| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 31 secs | 0 Comments
Here’s that thankful man again – Paul is giving thanks for the churches he is writing to in Colossae. He is the most thankful writer in all antiquity, so there’s our first challenge. Be thankful! God is good. We get to see what an apostle prays yet again at the start of this letter to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
It doesn’t feel like long ago we preached through Philippians! Get on There’s a clear Biblical pattern to resolving conflict, upset and disagreements that Jesus gives in Matt 5 and Matt 18 Whoever is at fault – go. Go first to sort it out If that doesn’t work, take a friend (not tell a friend, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 18 secs | 0 Comments
We are in a strange season – 2020 has been a very different year to what we thought it might be! We are learning so much in this season – what do you need to forget to press on towards what Christ wants? Some of you might need some help with that. Reach out – […]
| By Andy Moyle | 5 mins 45 secs | 0 Comments
We’re all 21! If you ask a lot of adults how old they are they will say 21 with 29 years experience. But that’s not what I am getting at. We are all 21.Either Phil 1:21 “For me to live is Christ, to die gain” Or we are Phil 2:21” For they all seek their […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 55 secs | 0 Comments
Pray like an apostle 3.0 This is the third time in 3 weeks we have got a glimpse at an apostle’s prayers. Here we can see Paul always thanks God when he remembers the Philippians. Praying for them is a joyful thing to him because of two things. Firstly their partnership in the gospel, which […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 23 secs | 0 Comments
Life is war. That’s not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the Church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief. It is not surprising that prayer […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 41 secs | 0 Comments
Good sermons hook your interest, show you some truth from the Scriptures and then how to apply it to daily life. Paul’s letter to the church in Ephesus is similar. He starts off with the mind blowing lavish spiritual blessings they already had because of Jesus. Then he unfolds the wonders of the grace of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 11 secs | 0 Comments
The gospel is incredible. It is the manifold, or multi-coloured, wisdom of God to be made known everywhere on heaven and earth. As Paul explains it, you can tell he is blown away by it and wants to pray and praise God. He bows the knee, putting down his pen to talk to his Father […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 58 secs | 0 Comments
At the start of the movie Saving Private Ryan, an old man is visiting the D-Day cemeteries in Normandy with his family. He breaks down crying in front of row after row of white crosses and finally mumbles: “Did I earn it?” It turns out, he is the Private Ryan saved by Tom Hanks’ platoon […]