{"id":648,"date":"2025-07-04T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godpod.org.uk\/?p=648"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:55:31","slug":"summer-newsletter-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.godpod.org.uk\/?p=648","title":{"rendered":"Summer Newsletter 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GodPod\"<\/a>\"JCWGVA\"<\/a><\/p>\n

John 3:16<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ Witness God\u2019s Victorious Army<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Charity No. 1081578 www.godpod.org.uk<\/a>
\nSummer 2025 NEWSLETTER<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charity No. 1081578 <\/span><\/span>www.godpod.org.uk<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Greetings to you all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank the Lord He allowed us to walk with the Cross again and now we are getting ready for the Chale Show. Once again it will prove a challenge, and a wonderful time to share our faith, this is our purpose on earth.
\nSometimes it would have been easier if after being born again, that we would be taken straight to heaven where everything is perfect, but we are left here to carry on the work the dear Lord Jesus Christ left for us, to seek and save the lost.
\nThat was what Jesus came to do, as the Father has sent me l also send you (Jn 2o:21) and (Jn17 :9) I pray for them, I do not pray for the world, but for those you have given Me, for they are yours. (Jn 17:20) I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word. Can we not witness to these amazing words?
\nWe can feel out of it when the years increase and our bones grow weary but God can still use us and sustain each one Psalm 71:9 ; Psalm 92:14, Isaiah 40:29-31.
\nThank you so much for your kindness and generous support in prayer etc every blessing Mick.<\/p>\n

Prayer<\/strong>
\nIf anyone would like to join the prayer clock, please contact Dave Sibley on
\nTel.. 07967912226\/01983854903 Or Email: dave_lin@hotmail.co.uk.
\nAlso if you no longer want to be part of the prayer clock, please contact us using the same details.
\nGod Bless, Dave & Lin – Matthew 18:19-20; Philippians 4:6.<\/p>\n

From a Friend \u2013 Anonymous<\/strong>
\nDear Friend,
\nHow are you? I just had to send a note to tell you how much I care about you. I saw you yesterday as you were talking with your friends. I waited all day hoping you would want to talk with me too. I gave you a sunset to close your day and a cool breeze to rest you — and I waited. You never came. It hurt me — but I still love you because I am your friend.
\nI saw you sleeping last night and longed to touch your brow so I spilled moonlight upon your face. Again I waited, wanting to rush down so we could talk. I have so many gifts for you! You awoke and rushed off to work. My tears were in the rain. If you would only listen to me! I love you! I try to tell you in blue skies and in the quiet green grass. I whisper it in leaves on the trees and breathe it in colours of flowers, shout it to you in mountain streams, give the birds love songs to sing. I clothe you with warm sunshine and perfume the air with nature scents. My love for you is deeper than the ocean, and bigger than the biggest need in your heart!
\nAsk me! Talk with me! Please don’t forget me. I have so much to share with you!
\nI won’t hassle you any further. It is YOUR decision. I have chosen you and I will wait — because I love you. Your friend, Jesus.<\/p>\n

He watches over us<\/strong>
\nMy favourite Psalm is 121, which I have found to be helpful at different times in life. Sitting on a chair waiting to have a special X-ray and feeling somewhat apprehensive. I looked up and there was a very tiny window looking out onto a high hill. Verse 1 came to me which said ” I lift my eyes to the hills. From where my help comes from. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.” The last verse also reminds us that the Lord watches over us at all times, He never slumbers. He died on the cross for us which means we can walk through life now as a child of God and he is always watching over us. – Heather.<\/p>\n

The Kite \u2013 John Newton 1725-1807<\/strong>
\nMy waking dreams are best concealed,
\nMuch folly, little good they yield.
\nBut now and then I gain when sleeping
\nA friendly hint that\u2019s worth the keeping.
\nLately I dreamt of one who cried
\n\u201cBeware of self, beware of pride;
\nWhen you are prone to build a Babel
\nRecall to mind this little fable.\u201d
\nOnce upon a time a paper kite
\nWas mounted to a wondrous height,
\nWhere, giddy with its elevation,
\nIt thus expressed self-admiration:
\n\u201dSee how yon crowds of gazing people
\nAdmire my flight above the steeple;
\nHow they would wonder if they knew
\nAll that a kite like me can do?
\nWere I but free, I\u2019d take a flight,
\nAnd pierce the clouds beyond their sight.
\n\u201cBut, ah! like a poor pris\u2019ner bound,
\nMy string confines me near the ground:
\nI\u2019d brave the eagle\u2019s tow\u2019ring wing,
\nMight I but fly without a string.\u201d
\nTo break the string; at last it broke.
\nDeprived at once of all its stay,
\nIn vain it tried to soar away;
\nUnable its own weight to bear,
\nIt fluttered downward through the air;
\nUnable its own course to guide,
\nThe winds soon plunged it in the tide.
\nAh! foolish kite; thou hast no wing;
\nHow could\u2019st thou fly without a string?
\nMy heart replied, \u201cO Lord, I see
\nHow much this kite resembles me!
\nForgetful that by thee I stand,
\nImpatient of thy ruling hand;
\n\u201cHow oft I\u2019ve wished to break the lines
\nThy wisdom for my lot assigns?
\nHow oft indulged a vain desire
\nFor something more or something higher.
\nAnd but for grace or love divine,
\nA fall thus dreadful had been mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you to all who support this outreach with prayer and finance, we could not do
\nthis without you.<\/p>\n

Every blessing, the team & trustees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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