“What do you want?” – Mark Goodyear
Mark Goodyear is one of the Trustees at Brixham Community Church and brought this message based on the healing at the pool in John chapter 5.
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Mark Goodyear is one of the Trustees at Brixham Community Church and brought this message based on the healing at the pool in John chapter 5.
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The Devil’s Playbook, Part 5 – Division Sermon notes: So far: So far we have looked at what a playbook is and that the devil has one. We are not unaware of his schemes. He comes to kill, steal and destroy, he is roaming like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour….
https://www.brixham.church/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Prayers-of-the-Righteous-part-6-The-Early-Church.mp3 The Prayers of the Righteous The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (James 5:16) Sessions so far… Abraham prays for Sodom A wife for Isaac Jabez David – praying for God’s will Isaiah – rend the heavens! Session 6 – Prayers of the Early Church “The Christian must know how…
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I was almost sold… When we were young and impressionable and newly married, Andrea and I went along to a meeting in a hotel that offered a free holiday to anyone who attended. But first we had to listen to a presentation about a product. We were convinced by the end of the evening that…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone has suffered losses. For some it’s the loss of loved ones, for others the loss of routines and the familiar, the missed family gatherings or coffee with friends, the cancelled holidays and postponed weddings, even the loss of going into the office every day.
Any loss, big or small can cause us to experience grief. And the bigger the loss, the greater the grief. A war widow will know greater loss than the person who loses a favourite jumper.
Christian psychiatrist Curt Thompson defines grief as
“Our emotional inflammatory response to loss… when we are deprived of anything to which we have a significant emotional attachment…”
So grief is our emotional response to loss, whatever the loss is. If it was something significant to us and we lose it, we will experience grief.
I’m told that we can compare grief with physical injury. When our bodies suffer harm we feel physical pain and there is a wound that needs to heal. In a similar way, grief pierces the soul and causes some kind of inner wound.
The injury of grief is worse when the thing or person you have lost is more important to you. So when we scratch ourselves pulling out brambles, the injury is minor and will heal quickly, but when we incur a more serious injury, it may take specialist help and time to heal. Grief too can be serious and deep or just a moment to work through.
In John 11 we see a beautiful picture of Jesus in all his humanity as well as the ultimate power he held as Son of God. We also can learn something about the grieving process.
Jon takes a fresh look at the parable of the persistent widow whilst considering the issues of justice and the work of Open Doors (www.opendoorsuk.org) (Some content has been removed from the middle as Jon showed a video and the amazing William Dene highlighted some issues Open Doors deal with) God bless you as you…