ScriptureDo not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made know to God. (Philippians 4:6) ReflectionMany times, scripture tells us “Don’t worry”. Easier said than done, though, right? You see, our minds control our actions, our words and our thoughts; it is in the mind that worry begins as a small thread, and if left unchecked, becomes a thick rope that binds us in fear and uncertainty, until we are suffering from sleepless nights and can’t think about anything else. Have you ever heard the expression “Give it to God, and go to sleep”? As soon as you pray to God about your worry, consider it dealt with. Then change your thought pattern…the next few verses of the above scripture tell you how. Think about whatever is just, pure, pleasing and excellent Paul tells us. If you can do this, Paul says, the God of peace will be with you, guarding your heart and mind. Worry cannot find a foothold in a peaceful heart and mind.Vicki Young
8am Holy Communion at St George's - led by Revd Ylva Blid-Mackenzie10am Holy Communion at George's - led by Revd David Commander
ScriptureJesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, ‘Unbind him, and let him go.’ (John 11.43-4)ReflectionThe account of how Jesus reacted to the news of the death of his friend Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, records how much Jesus loved him and how bitterly Jesus wept. The story also speaks of how Lazarus was brought back from death after three days, so foreshadowing Jesus’ own death and resurrection. We know no more about Lazarus, but it is good to spend some time thinking about what Jesus’ instruction to ‘unbind him and let him go’ might say about our own needs to be freed up, or to let go of what is a past life.David Harmsworth
Services Sunday 31st October 8am Holy Communion at St Nicholas- led by Revd Rosemary Kobus van Wengen10am Holy Communion at George's - led by Revd Ylva Blid-Mackenzie & David Harmsworth