Partners in Hope

When stressful situations come our way, the best way forward is to make a conscious effort to turn to God and seek His help.

It’s time to confess that we cannot do life on our own and seek God to help us change our ways.

Today is a day to honour Fathers. Some of us are Fathers. All of us have a Father. The relationship of a loving Father to his child is a picture of God's heart for us.

Everything Jesus said is worth paying attention to and incorporating into our everyday living. But there are some things Jesus said that are more famous than others and the “Beatitudes” are part of that.  These are short sayings that tell us how to be blessed or happy. Someone has composed some prayers of forgiveness around each of these statements. They give words to thoughts many of us carry.  I thought we could pray them today.

God’s upside down way of living and loving. It’s easy when we are on the receiving end and tougher when the sacrifice is asked of us. On which ever side of the “fame or blame” pendulum we find ourselves today, let’s trust God’s goodness to be all we need

Here we are today, in a new day that God is giving us.  God is also inviting us to shift our focus from past behaviour – either our own or that of others, to the forgiveness, healing and hope we can experience through the healing power of Jesus.