Messages
Stirring Up the Saints
Good evening. Once again welcome to our online service from this morning in our church fellowship. Today we have the introduction from myself, a testimony from Ivan and Kristie and the Word from Matt Petley.
Firstly, here is a worship video from Matt Redman, Endless Halleluyah:
Service introduction from Andy:
Testimony from Ivan and Kristie:
Today’s message from Matt Petley:
2 Peter 3: 1-9 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of [a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and [b]perdition of ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward [c]us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 3:2 NU, M the apostles of your Lord and Savior or your apostles of the Lord and Savior
- 2 Peter 3:7 destruction
- 2 Peter 3:9 NU you
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The Promised Land – Out of Egypt
Good evening and welcome again to the recordings from our service this morning. Our worship videos tonight are from Graham Kendrick, Praise Him Moon and Stars, followed by Matt Maher, Lord I Need You.
And our audio tonight is firstly testimonies from Audrey, Alan and Keith, followed by the recording of today’s message.
May the Lord bless you!
Andy
The Promised Land – Fulfilment
Good evening. Our services continue despite 
the restrictions placed upon churches by the Government regulations. It is a now a long time since the lockdown was first imposed, at the time the reasons given were to protect the NHS and save lives. Now however, the circumstances of the virus have changed dramatically since the peak of infections in mid-March (before the lockdown was imposed), with a very low risk of infection in our area. Jesus taught us to ‘Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, and to God that which is God’s’, Matthew 22:21. That is what we as a church are seeking to do. Read the rest of this entry »
The Promised Land – Introduction
Good evening. God is good and His mercy endures forever!
The first audio link below is the introduction by Dawn, followed by testimonies from Alan and Keith. The second link is today’s message, a short introduction to a series on the Promised Land.
Firstly, here are today’s worship videos – Salvation Belongs to our God by Paul Wilbur (another recent video repeated to help us learn it), and Jesus Name above all Names, the song we shared in the Breaking of Bread this morning.
May the Lord bless you richly! Andy. Read the rest of this entry »
Galatians 4
Good evening. The Lord continues to bless us in our restarted Sunday services despite the restrictions churches have to operate under at the moment.
John brought the Word to us today, from Galatians 4, and we had two testimonies from Tony (friend of Jeff and Margaret) and Steve. Both of those recordings are below. Firstly, there are a couple of worship videos, Ron Kenoly singing I will come and bow down, a song I shared this morning in our time of thanksgiving, and secondly, another recent video repeated to help us learn it – Graham Kendrick’s Holy Overshadowing.
God bless you,
Spiritual Patience (God’s Waiting Room)
Good evening. This morning’s service was our second service following the lockdown and we were very blessed to be able to meet together to share, to worship the Lord and hear His Word ministered. Below are the audios of two testimonies, from Nathan and Ruth, and from the ministry of the Word by Rob.
Before that, as is our custom now, is a worship video. Again it’s a song we’ve featured previously, repeated here as it’s another song we want to incorporate into our worship times in the near (dv) future.
The Lord bless you,
Church Restart
Good evening. This morning we held our first service since the lockdown began in March, and it was wonderful being able to gather as a congregation again, albeit only in part. Despite the restrictions on numbers able to gather and not being able to have congregational singing, we enjoyed fellowship, sharing and communion together.
Below is a recording of thoughts from John and myself. I will post a recording of other testimonies on the Celebration Social Whatsapp group. Firstly, here is a video of Paul Wilbur, I Enter the Holy of Holies.
God bless, Andy.
Thoughts from John and Andy:
We started the service by declaring the goodness of the Lord by reading Psalm 103:
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
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Daniel 11:2-12:4
Good morning and welcome to our online video and message for this week. Today we have Dr Annang continuing his excellent study of the book of Daniel, and before that there is another double bill of video of songs that we have featured recently, that we will be looking to sing congregationally whenever we will be permitted to actually sing together again.
That brings me on to the regulations for recommencing our services. We are still planning to restart our Sunday service next weekend (12th July), providing there is no local lockdown imposed on our area, as Leicester has had this week. I will be posting another page on this website in the next few days regarding the practicalities and arrangements of attending. It certainly won’t be church as normal, as the regulations prevent us from singing, for example, but nonetheless it will be a start of our meeting together again, dv.
God bless, Andy. Read the rest of this entry »
The Power and Presence of God
Good morning and welcome to our online service today. Following an open-air meeting of the leadership last Wednesday I have recorded a statement of where we are in term of planning to return to meeting together on a Sunday morning. We decided to recommence on 12th July, but this will involve quite a few restrictions, as I mention in the statement, which follows here:
Hold on Tight
Good morning and Happy Father’s Day! 
Regarding the lockdown, it’s good the hear the Government has decided to move from Phase 4 to Phase 3 and to further ease restrictions in the coming days. Those easings I think mean we can finally discuss, at least, our options for starting to meet together in some way. And I will be in touch with Foresight, the company that owns and runs our meeting place, to understand their stance on usage of the building. Read the rest of this entry »
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