Category: ‘Yours on Sunday’

Do You Have Difficulty Hearing?

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during July 2026]

There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
Mark 7 v32 [NIVUK]

Being hard of hearing is not a pleasant experience. For those whose affliction is temporary the impediment to social interaction comes as an unexpected challenge. Conversation becomes difficult and we soon begin to feel that we are missing out on what is going on around us. Image, then, how disadvantaged the man brought to Jesus would have felt without the modern aids to hearing.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys

In God’s Hands

[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 12/Jul/2026]

When Jesus was on earth, He often taught large groups of people. On one occasion, the crowd numbered over 5,000 people. He noticed that they were tired and hungry and asked his disciples to sort out food for them. His disciples couldn’t believe He had asked them to do this. How could they find enough food, and even if they did, how could they afford to buy the food to feed more than 5,000 people?
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Contributor: David Makanjuola

What If I’m Not Good Enough?

[This reflection by Dazz Jones was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 28/Jun/2026]

If you learn something early enough, it can take you further than you ever imagined.

One lesson I’ve had to learn is this: trust God with what you have, and He can lead you into more than you could have planned.
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Contributor: Dazz Jones

It’s Time For Me To Boast

[This reflection by Michael Goble was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 21/Jun/2026]

A few Sundays ago I read these words from our Father God in the Bible. “For [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness”. And Paul added, “Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.” (2 Corinthians 12 v9 AMP) What hit me most was that if I was open and boasted about my weaknesses would I then be vulnerable to others about my shortcomings?
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Contributor: Michael Goble

How Does God Guide Us?

[This reflection by Helen Ruffhead was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 14/Jun/2026]

As Martin reminded us in his sermon on 24th May, we need to start by spending time with God and listening to him. Martin also mentioned 3 ways of testing what we think God is guiding us to do, laid down by Pete Grieg on the Prayer Course:
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Contributor: Helen Ruffhead

The Hand That Wasn’t There

[This reflection by Martin Shorey was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 07/Jun/2026]

Some of you may have seen a recent video from the United States in which a police officer pulls over a female driver whom he suspects of driving without due care and attention. He asks her to wind down her window and tells her that he saw her holding a mobile phone in her right hand.
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Contributor: Martin Shorey