Surprise!

With some of our committed regulars having severe back trouble and another having ‘wrecked car’, we were expecting very few. Surprise, surprise – se were into double figures including Anthony from Great Yarmouth, a first timer.

Great praise and worship, with many participating with words of encouragement and exhortation. Thank you to Frank and to Ann, especially

and to Shirlene for leading communion. 

We looked at Haggai 2.10-23.  Some of this passage may seem a little complicated or obscure. But not really, and the messages are clear!

Verses 10-14. If something clean touches something unclean, will the unclean become clean? No, the clean becomes unclean. So one lesson here could be to be careful when making close friendships, and to consider places we might go, for instance, for entertainment. We can be influenced by unhelpful things.

Verses 15-19. The peoples’ hearts had been far from the Lord. Basically they were ‘looking after themselves’ and not putting the Lord first. He disciplined them with poor crops, etc. Lesson – if we do not give Jesus priority in our lives (finance, time, etc), we may find that things are going wrong for us in order to bring us back to him.

Verse 19-23. For those whose hearts are right with God, the future is generally one of blessing. 

In the final verses, there is a picture of the endtimes, when the world and society is shaken by bad things happening. Don’t be anxious; Jesus (pictured by Zerubbabel) is coming back to reign.

It was a Bring and Share Lunch, and some ate in the dining room and some in the sitting room and some on the patio. Frank borrowed my chain saw and took a branch off the largest oak, which had been hit by a skip truck and was threatening all entering.

OPn Wednesday – Bible Study on the Heartsease at the home of Mark and Michelle. 2pm

On Thursday – prayer meeting at Catfield. 2pm

Next Sunday – Meeting and Liberty Lunch at Frettenham, with Jonathan and Paige. All welcome at everything.