We would be delighted to invite you to our coffee morning. There will be plenty of cakes and drinks and a creche area for young children. So please feel free to pop in.

The coffee morning will take place fortnightly and will be on the following Saturdays.

27th October
10th November
24th November
15th December

On the 15th of December there will also be a number of craft activities for the children where they will be able to create a number of festive decorations whilst you enjoy a relaxing cup of coffee and cake.

It was amazing to see what a transformation had taken place.
Although there is still much work needed to be done in the place we are moving forward and looking forward to seeing God’s name glorified in this place.

Come and hear Pastor Slava Goncharenko who is seeing thousands turn to Christ in Europe’s last communist dictatorship.
He and His church have faced considerable persecution from the state authorities because of their desire to meet together and help people in their communities. In spite of this God has blessed them and they have seen many miracles and the church has grown to thousands of members.
Come and hear this inspiring man and his story and read his book: ‘Church in the Cowbarn’

Tea and coffee will be served from 6.45pm
Click here to see the location

For more information:
Call: 0845 6022705
Email: info@livingwordyork.org

• go in pairs
• go in the authority that He has given us
• know that you have everything you need in Him
• “If you’re not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw. Don’t make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way.” Mark 6:11 (The Message)

My favourite part of the passage was the response that the disciples had. The Message translation uses this great phrase:

Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency
that life can be radically different [Mark 6:12 in The Message]

How great is that as a response! They hit the road and got on with casting out demons, healing the sick, and setting people free, and the way that they preached was with a “joyful urgency that life can be radically different” let us develop this attitude amongst the church and joyfully and urgently take the message to the world that life can be radically different. Amen.

We recognise worship by a number of attributes, which in themselves don’t necessarily define worship but help us to see it:

• singing
• dancing
• clapping
• raising hands
• adoration
• worship
• glorifying
• submission
• service

Here are some of my thoughts on what should form part of the definition of worship:

• Putting God first in everything
• Wanting to please Him in all we do
• Working to see and demonstrate His glory on earth
• Submitting to the King of Kings
• Our ‘reasonable service’ is our spiritual act of worship (Romans 12:1)
• Loving Him and His creation in the way that He does
• A response to the love that He has given to us
• An expression of His Spirit within us – using the gifts of the Spirit is part of our worship
• Giving of ourselves, our time, and our money
• A sacrifice of praise – giving something that is costly. Not giving out of compulsion or obligation, instead giving out of love
• An attitude and lifestyle as well as an action (we can live a life of worship that isn’t one of singing continuously!)

Again, let’s try and make this interactive and meditate together on what worship is, let me know your thoughts by using the ‘comments’ options below…

One thing that really stood out to me was Paul’s description of his problems&hardships (2 Cor 11:23-29) but he still described them as light and momentary troubles (2 Cor 4:17) . The reason he could say this was that he was looking at everything in the light of eternity. All the troubles he was facing could never stop him worshipping Jesus as he knew that they would be over in the blink of an eye compared to eternity in heaven with the King of Kings.

We too need to remember to view everything that comes our way in the light of eternity. And the light of eternity is Jesus as He is the ‘light of the world’ (John 8:12). We should see everything through Jesus’s sacrifice, as though it were a filter that changes everything we see. By doing this we can praise Him in every situation as all things seen in the light of eternity are shown for what they really are.

It was amazing how may Christians were attending the conference, fed up of dry churches with no teaching or foundations, they were looking for spirituality – but in completely the wrong place! It was great to be able to point them back to Jesus, particularly as many of them had little understanding of who he is and what he has done for them. We were able to challenge people, explaining that the only way to God the Father is through Jesus, and correcting the false importance and worship of angels – we gave one lady a Bible with a copy of “Why Jesus?” used to bookmark the chapter in Hebrews concerning the place of angels!

As well as sharing the truth about Jesus we also layed hands and prayed for a lot of sick people. A lady with a swollen ankle was completely healed and able to walk again normally, another lady with osteoporosis and fibromialga experienced immediate relief from pain. Others including migraine and asthma sufferers were prayed for and a lady with IBS received prayer for healing and also through a word of knowledge received words of encouragement concerning her loneliness. Another suffer of fatigue and depression was encouraged and built up.

We were all very blessed and encouraged to be out there making a stand for the gospel and for the name of Jesus. Thank you for all your prayers of support and to Susan, Tim, Helen, Matt, Sam, Stef and Toby for getting out there and allowing Jesus to change lives!

It’s not uncommon to hear people describe a love of something as being a ‘worship’, whether it be football or a celebrity, or anything else for that matter. Is this person saying that they physically bow down and worship in front of that celebrity? Of course not. The description of ‘worship’ used by that person isn’t referring to an act, it’s an attitude.

As Christians, when we talk about worshipping God what do we take that to mean? I would suggest that the vast majority of people see it as an act of bowing down to or singing or praising Jesus.

So which is the correct view of worship?
Well there is no denying that there is a physical act of worship which we are called to do – Romans 12:1 tells us that we are to perform an ‘act of worship’ (NIV) or ‘your reasonable service’ (NKJV). But if we think that worship is just an act then we are missing a lot of blessing that God has for us. Like the ’secular definition’, true worship involves a constant attitude of love and adoration rather than occasional acts. We know that we are living a life of worship when Jesus is who we think about when our mind wanders, and He’s the first person that we want to give our time, effort and money to.

Knowing that we can live a life of worship even when we’re unable to do some sort of ‘act of worship’ should remove any worry about how much time we devote to worship (although of course devoting your time is an important thing to do), and give us peace in knowing that even our thoughts and attitudes are a form of worship. Let’s make sure that we’ve all got an attitude of constant worship.