Lent Bible Study ebooks for download

There are currently three Bible Studies for Lent available for download on www.faithandworship.com, and each one offers 5 studies based on different themes.

New for 2012 is 'Then Sings my Soul'  based upon the all trime favourite hymn 'How Great Thou Art' (Ideal for Lent but can be used at any time of the year)

(Did you know this hymn has been recorded over 1700 times, including ones by Elvis Presley, Tenessee Ernie Ford, Roy Rogers and George Beverly Shea.)

 

Then there's 'Amazing Love' based upon the Isaac Watt's hymn
'When I survey the wondrous Cross' (Again, did you know This was one of the first English-language hymns to use the word ‘I’ and have at its core personal religious experience.)

Last, but not least, is 'Toward the Sunrise' which is not based on a hymn (!) but takes as its text the post resurrection appearances of Jesus as related by Luke in his Gospel. We focus on the disciples and their journey of faith from confusion to conviction, and walk with them along the Emmaus Rd as they encounter the risen Lord.

 You can find more details and sample pages from all these studies by CLICKING HERE

On seeing Spring flowers coming up in January

Springtime
Your message of hope
to a world tiring of winter’s starkness
longing for that first crocus
to push through snow’s icy blanket
and spread its leaves
like arms outstretched
to its creator
Springtime
Our yearly reminder, if we needed one
that to a world that was dark and cold
a world devoid of love’s sweet warmth
you sent your Son
to break through sin’s icy blanket
and, arms outstretched
on a cross
he brought us
hope
Thank you

New Year - New Beginnings

At the start of this new year I offer you the Methodist Covenant Prayer, which will be said at all Methodist Churches in January.

It is a chance to dedicate ourselves once again to God in service.

New Year's resolutions are mainly about giving up, this is about doing something new for God!

'I am no longer my own but yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing,
put me to suffering;
let me be employed for you,
or laid aside for you,
exalted for you,
or brought low for you;
let me be full,
let me be empty,
let me have all things,
let me have nothing:
I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours.'