1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,300 We Are One church. We love God love. 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:07,100 People love his mission and love his church. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,700 Welcome to the one Church podcast. 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,500 Hello, everybody. I'm David hiding. 5 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:21,100 It's my privilege to introduce the one Church podcast today. 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,300 I read a scripture yesterday in a number of our sites from two 7 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:30,400 kings 25:29, jehoiachin put aside, his prison clothes and 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,900 the rest of his life, eight regularly at the Kings Table. 9 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,200 What a picture of a man who had been in prison, finding freedom, 10 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,400 and sitting with an invitation of the Kings Table. 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,000 And that Is the invitation for you today as you listen to this 12 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,300 podcast. But also, as you walk out this 13 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:51,400 week, the king invites, you to take off your prison clothes and 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,700 to sit at his table with new clothing and to hear from him 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,800 today, we have the privilege of listening to Phillip behind who 16 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,800 brought the last in our parakletos Series, yesterday at 17 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:09,400 our OB site be blessed as you listen, the God and father of 18 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,200 our Lord, Jesus Christ. The father of Compassion and the 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,700 God of All Comfort, who comforts Us in all our troubles that we 20 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:20,600 can comfort. Those in any trouble with the 21 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,500 Comfort. We ourselves receive from God 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000 was just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ. 23 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:32,900 So, also our comfort, our bounds through Christ. 24 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:37,200 This idea of Pericles is the coming along side of each other 25 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,600 and has been a very precious for weeks. 26 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,600 I feel in the life of our church, I'm just going to I pray 27 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,400 because I really believe that as we sum up this series today and 28 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,700 believing that Jesus is going to come and do what only he can do. 29 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,300 Father God, we're just so grateful that we get to be 30 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:55,300 church family today. Thank you for the privilege that 31 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:59,400 we have of coming to worship you to join together, to praise your 32 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,600 name to remember you. And God, I just pray now that as 33 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,500 we listen to your word, would you come and speak to each of 34 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:08,600 our hearts? Would we be expectant for what 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,100 you can do? And would we be open to all that 36 00:02:11,100 --> 00:02:14,400 you're going to do this morning? For your would Jesus name on 37 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,900 them? Well, this week, I've begun 38 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:19,200 watching a programme on BBC iPlayer. 39 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,900 If anyone is in need of something to watch. 40 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:25,400 It's called interior design Masters and basically want to be 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,600 interior designers, just let you know, I'm not one of them but 42 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,900 they're given rooms to transform and each week. 43 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,400 The weakest design gets voted off. 44 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,600 And one thing that I've learned is that it's only in the final 45 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,100 stages of someone's design in the last half-hour. 46 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,400 Our of the time that they've got that you can see if something 47 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,600 has been successful, you can see as they bring the different 48 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,300 aspects of the design. So as they bring together the 49 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:57,000 curtains, or the wall color, or the wallpaper, or some up cycled 50 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,300 Furniture, only until all those bits are gathered together. 51 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,800 You can see if it's been a successful scheme and if they've 52 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,300 done well in the designers, can you gather all these bits 53 00:03:08,300 --> 00:03:10,400 together to create something cohesive? 54 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,100 Well, this morning is actually all about. 55 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:15,500 Out gathering together, all the pieces that we've been learning 56 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:21,100 about and seeing how together we can continue to live this life 57 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,200 of one another, during the idea of coming. 58 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,700 Alongside each other, we're going to arrive at a conclusion 59 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:29,900 today and a little spoiler alert for you. 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,800 The conclusion isn't a well-put-together, phrase isn't 61 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:40,200 a perfect four-step method. The conclusion is a person Jesus 62 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:45,000 and this morning we are all have the opportunity to encounter him 63 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,000 today as we gather together. All the things that we've been 64 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,400 learning, I've got some pictures to show you beautifully, 65 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,000 hand-drawn, pictures. First of all, the conclusion is 66 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,600 Jesus. And if you're listening along to 67 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,200 this message, trust me, it's like Picasso himself as walked 68 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,900 into the room ago. Got some beautiful pictures on 69 00:04:02,900 --> 00:04:05,700 the screen, but the conclusion that we're going to land up 70 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,600 today is Jesus, what are we been thinking about? 71 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:13,100 Well, first of all, we've been looking at a compassionate H how 72 00:04:13,100 --> 00:04:17,600 we can create a culture of love that comes alongside one 73 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,399 another, whatever our experience, wow, that is a 74 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:25,900 beautiful heart, whatever we have, we can give it to Jesus 75 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,700 and let him take in his Miracle hands. 76 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:32,500 And then he dropped his compassion into our hearts. 77 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,900 I wonder, how are you doing in loving one? 78 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:40,000 Another are you allowing Jesus to grow, Love in Your Heart. 79 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,100 Are you able to come alongside Is someone else with love? 80 00:04:44,500 --> 00:04:46,300 We're on a great journey together. 81 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:51,300 Secondly, we've been looking at journeying how Jesus journeyed 82 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:55,000 with people and we looked at an example of Jesus walking with 83 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,300 the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. 84 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,600 And we've been realizing that following his great example of 85 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,800 journeying and walking alongside we to have the opportunity to 86 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:12,100 walk alongside other people getting close showing up. 87 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,500 Walking in silence. Now, they're not dancing, 88 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,800 they're walking, they're walking with joy because they're 89 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,600 together. But they are, they are walking. 90 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,400 I wonder, have you begun to walk a little bit closer to someone 91 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,000 else or perhaps you just been reminded, how grateful you are 92 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 that? You've got someone who walks 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,800 alongside you. We've been growing in journeying 94 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,800 together and thirdly, we've looked at coming alongside 95 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:43,600 others by showing them that there isn't Alternative choice 96 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,900 to living. That is life-giving. 97 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,600 I love this quote from Sarah last week, she has with the hope 98 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,800 of being part of God's kingdom and the faith. 99 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,100 In the mighty power of God that is at work amongst us. 100 00:05:56,300 --> 00:06:00,800 Let us show one another life-giving Alternatives and 101 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:07,300 let's expect Jesus to move in power with sensitivity and godly 102 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,600 wisdom. We've been thinking about how 103 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:14,400 when we come alongside others. Really get to know people, we 104 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:19,400 have the opportunity to speak and to counsel and to show there 105 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,300 is another way to live. There is a life-giving choices 106 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:27,300 that we can all make. I wonder, have you been able to 107 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:30,900 get alongside people even this week and learn together and 108 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:34,500 discuss together the greatest choice that we can make, which 109 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:37,300 is to follow Jesus. And all that comes with 110 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:41,700 following him and very much last week, Sarah was leading us to 111 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:43,900 this point. Point that actually, we show the 112 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:46,400 Alternatives. But ultimately, we have to let 113 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,300 Jesus do what only he can do. And today, we're very much going 114 00:06:51,300 --> 00:06:53,600 on with that theme as well. We're going to talk about 115 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,300 leading people to The Healing Hands of Jesus and then letting 116 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:02,800 Jesus do what only he can do. If we've been looking at one 117 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,600 words. The first week was loving then. 118 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:11,100 Journeying then choosing today, the key word is healing. 119 00:07:11,700 --> 00:07:13,400 There we go. Oh, that's someone praying for 120 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:15,900 someone else in case you're wondering, obviously, you're not 121 00:07:15,900 --> 00:07:21,100 because it great and that we're going to be thinking how can we 122 00:07:21,100 --> 00:07:24,400 lead people to The Healing Hands of Jesus? 123 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,700 It has brought Tom and I much pleasure recently that the past 124 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:32,700 two times. The girls teeth have fallen out, 125 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,700 have happened to be at his parents house. 126 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,300 And the reason why that's so great is because the Tooth Fairy 127 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:42,500 has to visit there. It's been brilliant, I promise 128 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,800 you we've not been given them an extra bass just before they 129 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,000 arrived and then the teeth fall out and but it's brought us 130 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,300 great joy because there's nothing worse than having to 131 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:54,700 scramble through the house in the middle of the night or at 132 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,200 And a.m. in the morning when they come downstairs and say the 133 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,400 Tooth Fairy hasn't visited. And you just tell them. 134 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,700 I do. It's because you're the last 135 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:02,500 delivery on the morning. Go and check again. 136 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:05,000 I'm sure it's there by now. So it's brought us. 137 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,900 Great joy. And actually, it's brought the 138 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:11,500 kids, great joy, because the bursts or Tooth Fairy pays way 139 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:13,500 more than the scrapped off Tooth Fairy. 140 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,200 So they are loving the fact that their teeth fall out at Mema and 141 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,400 Dad's house where our daughter Annabelle was one. 142 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,600 And I asked her, if I could share this story when she was 11 143 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,400 when we took it to the The dentist said to us, are I think 144 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,500 something might be wrong with your daughter's teeth. 145 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:34,799 We were told that her teeth hadn't properly developed. 146 00:08:34,900 --> 00:08:38,200 And so we've been on a little journey with her. 147 00:08:38,700 --> 00:08:42,100 The something about the enamel, when she was formed her teeth, 148 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:43,500 don't have the proper protection. 149 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:46,800 So we've been on a bit of Journey to help her and ensure 150 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,700 that her teeth are as strong as possible. 151 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:53,200 What we've done is, first of all, we've loved her, we've told 152 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,500 her that her smile is beautiful. Beautiful. 153 00:08:55,500 --> 00:08:58,200 And she is gorgeous, and she can smile and her teeth that 154 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,200 wonderful. We've decided that we're 155 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,900 committed to this journey of helping her with her teeth Tom 156 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:06,700 and I have already discussed the thing that we might need to, you 157 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:10,100 know, put some money aside to pray for private dental care in 158 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:14,400 the future, who knows that we've committed to the journey. 159 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:19,400 We've also spoken to her about how she can best look after her 160 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,900 teeth. So, you know, watching what 161 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:24,600 sugary things, we eat brushing your teeth really well. 162 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:30,100 But ultimately, those things were all great, but only one 163 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:33,700 person could really properly, help her with her teeth the 164 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:36,300 dentist. And we went to the specialist 165 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:38,300 dentist, and over a course of a few years. 166 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:41,500 I did some special treatment, and then they took out some of 167 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:46,300 her teeth and thankfully, the burst or Tooth Fairy pays triple 168 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:49,600 for every tooth is taken out under general anesthetic. 169 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,300 So it's all great really. So, so grateful for this 170 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:56,100 Bissell, tooth fairy. But if We take that situation 171 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:59,900 quite a mundane story and think about this idea of this 172 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:03,500 journeying. This coming alongside well, we 173 00:10:03,500 --> 00:10:06,000 loved her, we told her, she was beautiful. 174 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,700 We decided to commit to the journey, we've walked alongside 175 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:12,600 with her and we're going to stay helping her teeth. 176 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:16,500 We given her ideas of how she can best look after her teeth. 177 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:19,400 So we're coming alongside and showing her this life-giving 178 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:25,500 alternative and also ultimately, we had to take her To that one 179 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,100 person that could help. That's what we're doing this 180 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:32,900 morning with coming alongside. We've been coming alongside one 181 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,600 another. And today we're leading people, 182 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:38,600 we're having the opportunity ourselves to come to the one 183 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:41,600 person who can do something about it. 184 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,200 Let's go back to our passage in 2 Corinthians. 185 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,800 Praise be to the God and father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the 186 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:54,200 father of compassion, and the God of All Comfort, who comforts 187 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:59,000 Us in all our troubles. So that we can comfort those in 188 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,100 any trouble with the Comfort. We ourselves receive from God, 189 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:06,700 for just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ. 190 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:12,300 So also our comfort, our bounds through Christ, we're To be 191 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:15,600 thinking about this word Comforts a little bit more. 192 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,700 How can we come alongside one another, as we Comfort when I 193 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:24,300 think of the word Comfort? I think of, my granny, and her 194 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:28,200 pot of what I have, always thought was called Comfort oil. 195 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:32,100 When we were younger, and my brother, and I hurt ourselves at 196 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:35,200 our grandparents house, she would go upstairs and she would 197 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,900 get her pot of comfort oil, and she would put it on our cuts and 198 00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,900 bruises, and it was the best remedy. 199 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,500 In the world, we were instantly healed the moment that camphor 200 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:49,600 oil touched our skin and as I've grown older, I've kind of 201 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,800 thought. Well it's just a placebo doesn't 202 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,800 actually do anything, just if you hurt yourself, get off of 203 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,200 her. It's a bit like a wet paper 204 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,500 towel at school. You know, there's times when a 205 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:03,100 child bumps the head stick a wet paper towel on it or cut your 206 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:04,300 finger off. It's all right. 207 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:07,300 Stick a wet paper towel on it that will sort everything out 208 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,300 and it's a bit like that. I thought that come for oil was 209 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,000 actually just just a little silly thing. 210 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:15,100 In that, my granny had upstairs that she's makeup and she might 211 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:16,400 even been moisturizer. I don't know. 212 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,600 She just stick on and it's all better. 213 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:23,100 It isn't actually until I've been preparing this message that 214 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:24,600 it's not. Come for oil. 215 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,000 It's not called come for oil, it's called comfrey oil. 216 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,600 So I don't know what that is. It's apparently, it's that 217 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,200 there's a picture of on the screen. 218 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:37,500 It's a natural healing balm that actually has got remedies and it 219 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:41,000 has proven to bring healing apparently, but I've always seen 220 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,000 it as Um, Foyle, that's what I thought it was called, Comfort, 221 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,500 is more than some Placebo cream. So, Comfort is more than just 222 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:53,000 going there. They're still wet paper towel on 223 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,300 it. So, Comfort is to bring strength 224 00:12:56,300 --> 00:13:01,300 to, to build up to restore and repair to heal. 225 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,000 And the first thing, I'd love us all to go away with this 226 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,700 morning, when we're thinking about coming alongside one 227 00:13:07,700 --> 00:13:10,000 another. Well, forget about one another 228 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,200 for a second. I want us to understand that own 229 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,400 Hearts Comfort abounds through Christ. 230 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:24,500 He is the God of All Comfort. He Comforts Us in all our 231 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:28,800 troubles this morning. I'd love us Think Jesus coming 232 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:33,900 alongside us bringing Comfort. He is the ultimate comforter 233 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 because as the Bible says, Comfort our bounds through him, 234 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,400 we could read many stories this morning. 235 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:45,100 I'm looking at Jesus as our comforter but we're going to 236 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:50,400 read a story in Luke Chapter 13. The story of Jesus healing, a 237 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,600 crippled woman on the Sabbath, it's going to come up on the 238 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:58,100 screens and you can follow along, starting in verse 10 on a 239 00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:00,700 Sabbath. Jesus was teaching in one of the 240 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:03,900 synagogue's, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a 241 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:08,400 spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over, and could not 242 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,000 straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he He called 243 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:16,900 her forward and said to her woman, you are set free from 244 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,700 your infirmity. Then he put his hands on her and 245 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:24,600 immediately. She straightened up and praised 246 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:29,300 God as story of Jesus, the ultimate comforter that ultimate 247 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:35,400 strength bringer repairer restorer, healer, Jesus comes 248 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,200 and Comforts this woman. This woman had lived in severe 249 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,900 restriction for 18 years. We don't understand her exact 250 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:48,100 condition things. I've been reading some biblical 251 00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:51,400 commentators think she might have had arthritis of the spine 252 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,900 but whatever was wrong with her was causing her to be bent over. 253 00:14:56,100 --> 00:15:01,000 She was physically restricted and also because of her 254 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,600 condition or maybe as a separate issue, she was Also spiritually 255 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:10,100 and emotionally restricted. Because her back was bent and 256 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:13,100 she couldn't straighten it her the whole time. 257 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:17,100 Her eyes were fixed on the ground, her eyes just looked at 258 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:21,000 the dirt and the mess of the floor, in which she was 259 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,200 standing. She couldn't look up. 260 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,800 And so, perhaps that added to her emotional distress, her 261 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,500 spiritual restriction. The fact that her eyes were 262 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:35,100 always downwards, but we do know that she was bound emotionally, 263 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:39,500 physically and spiritually. She was Tricked it out. 264 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:46,100 After 18 years, she has an encounter with Jesus and he does 265 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:51,100 what only he can do. First of all, he saw her. 266 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:56,200 He noticed her in a crowded room on the Sabbath day. 267 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,300 This wasn't the temple. This was a synagogue. 268 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:01,900 So everybody was allowed to come in and on the Sabbath day it 269 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:05,600 would have been common place for people to gather and discuss the 270 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,000 scriptures and talk about God and talk about how you can get 271 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,800 close to him. And there would have been a 272 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:13,300 whole crowd of people and I'm I reckon it would have been 273 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:17,500 especially crowded because Jesus this Rabbi who was coming up 274 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:20,700 with new ideas. He was in the room speaking and 275 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:24,400 so it was crowded. Jesus saw her. 276 00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:29,200 He noticed her, he then called her forward. 277 00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:34,700 He brought her from the outside, to the middle, or to the front 278 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:39,700 of the room at that time in that culture, this woman because one, 279 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:43,000 she was a woman but also because she was crippled and perhaps 280 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,600 seen as unclean, she would have probably been on the periphery 281 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,200 of the room, sat in the You know, peasants benches at the 282 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,600 back over there. What did Jesus do? 283 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,900 Not only. Did he see her? 284 00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:57,400 Because her, and says, come come forward. 285 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,800 Wow! Someone seen as unimportant. 286 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,200 Perhaps, the most important people were jostling for the 287 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,300 spots next to the rabbi. And what does Jesus do? 288 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:11,700 Because Jesus does this all the time, he brings the 289 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:15,700 marginalized, the oppressed, the broken the wounded, and he 290 00:17:15,700 --> 00:17:20,000 brings them to the front to the front of his Attention to the 291 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,500 front of his care. Jesus. 292 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:26,200 He knew that she was wounded. He could see her physical 293 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,200 afflictions. And also he could see the 294 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,600 Brokenness. That was inside the things that 295 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,300 were binding her and causing her not to be able to stand up 296 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:40,600 straight, and then he does something he touched her. 297 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:46,400 He reached out his hand and touched this woman, who'd been 298 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,500 bound and restricted him was seen as unclean he touched her, 299 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,900 and then something amazing happens as he laid his hands on 300 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,000 her. She was set free from her 301 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:03,200 infirmities. She was healed Jesus by touching 302 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,600 the woman. He loves her immediately. 303 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,000 She was loosed from all the things that were binding her. 304 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,700 She was healed. And then we hear this 305 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:17,800 immediately. She stood up and praised God, I 306 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:22,100 wonder what the atmosphere was like in the room at the time and 307 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:25,500 Jesus doesn't just heal her, but he then does one step further. 308 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:30,700 He reminds her of her identity. He didn't just heal the woman of 309 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,400 her sickness, he didn't just see that. 310 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:36,100 She could stand up straight, he actually calls us something a 311 00:18:36,100 --> 00:18:40,900 daughter of Abraham In This Moment In Time Jesus. 312 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,200 Earns her of who she is. She isn't just an outsider. 313 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,400 She isn't. Just someone who is destined for 314 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,500 the back row. She is a daughter of Abraham. 315 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:54,500 Jesus is saying, this is my child. 316 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,000 He reminds her of her identity. This is my child. 317 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,100 I'm going to tell you that you're my child. 318 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,700 And also there is a great inheritance that comes with 319 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:08,600 being a dearly love child of God. 320 00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:15,600 This woman. She meets Jesus and Jesus does 321 00:19:15,900 --> 00:19:21,000 what only he can do. He brings Comfort, restoration, 322 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:28,700 healing reminds her of Truth. And as we think about this base 323 00:19:28,700 --> 00:19:35,100 truth today Comfort abounds, through Christ, I wonder if you 324 00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:38,800 could picture yourself in that room for just a second. 325 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,900 In the crowded synagogue, where you feel like one of a crowd, 326 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:49,500 are there any parts of your life that resonates with the woman's 327 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,800 life? Perhaps you are facing physical 328 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,600 restriction. Perhaps you are currently facing 329 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:00,300 an illness or a sickness, or maybe it's been ongoing for many 330 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:04,900 years and you feel that it's restricting you But also is 331 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:07,900 there anything hurting you, emotionally? 332 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,300 Things that are causing us to have our gaze, fixed on the dirt 333 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:17,300 in the ground. Perhaps you've encountered some 334 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:21,300 wounds from life and all the challenges that life brings that 335 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,300 have left. You a little bit been over. 336 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:28,500 Perhaps, you're carrying wounds from past traumas that are 337 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:31,700 keeping you bound or you're living in fear. 338 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:35,100 Something that's stopping you from fully standing up straight 339 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:41,100 and living out your potential. I reckon there's parts of all of 340 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,400 us are a little bit, like the woman. 341 00:20:44,500 --> 00:20:47,600 Parts of all of us that are leaving us a little bit 342 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:53,500 restricted, a little bit then over not quite able to fully 343 00:20:53,500 --> 00:21:00,000 extend and look up all the time. Well, may, you know this today 344 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:05,800 comfort and healing bound through Christ. 345 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Jesus sees you, you're not just one of a crowd, you are the one 346 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:23,500 in the crowd and he notices, you Jesus calls you just like he 347 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:27,700 called the woman on the edge to come forward into his presence 348 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:33,600 Jesus calls you today. He loves you. 349 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:39,000 He notices you not just one of a crowd to him, but he calls you, 350 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,400 he says come come to me. I wonder do you hear that call 351 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,300 today? Jesus knows. 352 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:50,700 You just like he, he knew the woman and what was binding her. 353 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,300 He knew her physical afflictions and also what was restricting? 354 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:57,200 Her emotionally. Jesus knows you. 355 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:02,800 He understands he sees the broken parts of our lives. 356 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,000 He watched as that damage took place. 357 00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:11,900 He sees the physical pain. You're in the little things that 358 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:15,200 bind you and you might think oh they're little Jesus doesn't 359 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:21,600 care about that he does he sees you he understands you he knows 360 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:27,300 you. Next, Jesus can touch you this 361 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,800 morning. There's a song that says just 362 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,700 one touch from the King changes, everything and just like this 363 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:37,700 woman, having received one touch from Jesus. 364 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:41,400 And immediately she was healed Jesus by the power of His 365 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,000 Spirit. Can come and touch you this 366 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,600 morning. And you can leave this place 367 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:50,900 having encountered, Jesus having received a healing touch from 368 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:53,300 him. Jesus can heal you. 369 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:57,400 He is the god of the impossible, he can set you free from 370 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,100 whatever is binding, you, he can heal you from any physical 371 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:07,700 Affliction Jesus through him, all things are possible, and 372 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:12,200 Jesus also reminds you that because of him, you are no 373 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,800 longer slaves to fear, but you've been given the spirit of 374 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,000 adoption. You are a dearly love child of 375 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,500 God. And maybe this morning, Jesus 376 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:30,100 reminding you you are a child of God, you are a son, you are a 377 00:23:30,108 --> 00:23:35,000 daughter of God most high and you have a great inheritance, 378 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:38,300 you have been adopted into his family, you no longer have to 379 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:42,700 live in a spirit of fear but God has got great plans for your 380 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:45,000 life. You've got potential. 381 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Jesus reminds us today that because of him, we have a great 382 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:59,300 identity where a child of God All Comfort abounds in Christ. 383 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:02,100 And before we think about how this goes with the theme of 384 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:05,600 coming alongside one another, let's just stop and take a 385 00:24:05,608 --> 00:24:10,700 moment. All Comfort abounds through 386 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:16,200 Christ. Just like the woman met with 387 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,100 Jesus. And her life changed. 388 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,700 We can meet with Jesus and I life can change. 389 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:24,000 And you might say, well, I've already met with Jesus. 390 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,000 Well, let me tell you, you can meet with him again, there's 391 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,500 always more that he wants to do. There's always more that he 392 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:33,900 wants to bring to our lives. As always, in a bits of healing 393 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:36,700 that we still need working on. And getting better. 394 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,900 There's always more with Jesus today. 395 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:43,100 May, you know this, Jesus is given as a gift, the person. 396 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,900 Perfect. Paraclete the perfect one who 397 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:50,200 comes alongside as, in the form of his spirits, the one who 398 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:54,100 comes along side, you and comforts you in your troubles, 399 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:57,000 he builds you up. He strengthens you, he heals 400 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,600 your diseases. He looses, you from things that 401 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,200 can restrict you so that you can live out your full potential. 402 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:09,700 Jesus is in the room. He comes alongside you today. 403 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,800 But how does this fit in with our theme of parakletos? 404 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:18,300 How can we come alongside one another? 405 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:25,400 We Comfort out of the comfort that has been given two words 406 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:28,800 out of the comfort that we have received. 407 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:32,400 So if we wanted to fit this in to the main theme, what we're 408 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:37,800 saying is this when we receive Comfort, when we receive healing 409 00:25:37,900 --> 00:25:43,000 we then get the chance to give that Comfort to someone else to 410 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,400 pass it on. You might think. 411 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,900 Well, I can't heal someone. That is true, I can't heal 412 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:51,700 anybody, but Jesus, who is at work? 413 00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:54,300 Within me? He can heal and we can lead 414 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:57,800 people today to The Healing Hands of Jesus. 415 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,300 So what does that look like practically? 416 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:04,500 How can we come alongside one another with healing? 417 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,000 Well, first of all, we can tell people out a story and believe 418 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,200 that he can do the same for them. 419 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,400 I love Psalm 40. It says this. 420 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,400 I Took patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard My 421 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,000 Cry. He Lifted Me Out of the slimy 422 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,800 pit out of the mud and mire, he set my feet on a rock and gave 423 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:31,200 me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth. 424 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:36,200 A hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the lord 425 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:41,500 and put their trust in him when Jesus met with this woman. 426 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,800 And when she received a healing touch from him, um, her response 427 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:50,800 was to praise God. When Jesus heals us, when he 428 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,900 lifts his out of our slimy pit, when he sets us on the Rock and 429 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:58,100 gives the firm place to stand our response. 430 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,300 Can be Look What the Lord Has Done. 431 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:03,700 I've been given a new song to sing. 432 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:07,500 I'm gonna tell everybody at the amazing things that God has done 433 00:27:07,500 --> 00:27:10,900 for me. And then it says this, many will 434 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:14,500 see and understand what the Lord has done. 435 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:21,800 And put their trust in him when we receive comfort from Jesus. 436 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:26,700 We have a new song to sing and we get to tell other people 437 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:31,400 about this comfort. So we tell people a story and 438 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,000 believe that he can do the same for them. 439 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:39,600 We also carry people to The Healing Hands of Jesus. 440 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,100 I was reminded this week of the story of what I like to call the 441 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:45,400 hole. In the roof. 442 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,100 And if you've spent any time in Sunday, school growing up, then 443 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:52,800 you will probably have heard of the time and acted it out with 444 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,000 Duplo. I'm sure of the time when four 445 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,900 friends carried their paralyzed friend, to Jesus on a mat and 446 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:05,000 there was no room for them to get near Jesus because everyone 447 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,600 had heard what Jesus was doing. And so, what did the four 448 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,100 friends do? They walked up to the roof, they 449 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,500 made a hole in the roof they lower down. 450 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:18,400 Down there friend and it was there that he met Jesus. 451 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:22,000 He had a healing Encounter With Jesus. 452 00:28:23,700 --> 00:28:28,100 To come alongside someone else in this error of healing. 453 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:33,100 Sometimes we have the privilege of carrying our friends, to the 454 00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:37,100 feet of Jesus. If someone comes to you and 455 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:41,900 says, I'm really struggling with this if you know, a friend who 456 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,800 has been dealing with a physical problem for some time when 457 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,200 they're longing for healing or perhaps someone talks to you and 458 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,100 as you talk to them you think. Are you carrying some wounds? 459 00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:55,800 Are you carrying some her? Hurts our job, just like the 460 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,900 four friends who brought their friend to Jesus, is to say, I 461 00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:04,400 can't heal you, but I know the one who can let me take you to 462 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:09,000 him and you tell them about Jesus, you tell them, the 463 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,200 amazing things that he's doing, you sing, the new song that has 464 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,900 been put on your heart and you believe that Jesus can do the 465 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:22,200 same for them. And finally, we tell Jesus about 466 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:23,900 those who need. Healing. 467 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,800 In John 11, we encounter two sisters, Mary and Martha. 468 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,600 You might have heard of them before and they have a brother 469 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,300 called Lazarus and he was sick and I love what it says in John 470 00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:39,200 11. So the sisters sent word to 471 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:44,000 Jesus Lord, the one you love is sick. 472 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:49,200 Part of coming alongside others in this area of healing, is 473 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:54,200 going to Jesus and said Jesus. The one, you love my friend, 474 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,200 that's sick. They need a touch from you. 475 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:03,500 We can come alongside one another by, in our homes praying 476 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:06,700 for other people, they might not even know that you're praying 477 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:09,700 for them, but we can come because we have a living 478 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:13,300 relationship with God for whom. Nothing is impossible and we can 479 00:30:13,300 --> 00:30:17,000 say, God, the one you love is sick. 480 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,700 Martha goes on to talk to Jesus about Lazarus being sick. 481 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:26,800 And she says this, she says, if you were here, he wouldn't have 482 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,400 died. She says this, I believe you are 483 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,900 the Messiah, the Son of God. I believe that you can do 484 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:35,500 anything and I believe in you and long to see your glory 485 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:39,400 coming alongside other people is about petitioning to God. 486 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,200 The one you love is sick but I believe in you. 487 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,600 I've seen what you can do. God, would you come alongside my 488 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,600 friend? My family member would you come 489 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:55,600 and Do what only you can do. All Comfort abounds through 490 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,900 Christ and if we just put the final picture up on the screen 491 00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:04,800 of this great picture of perak laces. the cycle feeds itself, 492 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:09,700 because I receive comfort from Jesus. 493 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:15,100 With the Comfort I receive iComfort other people. 494 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,300 How will I love them? My heart is full of love for 495 00:31:19,300 --> 00:31:22,700 somebody and I come alongside and I show love with the things 496 00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:26,500 I have. I also Journey with people, why? 497 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:28,800 Because I've received comfort from Jesus. 498 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:33,000 He's Journey with me, so I can come alongside someone else and 499 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,900 journey. With people along the journey, I 500 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:39,100 get a chance to talk to people to show them. 501 00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:42,600 That there is a different way that Jesus has many, many 502 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,000 life-giving alternative choices that we can make, and I get to 503 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,600 tell people about that. And then, when it comes to 504 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:52,500 Healing, I got to say to people. You need a touch from Jesus, 505 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,500 guess what? Comfort abounds in him. 506 00:31:56,900 --> 00:32:00,700 Let me show you come and meet him for yourself and then that 507 00:32:00,700 --> 00:32:04,600 person meets Jesus for themself, they receive comfort. 508 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,600 And then what happens? The cycle begins again because 509 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,300 that person loves another person that person Journeys with 510 00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:14,600 another person that person sits and councils and and gives 511 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,700 advice. And then that person comes to 512 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,900 Jesus finds the comfort for themselves and Paws out again. 513 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,700 This is this idea that we want to see our church living out 514 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:32,200 Comfort, a bounce through Christ and when I received that 515 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:37,500 Comfort, I get to pass it on. And then they pass it on and 516 00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:40,600 then they pass it on and then they pass on and before we know 517 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:45,100 it, we've got a whole church family whose heart is for one 518 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:48,200 another to come alongside each other. 519 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,300 Thank you, Philippa for that. Brilliant message all around the 520 00:32:54,300 --> 00:32:58,100 one Church sites this weekend, we then had the chance to 521 00:32:58,100 --> 00:33:00,300 respond with people. Pray with people. 522 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:04,100 They were many amazing testimonies moments of healing 523 00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:07,400 and impact. And right now, as you listen to 524 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,700 this podcast wherever you are, we believe that God is able to 525 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:15,000 step in and do something, only he can do in your life as well. 526 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,500 So why not wherever you are? If you're able, to course, if 527 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,800 you're driving, keep those eyes. Eyes wide open. 528 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,500 But why not pause. Close your eyes and get ready 529 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,600 for God to do something in your life. 530 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,600 Holy Spirit. We welcome, you come and touch 531 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,300 our hearts again, come and reminders of simple truths that. 532 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:37,000 We've heard over these last four weeks, come and bring people 533 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,500 along side as come and comfort us, and allow us to comfort 534 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:45,400 others, with that same comfort. And there we know today, you'll 535 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,600 complete Comfort. Your restoration, your healing, 536 00:33:49,900 --> 00:33:51,700 Would you come again and build this up? 537 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:54,800 Lord. Right now I pray for those who 538 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:59,200 are suffering and struggling in certain areas whether physically 539 00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:04,000 or mentally spiritually, emotionally, relationally Lord, 540 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,700 we thank you that you are the God of All Comfort. 541 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:11,400 Your the answer for all need. So right now, come and meet with 542 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:16,400 people in a powerful way. Lord, even right now for those 543 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,400 who are walking alone, oh perhaps they are on their own 544 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,600 right now. Would they be fully aware of 545 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,300 your presence with Them in this moment. 546 00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,600 Would they know that they have the paraclete with them? 547 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:31,100 Holy Spirit you come and you dwell within us. 548 00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:35,000 You come and you walk through this life with us because this 549 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400 is the kind of God that you are one who will never leave or 550 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,800 forsake us and Lord our healer, a companion, our Pericles, our 551 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,800 comforter our carer. We give you all the glory today 552 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,300 in Jesus, mighty name. Amen. 553 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,199 Would you know that you're not alone today and that as a church 554 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:58,700 family, we are here for you and for one another save you need 555 00:34:58,700 --> 00:35:00,500 anything. Get in touch today and we'll be 556 00:35:00,500 --> 00:35:04,200 standing with you in prayer or in any way that we can there's 557 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,000 lots coming up in church life. So here is your family news. 558 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:14,500 For firstly hand-in-hand preschool have a vacancy for a 559 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:18,700 setting manager in high Fields if you are interested in this 560 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:22,000 full time role, if you've got some Experience with children 561 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,100 and think that you may have the skills needed and the Heart 562 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:28,500 required to make a difference in many families lives than we 563 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:31,200 would love to talk to. You get in touch with us today 564 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,400 and you can find the details for this online or give us a call or 565 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,200 send an email today. Secondly, leading up to the 566 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,900 Easter weekend, we have three days of prayer and fasting from 567 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:46,400 the 5th, to the 7th of April. So join us on zoom in the 568 00:35:46,408 --> 00:35:51,200 mornings at 7:00 a.m. as we pray together and join us at 30 in 569 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,200 the evenings, As We Gather to worship to pray and to wait on 570 00:35:55,200 --> 00:36:00,300 God, thirdly, as part of that build-up, to the Easter weekend, 571 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,400 on Good Friday, we have a time of family communion. 572 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,400 Well, we're encouraging the whole of our church to come 573 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,700 together even with children younger children and they'll be 574 00:36:09,700 --> 00:36:11,600 something to help engage them to. 575 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:15,100 We're going to be meeting at 6 p.m. and that will run for less 576 00:36:15,100 --> 00:36:17,400 than an hour. You'd be very welcome to come 577 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:22,900 and join us on the Good Friday. The 7th of April and finally on 578 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:25,600 Easter Sunday. We are celebrating with some 579 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,000 brilliant. Guest services in many places 580 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,700 around Lester, come and join us on that morning. 581 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,600 As we have a special opener that we've recorded and can't wait 582 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:40,200 for you to experience. We have great worship impactful 583 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,000 word, that is going to be focused Around Jesus, who is 584 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,500 alive groups for all of our children and much more in each 585 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:49,100 individual site. So come and join us. 586 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:52,100 And why not this Easter? Or bring a friend or someone you 587 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,700 know to join you. In our church services will see 588 00:36:55,700 --> 00:37:01,300 you on the 9th of April. The Lord bless you and keep you 589 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,600 the Lord. Make his face shine upon you, 590 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,200 and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward 591 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:08,900 you and give you peace.