The Rectory Bulletin - April 2020
And You Shall Call His Name Jesus
Thu 30th Apr 2020She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. - Matthew 1:21
Read moreWait for the LORD
Wed 29th Apr 2020Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! - Psalm 27:14
Read moreCouncil of Nicaea & St Nicholas of Myra
Tue 28th Apr 2020One Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father the only-begotten; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made both in heaven and on earth
Read moreCut to the Heart
Mon 27th Apr 2020“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins" (Acts 2:38) - The law exposes the problem, and the gospel gives the solution.
Read moreHeart Warming
Sun 26th Apr 2020They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” - Luke 24:31
Read moreSufficient
Sat 25th Apr 2020My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. - 2 Corinthians 12:9
Read moreO for a Thousand Tongues
Fri 24th Apr 2020O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace!
Read moreI have set the LORD always before me
Wed 22nd Apr 2020I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8)
Read moreKept in Heaven for You
Tue 21st Apr 2020Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:8)
Read moreIt Was Not Possible
Mon 20th Apr 2020"This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses." (Acts 2:32) - Here, mere weeks after the resurrection, we find Peter looking into the bright mystery of the divinity and humanity of Christ. And then proclaiming it to the world.
Read moreThe Dim Embers
Sun 19th Apr 2020Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” The flame of faith was flickering, but was still burning.
Read moreThe God who Whistles
Sat 18th Apr 2020“I will whistle for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as many as they were before.” (Zechariah 10:8)
Read moreAbide with Me
Fri 17th Apr 2020I stand up here among you seasonably to-day, as alive from the dead, if I may hope to impress it upon you, and induce you to prepare for that solemn hour, which must come to all, by a timely acquaintance with, appreciation of, dependence on, the death of Christ.
Read moreTears Wiped
Thu 16th Apr 2020“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes” (Revelation 21:4) - It is a great vision of God himself - God himself! - wiping the tears from the cheeks of the believer.
Read moreThose Who Know
Wed 15th Apr 2020but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action. (Daniel 11:32)
Read moreSowing to the Spirit
Tue 14th Apr 2020The one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life - Galatians 6:8
Read moreThe Bruised Reed
Mon 13th Apr 2020A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench - Isaiah 42:3
Read moreA Tale of Two Gardens
Sun 12th Apr 2020This is why Easter stands at the hinge of history. It is more than simply a tale about a human coming back to life, it is the account of how God restored the human race so that we might be reconciled to him.
Read moreSurely Not I
Thu 09th Apr 2020Holy Week (Thursday) - And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” (Matthew 26:21-22)
Read moreIn Memory of Her
Tue 07th Apr 2020Holy Week (Tuesday) - "And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” (Mark 14:3-9)
Read moreThe Cleansing of the Temple
Mon 06th Apr 2020Holy Week (Monday) - “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.” (Mark 11:17)
Read morePalm Sunday: The Wrong King
Sun 05th Apr 2020And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 22:1-11)
Read moreThe Everlasting Arms
Sat 04th Apr 2020“The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” (Deuteronomy 33:27) - Sometimes it takes the stripping away of the familiar to reveal the care and presence of God.
Read moreNow Thank We All Our God
Fri 03rd Apr 2020Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices,. Who wondrous things has done, in whom his world rejoices;
Read morePeace beyond Understanding
Thu 02nd Apr 2020Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Read moreThe Spirit Within
Wed 01st Apr 2020He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. (Romans 8:6–11)
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