1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,080 We are one church. We love God, love people, love 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:08,800 his mission and love his church. Welcome to the One Church 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Podcast. Hello and welcome to the One 4 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,560 Church Podcast. Today is Monday the 3rd of July 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:22,720 and it's great to have you listening with us today. 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,480 Before we dive in, just a quick thought from the Bible for you. 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,510 This is from Psalm 34 verse 8. It says taste and see that the 8 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:34,390 Lord is good. Blessed are those who take 9 00:00:34,390 --> 00:00:37,430 refuge in Him. And isn't it great to know that 10 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:40,750 we have a God whose goodness is tangible and it's unchanging? 11 00:00:40,750 --> 00:00:43,590 We can know it in our lives, whatever is happening. 12 00:00:43,590 --> 00:00:46,990 So this week, whatever is going on in your life, know that God 13 00:00:46,990 --> 00:00:50,550 is good, that he is with you, and you can take refuge in Him. 14 00:00:51,270 --> 00:00:54,750 Today we are continuing our new teaching series on hearing God, 15 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:57,910 and this week we're focusing on how we can hear God through the 16 00:00:57,910 --> 00:00:59,840 Bible. This is a brilliant message 17 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,760 recorded at our central site from one of our senior leaders, 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,040 Pastor Susan Hind. So let's be ready to be inspired 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,040 and encouraged as we open the word together. 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,960 Followers of Jesus, the Bible really is like an amazing multi 21 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:19,400 layered satnav. But it's much, much more than 22 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,320 that. It's so foundational to us. 23 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,880 It's all about relationship. It's all about relationships. 24 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,400 You know, the Bible is an invitation to a relationship. 25 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,600 With God, it's ultimately how we know what we know, and it's how 26 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,160 our lives get shaped, how our lives get changed. 27 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,160 And it's where we start. When we want to hear God, it's 28 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,840 his living word, and we need it more than Our Daily Bread. 29 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,480 So let's start on the road to Emmaus today. 30 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,200 You can read it for yourself. I'm not going to read the whole 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,840 passage, just a couple of verses. 32 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,600 But in Luke's Gospel chapter 24, we read of a couple who just 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,840 after Jesus has risen from the dead, it's the same day. 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,640 But not all his disciples either know that or believe that. 35 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,080 And these two are walking home, the seven mile journey from 36 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,120 Jerusalem to a mayor to their home. 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,240 Dejected, they're confused and Jesus comes and he walks along 38 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,440 with them, but they don't recognize him to start with. 39 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,120 And what does he do? He asks them questions and it 40 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,920 says in Luke 2427, beginning with Moses and all the prophets, 41 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:24,000 he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures 42 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,140 concerning himself. Why didn't Jesus suddenly say, 43 00:02:29,340 --> 00:02:32,260 here I am, guys, You know I, here I am. 44 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:36,300 I've risen from the dead because it was important for him to lead 45 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:40,460 this Bible study, If you like to carefully show that the Bible 46 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:43,700 speaks of him, the Bible speaks of his life, the Bible speaks of 47 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:47,620 his resurrection, his death, and he shows what he believes about 48 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:49,780 the Bible just through that one verse. 49 00:02:49,820 --> 00:02:52,940 And remember, the Bible he had right then was what we would 50 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:56,650 call the Old Testament today. So he shows that the Bible is 51 00:02:56,650 --> 00:02:59,810 his authority. He shows that the Bible is all 52 00:02:59,810 --> 00:03:03,050 about him. And he shows that the Bible has 53 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:07,330 great power to speak directly and personally into our lives. 54 00:03:07,850 --> 00:03:11,530 No wonder the couple said once they had had their eyes opened 55 00:03:11,530 --> 00:03:13,450 and and saw Jesus for who he was. 56 00:03:13,770 --> 00:03:16,770 We're not our hearts burning within us while we here opened 57 00:03:16,770 --> 00:03:20,050 the scriptures to us. Do you know this is what we 58 00:03:20,050 --> 00:03:22,690 want, isn't it? Today We want our hearts to burn 59 00:03:22,690 --> 00:03:24,570 within us and if we've lost some of that passion. 60 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,800 For reading and understanding the word of God, I'm praying and 61 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,480 I know this is going to be reignited in us today. 62 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,520 All these points can be applied to us. 63 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,760 The Bible is our authority. The Bible is all about Jesus, 64 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,400 and the Bible speaks, and through its pages we hear God 65 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,800 welcoming us, inviting us into this conversation. 66 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,600 Now I'm sure if you are a believer in the room, or even if 67 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,560 you're not, you may have, well, believers certainly. 68 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,800 But all of you could tell stories maybe about the power of 69 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,920 God through the Bible in your life. 70 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,320 Scriptures that led to you asking God for forgiveness. 71 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,880 Romans 323. All of sind and fall short of 72 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,880 the glory of God, but justified freely by his grace. 73 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,920 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever 74 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,680 believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 75 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,840 John 316 For me, when I was first saved, I was going to 76 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,000 bring you a book today, but I couldn't fit it on my bike. 77 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,880 It was a first song book that I wrote. 78 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,519 So I got a guitar when I first became a Christian and I wrote 79 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:22,079 songs. Not particularly brilliant 80 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:24,500 songs, but. Actually quite memorable. 81 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:27,700 I still remember them today, but the first one I wrote was called 82 00:04:27,700 --> 00:04:29,460 Peace Be with You or something like that. 83 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:32,540 It was, it was based on John 14. Peace I leave with you. 84 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:35,020 My peace I give to you, not as the world gives. 85 00:04:35,340 --> 00:04:38,740 And right down the side of all these songs I've written as a 15 86 00:04:38,740 --> 00:04:41,780 year old girl, I had found all these verses from the Bible and 87 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:43,660 they're all written out in different felt pens. 88 00:04:44,060 --> 00:04:47,780 And you know, right from the very beginning the Bible spoke 89 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:51,180 to me and it speaks to all of us, you know, prophetic words 90 00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:52,700 that have become part of your life. 91 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,520 I hope you keep reigniting those speaking over those, you know, 92 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,400 for me, things like mother of many nations. 93 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,120 Well, that came to a whole new meaning a few years ago, didn't 94 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,920 it? When we joined with a church 95 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,400 called All Nations. Moments like my dad's funeral, 96 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,400 where I knew that deep peace. And you know, he said my peace, 97 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,480 I give to you words to hang on to up our stairs in our house, 98 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,640 we have prophetic posters. So we've made a poster for every 99 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:19,560 person in our family and it has their name and it has. 100 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:23,540 The verses that God has spoken to us about those people around 101 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:26,140 them, it just means you go down the stairs and you can literally 102 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:29,020 say, Oh yes. So Samuel, you know a lot of his 103 00:05:29,020 --> 00:05:31,820 verses are from one Samuel because when he was born, that 104 00:05:31,820 --> 00:05:34,580 was why we called him Samuel. And it says you prayed for this 105 00:05:34,580 --> 00:05:36,500 child and I gave him to you for his whole life. 106 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:38,060 It will be dedicated to the Lord. 107 00:05:38,580 --> 00:05:42,220 It says the word of the Lord came to Samuel and all Israel 108 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:44,980 said he was a prophet. You know, so we keep speaking 109 00:05:44,980 --> 00:05:46,900 those words out over our children, over our 110 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:49,140 grandchildren. We're about to put a new poster 111 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,220 up there that we've made for fee. 112 00:05:51,220 --> 00:05:53,380 Who's going to come into our family in August when she 113 00:05:53,380 --> 00:05:56,020 marries Samuel? Maybe there's times when you 114 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:59,340 didn't know what to do. And the the logos word, the 115 00:05:59,340 --> 00:06:02,820 written word, became the Rayma word for you, became the living 116 00:06:02,820 --> 00:06:05,460 active word that spoke to you personally. 117 00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:08,540 I remember delivering some Christmas hampers back in 118 00:06:08,540 --> 00:06:11,090 Nottingham. In the inner city in something 119 00:06:11,090 --> 00:06:13,530 we used to call Operation Rudolph, where we used to 120 00:06:13,530 --> 00:06:16,570 deliver Christmas hampers all over the city to families in 121 00:06:16,570 --> 00:06:19,450 need. And I was on a street in a place 122 00:06:19,450 --> 00:06:22,570 called Snenten, right near the city center with loads of 123 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:23,810 rubbish blowing down this street. 124 00:06:23,810 --> 00:06:26,450 And I was sort of on my own delivering this hamper to this 125 00:06:26,450 --> 00:06:30,370 particular house. And I just sensed in my in just 126 00:06:30,370 --> 00:06:33,090 in my heart, in my spirit. The verse is from the Bible is 127 00:06:33,090 --> 00:06:35,330 I58. I will call you a repair of 128 00:06:35,330 --> 00:06:37,730 broken walls, a restore of streets with dwellings. 129 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,040 I felt the Lord say to me through that you're going to 130 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,680 work here the next week, I think it was. 131 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,760 Or just even a few weeks later, this job advert came up for a 132 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,960 job in Cent and I I applied for it and I knew. 133 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,160 I just knew I was going to get that job because I thought the 134 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,400 Lord had already spoken to me about it. 135 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,160 And I did. And that led to a few more 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,840 things that really prepared me for the journey of coming to 137 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:01,960 Leicester. You know, these things happen 138 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,000 more and more when we read and know the Bible. 139 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,710 More, I mean. The Holy Spirit could only bring 140 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:10,510 those verses to my mind because I've actually read them and knew 141 00:07:10,510 --> 00:07:14,070 them. Yes, Jess, our amazing young 142 00:07:14,070 --> 00:07:17,590 niece who was with us last weekend, she would say that the 143 00:07:17,590 --> 00:07:20,630 thing that most shaped her life and her brother and her sister's 144 00:07:20,630 --> 00:07:23,470 life through their whole of their childhood and teenage 145 00:07:23,470 --> 00:07:25,310 years was their family Bible studies. 146 00:07:25,670 --> 00:07:29,430 Every night their family sit and she said they didn't always want 147 00:07:29,470 --> 00:07:32,500 to, I have to say. But the before they went to bed, 148 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,700 and particularly when they were teenagers, they would like make 149 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:38,420 the kids sit and they would, they would read a bit of the 150 00:07:38,420 --> 00:07:40,500 Bible. But when they were teenagers, 151 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,420 they actually turned that as well into what's going on at 152 00:07:43,420 --> 00:07:44,780 school. What are the questions you've 153 00:07:44,780 --> 00:07:46,780 got? How can the Bible answer those 154 00:07:46,780 --> 00:07:49,140 questions? And they just kept conversing 155 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:51,260 with their children and bringing the word. 156 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:53,900 So their lives were based on the word of God and not on the 157 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:56,860 voices around. And that is really those three 158 00:07:56,860 --> 00:07:58,820 children are doing amazing things for God. 159 00:07:59,570 --> 00:08:03,170 All in other countries, even over this summer, the younger 160 00:08:03,170 --> 00:08:06,370 two are ministering to asylum seekers and refugees in Turkey 161 00:08:06,370 --> 00:08:07,890 this summer. I mean, they're just amazing 162 00:08:07,890 --> 00:08:11,450 kids. So as it like for Jesus, if we 163 00:08:11,450 --> 00:08:14,410 want to hear God through his word, we're going to look at 164 00:08:14,410 --> 00:08:17,170 those three points that we brought out about Jesus and the 165 00:08:17,170 --> 00:08:18,690 Bible. We're going to look at the Bible 166 00:08:18,690 --> 00:08:22,810 as our authority, how the Bible is all about Jesus and how it 167 00:08:22,810 --> 00:08:26,770 speaks to us. So the Bible is our authority. 168 00:08:26,770 --> 00:08:30,220 So As for you, Timothy. Paul says to Timothy, continuing 169 00:08:30,220 --> 00:08:33,340 what you've learned and become convinced of how you've known 170 00:08:33,340 --> 00:08:35,900 the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for 171 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:38,460 salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 172 00:08:39,020 --> 00:08:42,380 All Scriptures God breathed and is useful for teaching, 173 00:08:42,380 --> 00:08:45,020 rebuking, correcting, and training and righteousness so 174 00:08:45,020 --> 00:08:48,740 that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every 175 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:51,180 good work. So the Bible is our authority. 176 00:08:51,860 --> 00:08:55,580 This Biblia, this, this library of books, all different. 177 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:59,250 Inspired God breathes. Authors carried along, it says 178 00:08:59,250 --> 00:09:03,490 in the Word by the Holy Spirit, every part God has chosen to be 179 00:09:03,490 --> 00:09:05,890 there. Infallible, Worldwide, the most 180 00:09:05,890 --> 00:09:09,450 successful book of all time. Every year, more than 100 181 00:09:09,450 --> 00:09:12,170 million copies of the Bible are sold or given away. 182 00:09:12,410 --> 00:09:14,690 Why? Not because it's just old and 183 00:09:14,690 --> 00:09:18,530 profound, but because the Bible points to Jesus, and Jesus is 184 00:09:18,530 --> 00:09:21,730 relevant to every time, is relevant to every culture, and 185 00:09:21,730 --> 00:09:24,530 believing what it says changes lives. 186 00:09:25,170 --> 00:09:28,410 So how does the Bible speak or operate in our lives? 187 00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:30,210 We're just going to use some Bible pictures. 188 00:09:30,450 --> 00:09:32,690 And I have to say, I got really inspired by this when I was 189 00:09:32,690 --> 00:09:34,370 preparing. So I've got a bit of a feast for 190 00:09:34,370 --> 00:09:35,530 you here. So get ready. 191 00:09:36,890 --> 00:09:39,770 The word, first of all. And one word the Bible uses 192 00:09:39,770 --> 00:09:45,330 about itself is a shield. So I'm 119, You are my refuge 193 00:09:45,370 --> 00:09:47,490 and my shield. You might want to jot down these 194 00:09:47,930 --> 00:09:50,450 references and and use them in your observations this week and 195 00:09:50,450 --> 00:09:54,090 really get inspired about the Bible, what it is in your life. 196 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:59,020 I've put my hope in your word. The word is our defense in an 197 00:09:59,020 --> 00:10:02,100 uncertain world. I don't know how many times I 198 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,620 have sheltered behind as it were, the word of God. 199 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:08,700 You know, coming to my daily journaling and writing down I I 200 00:10:08,700 --> 00:10:11,820 was have a a but well, nearly every day a verse for the day. 201 00:10:12,220 --> 00:10:14,340 And I try and hold on to that verse through the day and keep 202 00:10:14,340 --> 00:10:16,580 remembering it, try and bring it back to my mind. 203 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:20,460 Because the Word is our defense. The world is uncertain, but the 204 00:10:20,460 --> 00:10:23,340 Word is sure and the Word is our defense. 205 00:10:23,340 --> 00:10:25,500 The enemy has no access point to us. 206 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,020 If we are hiding behind the words of God. 207 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:31,180 So the Word as well as water. Completely different. 208 00:10:31,180 --> 00:10:33,860 Picture Ephesians 5. Christ loved the church and gave 209 00:10:33,860 --> 00:10:36,660 himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the 210 00:10:36,660 --> 00:10:38,420 washing with water through the Word. 211 00:10:38,700 --> 00:10:40,620 What's water like? Water is limitless. 212 00:10:40,620 --> 00:10:42,540 It refreshes. It satisfies thirst. 213 00:10:42,820 --> 00:10:45,940 The Word is like water. It washes off the effects of 214 00:10:45,940 --> 00:10:48,340 sin. It renews our mind. 215 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:51,300 It purifies us. It shows us what is right and it 216 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:54,820 leads us to a place of blessing. You know, when we pray for 217 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:57,380 people for freedom, we often ask them to stand on. 218 00:10:57,380 --> 00:11:00,340 We're always scriptures. We ask them to stand on the 219 00:11:00,340 --> 00:11:02,980 Bible because it brings cleansing to the mind. 220 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:06,300 It brings us truth, as it says in the inner parts. 221 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,740 The word is a sword. There's two areas the sword 222 00:11:09,740 --> 00:11:11,980 operates in our life. The sword of the Spirit, the 223 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:14,580 Word of God. One is against the enemy. 224 00:11:15,470 --> 00:11:18,710 And it's a weapon to fight with and the other is a a knife as it 225 00:11:18,710 --> 00:11:20,070 where that operates on our hearts. 226 00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:23,430 So it operas inside us as well. Ephesians 617. 227 00:11:23,430 --> 00:11:26,950 Take up the sword of the spirit which is the word of God stand 228 00:11:26,950 --> 00:11:29,190 on the word. It's great for example to pray 229 00:11:29,350 --> 00:11:31,590 the word. Think about the difference 230 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:34,550 between just saying oh Lord bless Lester, well that's a 231 00:11:34,550 --> 00:11:36,870 great prayer to pray. There's nothing wrong with that 232 00:11:36,870 --> 00:11:40,710 prayer but how much more powerful if we can grab hold of 233 00:11:40,710 --> 00:11:44,030 a scripture that we want to pray over Lester for example. 234 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:48,560 To say something like keep on speaking and do not be silent, 235 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,080 No one is going to attack or harm you. 236 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,760 Because I have many people in this city. 237 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:57,160 That's that's 18 verse 10. But also the word is a knife for 238 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,440 an operation on us. It's like a knife for 239 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,600 circumcision as in the Old Testament Hebrews 4, verse 12. 240 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,880 Alive and active. It's sharper than any double 241 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,040 edged sword dividing soul and spirit joints and marrow. 242 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,560 It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 243 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,120 I wonder have you ever been cut open? 244 00:12:13,670 --> 00:12:16,470 By the word of God, challenged, deeply changed. 245 00:12:18,390 --> 00:12:20,630 The word is a Plumb line. What's a Plumb line? 246 00:12:20,630 --> 00:12:24,310 If you're a build or in any sort of trade, you would know. 247 00:12:24,750 --> 00:12:26,870 I think it used to be actually a, a string, didn't it? 248 00:12:26,870 --> 00:12:29,990 But it's it's something that keeps the building straight or 249 00:12:29,990 --> 00:12:31,430 keeps what you're doing straight. 250 00:12:31,910 --> 00:12:33,990 And the Bible is that for us, it's our standard. 251 00:12:33,990 --> 00:12:36,990 It's our constant. It shapes our doctrine. 252 00:12:36,990 --> 00:12:39,230 It's living, active truth that keeps us grounded. 253 00:12:39,230 --> 00:12:41,790 It's how we judge everything. It's how we live. 254 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,160 If you look on our website, you'll see there's a link to the 255 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,520 AOG website down at the bottom. And you know we can quote our 256 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,480 beliefs from the AOG statements of faith, as it were. 257 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,840 And what it says there about the Bible is it says we believe that 258 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,080 the Bible is the inspired word of God, the infallible or 259 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,720 sufficient rule for faith and practice for what we believe and 260 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,520 for what we do. If we don't base what we believe 261 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,600 and what we do on the Bible, then what are we basing it on? 262 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,080 And as a church, we choose to base it on the Bible. 263 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:15,790 It's also how we test the words we hear or receive. 264 00:13:16,550 --> 00:13:19,190 One Thessalonian says. Do not despise prophecies, but 265 00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:22,070 test everything. Hold fast to what is good. 266 00:13:22,950 --> 00:13:25,790 Now there may be some people in the room who have some 267 00:13:25,790 --> 00:13:30,510 reservations from past experience of prophecies, maybe 268 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:35,790 being misused or things that didn't ever happen, but just 269 00:13:35,790 --> 00:13:38,830 feel safe that we can and we will sift the word. 270 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:44,280 If you like, sift that Rama word with the written word and for 271 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,200 example, we can read about the fruit of the spirit relations. 5 272 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,560 and we can test a prophetic word. 273 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,160 By that measure, you know, is it bringing love? 274 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,880 Is it, is it full of joy? Is it full of peace? 275 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,960 And so on. If it's not, then it doesn't 276 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,000 come from the spirit. The word is also like yeast. 277 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,360 The Kingdom of God is like yeast, says Luke 13. 278 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,600 When the word enters our lives, it spreads. 279 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,800 It feels everything. It's like perfume filling A 280 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,880 room. And it brings change like yeast 281 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,880 in the dough. If you're a Baker here and you 282 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,480 put yeast in your dough, it spreads. 283 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,160 And there comes that time when it gets proved and it starts to 284 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,600 rise and then it's baked and it's lovely. 285 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:23,080 And it also spreads to communities. 286 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,280 So the word it says in at 1224, the word of God continues to 287 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,800 increase and spread. Yesterday David and I went to 288 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,200 two church celebrations, so we went to Bible hall in high 289 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,070 fields or both in high fields. Bible Hall in high fields in the 290 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:41,390 afternoon to welcome their new minister Dariush into his post 291 00:14:41,390 --> 00:14:45,430 there as their new minister. And then also couldn't have been 292 00:14:45,430 --> 00:14:48,910 a more different celebration in the evening, An amazing vibrant 293 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:52,870 celebration with our friends who are officially now taking on 294 00:14:52,870 --> 00:14:55,310 that building. And it was just such an amazing 295 00:14:55,310 --> 00:14:57,870 celebration. I was just encouraged that the 296 00:14:57,950 --> 00:14:59,630 yeast is in the dough in high fields. 297 00:15:00,430 --> 00:15:03,150 You know, we as a church are not based there anymore. 298 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,680 But the Lord has got His work there and the the see the many 299 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,480 seeds that have been sown in that area by us and by many 300 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,560 other churches are in the ground. 301 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,880 The yeast is in the dough. The Word is in the dough, and 302 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,960 the word will continue to increase and spread Bear fruit. 303 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,240 The Word is medicine. How many references to in the 304 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:25,480 Bible there are many to the Word restoring us, even our flesh. 305 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,600 It says Proverbs 38. How it's health to your body and 306 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,330 nourishment to your bones. Personally, speaking over 307 00:15:32,330 --> 00:15:34,810 ourselves, we couldn't. We can say things like as my 308 00:15:34,810 --> 00:15:36,850 strength, as my days, so shall my strength be. 309 00:15:36,850 --> 00:15:40,610 I often pray that over David, over myself, over my mum, and so 310 00:15:40,610 --> 00:15:42,170 on. It's a great faith building 311 00:15:42,450 --> 00:15:45,690 prayer to pray from the Bible. You might want to bless your 312 00:15:45,690 --> 00:15:48,170 body with the word of God. You know there's a part of your 313 00:15:48,170 --> 00:15:50,970 body not working very well, then speak over it. 314 00:15:51,170 --> 00:15:55,090 Speak life over it. Say versus like Romans 811. 315 00:15:55,090 --> 00:15:57,890 The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you and 316 00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,610 will give life to your mortal body. 317 00:16:00,460 --> 00:16:04,180 I remember my sisterinlaw Janice coming back from Mauritania 318 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:07,500 where she was a frontline missionary and being very sick 319 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,700 with some disease that no people didn't know what was wrong with 320 00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:14,220 her and actually we believe maybe potentially her life was 321 00:16:14,220 --> 00:16:16,500 in danger. Nobody really knew what was the 322 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:20,100 issue and David and I went to visit her in hospital, anointed 323 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:22,620 her with oil. I remember praying over her the 324 00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:27,180 verse from Jeremiah 2911 that the Lord has plans to prosper 325 00:16:27,180 --> 00:16:29,740 you and not to harm you, to give you hope and the future. 326 00:16:30,270 --> 00:16:33,670 And suddenly David and I just had this surge of faith that she 327 00:16:33,670 --> 00:16:37,310 had a future, that that that God had plans for her future. 328 00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:38,950 So the enemy was not going to take her. 329 00:16:38,950 --> 00:16:40,790 We began to pray like quite strongly. 330 00:16:41,270 --> 00:16:44,470 And actually, I don't think we ever found out exactly what was 331 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:46,510 the issue. But she recovered and she went, 332 00:16:46,670 --> 00:16:48,950 you know, she's doing, she's done amazing things for God 333 00:16:49,270 --> 00:16:52,110 around the world and still today. 334 00:16:52,590 --> 00:16:55,950 So find scriptures, apply them like medicine and like medicine. 335 00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:57,430 Remember, you got to take it every day. 336 00:16:59,150 --> 00:17:01,070 The word is an arrow. It's propelled. 337 00:17:01,070 --> 00:17:03,110 It hits the mark. He sent forth His word. 338 00:17:03,470 --> 00:17:06,550 My word says God out coming out of from my mouth. 339 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:09,349 It will not return empty, always return full. 340 00:17:09,349 --> 00:17:13,150 It goes out like an arrow. The word is light. 341 00:17:13,510 --> 00:17:16,550 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 342 00:17:16,550 --> 00:17:18,829 It's a broad light that shines on our whole life. 343 00:17:19,150 --> 00:17:22,710 But also it's a a lamp that, if you like, that shines on our 344 00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:25,750 feet, that can show us the way just straight in front of our 345 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:28,569 feet. Some specific guidance sometimes 346 00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:32,850 we can have from the Word because it has layers, and very 347 00:17:32,850 --> 00:17:36,650 often as well, probably more often guiding principles that we 348 00:17:36,650 --> 00:17:39,610 learn from the Word. And then God says, right, I've 349 00:17:39,610 --> 00:17:41,210 given you a brain, so you choose. 350 00:17:42,010 --> 00:17:45,330 Often that happens as well. And the Word is fire. 351 00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:47,970 His Word is in my heart like a fire, says Jeremiah. 352 00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:51,370 It melts hardness, expresses the fiery love of God. 353 00:17:52,050 --> 00:17:55,010 It's like an urgent passion in our being setting us ablaze. 354 00:17:55,010 --> 00:17:58,920 And the Word is seed. The seed is the word of God, 355 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,080 Jesus says when he he shares the parable of the sower. 356 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,520 Good soil is important. The seed is small but carries 357 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,800 the potential of growth and harvest. 358 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,920 The word of God can make us pregnant. 359 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,160 You know that even men here. You can be pregnant with the 360 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,920 promise of God, with the word of God, but you have to receive the 361 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:18,520 word. Make room for the word. 362 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,000 Watch over it and amazing things will come. 363 00:18:22,290 --> 00:18:24,930 The word is bread mansion, not live on bread alone, but every 364 00:18:24,930 --> 00:18:26,530 word that comes from the mouth of God. 365 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:30,010 Bread all over the world, all different types isn't there. 366 00:18:30,010 --> 00:18:33,410 We had some last night some of the I feel slightly strange 367 00:18:33,530 --> 00:18:37,610 bread which is wrapped in cling film which is like ugali or you 368 00:18:37,610 --> 00:18:39,810 know that sort of thing from when that we have in Kenya. 369 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:42,250 I think it tastes like play dough, but people love it, 370 00:18:43,250 --> 00:18:44,930 people love it. So there's different types of 371 00:18:44,930 --> 00:18:47,250 bread all over the world, different tastes, different 372 00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:48,770 people love different types of bread. 373 00:18:49,350 --> 00:18:52,230 But bread is like a staple food. And the and the Bible is our 374 00:18:52,230 --> 00:18:54,990 staple food. It's our everyday food. 375 00:18:55,270 --> 00:18:58,430 And the word lasts forever, it says as I-40. 376 00:18:58,430 --> 00:18:59,870 The grass Withers, the flowers fall. 377 00:18:59,870 --> 00:19:02,350 But the word of the Lord endures forever. 378 00:19:02,950 --> 00:19:05,830 This book is eternal. It will never, ever fail. 379 00:19:06,510 --> 00:19:09,470 And this word is precious. Psalm 19. 380 00:19:09,630 --> 00:19:12,630 Perfect, refreshing the soul. Trustworthy, making wise, the 381 00:19:12,630 --> 00:19:15,910 simple giving joy to the heart. Radiant, giving light to the 382 00:19:15,910 --> 00:19:18,450 eyes. More precious than gold, much 383 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:20,930 fine gold. Sweeter than honey by them as 384 00:19:20,930 --> 00:19:23,210 your servant worn. And keeping them there is great 385 00:19:23,210 --> 00:19:26,050 reward. That's the commands of the Lord. 386 00:19:26,810 --> 00:19:30,810 When our king was crowned a few months ago, he was given a Bible 387 00:19:30,810 --> 00:19:33,170 by the Church of Scotland. Moderator and he said these 388 00:19:33,170 --> 00:19:34,450 words. He said, we present you with 389 00:19:34,450 --> 00:19:36,610 this book. The most valuable thing that 390 00:19:36,610 --> 00:19:39,050 this world affords here is wisdom. 391 00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:42,210 This is the royal law. These are the lively oracles of 392 00:19:42,210 --> 00:19:44,250 God. What a book. 393 00:19:44,330 --> 00:19:45,330 What a book. Hey. 394 00:19:46,250 --> 00:19:48,130 No wonder. If we want to hear God, we start 395 00:19:48,130 --> 00:19:51,490 here. Second, the Bible is all about 396 00:19:51,770 --> 00:19:54,090 Jesus, so we look for Jesus on every single page. 397 00:19:54,090 --> 00:19:57,850 This is the big story, and it's our story, but it's Jesus 398 00:19:58,010 --> 00:20:00,290 through it all. This is what Jesus said when he 399 00:20:00,290 --> 00:20:02,250 shared with the Pharisees in John Five. 400 00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:06,050 He said the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning 401 00:20:06,050 --> 00:20:08,010 me. You've never heard his voice, 402 00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:10,490 nor seen his form, nor does His word dwell in you. 403 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,730 For you do not believe the one he sent. 404 00:20:13,450 --> 00:20:16,450 You study the scriptures diligently because you think 405 00:20:16,450 --> 00:20:18,210 that in them you have eternal life. 406 00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:22,250 These are the very scriptures that testify about me, yet you 407 00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:24,850 refuse to come to me to have life. 408 00:20:25,930 --> 00:20:28,730 The passion version says you are busy analyzing the scriptures, 409 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:31,130 pouring over them, hoping to gain eternal life. 410 00:20:31,490 --> 00:20:34,730 Everything you read points to me, yet you still refuse to come 411 00:20:34,730 --> 00:20:37,690 to me so I can give you the life you're looking for, eternal 412 00:20:37,690 --> 00:20:40,970 life. It is possible to read the 413 00:20:40,970 --> 00:20:44,270 Bible. To read the words of God and not 414 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:48,830 to see Jesus, they missed the point, which is relationship. 415 00:20:49,430 --> 00:20:52,390 They didn't see that in the scriptures Jesus is in creation, 416 00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:56,110 that Jesus is the seed, that Jesus is in the priest that sees 417 00:20:56,110 --> 00:20:58,990 in the sacrifices, the lamb, the Tabernacle, the prophets, the 418 00:20:58,990 --> 00:21:01,190 poetry of the psalms, the wisdom of proverbs. 419 00:21:01,550 --> 00:21:04,630 He's the son of David, He's the king of kings, He's the temple 420 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:05,950 builder. He's the temple himself. 421 00:21:05,950 --> 00:21:08,510 And that's just the Old Testament, the New Testament, 422 00:21:08,710 --> 00:21:12,280 whole new day, isn't it? They read it, but they didn't 423 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,360 see and they didn't hear and they didn't meet the one it was 424 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:19,440 all written about. So when he came in person into 425 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,920 the world, they didn't recognize him. 426 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,200 And what Jesus says here, there's an invitation to you and 427 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,880 me if you read between the lines here because he says study the 428 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,800 scriptures, study the scriptures, Yes, read the 429 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,120 scriptures and come to me to have life. 430 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,920 So let's let the scriptures lead us to Jesus and look for him on 431 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:46,780 every. Page So when Jesus met the pair 432 00:21:46,780 --> 00:21:50,060 on the Emmaus Rd. he showed them that the Bible was his 433 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:53,980 authority, that it's all about him, and finally that the Bible 434 00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:57,340 has great power to speak directly and personally into our 435 00:21:57,340 --> 00:22:00,380 lives. It is personal because our God 436 00:22:00,380 --> 00:22:04,340 is a relational God. Through the Bible we hear God. 437 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:05,980 This is what Rowan Williams said. 438 00:22:06,610 --> 00:22:08,370 It was an ex Archbishop of Canterbury. 439 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:11,570 Christians read the Bible not just as a document from history, 440 00:22:11,850 --> 00:22:15,290 but as a world into which they enter so that God may meet them 441 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:18,850 there. Jesus said, if you remain in me 442 00:22:19,210 --> 00:22:23,330 and my words remain in you, ask and it will be given you. 443 00:22:23,330 --> 00:22:26,970 This is to my father's glory that you bear much fruit. 444 00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:30,730 If we want to wear fruit in our lives, we remain in Jesus in 445 00:22:30,730 --> 00:22:33,320 relationship. And with His word, we let His 446 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,000 word remain in us. This is power and fruitfulness. 447 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,480 So if we believe that practically, then so we just 448 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,000 apply this. Now, how can we embed this 449 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,080 practice of hearing God through His word every day? 450 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,880 So how often do you expect to hear God? 451 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,960 I hope you're saying every single day. 452 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,840 Often. Yes, our dog even knows my 453 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,680 morning routine. So when she hears the coffee 454 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,800 machine going, she runs into the room where I pray and read the 455 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,360 Bible, and jumps on the sofa there. 456 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,040 A few practical tips. Get hungry. 457 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,080 If you think about the Bible as bread, what happens when you go 458 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:17,000 to the supermarket and they're pumping out that smell, you 459 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,350 know? And the bread, they they know 460 00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:21,630 what they're doing, don't they? They just, they pump out that 461 00:23:21,630 --> 00:23:24,510 smell of bread and your nose goes and it's like one of those 462 00:23:24,510 --> 00:23:27,390 cartoons where the smell goes up your nostrils and you go, oh, 463 00:23:27,390 --> 00:23:28,910 bread's got to go to the top of my list. 464 00:23:28,910 --> 00:23:32,470 I've got to because the smell of fresh bread. 465 00:23:32,830 --> 00:23:34,750 Man shall not live on bread alone. 466 00:23:34,750 --> 00:23:36,710 But every word that comes from the mouth of God. 467 00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:40,150 Get hungry. No guilt if you're feeling now. 468 00:23:40,150 --> 00:23:44,310 Oh no, I've not done well. You know, I don't read the Bible 469 00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:47,460 as much as I could and. I found it a bit dry recently. 470 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:50,100 We'll get past the accusing voices because that doesn't do 471 00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:54,340 you any good whatsoever. Just just start again or restart 472 00:23:55,860 --> 00:23:59,860 read every day. I don't make any bones about 473 00:23:59,860 --> 00:24:01,140 that. I don't say just like read once 474 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:05,180 a week, read the Bible every day as much as you can. 475 00:24:05,420 --> 00:24:10,020 Choose a place, change your pace and have a few moments each day 476 00:24:10,020 --> 00:24:14,140 where you stop and you read. Have a plan. 477 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,080 If you start where to start, Start with the gospels and just 478 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,320 read a bit each day and ask God to speak to you. 479 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,000 Be creative and be yourself, but find ways to engage your heart 480 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,280 as well as your head. Grasp it by faith. 481 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,760 Romans 10/17 says faith comes from hearing and hearing from 482 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,280 the word of God. Here's 5 fingers, well four 483 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,360 fingers in the thumb to to grasp the word with to hear. 484 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:41,140 Devote yourself to public reading. 485 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:42,820 Why not listen to an audio Bible? 486 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:46,460 If you find it hard to read, it can be really good. 487 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:48,940 Maybe make some notes as you go along or whatever. 488 00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:52,020 Secondly, read. Read regularly, aloud or in 489 00:24:52,020 --> 00:24:53,460 quiet. You can read the Bible aloud. 490 00:24:53,460 --> 00:24:57,620 You know on your own if that helps you write in your Bible. 491 00:24:57,780 --> 00:25:00,420 Scribble in it. Read with your senses, Read with 492 00:25:00,420 --> 00:25:02,620 your imagination. Try and imagine yourself in the 493 00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:06,100 places that you read about. Maybe use an app like the Bible 494 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:09,180 in One year, if that helps you. Or Lectia 365. 495 00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:13,990 Really good study. Apply yourself to understanding 496 00:25:13,990 --> 00:25:18,910 like the Bereans did in at 17. Memorize it due to only 11. 497 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:22,790 As you go along it says remember these things and teach them to 498 00:25:22,790 --> 00:25:25,110 your children. Pick verses that mean something 499 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:28,790 to you, Write them up somewhere, put them on your wall, you know 500 00:25:29,190 --> 00:25:32,110 scribble them out on, put them on your fridge or whatever and 501 00:25:32,110 --> 00:25:36,290 just try and remember them. I talked to a lady the other day 502 00:25:36,290 --> 00:25:39,530 who does this with her children, but she she puts them to music. 503 00:25:40,250 --> 00:25:42,530 I think that's a great idea, if you can do that, because that 504 00:25:42,530 --> 00:25:46,330 helps you remember and meditate day and night, says in San Juan 505 00:25:47,450 --> 00:25:49,170 for more revelation, chew it over. 506 00:25:50,010 --> 00:25:54,490 So I wonder who here is more hungry to hear God in his word 507 00:25:54,490 --> 00:25:55,810 than when we started this morning. 508 00:25:56,330 --> 00:25:59,010 Yeah, we're just going to pray. We're just going to ask Jesus to 509 00:25:59,010 --> 00:26:02,290 do for us what he did for that couple on the Emmaus Rd. 510 00:26:03,340 --> 00:26:04,820 Because his nature hasn't changed. 511 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:08,460 Lord, I just thank you. We thank you for your word. 512 00:26:10,380 --> 00:26:12,660 And Lord, each of us just want to say to you in our own hearts, 513 00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:16,140 will you draw alongside us as you drew alongside that couple 514 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:20,020 on the Emmaus Rd. will you open the scriptures to us? 515 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:23,860 And Lord, I speak over every person here, Lord, that we will 516 00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:28,180 hear you afresh in your word until we also say like them. 517 00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:32,460 Didn't our hearts burn within us as He opened the scriptures to 518 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:35,100 us? Lord, I pray your word in our 519 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,540 lives will be louder than the voices around us. 520 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:41,940 It will be louder than unbelief. And we would also have a word on 521 00:26:41,940 --> 00:26:44,940 every occasion to share with those around us. 522 00:26:44,940 --> 00:26:47,860 Lord, that we would take those words that you speak in our life 523 00:26:47,860 --> 00:26:51,020 and we would share them. Lord, like the little boy shared 524 00:26:51,020 --> 00:26:54,580 his pet lunch with the crowd. Lord, we pray that you help us 525 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:57,220 to share and break the bread of your word wherever we go. 526 00:26:57,820 --> 00:27:03,980 In Jesus name, Amen. Thank you, Susan, for that 527 00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:06,900 brilliant message. Isn't it amazing that God speaks 528 00:27:06,900 --> 00:27:09,500 to us through His words? So as you read the Bible this 529 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:13,260 week, be ready to hear from him. And why not even be bold and 530 00:27:13,260 --> 00:27:15,060 share a verse with someone else too? 531 00:27:15,820 --> 00:27:18,220 Before we sign off, we just want to let you know about what's 532 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:20,460 going on in the life of 1 Church. 533 00:27:20,780 --> 00:27:25,300 This is your family news. Our next Newcomers event is 534 00:27:25,300 --> 00:27:29,860 happening on Thursday the 13th of July 7:00 PM at 12 Frog 535 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:32,260 Island. If you are new to one church and 536 00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:35,020 you're considering making this your home, Newcomers is the 537 00:27:35,020 --> 00:27:37,060 event for you. It's a chance to meet some of 538 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:40,460 the team, hear the heart and the vision, and find out how you can 539 00:27:40,460 --> 00:27:42,660 get involved in the life of 1 Church. 540 00:27:42,780 --> 00:27:46,520 We'd love to see you there. This coming Saturday, the 8th of 541 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,160 July, we have our next United Kids event. 542 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:52,560 This is a brilliant event full of fun, worship and teaching for 543 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,440 children aged 7 to 11 from churches all across the city. 544 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,320 It's happening at Holy Trinity from six until 8:00 PM and you 545 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,560 are invited. And finally, we want to let you 546 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,760 know about an event called Run Leicester. 547 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,920 This is a charity run that lots of people get involved with for 548 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,280 all sorts of different causes, and we would love A-Team to Run 549 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,520 in aid of Open Hands this year. So if you're interested in 550 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,000 finding out more about that, there are details on the Open 551 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,840 Hands website. If you'd like more information 552 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,080 about any of those things, or you want to respond to the 553 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,520 message or receive prayer in any way, we are here for you. 554 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,980 Please do get in touch. Thank you so much for tuning in 555 00:28:30,980 --> 00:28:32,460 today. It's been great to have you with 556 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:34,340 us. Be blessed and have a brilliant 557 00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:39,060 week. The Lord bless you and keep you. 558 00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:42,860 The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. 559 00:28:43,220 --> 00:28:46,740 The Lord turn his face towards you and give you peace.