Revd Lansford Penn-Timity: 'Bring Them Here to Me' Matt 14:13-21 by Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

‘The kingdom of God comes to us already perfect. We cannot improve it in any way, or make it more valuable than it is.’

‘If we build society without reference to God’s plumb line or the spirit level, we court disaster… If it’s moral, it’s right; If it’s immoral, it’s wrong.

And a bible, that contains the plumb line, and the spirit level can be bought for less than a fiver!’

Are you ready to 'waste' your life for Jesus?

‘When pride, and selfish desire for prominence instead of humility reign among Christians, then there is bound to be conflict and division which leaves us with fractured relationships, wounded egos and disunity, between brothers and sisters.’

Alison Bryan 'Pilgrimage of the heart' by Methodist Central Hall, Westminster

‘Keep the faith if you are hurting, and when don’t understand what’s going on; keep praying, even when you feel like giving up; for those earnestly seek him and who trust the Lord, will, in time, experience his faithfulness and his steadfast love.’

'It is only when our relationship with God is set right that a person can experience true inner peace and true spiritual security that the schemes of the devil cannot touch.'

‘When we live together in the way described in Romans 19, putting the needs of the other above our own, it is then that we will be able to bear fruit in the world. It is then that others will look at us and see something of the Divine in us. It is then that we will be light and salt in the world – illuminating the dark places and bringing life and joy.’

God’s nature must shape our faith. If it doesn’t, and we’re not living by divine (‘hesed’) values, we won’t find God in our worship, or know his blessing.