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More Than Our Daily Bread

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

For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Luke 12 v30 [ESVUK]

Are there situations when we think matters are too small or mundane to pray about? Are we hesitant about bothering God with minor problems such as the regular occurrences of everyday life? Even Jesus advised his disciples against being worried about their daily needs.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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Working On Grace

[This reflection by Dazz Jones was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 11/Jan/2026]

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about how quickly my brain makes judgements. It happens almost without my express permission or even acknowledgement. A look, a tone of voice, a comment taken the wrong way – and suddenly I’ve formed a neat little story about someone else. My brain seems to like things tidy, categorised, black and white. “They’re like this.” “People like that always do this.” It feels efficient. It feels safe. But Jesus helps me see it’s also quite flawed!
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Contributor: Dazz Jones
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Let the Celebrations Continue!

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

2026 logo It’s over for another year. The festivities for Christmas and the New Year are once again behind us – now just a memory, except for those less-than-subtle reminders that will be arriving in our letter boxes during the next few weeks. We can at least be grateful that we are not responsible for supplying the provisions for Solomon’s household.

One day’s food supply for Solomon’s household was: 185 bushels[1] of fine flour 375 bushels of meal 10 grain-fed cattle 20 range cattle 100 sheep and miscellaneous deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice fowl.
1 Kings 4 v22-23 [The Message]

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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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Stone, Wood and Nails

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during December 2025]

Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
Ecclesiastes 10 v9 [NIVUK]

At the time that these words were written those two tasks were part of the regular routine for many people. To put it in terms that are relevant to us, there is risk and potential danger even in our ordinary daily activities.
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You Must Remember This

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during November 2025]

November starts with a period of remembrance – first we remember a guy who efforts came to naught and then we remember those whose efforts were instrumental in protecting and maintaining the freedoms that our society values.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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Much Encumbered

[A ‘Tuesday Challenge‘ originally prepared for the congregation of Horley Baptist Church during October 2025]

I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.
Philippians 3 v8 [KJV]

It is surely no coincidence when a word of Scripture fits our plans or experiences. When Charles Spurgeon chose to quote that verse when writing his series of daily reflections[1] he had, of course, no idea about what I would be doing some 160 years later but nevertheless the verse did turn out to be appropriate.
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