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John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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Charity No. 1081578 www.godpod.org.uk
AUTUMN 2021 NEWSLETTER

Charity No. 1081578 www.godpod.org.uk

Jesus Is The Answer
Much love in our dear Lord Jesus Christ,
I have just finished a study on the book of Job, and how intimately it is tied to the New Testament.
We as followers of Jesus are not exempt from pain and suffering, I myself have been facing cancer for two years, as well as all the other pains as we get older. Such as opening a bag of crisps, unscrewing a jar of jam or changing a light bulb, when you’re shoulders won’t let you.
It’s one pain on top of many others, then you get the news you have cancer, it can be a painful experience that could put you down in the dust with Job. We can feel sorry for ourselves.
We may think that God doesn’t hear us when we pray, because we have fallen short of His high standard of Holy living. If we have trusted Jesus Christ for our salvation, wonderfully God has forgiven us, even when we feel our prayers are not being answered.
He still hears and answers in His good time, although they may not be what we expect.
Instead of looking at God in the shadow of our problem, let’s look at the problem in the light of God’s love and power, for He’s able to do more than we can imagine, and bring about our healing and restoration. I’ve just got the all clear from cancer, Praise the Lord.
As I said in the beginning, Job and the New Testament are intimately tied because Job’s and our problems are answered perfectly in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Subject ( ref:Job) (Jesus is the answer)
-Someone must help us approach God (Job 9:32-33). (1 Tim 2:5).
– Is there life after death? (Job 14:14).(John 11:25).
-There is one in heaven working on our behalf,(Job 16:19) (Hebrews 9:24).
-There is one who can save us from judgment (Job 19:25).( Hebrews 7:24-25).
-Where can we find God. (Job 23:3-5).(John 14:9).
-What is important in life. (Job 21:7-15). (Math 16:25-26 & John 3:16).
Check it out for yourselves!!! and be encouraged.
Healing and safety and love be yours Mick.

Autumn, a time for gathering in
Many of us like to grow our own vegetables and fruit. Now is the time that we look forward to har-vesting the fruit of our labours. It is always good to thank the Lord for His abundant provision, es-pecially when we eat our meals. It can be so easy to take God’s rich blessings for granted!
I am always reminded of the hymn by Henry Alford:-
Come ye thankful people come
Raise the song of harvest home
All is safely gathered in
Ere the Winter storms begin
God our maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied
Come to God’s own temple, come
Raise the song of harvest home

Verse two refers to us being holy and pure.
Verse three refers to the end of the age when God shall come.
Verse four refers to the church triumphant now in heaven.
Jesus said “ that the harvest is plenty but the labourers are few”. Matt 9v37.

During this difficult time of dealing with the Covid situation it has had a great effect on our lives in what we could or could not do. Sharing Christian fellowship face to face has also come with it’s
difficulties but praise our God who has (so far) seen us safely through.
There are many opportunities to share the good news if we are willing, and often in practical ways.
We are so grateful for the faithful support given to the “Godbus” outreach. Your prayers and financial support is greatly appreciated.
Another hymn comes to mind written by Edward Joseph Burns that starts with the phrase:-

We have a gospel to proclaim good news for men in all the earth
The gospel of a Saviours name: we sing His glory, tell His worth.

May our zeal for our dear Lord and His gospel never wane.
Every blessing, Roy.

Count your Blessings
Recently I seem to be reading or hearing about counting your blessings. Some days it is hard to count our blessings, whether we be in chronic pain, the loss of someone close, or feeling lonely, when life seems too much especially in the night when things look bleak and we cannot sleep for whatever reason. But we are all precious in God’s sight and he wants to comfort us in these times.

There is so much to be thankful for, the sunshine, the flowers which are amazing especially when you look closely at the details in each one of them, the trees, the clouds all so different. We are thankful for our Church family, especially when our own family live far away or we live on our own. Also, friends can be a real blessing, and especially for God always being there for us.

Perhaps if at the end of the day we could write down our blessings, however small or big and think of the lovely chorus from the old hymn. “Count your blessings name them one by one, Count your blessings see what God has done; Count your blessings name then one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.”- Heather.

May God’s blessing be with you all. From the team & trustees.
We pray that you may be encouraged in the Lord and experience the peace of His word in your hearts.

Thank you for your continued interest and we give praise to the dear Lord, Amen.

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Oct 022021
 

GodPodJCWGVA

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Jesus Christ Witness God’s Victorious Army

Charity No. 1081578 www.godpod.org.uk
SUMMER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Charity No. 1081578 www.godpod.org.uk

Greetings
Greetings in our Lord Jesus.
There is a lovely but sad story in 1 King’s 13, it would do a world of good if you read it!
A man of God (prophet) was sent to warn the King, who was doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
The prophecy in verse 2, came to pass 300 years later by Josiah, you can read about this in 2 King’s 23 v 1-20, a wonderful prophecy naming the child thousands of years before any scan’s.
Verse 4, the king tries to arrest the prophet but the King’s hand withered, note verse 6 then the King wanted a favour even when the prayer was answered but he didn’t repent.
The man of God was told not to eat or drink (anywhere) but in verse 8 place was added.
Verse 11 there was an old prophet in Bethel, his son’s told him all the works the man of God had done, so he went in search of him and found him sitting under an oak.
Verse 14 Are you the man of God?, (if he was a prophet he would have known who he was, but he was a lying prophet). An angel had spoken to him and told the man of God to come back with him, sadly he listened to the wrong voice and went back with him.
Verse 20 the man of God disobeyed Gods word, as he was told not to eat and drink in any place.
Verse 24 sadly as he travelled back a lion killed him, the lion and the donkey stood by him, but the lion didn’t eat the corpse or the donkey, because as no-one was eaten this showed it was a divine judgement. So what can we learn about ourselves from this reading?
We must reflect on what the scriptures teach us. Are we listening to the right voice being aware of someone coming with supposingly a word from God? The sheep know the Shepherd’s voice!
The prophet rested under the oak tree instead of completing the mission God had given him and especially not to go back the way he came, so as to get in a rut, (doing the same thing, over and over, in our own way not God’s way), we must be careful that we don’t make a deep rut for ourselves, and not be able to get out of it. Did the man of God rest on his old experience! (old manna).
Gods faithfulness is new every morning. What has gone before is history, it’s how we finish that’s important. In reflection, sadly I must quote Paul, Romans 7 v 24 O wretched man that I am,
I can’t change myself so I pray Psalm 51 V10 create in me a clean heart O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Please read and check this out for yourself
Every blessing to you all, stay safe and well, God bless. Love Mick & Annie

The Certain Future
With all the uncertainty we have faced during the last 15 or so months it is possible that we can become anxious or even worried about the future and what it holds for us. With constant reports through the media that there are other Covid variants that could affect the gradual getting back to normal life this can drag us down. The truth is that we can only live one day at a time, Jesus said “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” Matt 6:34 (NKJV). We place our hope and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. He has promised never to leave or forsake us, what a promise indeed! So often we allow our feelings to dictate and obscure where our true hope lies.
Here are some comforting words from King David who faced many a trial.
Psalm 139:7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your pres-ence? 139:8 If I go up into Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the furthest parts of the sea; 139:10 even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light around me. 139:12 Yea, the darkness does not hide from You; but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You.
May His grace and peace be with you now and always. Roy

A Reminder of Gods grace to the lost
Matthew 8:11-12 KJV 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. – There will be many in heaven who once were drunkards on earth. There will be many harlots: some of the most abandoned will be found there. You remember the story of Whitefield’s once saying, that there would be some in heaven who were “the devil’s castaways;” some that the devil would hardly think good enough for him, and yet whom Christ would save. Lady Huntingdon once gently hinted that such language was not quite proper. But, just at the time, there happened to be heard a ring at the bell, and Whitefield went down-stairs. Afterwards he came up and said, “Your ladyship, what do you think a poor woman had to say to me just now? She was a sad profligate, and she said, ‘O, Mr. Whitefield, when you were preaching, you told us that Christ would take in the devil’s castaways, and I am one of them,'” and that was the means of her salvation. – Charles H Spurgeon.
Blessings, Richard.

Words of encouragement
We all need encouragement at times, God has encouraged us if we believe in him, he will give us strength, no matter what we are dealing with John 14:17; Deuteronomy 31:6,8; Matthew 11:28-29.
Thank you all for your continued prayer, it is very much appreciated.
If anyone would like to come on the prayer clock, please contact Dave Sibley on 854903 mb07967912226. Thank you, Every Blessing – Dave & Lin.

The Gospel Commission
Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all mankind. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16v15 and 16.
Being a member of the GODBUS since the year 2001, it has been a joy to share the word of God with islanders and visitors alike. Since March 2020 the bus outreach team have not been out ow-ing to the outbreak of Covid and the lockdown regulations to combat it. We pray that we will soon be allowed out in the streets once again. B Penney.
May God richly bless us all in His service.

We thank you for your continued interest and support. May the Lord bless you and those you love.

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