by Susan Barnes | 16 Jun 2020 | Sermonettes
On Pentecost Sunday I preached this short sermon at my church on Zoom. It’s part of a series focussing on “whatever is true” (Philippians 4:8). It focuses on the verse, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline”...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Nov 2019 | Reading the Bible
Today, I am continuing the series on, Reading the Bible. This post looks at what it means for New Testament believers to be in covenant with God. The New Covenant is between God and Jesus. This agreement can never be broken since Jesus perfectly fulfilled his part....
by Susan Barnes | 3 Dec 2018 | How God Sees Us
Today is the last in the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. I hope you have found the series helpful. If God wants something to be done, can it be done? Absolutely, God is never going to ask us to do something that can’t be done. Paul states in...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Nov 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s...
by Susan Barnes | 19 Nov 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. Some years ago, before I was married, I went with a girlfriend to England. We did all the touristy things and visited many cathedrals. They all had a claim to significance. One cathedral was...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Nov 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 What is a...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Nov 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener … Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Oct 2018 | How God Sees Us
I’m continuing the series on: How God Sees Us, which commenced here. “And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed...
