North End Baptist Church, Portsmouth, UK: Recent Episodes
North End Baptist Church
Tracey continues from last week by telling us of how we can tell if we have a problem with our relationship with money or not, and what to do about it if we have.
Jayne tackles the subject of money, which is in some quarters a taboo subject, along with our sometimes unhealthy relationship with it. She then goes on to explain what our relationship with it should be like, in subjection to our relationship with God. This series will be continued next week.
Jayne talks about how pivotal circumstances such as falling in love, a birth, a death or monetary issues challenges us to define who and what we put our faith in. In the New Testament book of John Chapter 11 Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, demonstrating the faith in the relationship people had with Jesus.
The series continues, and this week we look at hearing, listening to, and obeying the voice of God.
The series continues, and this week we look at the role of our personal spiritual disciplines.
We continue with our consideration of growing our faith. Today, we look at the role played by the people that God brings into our lives.
Tracey looks at the first item from last week's list, that of practical teaching, using the teachings of the Bible to shape our lives, and so become the kind of people that God calls us to be.
Tracey outlines five ingredients that God uses to build our faith: 1. Practical Teaching-show us where we are, where we aren't and where we need to be. Sunday Service teaching. 2. Providential relationships, allowing us to hear God through others. 3. Private disciplines, aligning our hearts with God, reading the bible. 4. Personal ministry, positions us to experience God's power in ministering to others. 5. Pivotal circumstances in life, forces us to look in God's direction.
This talk is in two parts. The first part is an interview in which Ray and Sarah describe how they received their calling, and in the second part, Ray describes what God is doing in the Phillipines.
Tracey challenges us to ask what will we be intentional about in 2020. The Bible passage Mathew 22 v 34-40 is the theology to how we spend our time, who and what do we worship? Choices become actions, actions become habits, and habits become a way of life and what we worship. God commands love God and love one another, an invitation and promise to a new way of life.