Last week we looked at the first Jews who had returned from exile who had began well doing God’s work in rebuilding his Temple but then had opposition and discouragements and ended up turning away from doing God’s work. They then focused on themselves and selfishly did what they wanted! God spoke to them through
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How would you answer someone who thinks…. ‘Why study the Old Testament? It was written 1,000s of years ago so how relevant is it to today’s world and our day to day living?’ Consider Paul’s words to the Corinthians. 1 Corinthians 10:11.1. 1. History How much do you know about the small book of Haggai
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Mark’s great messages the last three Sundays were…. “Jesus-Man of Power”, “Jesus-Man of Passion” and “Jesus-Man of Prayer”. This week we continue with prayer looking at one of Paul’s prayers. Read Ephesians 3:14-21. In a sentence or two write out the essence of Paul’s prayer. Answer the following from Eph 3:16,18. Who is Paul’s prayer
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1. Identify the 9 occasions on which Jesus prayed according to the Gospel of Luke. 7 of these are unique to Luke’s account and Luke has almost half of all references to prayer in the NT in his two books (The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts). What does this tell us about
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