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No.7 - London and back again

  • Writer: Joshua Menon
    Joshua Menon
  • Nov 10, 2024
  • 4 min read

Judges, a potential cure for impatience and heavenly bodies.


Joshua and Luci by a lake



Verse of the Week


'None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.' 


Romans 3:11


I know it's an odd verse to find encouraging, but hear me out. Often, I find that my frustration, annoyance, or impatience can lead me to forget the peace I have in Christ. These feelings often come from me thinking I deserve better than what's happening.


I found it really helpful to be reminded in this verse that we have turned away from God, and so actually, we deserve eternal destruction. That means that enduring the small thing that has frustrated me is actually nowhere near as bad as what I deserve to experience. Having this change of perspective has helped me start to feel less impatient and more peaceful :)



Encouragements


It has been such a blessing of a week! From the joys of getting to really deeply study God's word together at Cornhill, to getting excited about the gospel at our first Christianity Explored session, to catching up with our St. Helen's 10am family, and learning about our amazing new resurrection bodies to come at their weekend at home. It has been quite a week.


Thank you so much to all of you who prayed for us this past week! God was so good to us in giving us a real sense of peace and joy throughout it all.


Also, my presentation at TEAM, my Bible training course in Cambridge, went really well :) I loved spending the time studying God's word, and I think God is really growing my ability to understand more of what He has written.


A Little Update


Though not quite as full on as last week we have another full week to come. We've got a christian book study starting and an exciting Men's conference at the end of the week.


The Past Week

  • Visited St Helens 6pm Service in London

  • Attended Cornhill, a bible college in London, to study the book of Judges for a day.

  • Went to watch the fireworks

  • Luci is helping with an evangelistic Tots Group

  • Gave a presentation on 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5 at my bible training course in Cambridge (TEAM)

  • Helped with our Church's Termly Members meal

  • Helped with our life group's first time hosting a Christianity explored course.

  • Joined the St Helen's 10am weekend at home

  • Helped with JTD kids and Creche

The Next Few Weeks

  • Sunday mornings - Helping with JTD Kids

  • Wednesday mornings - Luci helping with an evangelistic Tots Group

  • 11th Nov - Starting a Men's Christian book group

  • 14th Nov - Zoom ReNew Meeting (Local Church partnership)

  • 14th Nov - 2nd Christianity Explored Evening

  • 16th Nov - Leading the music at a Mens Conference

  • 20th Nov - Giving a presentation on Ruth at my bible training course in Cambridge (TEAM)

  • 21st Nov - Helping with my first primary school RE lesson

  • 21st Nov - 3rd Christianity Explored Evening

  • 27th Nov - TEAM Teaching Day on Mission



Prayer Requests


We would really love prayer that

  • God would fill our minds with the knowledge of God's grace and so lead us to peace rather than getting annoyed or impatient.

  • God would strengthen us to encourage each other to both rest well and seek to serve God with all the time and energy we can.

  • God would help us to encourage and build up all the men who attend the Men's conference with the joy of the gospel, as I help with the music and Luci serves behind the scenes.



A Final Word


What a joy it is to be one of God's children, nothing can separate us from His love.

'For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.' - Romans 8:38-39


Thank you so much for all your love and prayers.

God bless,


Joshua & Luci :)






P.S - Bonus present - 'Who can be compared to Lord most high' - We hope this song helps you to delight in God <3.











P.P.S - For those who are interested here are some interesting points from my TEAM bible training course




TEAM Notes - Click arrow to view

Bible overview


Session 4 - The new beginning with Abram

  • God makes an everlasting covenant with Abraham

  • Faith alone is how we receive righteousness, but faith must express itself in works of righteousness

  • God blesses Abram's descendants despite their evil ways

  • There’s a complex and un easy relationship with God and his people



Understanding and teaching OT Narrative


God-given stories in the Old Testament about God!

Identifying different elements of how the story has been put together can help you understand it's purpose


Useful elements of a story

  • Characters - Description + Role

  • Scenes - Time + Location + Pace + Focus

  • Plot (or dramatic flow) - What + When + Who

  • Symmetry - Patterns + Contrasts + Repetition



Workshops


Helpful ideas for understanding a passage

  • Having a plan for approaching a passage can make working through it a lot less stressful.

  • Often the message and purpose of a passage become clearer when you understand the message and purpose and structure of the book.




Thanks so much for reading,

I hope it has helped point you to Christ.


God Bless xx




 
 
 

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