Purity is Possible by Helen Thorne.
3. How to Pray for Your Pastor
Several suggestions for how to pray for your Pastor.
4. 10 Questions on Prayer with Tim Keller
A conversation with Tim Keller about prayer and his new book, Prayer: Awe and Intimacy with God.
5. Is God Anti-Gay? Answering Tough Questions About Same-Sex-Marriage
Watch Sam Allberry’s talk from the 2014 ERLC National Conference.
6. And finally...
Our video of the week, the ‘Tricky Trailer’:
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Many of us are serving, and feel like we're sinking. We feel joyless, weary and burdened.
John Hindley shows how Jesus was telling the truth when He offered people an "easy yoke" — a way of serving Him that is joyful and liberating. He explains why serving is so often joyless — and how our identity in Christ changes everything.
If you are serving, but sometimes feel as though you're sinking… you need this ebook!
Get the ebook version for just £1 at the checkout using the discount code sws0411.
Offer expires at midday on Thursday.
We're so excited to be partnering with Kipepeo Designs this year, promoting the cards that they make in the huge Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. The cards are lovingly handmade by ladies who live in the slum bringing them a vital source of income - and they are proving incredibly popular!
But the other side of Kipepeo's work is sharing the gospel with the ladies who work there and we are thrilled that they're finding our Good Book Guides useful for doing that. Here are some shots of Margaret, Philgona, Patricia and Millicent studying the Bible before work, looking at the last hours before Jesus' crucifixion in Luke 22-24:
We are so grateful to God for this opportunity not only to support these ladies financially, but also with resources that will help them grow in their knowledge and love of Jesus. Please join us in praying for these ladies and for the work of Kipepeo in the Kibera slum.
See our range of Kipepeo cards HERE.
We tend to think of ourselves in terms of what job we do, or what we have achieved, or in relation to the people around us. But Paul tells us to find our identity elsewhere:
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation – if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. - Colossians 3 v 21-23
This is a description of who you were, and who you’ve become in Christ. How does that make you feel?
What difference would it make to you if you remembered and believed verse 21 — all day, every day this week — about the non-Christians around you?
According to this passage, what is the one thing we do this week?
The gospel reconciles us to God and makes us holy—and it keeps doing so. It’s amazing — all we need to do is hang onto it!
Based on an extract taken from Explore Daily Bible Reading Notes
