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Wednesday 3rd December 2025

“If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:31-39 NLT

Our ever present God,

If I was not sure what God was like I think I would be afraid of Him being with me all the time. Seeing my every slip, every sliver of selfishness, greed, laziness and imperfectness! But if, as yesterday, we stamped, ‘there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus’ on our faith’ . . . we can walk daily, hourly, moment by mini moment by faith with You God. Loved accepted, forgiven and guided by Your Spirit.

No condemnation and no separation. The two go together as grace and mercy, thank you Lord and Father. Paul so clearly states everything that we might worry about or worry about that could separate us, so we can see the folly of considering it. And if we do it is there to reassure us. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from Your love God. 

And because You are always with us, we know our every prayer is heard, You know how we feel and understand what we are going through (Jesus knew what it was like to be one of us completely). You know what we want but more importantly You know what we need. Your grace and mercy is ever present and how can we keep from praising You.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Nothing shall separate us From the love of God.
Nothing shall separate us From the love of God.

God did not spare His only Son,
Gave Him to save us all.
Sin’s price was met by Jesus’ death
And heaven’s mercy falls.

Up from the grave Jesus was raised
To sit at God’s right hand;
Pleading our cause in heaven’s courts,
Forgiven we can stand.

Now by God’s grace we have embraced
A life set free from sin;
We shall deny all that destroys
Our union with Him.

Lyrics: Noel and Tricia Richards

Tuesday 2nd December 2025

I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.  For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” Romans 1:15-17 NKJ

“there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:23 NKJ 

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die, But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8 NKJ

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: ” Romans 8:1-4 NKJ

Holy God,

Only You are Holy. Only You are good through and through. We may have fleeting glimpses of being good. Some live what is called a good life but they are still sinners. We all fall short as Paul reminds the church in Rome. He writes at great length and with the knowledge that some of them know the Law of Moses well and some know nothing of it. So he explains that there is no benefit in either. They have it in black and white, not condescending and not too high brow, the truth.

All of us are sinners. And sin must be dealt with. But no sacrifices will ever be enough to cancel it. No money can buy it and there is not one of us good enough. Jesus, Your Son, who showed us how to live a sinless life, was the only one good enough to pay the price of sin. And then Paul’s letter to the Romans states the powerful truth of the gospel: there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Those who have accepted His gift of mercy and decided to ask Him into their lives.

No condemnation. Every time I see a movie where the hero or heroine is saved at the last minute I remember that I have already been saved. It will not be a last minute snatch from the gates of hell I know I am safe. I know I am forgiven. I know God has accepted me because of Jesus. The enemy can try to shame or remind me . . . I may let myself and God down on occasions . . . I may have the odd moment of doubt that God could love me so much . . . But there is now no condemnation. The truth echo’s through eternity and deposits itself in our hearts. Wow, what a God we have.

In Jesus name we pray and praise, Amen.
Two worships today . . .

Amplify Your anthem
Of grace within my soul
Let me hear the wonders
Of Your redeeming love
And let me hear those saving words
You spoke upon the cross

It is finished, it is finished
O, what else is there to say?
Shame is silenced, death defeated
Hallelujah, God be praised

No more condemnation
You had the final word
There’s nothing that can hold me
There’s nothing now to dread
Oh, I can hear those healing words
You cried upon the cross

Chorus twice

I hear a symphony of grace
Your song of mercy called my name
I stand in awe, I stand amazed
Hallelujah, God be praised
Repeat

Oh, God be praised
There’s no more condemnation
You had the final word
Yes You had the final word

Say
It is finished, it is finished (it is finished)
Oh, what else is there to say?
(All our shame is gone)
Shame is silenced, death defeated
(Death is all we can’t say)
Hallelujah (hallelujah), God be praised (oh)

It is finished, it is finished
Oh, what else is there to say?
Shame is silenced, death is defeated
So, hallelujah, God be praised
Shame is silenced, death defeated
Hallelujah, God be praised

Lyrics: Jennifer Martin
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Monday 1st December 2025

“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 NLT

Father of Love,

This chapter sums up, in the positive, all the things Paul is trying to teach the Corinthians in this letter.

Paul warns them against pride. Thinking some individuals and evangelists more important than others (1 Cor 3:5-9). Thinking themselves more important than another serving in their fellowship (1 Cor 12:7-11) when we are all part of Your love God and part of one body.

Paul warns them about sexual immorality (1 Cor 6:15-20) and self control – whether to remain single or marry (1 Cor 7:8-9). Love not lust.

He warns them against idolatry, and perhaps we just need to adapt this to the worship of idols today! (1 Cor 10:14-18) And calls them to orderly communion and worship (1 Cor 14:26). He straightens them out about the resurrection of the dead (1 Cor 15:50-53).

Every part of this letter highlights keeping to Your calling God, to be Your love in the world. It begins with praising them before You, God and ends with the hope that he, Paul can make a long visit with them soon, because he wants to spend time with them. Your Word, Lord begins with You saying that You created man and saw it as good. The books of the Bible show us how man fails You, but gives us a picture of what Your love actually looks like. It is perfected in Jesus. And Your word continually tells us that You want, not just to visit us, but to dwell with us. Till the day till we take up our resurrection bodies. Reading Paul’s letters, help us to see the areas we need to work on to show Your love, Lord.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Worship Monday 1st December 2025

Oh, the deep, deep love of Jesus—
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free—
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of His love—
Leading onward, leading homeward
To His glorious rest above.

Oh, the deep, deep love of Jesus—
Spread His praise from shore to shore!
Praise His mercy, praise His goodness;
Praise His love forevermore.
How He watcheth o’er His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth o’er them from His throne.

Oh, the deep, deep love of Jesus—
Love of ev’ry love the best—
’Tis an ocean vast of blessing;
’Tis a haven sweet of rest.
Oh, the deep, deep love of Jesus—
’Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
Lifts me up eternally.

Lyrics: S Trevor Francis