Sunday next before Lent – Sermon 1

  Bible References Hosea 14 Philemon Evensong – ASB 6.30pm  – 18th February 1996   Prayer to start May the Lord be in our hearts and may every word and thought be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of His Name. AMEN Introduction Its likely that if we carried out an opinion pole of…

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Sunday next before Lent – Sermon 13

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Who would we choose to have a one to one with? our families? our friends? – a relative who lives away? Perhaps we would like…

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Sunday next before Lent – Sermon 38

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction “Almighty God…….give us grace to percieve His Glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with Him and be changed into His likeness” words from…

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Sunday next before Lent – Sermon 63

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Change and responsibility are not words that many of us relish When we know there will be changes affecting our job, our houses, our daily…

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Sunday next before Lent – Sermon 125

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Being a Christian is not always easy – nor is it meant to be – Jesus Himself taught us that following in His footsteps involves…

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1st Sunday in Lent – Sermon 26

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction “For as through the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners – so through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous”…

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Pentecost – Sermon 42

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Today we celebrate one of the most extraordinary events in the history of the world – the happenings on the day of Pentecost – as…

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Pentecost – Sermon 52

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction Who shapes us? Who makes us what we are?Is it our parents – our families? – our DNA? Is our personality and attitude towards life…

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Pentecost – Sermon 100

Prayer to start May the words of my lips and the thoughts of our hearts be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ AMEN Introduction “The Lord is my light and my salvation – the Lord is the strength of my life”The words form our responsary But – do we…

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5th Sunday of Pentecost – Sermon 2

Prayer to start May every word and every thought be graciously received for the Glory and Honour of our Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN Introduction What’s your favourite story ?, a good mystery story on the radio? – or perhaps you like to curl up on the settee with a good book or watch a T.V.…

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