Posts from June 2018

Posts from June 2018

Distractions!

Recently, the Holy Spirit has been drawing my attention to the fact that I have been letting the world, the everyday and the busy become distractions and draw me away from Him. I have been slipping into an attitude of complacency.  The seemingly immediate needs of the day-to-day demand my attention and my desire for security, for rest and for significance creep in. Despite feeling the pull of the priorities of the world in recent times, I have also during…

Open to All Drivers

Open to All Drivers When – Saturday 7th July 8:30am Whitby Men’s Breakfast At The North Porirua Baptist Church Guest Speaker: Glenn Marshall – Police Serious Crash Unit Drivers you really need to get along and listen to this.  Glenn will be talking on some of the things he has seen on the job and talking about the cause of some of the incidents he attends. There will be a presentation showing some of the vehicles which may be graphic. This…

Infinite worth or infinite worthlessness?

“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer At the end of another week, I often look back on days dominated by things that may seem important at the time, but in the end hold no value in God’s view of things. God’s values are different from ours and I seem to keep running after that which God doesn’t. God ran after us, whereas I’m…

Winter Bible School – Book it in

Winter Bible Scho`ol Its Full – email us if you would like to join us.   Details are on www.winterbibleschool.co.nz Book the Winter Bible School into your calendar now. Three days – Friday 22nd June – Sunday 24th of June – Two days, twelve sessions, three outstanding speakers. Options for each day.  Each day – doors open at 8am for a 9am start – full schedule is here https://www.winterbibleschool.co.nz/page/schedule-2018/   Introducing Pastor Greg Burgess from Jocelyn Elen on Vimeo. Introducing Geoff Smith…

Messiness

We live in a messy world. We are surrounded by messy situations in our relationships, our families, our friendships, our parenting, our bodies, our hearts, our priorities, our businesses, our jobs, our schools, our homes, our churches, our government, our country, our world – it is not hard to feel down about the mess things are in. This is no surprise to God though. The world is not how he intended it to be. We live with sin in our world and in a broken relationship with our…