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Sun 2 Oct 2022
BLESS
Blessed to bless those around us.
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Small groups play a really important role in the life of our church. They’re a space to create family, encounter Jesus, and reach out to those who don’t yet know Jesus. If you have an idea for a small group, or if you’d like to lead but you’re not sure what type of group yet, we’d love to hear from you. Just fill in your details below and we’ll be in touch.
We have a wonderful problem in our Sunday meetings, and we need to hear from you as we try to solve it.
To address the capacity issue in our 9:30am meeting, we’re considering changing the times of our meetings to 9am-10:30am and 11am-12:30pm.
On Sunday we sent out an email to the church, explaining this in more detail. If you haven’t seen it yet, click here to read the letter from John.
We’d be grateful if one person from each household could answer the following questions please, as best as you can, by the end of Sunday 16 April. Thank you for your grace as we work through this. And praise God that we have this wonderful problem!
This survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who contributed and we will update the church soon to follow it up. Comments and questions can still be sent by email to pastors@kchw.co.uk
Please click here for our new registration form.
Wednesday 4 November
SCRIPTURE
Romans 8:9-25;
9You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[a] because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[b] his Spirit who lives in you.
12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[c] And by him we cry, “Abba,[d] Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Present Suffering and Future Glory
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[e] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Ezekiel 37:1–14
37 The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath[a] enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”
2 Corinthians 3:16–18
16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22–23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Reflection:
- Name one place in your life where you have become weary, fearful, or resigned. Ask the Spirit to breathe life there. Then pray for any place where we as a church have grown accustomed to spiritual dryness or powerlessness.
- Ask where the Spirit is calling you to put an old pattern to death and which aspect of Christ’s character he wants to form in its place. Take one practical step in newness of life.
- Receive the Father’s love again. Allow the Spirit’s cry, “Abba, Father,” to become your prayer.
PRAYER POINTS:
Sunday Meetings
- The Holy Spirit to move powerfully in the meetings, for prophetic words, answers to prayer and healings
- For the Holy Spirit to fill our speaker, Ade, with his love, power and authority.
- For our worship leader, Adam and our meeting leaders, Ayo and Katie
Pray for our two daily prayer points
- Pray for a new church building, giving us space to serve our ministries, grow and reach more people with the love of Jesus. Ask God to show us where to look, open the right doors and provide miraculously.
- Pray that we would become a resource church, an exceedingly generous church that resources kingdom advance beyond our walls, borders and generations. Ask God to lead us on a journey of faith that sees his kingdom break in and brings us new depths of joy as we give.
Pray for signs and wonders
The same Spirit who raised Jesus lives in his people. Jesus has authority over sickness, storms, demons and death. Ask for the compassionate power of his kingdom to bring life where human strength has reached its limit, in our church and beyond. Please pray:
- For a fresh outpouring of the Spirit on the church, equipping all of us to extend the kingdom rule of God into every environment.
- For miraculous healing. Think of people you know and love who have physical, psychological or emotional pain and sickness. Pray that they would know the presence and comfort of God, and pray with authority for their healing. Give thanks for God’s provision through medical care, and ask for wisdom for those treating and supporting them.
- For salvation. Every salvation story is a death-to life story. Lift people to God today and pray for salvation to come, knowing that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and that the Spirit can soften the hardest heart.
- For freedom from addiction, fear and destructive patterns, and for wise support where it is needed.
- That we would be naturally supernatural people. Think of all the places you will go today and the people you will meet. Ask God for opportunities to bring a touch of the kingdom into those places: peace where there is anxiety, freedom where there is captivity, truth where there is confusion, and love where there is apathy or hatred.
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