Category: Articles

Articles such as the ones from the monthly magazine.

  • Prayer is Dependence

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    Prayer expresses something fundamental about what we view of ourselves and of God. A vital prayer life is dependent upon our realisation of our own poverty and inability and our understanding of the love and greatness of our God.

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  • Bible Reading in the New Year

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    Walk with the Lord, reading His word and spending time in prayer daily in 2024. Here are some ideas of reading plans that might help you in organising your daily time with Him.

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  • Unity of Mind

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    1 Peter 3:8 urges the local church to have ‘Unity of Mind’. What does it mean for us to be ‘of one mind’? The answer may surprise you! …

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  • One in Christ

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    Why is unity so important in any church? There are actually fundamental reasons – reasons which are important for us all to know …

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  • How to Care

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    The picture of a Shepherd in scripture gives us amazing principles that guide how we are to care for one another in the church …

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  • The Foundation of Care

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    Care for others is founded not on what we have to do, which is only a burden, but on all we’ve seen of what Jesus has done for us. This changes everything! …

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  • Our Eternal Hope

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    We are all being sold stories all the time. But the stories don’t normally have a happy ending, though they claim to have. But in Jesus we have a far better story for every part of life.

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  • God over all chaos

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    We are all being sold stories all the time. But the stories don’t normally have a happy ending, though they claim to have. But in Jesus we have a far better story for every part of life.

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  • Our Better Story

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    We are all being sold stories all the time. But the stories don’t normally have a happy ending, though they claim to have. But in Jesus we have a far better story for every part of life.

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  • Finishing Well

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    When we are coming towards the ‘oldest old’ stage of life, how should we respond? Alan Pilbeam shares encouragement from God’s word for all.

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  • Good Grief

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    How do we face what is often the most difficult point in our lives? The loss of a deeply loved one has huge impact. Yet God has given us so much to help us in this time.

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  • Kindness

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    We hear the reprimand “Be kind” a lot when we are children and our parents are seeking to mould us well. However, Kindness is also a call God makes to us. But how? How do I become Kind like God?

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  • Generational Curse?

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    Sadly talk amongst Christians of ‘Generational Curses’ brings deep hurt and fear. Jesus came to “proclaim freedom for prisoners”, not to lead into fear. We need to understand properly that in Christ we are not and can never be under a ‘Generational curse’, but are given freedom.

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  • Leadership Lessons

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    What does a Spiritual Leader look like? It is so different from the leadership we are encouraged to emulate in industry, sport or on “The Apprentice”. Let’s examine what God says …

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  • You can go!

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    When Jesus tells us to “go into all the world”, how can I respond? What does it mean to engage in Mission for the ‘average Christian’? Lets think…

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  • Looking Back to Look Forward

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    Looking back is sometimes really helpful in working out where you have got to. At the start of a new session we reflect on changes proposed and changes made in Cambray Baptist Church.

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  • The Holy Spirit

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    Because of excesses of some, the person and the work of the Spirit is sometimes downplayed by Christians. But Romans 8 gives fundamental reasons why we can’t do that, and for our spiritual health mustn’t do that…

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  • Barriers to Transformation

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    God wants to do an amazing work in you! But, sadly, we can put up so many barriers to the work of God. But using Romans 12:1-2 we can see how God works and start to walk with Him in His work.

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