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Saturday 13th September 2025

“In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the fall of the city—on that very day the hand of the Lord was on me and he took me there. 2In visions of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose south side were some buildings that looked like a city. 3He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. 4The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”” Ezekiel 40:1-4 NIV

“Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east. 2And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. 3It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face. 4And the glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east. 5The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.” Ezekiel 43:1-5

God of wonders,

The hand of the Lord! Your hand was upon him. And he was transported in a vision to a real place. Well it seemed real to Ezekiel. But it was different. And there he met a man. A divine man? We are not told who the man is but he was of bronze signifying he was not a man but divine?. The builder of the city? He had the symbols of building in his hands. A measuring rod for straight lines and linen cord for measuring round pillars and anything curved. And Ezekiel was to remember and tell about what he saw to Israel. The Jews would want to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. But this was not the same Temple . . . It was much – much larger. And so precise in the measurements given. As though this were not something to be man made . And the measurements go on for some time till he was brought to the East gate. And he saw again the glory of the Lord and it had the same effect – he fell on his face.

This was a prophetic vision and it has not yet come to pass. But it gave Israel the promise that there would be another Temple but nothing like as small as the first one. God would be in its midst and with his people. It would be beyond their imagination in wonder.

They would not fully understand Ezekiel just as we do not and cannot fully understand the book of Revelation. But we know it contains truth. The day will come when we dwell with You, God not in a man made building but a new heaven and earth. And Your glory will fill it Lord God. We trust, in faith, that we will dwell with You forever. And now today we too like Ezekiel we can know Your hand upon us through Your Holy Spirit. Amazing.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Saturday 13th September 2025

Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of all creation
Lord of heaven and earth

Lord of all creation
of water, earth and sky
The heavens are your Tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on high

God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth

So early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
When I stumble in the darkness
I will call your name by night

God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth

Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth

Holy Holy Holy Holy

God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
Precious Lord reveal your heart to me
Father hold me, hold me
the universe declares your majesty
you are holy, holy, holy, holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth . . .

Lyrics: Steve J. Hindalong, Marc Byrd

Friday 12th September 2025

“Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don’t be alarmed by the dream and what it means.’ “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you! 

24 “‘This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king. 25 You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses. 26 But the stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again when you have learned that heaven rules.”” Daniel 4:19-26 NLT

Lord God Almighty,

At the beginning of this chapter we read of Nebuchadnezzar praising You, God, saying,”His Kingdom will last forever, His rule through all generations.” (Daniel 4:3). Then He has a dream about a tall magnificent tree, bountiful,a place for all to find shelter and of benefit to the whole world. And Daniel has to tell him that though he is that tree now, if he does not match his behaviour to his praise of You he will eat grass till he comes to his senses.No wonder Daniel was scared of giving his interpretation. Just 12 months later Nebuchadnezzar forget this dream. Standing on his roof, seeing the beautiful city, he took all the glory for himself, puffed with pride, he declared his city was to display his own majestic splendor! So then he ate grass.

I sometimes stand back and look at something I have made well or done. I am pleased with myself for making the effort and doing a good job. But am reminded that I am only human and doing my best. I do not see myself as majestic or higher then others. Sometimes pride can sneak round behind and whisper – yes look at all you created . . . Then I need to get the taste of grass in my mouth. I can only do all thing through Christ because it is He who strengthens me. Paul reminds us in his letter to the Philippians 4:13. Bring me down a peg gently if I get too full of myself Lord, no grass?

In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Worship Friday 12th September 2025

Oh, kneel me down again here at Your feet
Show me how much You love humility
Oh, Spirit be the star that leads me to
The humble heart of love I see in You

You are the God of the broken
The friend of the weak
You wash the feet of the weary
Embrace the ones in need

I want to be like You Jesus
To have this heart in me
You are the God of the humble
You are the humble King

Oh, kneel me down again here at Your feet
Show me how much you love humility
Oh, Spirit be the star that leads me to
The humble heart of love I see in You

You are the God of the broken
The friend of the weak
You wash the feet of the weary
Embrace the ones in need

And I want to be like You Jesus
To have this heart in me
You are the God of the humble
You are a humble King

Music interlude . . .

You are the God of the broken
The friend of the weak
You wash the feet of the weary
Embrace the ones in need

I want to be like You Jesus
To have this heart in me
You are the God of the humble
You are a humble King

You are the God of the humble
You are a humble King

Lyrics: Brenton Brown

Thursday 11th September 2025

 “The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zohar, and Shaul. 25 The descendants of Shaul were Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma. 26 The descendants of Mishma were Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon’s tribe never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.” 1 Chronicles 4:24-27 NLT

“The oldest son of Israel was Reuben. But since he dishonored his father by sleeping with one of his father’s concubines, his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph. For this reason, Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn son. 2 The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation, but the birthright belonged to Joseph.3 The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The descendants of Joel were Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, 5 Micah, Reaiah, Baal, 6 and Beerah. Beerah was the leader of the Reubenites when they were taken into captivity by King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria.” 1 Chronicles 5:1-4 NLT

God of Israel,

Reading through the Bible as events happened, today we read the Chroniclers of the day recording Your peoples family trees. It was important to be able to work out their ancestry back to Abraham. For that sense of belonging, and being of those who belong to You, God. It takes some reading through but like the excerpt’s above they do included little interesting snippets of history and what happened to them. Like Reuben no longer being listed as first born even though he was and why. And Simeon’s great, great grandsons had small families. The BIble is a story of real people, families and nation. And we learn from them about You and You teach us through them.

Today those of us, who choose Christ as our Saviour, become Your sons and daughters (2 Corinthians 6:18, 1 John 3:1,) You adopted us and there will be a chronicle of our birthright in Christ written in heaven in the book of life. It is an awesome warning in Revelation that there is a book of life. A chronicle of those who have bowed the knee to Christ and accepted HIm as Lord. And the terrible fate of those who have not (Revelation 20:15). We today learn from each other about You God and You can teach us much through each other if we are willing to learn.

In Jesus name we pray, Amen.

Worship Thursday 11th September 2025
Church doesn’t always feel like family for many reasons. Do I help or hinder?

Welcome to the family,
We are glad that you have come
To share your life with us,
As we grow in love,
And may we always be to you
What God would have us be,
A family always there,
To be strong and to lean on.

May we learn to love each other
More with each new day,
May words of love be on our lips,
In ev’ry thing we say.
May the Spirit melt our hearts,
And teach us how to pray,
That we might be a true family.

Lyrics: Debby Kerner Rettino (Psalty)