8am Holy Communion at St Nicholas, Sandhurst10am Holy Communion at St George's, Benendenboth led by Revd Ylva & Revd David
Daily Scripture:My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trails of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance, and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1 2-4)Daily Reflection:How can we endure the trials and tribulations of life and still find joy? As an endurance athlete I put myself through long hours of training, sometimes in adverse conditions, causing my body to become completely exhausted. But I do all this in the knowledge that I have a goal to reach, which usually involves taking part in a race with the sole purpose of getting to the end in one piece - and the sheer joy you feel as you cross the finish line is something that you just have to experience for yourself. You may not have a race to run, but life is a marathon and if you face the challenges head on you will experience that joy when you reach your goal. Lyn Hayes ALM
Daily ScriptureFor the word of the Lord is true and all his works are sure. (Psalm 33:4)Daily Reflection:The NIV translation of the Bible says, “For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.” Every day we, through the daily reflections for over a year, have been looking at words from God; reading the word of God from the Bible. There may be some (perhaps many) that we do not understand, but that does not make them wrong or unreliable, it just means we have more to learn. God’s word is right and true – it can be trusted. Unlike human beings, God does not lie, forget, or change his word; he does not leave promises forgotten and broken. We can trust the Bible because it contains the words of a holy, trustworthy, and unchangeable God; His works are sure; He is faithful in all that he does. Learn more about Him; keep reading His Word.Revd David
Daily Scripture:Each of you should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband. (Ephesians 5.33)Daily Reflection:St Paul is commonly criticised for demeaning women; indeed, if he were alive and writing now what he said then about women (keeping silence in church, covering their hair…), the Church as well as society at large would be outraged. But he was writing in an entirely different age, an age where slaves were an accepted part of everyday living, where ‘Sir’, the everyday mode of address to a man, was ‘Kyrie’, ‘Lord’. In that context, one might argue that Paul’s advice was startlingly refreshing. How close would we be to the ideal if we took his advice – if men behaved in the way that generated the respect of women, and women experienced being treated with same caring love that men apply to themselves? David Harmsworth
