Northfield Methodist Church

Dear Friends,
Warm greetings.
There is quite a buzz around Northfield at the moment! Phil Togwell and Danny Wong arrived this week from the UK to invest their lives in the life of our community. We welcome them warmly. We also hope that you will participate in some of their offerings. Here are some that you can make a note of.
• Sunday at our 6.30 pm service they will be leading our worship. We really hope that you will spread the word and invite others to be part of this gathering.

Dear Friends
We come out of a week where Dallas Willard ministered to us deeply which brought much renewal into our lives. Today's focus falls on renewing the foundation of giving.
I think it is safe to say that we are not born giving and that, as children, giving is not part of our "natural development". Rather giving is a function of maturity and children are taught to give and, if not taught, often fail to mature in the absence of a teacher.

Greetings!
I have learned that God promises to give us the strength we need for every day. If we would just listen to Him, and believe that He really does give us strength far beyond our own, we wouldn’t struggle through our days anymore. We wouldn’t feel helpless or drained.
The lyrics from one of my favourite songs describes it best: “I dare you to move, I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor. I dare you to move like today never happened before. Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell. Where are you going to go? Salvation is here!”

Dear Friends
Many years ago a world famous theologian and scholar, Dr Karl Barth appeared on German television. Responding to the question, “With all your knowledge and experience, if there was only one comment you could make to the millions of viewers, what would it be?”
He responded, “Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so”.
Some say that the Bible is the most sold book on the planet... and the least read.
Today we look at renewing our “Foundations of Faith” through Scripture.
Scripture is many things:

Greetings!
We get very caught up in the busyness of our lives; whether it be work, caring for your family or trying to maintain a healthy social life.
I know this is true for myself.
Life has become one huge rollercoaster and I hardly get off. I have been flying through days without even a minute with God.
I sit and think back to the time when I used to really know God intimately. Those days seem so distant.
I know God longs to hear about our days, to wipe away our tears, to hold us tightly and reassure us that everything is going to be okay.

Dear Friends

Dear Friends
In our final focus on this sermon series within our 150 Days or Renewal, we consider engraving the word courage onto our "Cup of Life." It is hard to think of life without this word engraved deeply into each person.

Greetings.
This Sunday we will be continuing our journey in the Cup of Life series. We will be discussing the theme of contentment. Isn’t it fascinating how in the world today we are bombarded with the lie that material possessions will make us happy and fulfill our every needs? Join us on Sunday as we take a few steps back and return to the idea that Jesus is all we need.

Dear Friends
Warm greetings!

Dear Friends
This week pushes us just over the halfway point in our journey of 150 Days of Renewal - a time of deepening and strengthening our relationship with God. In this relationship, between God's renewing work and our surrendering of our lives to Him, we trust that our lives - even those places in our lives that are damaged,misdirected and flat, may be fanned into flame. Once this happens, we can be sure of God sending us into the world to add light and warmth to dark and cold circumstances.