Month: April 2020

Heavenly Father, please help us as a group to be united in Christ. As we hold our AGM on Monday, help us to keep the gospel central, letting it shape the focus of our group. May we continue to marvel together at all that Christ Is for us, rejoicing in the eternal life that he… Read more Upcoming AGM

Heavenly Father, please help us as we dive into your word during Bible study today. Help us to understand it well. May we dig down deep, not so that we can gain a head full of knowledge, but that our hearts may be exposed and reshaped. Help us to hear your warnings and rest in… Read more Bible study today

Heavenly Father, may we come to know you more and more. Help us to see the surpassing worth of life under your care. So often we hunger after things that are worthless or sinful, thinking that they will satisfy, only to be left starving for what is truly good. May we latch onto you and… Read more Content with you

Heavenly Father, by your Holy Spirit, please reshape us to the likeness of Christ. Lord, we cannot bring about this kind of change under our own efforts so please do what only you can do. May your Spirit work powerfully in us by your word and bear fruit in us. May we recognise the gifts… Read more 1 Cor 13

Heavenly Father, please keep our students captured by your incredible grace to us. May they see the living hope that we have in Christ and be filled with joy. May this buoy them up through the current time of uncertainty and strain. May you strengthen their faith and help them to see the surpassing value… Read more Buoyed by living hope

Heavenly Father, please work again to shape us by your word. As we meet together this week may you reorder our desires and priorities to reflect what you love. Help us to honestly consider ourselves and see our failings. May we gladly behold Christ Jesus who rescues us from all our sin. Give us joy… Read more Keep shaping us

Heavenly Father, please help us to fix our eyes on our living hope, the Lord Jesus. What have we to fear when we see that he has conquered death? What can we long for more than his eternal life? Yet we so often set our highest joys so low, settling for meagre scraps when the… Read more Fixing our heart on Christ

Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity that we have to keep meeting together despite having to be distant from each other. May these times in your word with each other be a great encouragement for us. Help us to be reminded of your goodness and mercy that we receive through Christ. Fill us with… Read more Zoom catch ups

Heavenly Father, thank you for the way our group has still been able to keep in contact with each other. Help us to keep seeing your great character and grace as we look at your word together online. May we continue to encourage each other through this. Cause us to grow in sacrificial love for… Read more Continuing encouragement