Posts Tagged: ‘1 Corinthians’

What’s Your Excuse?

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

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29 v11 [NIV]

Last week’s reflection included mention of procrastination and also our inability to foretell what the future may bring. They are perhaps two of the principal reasons why our plans are upset and things do not turn out as we expect.
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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Membership Matters 3: Join In

[Transcript of a midweek message published by Horley Baptist Church on YouTube[1], 03/Sep/2025]

Message 3: Join In – serving where you’re gifted.

Welcome to the third part of our series. This one’s all about getting stuck in. See, one of the responsibilities of church membership is to find a way to serve. In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, Paul says, “The church is like a body. One body, many parts. The hand doesn’t say to the eye, “I don’t need you.” We’re all needed, and we all have something to contribute.
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Contributor: Martin Shorey
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Skilful Investment

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

What is the relationship between your spiritual life and your daily activities? Or, to put it another way, if your faith does not affect your lifestyle, your work-ethic and your politics, is it anything more than a hobby?
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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Rebuilding More Than Walls

[Transcript of Martin’s Midweek Message published by Horley Baptist Church on YouTube[1], 29/Jul/2025]

Well, hello. I wanted to kind of do a bit of a series wrap-up. We have just been looking at Nehemiah rebuilding more than walls. And I hope you’ve enjoyed. If you’ve missed it, you can catch up on our YouTube channel.

There’s four parts to it where we look at the story of Nehemiah who with the help of God and the people of Jerusalem rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. And it’s been a really good story picking up on various different points. But I really just wanted to, as I said, wrap the series up because when I trained at Spurgeons, we were told everything points to Jesus. Sometimes it’s difficult to see how that fits with Old Testament stories like Nehemiah, but actually it really does point towards Jesus. So, we’re going to be looking at that just briefly in this video over the next few minutes.
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Contributor: Martin Shorey
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Do Whatever He Tells You

[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 01/Jun/2025]

Inspiration for most of my articles in Yours come from conversations with people. This one is no different. After the service a couple of weeks ago, someone came up to me and asked if he could ask a question. He said he wondered why God allowed so much trouble and sorrow in the world. He said that we didn’t ask to be born, and if we knew what the world would be like, we would probably have chosen not to come into it.
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Contributor: David Makanjuola
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Bees, Creeds and Measuring Up

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

Did you notice a particular buzz today? The 20th May each year has been designated as World Bee Day; the purpose of the day is to help recognise and promote the importance of bees and other pollinators in the production of crops and maintaining the natural environment. The date has been chosen as it is the anniversary of the baptism of Anton Jansa who pioneered the keeping of bees. Was your baptism a memorable occasion?
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Contributor: Steve Humphreys
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