resurrection of Jesus

THE JOY OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION

(March 20, 2024) Ayodele Afuye shares a great Easter truth…

As we observe the remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter, this should also be a season of reflection about the precedence, the aftermath, and the overall reason for Christ’s coming to die for you and me.

Redemption From Darkness
Is it just enough to celebrate Easter, as we call this ‘season’ or ‘Resurrection’ as some want to refer to it? No! Celebrating and making merry about the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after three days is great… but our redemption from the kingdom of darkness into the marvellous light of the Father is also worth celebrating.

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IN THE GARDEN

(April 02, 2023) Richard Winter reflects…

It’s often said that in the olden days things were different. Some will remember in those olden days that we had a garden at the back of our home… we grew most of our vegetables, some flowers and some fruit trees.

Everybody loves a garden. Whether you like to work in a garden, whether you plant it, or just like walking through one that somebody else has done all the work in, there is beauty in a garden.

The Holy Bible has a lot to say about either gardening or planting, or sowing and harvesting. Gardens feature in scripture from the beginning of Genesis to the last chapter of Revelation. All of them are important to God’s plan… three on this earth, one not.

The three earthly ones were places of sadness, although the third became a place to rejoice over! And the fourth? Well let’s look at these four pivotal biblical places that have changed the way God’s people live… and can live.

The first garden was creation…

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