What habit(s) do you have to feel connected with Jesus? For Me, the most important habit that keeps me close to God is to spend the start and end of my day with him. Once I’m awake, I would put on my headphones and listen to soaking music for an hour or so and talk…
Last year a group of us had the pleasure of going to the New Wine Leadership Conference (blog post here) and though it had been every two years pre-Covid, they put antoher one up this year in Harrogate and we were lucky enough to go again! Jeorgina Soares, our Youth and Families Lead, talks about…
Since being baptised, God has put it into our hearts to seek Him with as much passion and zeal as we can muster, we want to be able to move mountains with our faith, we want God to fully open our eyes. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;…
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but…
This week was, of course, Valentine’s Day, and where we have been focusing on the commands of Jesus, especially the one He held dearest, it seems like love has been in the air for our church family for a while. “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God…
Jesus said, ‘…I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’ John 10.10 Last weekend we had the pleasure of having a Sunday Celebration focused around baptism. We had two members of our church family get baptised, Joe & Hayley. We also had a family who had expressed wanting to baptise their son…
A few weeks ago, I was just casually scrolling through my Instagram feed and I came across a headline: Church Of England Announces £100M Fund Dedicated To Compensating For Its Historic Links To The Slave Trade The Shade Borough I hadn’t realised this was being looked into or discussed within the Church Of England to…
Finally, the last week of January is here and we made it! Payday is in sight! But as a true digital native, I want to take this opportunity to have a little #throwbackthursday moment and reflect on our Christmas period. I don’t know if anyone else felt it, but because it was our first Christmas…
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24 It is Prayer & Fasting week here at Church At Barking Riverside and the theme is hope and Jesus being our light in the dark. January is always a bit of a…
Happy New Year! “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him” James 1:5 It’s true what they say; change is good sometimes. And if nothing else the beginning of the year is probably the time the majority of us are…
It’s the last week of Advent and Christmas is just 4 sleeps away! This week’s devotional scripture is: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But…
We’re in the 3rd week of Advent and as we continue with our devotional we are looking at another verse from Luke: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child…
We’re continuing with our Advent devotional and this week we are focusing on the passage from Luke: “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will…
This week we are looking at the first devotional of Making Room In Advent. It talks about the parallels between ‘Zechariah waiting to have a child. Israel waiting for the Messiah. A barren couple and a barren nation.’ How often do we have to wait for what we think has been promised to us? How…
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Thanksgiving is most definitely an American holiday but I’ve always loved the idea of having a day to focus on the positive things in our lives. The blessings that the Lord has afforded…
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