You will be hated by everyone

because of me,

but the one who stands firm to the end

will be saved. 

Matthew 10:22 [NIV]

 Don't just believe it,

LIVE LIKE IT!

Something I have been thinking a lot about over the past month is equality, more specifically being treated different for being a Christian. Something I read this week is that “59% of teen Christians loose there faith by the age of 18”.  This saddens me and got me thinking, “why does this happen?” The answer is that it can be due to many things. “Is this the church’s fault?” No, not always. Something that I struggled with when I was younger was living in my Christian bubble. This being the bubble I surrounded myself in that made me oblivious to the world around me. Yes it’s good to get away from it all and focus completely on God, but when someone comes along and pops my bubble, my faith would take a hit. I would be left questioning God, the church and my faith. So what I'm getting at is we as Christians need to be 100% focused on God but still be aware of the things around us, how can we show people around us how amazing God is if we are in our bubbles? Life can be really tough sometimes and sometimes we can feel detached from God and want to hide away, but these are the times when we need to stand high and show people that no matter what happens we are going to stand for God in everything that we do no matter what... 

By Chloe Willis

 

 

Jesus Arrested - Matt  26:47-56

“Friend, do what you came for.”

Matt 26:50 [NLT]

Jesus is in the garden praying, he knows what is coming next and

Judas turns up with an armed crowd to arrest him.  But notice what he says and does.  He says greetings Rabbi and kisses Jesus.

His words suggest he considers Jesus his teacher.  A kiss is normally kept for friends.  Yet his heart was betraying Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. And Jesus says “Do what you came for.  Jesus knew exactly what Judas was up to despite the greeting and the kiss.

We can quickly point the finger … But the challenge comes to us…

Do our words, actions and heart all line up faithful to our Saviour.

  

 

REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD

· Lord we ask that you fill North Korea with the wind of Your Holy Spirit.

¨ Please restore the consciences of the North Korean leaders.

¨ We pray for members of Huoshi Church in Guiyang City, China who have been banned from meeting as a body and forced to divide into small groups.

¨ Release Partner China Aid reports a seven-fold rise in persecution of Christians in China since 2008. Thank God that He is still sovereign in that nation.

¨ We pray for many young Christian girls in Egypt who are forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslims.

¨ We pray that God will heal survivors of Lahore’s Easter Sunday suicide bomb. Many have serious health issues arising from ball  bearings lodged in their bodies from the blast.

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>For Salvation for our family, friends & Neighbours.

>Keith Willis (Kidney Stones)

>David John, Viv Thomas, Gladys James, Vilma Pelzer & Liz Savage

>The open the book teams as they take God’s word into Primary Schools in Morriston