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The servant queen

Details: Published: Friday, 10 June 2016 13:01; Written by James Dean

As I mentioned last week, we bought 500 copies of the book, "The Servant Queen and the King she serves" and on Sunday after church we went knocking door to door on Linden Village. We gave away over 200 copies! That's 200 copies of a book that points people to Jesus - the Queen's King - given away for free to people who are neighbours of BEC. Many of them had no idea who we were or even that the church met in the school round the corner from their homes, so it was an incredibly worthwhile effort, but they were all genuinely pleased to be given such a lovely gift.

We had some lovely conversations and we intend to have more!

Tomorrow (Saturday) we've got plans in place to give away as many of the 300 remaining copies as we can at two locations in Buckingham. This time we'll be giving books away outside Waitrose and Aldi as people do their Saturday morning shop.

So if you have 30 minutes or an hour you can spare to come and help, we'd be delighted to see you. We'll be at Aldi from 9.30am and at Waitrose from 10am and we'll stay until 1pm or until all the books have been given away.

If you're not able to get to either location please would you join with us in prayer?

Pray that:

we would have more great conversations,
the Lord would lead those conversations and give us that "word in season" to speak openly about the gospel and the Saviour whom we - and the Queen - love and serve.
some of those who we met last Sunday might be prompted to drop in to church this week to find out more about what they've read in these books.

This has been a great week making some first steps in meeting those around us, let's make the most of this opportunity together.

The effect of sharing our faith

Details: Published: Friday, 03 June 2016 13:59; Written by James Dean

In verse 6 of Paul's letter to his good friend Philemon, he shares a prayer that he prays not just for Philemon but for all those in the church that met in his house.

At its core Paul prays that they would share their faith - we might also call that "witnessing" or "evangelising" - with those that don't yet know Jesus as Lord & Saviour. He prays that the effect of sharing their faith would be that they would come to know in full every good thing that is in us.

As we read that verse through again, we are reminded that this act of sharing isn't done entirely for our own benefit. Although learning and getting a good understanding of the good things of God is a huge benefit to us, ultimately we share the gospel for Christ. It is HIS gospel we're sharing and HIS glory that we seek.

So this week, if you have the opportunity to tell someone else why you believe and trust in Jesus - and do pray that you will be given those opportunities - please be encouraged and emboldened as you do that. Remember that sharing what you know, sharing what you have learned about this wonderful Saviour, sharing what you know about his love for sinners like us, is bringing glory to Jesus too.

No condemnation in Christ

Details: Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2016 13:52; Written by James Dean

I still get chills when I stop to remember all that Jesus won for me at Calvary. As we moved on Sunday from the cry of "Wretched man that I am!" at the end of Romans 7 to the "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" of Romans 8, it is just staggering to know for sure that my sins are completely forgiven.

Not only that, but as we read, since we know that God the Holy Spirit is working in us to make us like Jesus - the process called sanctification - that is all the assurance we need to know that we are safe in God's grip for eternity, adopted into his family as sons and will one day be raised to glory with him. What a message! What great news!

Is there anything that I do to make my situation any better? No, nothing - he has done it all. But I do owe him a debt of gratitude, to live as he would have me live; to live according to the Spirit, putting sin to death in my life every day. How is that looking for you today? What sins are you having to kill? How can we help each other do that while rejoicing together in what Christ has achieved?