Trinity Chippenham

We all compare ourselves to others - sometimes favourably, mostly negatively. The Comparison Game is poison to every relationship so let's together look to Jesus

(Hebrews 12:1-2)

Every moment of every day we can live by fear or by faith. Even Abraham, the great hero of faith, lived the battle of fear in his heart. But God loves us, is with us and is for us - He makes us all the difference.

(Romans 5:1-5)

In our culture we tend to focus on guilt, justice, punishment, etc. Many of us still struggle with feeling "guilty" . . . maybe part of the reason for that is because we don't grasp the shame side of the story.

(Romans 5)

Acts 8

God is at work in all of our lives. We can respond to him by meeting him in his Word

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In the little story of Zaccheus we meet a great seeker - someone prepared to go to extreme lengths to achieve his goal. The goal was fellowship at a table, and the cost was immense.

Christmas is full of contrasts, none greater than heavenly angels bringing a message to humble shepherds. The great news? The gap is gone . . . it is not up to us to climb to God, but He has come to us!

Mary's responsive faith when told of a very complex future is inspiring. But we don't get faith like Mary by looking at her. She would be shocked how much the church has looked to her. As we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Mary we can discover the truth that gripped her heart - the Mighty One is merciful, to me!

Jesus came to give us life, but the way he did it was a real shock. His self-giving motivates us to let go of all this world offers us to follow him.

Disciples have everything they need- a message of good news, an invitation to God's Kingdom, brought in by and centred on Jesus. That means Christians will look very different to the world we are part of but, when we are faithful, and out of our heart's overflow tell others about Jesus, the message will spread.

The 12 year-old daughter of the most important man in town and the woman with a shameful 12 year-old problem both desperately needed to experience the gracious power of Christ. Our faith may be very weak, but the invitation to all of us is to approach Jesus and bring our greatest burdens to him.