19 August 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: Who Is Available? Nehemiah 7
Nehemiah 7 How many of you when you’ve finished watching a great movie, take any notice of the credits at the conclusion? The Producers, the Directors, the main actors of course, right through to who provided the lunch, made the coffee, did the haircuts and makeup and swept the floor? They’re called credits for…
12 August 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: Get The Job Done, Nehemiah 6
Get the Job Done: Advancing the Kingdom of God Begin with the end in mind…we’ll be concluding our time together today around the Lord’s table…this ‘meal’, yes, where we remember Jesus but also confronts us with where we stand spiritually, today, before the Lord, there can be no remembering without that effect …the cup and…
29 July 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: I Am Who God Says I Am, Nehemiah 4:1-23
Nehemiah 4:1-23 “I am Who God says I am” “Who am I they often tell me, I would step from my cells confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly like a squire from his country house. Who am I they often tell me. I would talk to my warders freely and friendly and clearly as though it…
15 July 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: Keys to Serving, Nehemiah 2:11-20
“Keys to Serving” Nehemiah 2:11-20 36 Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not of this world [nor does it have its origin in this world]. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would be fighting [hard] to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is…
Devotional 1 July 2018
Nehemiah 1 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. (Nehemiah 1:4) As a generalisation Nehemiah can teach us something prophetically for ourselves, for the church, for what God has called us to. Not least what and where is…
1 July 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: A Prayerful Response, Nehemiah 1:1-11
As we journey through the book of Nehemiah, there will be words, thoughts, passages and chapters that speak different things to each of us. This will be more than a history lesson, rather for us to be inspired and encouraged in God (movement), as a community of faith in finding our place, your place,…
17 June 2018 – Ross Woodhouse interviews our missionaries Aaron and Tracee Charman
Notes about Aaron and Tracee Charman Aaron and Tracee are a part of the WEC organisation which has sent them to Chaing Mai, Thailand to run a hostel for Missionary children. They have 12 teenage children plus their own two children, Ioan and Sian, in their care during term time and with that comes…
Devotional 3 June 2018
Prayer and Self Denial #3 I have come to understand that God’s mission for and before us is a sobering prospect. I can no longer be ignorant, complacent, shut-off, on the side-line, but rather Spirit-filled, involved, energetic, visionary, and awake to what God has in store. What is God asking of us/you? Last week’s Prayer…
27 May 2018 – Ross Woodhouse: Tranzsend – Mission Essentials, Acts 10
Tranzsend Week 3, 2018 – Mission Essentials I have come to understand that God’s mission for and before us, is a sobering prospect, I can no longer be ignorant, complacent, shut-off, on the side-line, but rather Spirit-filled, involved, energetic, visionary, awake to what God has in store. What is God asking of us/you? You’ll…
Devotional 13 May 2018
Holiness, Love, Prayer and Obedience James 5:13-20 He was the man reported as having knees like those of a camel; such was his devotion to, prayer. Not unsurprisingly it’s the subject of prayer that James bookends his letter. If we recall the opening words to his letter he was aware that even for Christians who…