SPEAKING OF LIFE
A weekly web programme from GCI commenting each week providing a biblical perspective on how we live in the light of God's love.
SPEAKING OF LIFE 2034 | WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
SPEAKING OF LIFE 2034 | WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

God is never late, or lacking in lavishing love on his children. Even when circumstances seem hopeless, he is able and faithful to provide a way. How has he shown up for when you least expect it?​

Jesus says “I am the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE…” – John 14:6

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Thought for the Week

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Prayer is about care.
 
In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, many religious groups, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, have called for a time of prayer.
 
Prayer is not so much about imploring God to do something as it is about joining in God’s love for those close to us and for the rest of humanity. When we pray for someone, we make a positive statement. It’s saying that we participate in God’s love for him or her.

​When we help someone, we put God’s gifts of love and compassion into action.
 
A simple prayer could be: “God, I’m new to all this prayer stuff, but help me please to pray for those caught up in the coronavirus pandemic. In particular help me to share in your love for (name some names). Thank you”.
 
Time to pray.
 
Best regards,
James

James Henderson is European Director for Grace Communion International
20th March 2020

Bible Study: Back to Bible Study

Back to Bible Study Series
​by James Henderson...

Taken from - Day by Day - Growing Together in Life and Faith                                      ​http://www.daybyday.org.uk/ 

Friday Bible Study
17th July 2020

Listen to God

“Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track.”
Proverbs 3:6 (The Message)

My wife and I moved home over a year ago, and as is usual on such occasions we had a clear-out of all the stuff we hadn’t used for ages. In the process we came across a poster from World War Two that belonged to one of our parents. It’s entitled ‘Morale – How to play your part’, and was approved by the Mayor of Hove and the two local MPs with the recommendation ‘Pin this up in your home, office or shelter.’ 

What I found interesting about this poster is some of the comments about God. This is what it says: “The secret of steadiness and inner strength is to listen to God and do what he says. God speaks directly to the heart of every man and woman who is prepared to listen and obey. Write down the thoughts he gives you. His voice can be heard wherever you are – in the home, in the factory, in the air-raid shelter, in the first-aid post.
Forearm yourself by listening to God first thing every morning. This provides a clear plan for each day and the power to work with other people in complete unity. In time of listening God takes away fear and fortifies against uncertainty, hardship or bereavement; He gives foresight and cool judgment; He offers limitless reserves of energy and initiative.
A British General who has fought through two wars said this: ‘Telephone wires may be cut, wireless stations be destroyed, but no bombardment can stop messages from God coming through if we are willing to receive them. To listen to God and obey Him is the highest form of national service for everybody everywhere.’” 

We live in a different era now where it is not PC to talk about God or Christian beliefs or Biblical virtues. Although this nation may not be going through the dark days of World War Two, it nevertheless faces many problems and issues. Knife crime and acid attacks are on the increase, the threat of terrorism is ever present, and especially now with the coronavirus pandemic, there is uncertainty about the UK’s future. 

Wouldn’t it be something if in this difficult time for the country our public leaders advocated listening for the voice of God? Wouldn’t it be something if they produced a poster like this and said ‘Pin this up in your home, office and schools.’? That may not happen anytime soon, but wouldn’t it be something if we individually committed ourselves to ‘Listen for God’s voice in everything [we] do, everywhere [we] go; [because] he’s the one who will keep [us] on track’?

I think I might just pin this poster up in our new home.​
Prayer
Father, speak to me and I will listen. Give me ears to hear to you and a heart that wants to obey you, in everything I do and everywhere I go.
​Amen
Study by Barry Robinson - Member of the National Ministry Team in the UK

You're Included

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Author William Paul Young is a friend of Grace Communion International whose book, The Shack, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide since it was first published in 2007, making it one of the best-selling books of all time.

Below are two interviews from the GCI web programme "You're Included" with writer Paul Young and theologian Dr. C Baxter Kruger.
​Dr. Kruger uses William Young's book The Shack to discuss the triune God's love for all humanity.
Dr. C. Baxter Kruger is the founder and the president of Perichoresis, Inc. and of Mediator Lures. He obtained his doctorate working with James Torrance in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is also the author of  "The Shack Revisited."
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​Paul Young talks about how "The Shack" was written, and he discusses how the nature of relationship is embedded in the Trinitarian character and nature of God. William Paul Young is the author of the best-selling novel "The Shack" and "Cross Roads." Copyright 2015 - Grace Communion International All Rights Reserved

The God Revealed in Jesus Christ

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A collection of articles outlining Trinitarian theology

The series begins with Jesus Christ. As God in the flesh, he reveals to us what God is; he teaches us that the Father is in character just like Jesus. Other doctrines flow from that point. Jesus reveals that there was, even before time began, love between the Father and the Son.

There are relationships within God, yet there is only one God. Humanity was made in the image of God, and we are made for the purpose of having eternal relationships, based on God’s love, with him and with one another. Yet we fall short of this divine purpose; we are unable to qualify ourselves for the kingdom of God. This brings us back to Jesus, the incarnate God.

As our Creator, he could represent us all, and so he became human as our representative and substitute, to atone for the sins of all humanity and to reconcile all humanity to God. He extends unconditional love and grace to us. Humans, however, do not always return that favour, and so there is a growth process toward the goal God has established for us. It is tremendously good news, and the more we learn about the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the more that we desire a relationship with him. We have not earned his love, but he has earned ours. It is all built upon the unity of the Father and of Jesus. And yet the Bible says that there is only one God. How can we have plurality within one Being?

​The doctrine of the Trinity was formulated to say how Father and Son are one God: two Persons in one God. As we discuss in another book, the Holy Spirit is likewise a Person in the Triune God. God is love, and we are invited to join him for eternity!​

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