Carl Whitewood, assistant senior leader led today's service, he recently read a leaflet entitled '50 ways to change your life' although a useless piece of literature, he was able to use some of its suggestions. He started by asking if any of us have a fear of spiders, most of us did. Real fears keep us awake at night, using Psalm 23 Carl showed us that we need not fear, God is with us.
We were asked if we had ever written a list of things to change, we usually do this every new year. Brian Tracey has written a book called "Eat that Frog" it tells its reader to do the hardest thing of your list first so then you can then do anything, nothing is then too hard ! But as Christians it should be prayer to give us the strength to get through the day. http://www.prayoften.com/. Those who find it easy to pray first thing in the morning shared how they do it - routine.
All age presentation was led by Heather and the theme was 'Be a problem solver' George James helped Heather, he was in an imaginary boat. On the shore was Hayden the chicken, Carrie the fox & Poppy a sack of corn. George was asked to take each animal/thing on his boat one at a time without the chicken eating the corn and the fox eating the chicken. Despite only being 5 George took the chicken 1st, then the fox but as he could not leave them together he took the chicken back and then left the chicken while he took the sack and then went back for the chicken. When problems happen, when life is a challenge, we know someone who can solve it.
Another way to change your life (as suggested in the leaflet) was to Learn Mandarin, as a billion people speak it! We had a sheet with mandarin on, did anyone know what it said? The first question was "where is the bathroom?" We had to work out the rest! Funnily enough we couldn't! So as we cannot learn mandarin, we should learn the word of God.
It is sad that most people want 'All things Bright and Beautiful' at their funeral as they sang it a school, but they learnt no more hymns or choruses since. The hymn is a lovely one and there is nothing wrong in liking it but to know no other is a shame.
Re-evaluate your personal brand: we were given a piece of paper with 10 famous faces on, could we name them all? Rhianydd could! Maybe you look at celebrities and think, I am short, overweight, need glasses, deaf, I am not like the celebs! But God created us and we are all beautiful.
Flame youth group repeated their wonderful performance of 'Everything skit'. It reminds us that God loves us and the world will distract us.
Get rid of mobile phone: a crazy suggestion but you can recycle them through Rob for the SA.
Eat breakfast: eat God's word if so don't you will end up as spiritual pygmy, you won't grow!
Get a life coach: Olympians have coaches, businesses do, they will call to encourage you! We have one, what is he saying to you? Someone is there for you! He can change them ask and he will answer.
Just do it: John 5 tells the story of 'The Healing at the Pool'. The lame man wanted to be healed after 38 years but everyone else got to pool first, so Jesus asked him if he wanted to get well then Jesus said "Get up, pick up your mat and walk" (NIV) and he was cured.
If you need your life to change, God's word says Jesus can heal us. If you need prayer support team on call/text our prayer phone 07790733760.
Peoples view of God prevents them from going to church and we restrict ourselves by our views, we sometimes don't think we are good enough, this is illustrated in this song; There's a wideness in God's mercy...But we make His love too narrow by false limits of our own...
We needn't as His love is as wide as the universe.
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