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Join us this Sunday at 09:00 St Mark’s Children’s Church and get ready to face a giant!!!!!!

We will be following the story of David & Goliath from 1 Samuel 17 and learn that courage doesn’t mean we aren’t afraid — it means choosing to trust God even when something feels scary. 💛

✨ Key focus:
• God is bigger than the “giants” we face
• Courage comes from trusting God
• We don’t have to be the biggest or strongest
• God can use us, just like He used David

👉 “God is bigger than my giant!” 💛

Whatever giant you may be facing, you don’t face it alone. God is with you! 🙏✨

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Daily Devotional

PEACE

As with anything worthwhile in life, peace and contentment do not come easily. They are not simply the result of having a trouble-free life or circumstances that work out as we would wish. Rather, they are cultivated through a growing relationship with Christ and a willingness to trust Him, even when life is difficult or uncertain. To experience this deep and lasting peace, we need to exercise the discipline of obedience to Christ and remain committed to following His ways. This requires us to surrender our own desires, plans and expectations to Him, allowing His Word to guide our decisions and His Spirit to shape our attitudes and actions.

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, may we find our peace and contentment not in our circumstances, but in the assurance of Your presence and faithfulness. Give us the strength to follow wherever You lead. AMEN

By Rev. Dr Bruce Woolard

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Daily Devotional

SHOW UP

Christians gather in obedience to God. One reason we gather together is because God’s Word commands us to not give up meeting together. Sadly, there are too many who seldom attend church. Many people only appear in church three times during their lives. They may be christened as a child by their parents. They may get married in a church; and they may have their funeral in a church. In other words some people only attend church to get hatched, matched, and dispatched.

The writer of Hebrews points out that some people, obviously those calling themselves believers, had developed the bad habit of staying away from the assembly. It was true two thousand years ago, and it is certainly true today. There is great spiritual value in getting into the habit of showing up. If you’ll get in the habit of simply showing up, good things are going to happen spiritually. Gathering to worship on a consistent basis isn’t the most important thing we do as Christians, but it is probably the most basic thing we do. It all starts with showing up.

There was an old deaf man in a small village who faithfully walked over a mile to his church every Sunday morning. His church was small and there was no one who could use sign language. He never heard the songs or the music. He would greet the people and read his Bible. He never missed a Sunday. One day someone asked him, “Why do you go to church? You could read your Bible at home, so why do you show up?” He replied, “I go because I want my neighbours to know which side I’m on!”

Let me ask you a question today, which side are you on?

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, continue to encourage me to not neglect the gathering of ourselves together. AMEN

By Rev. Raymond Butler

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Daily Devotional

WHO IS PEACE?

The world’s peace is very different from God’s peace. Worldly peace is temporary, dependent upon circumstances, and doesn’t provide the kind of peace Jesus is offering. When things are calm, we think we are at peace. When our circumstances grow dim, we feel we are not at peace.

Jesus does not want our hearts to be troubled. Although we concern ourselves with temporary struggles, He offers a permanent solution – His peace. It doesn’t matter how intelligent we are, how many degrees we have, what accolades we have achieved, how many trophies we have or how smart, creative and wise we are, we just don’t know how to attain God’s peace.

The Creator of peace is the One who created us. He is our Lord, our mighty God, and our everlasting Father. By His grace, He abides in us as God’s Holy Spirit, and He alone creates and gives peace.

PRAYER

Father, thank You for the wonderful gift of Your Holy Spirit who abides in me since I accepted Christ as my Lord and Saviour. He is my Comforter, my Guide, and the Provider of Your peace at all times, regardless of my circumstances. AMEN

By Pastor Solly Bendrau

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They are also reminding you that God sees your heart, knows you, and has a purpose for you.

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