Anyone who endures to the end will be saved. And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.   Matthew 24 : 13 - 14

Readings this week :  Micah 3 : 5 - end; 1 Thessalonians 2 : 9 -- 13; Matthew 24 : 1 - 14

Thought for this week

I suspect that many today will be celebrating, if that is the right word, “Bonfire Night”.

A somewhat gruesome reminder of the fate of the Gunpowder plotter, Guy Fawkes, who attempted to blow up Parliament.

Our English history is littered with folk who paid with their lives for their beliefs.

Even the first translator of the Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew, into English, William Tyndale, so that the ordinary folk could read it as well as the priests, was executed for his impertinence.

My Living Word Bible was published by The Tyndale House Publishers, so his name is remembered.

For anyone who struggles to read through the whole Bible, try it in a version like the Living Bible and when you do give a thought to those like Tyndale who gave their lives so that we can have God’s word in our own language.

Granville

Prayers this week

Almighty and eternal God,

you have kindled the flame of love in the hearts of the saints:

grant to us the same faith and power of love, that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,

we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

God of glory,

touch our lips with the fire of your Spirit,

that we with all creation may rejoice to sing your praise;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

All those serving in the armed forces at this time

Those in conflict situations

Those bringing hope and relief in the Aid organisations