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News from Kings Baptist Church
News from King’s Baptist Church
“All change!” That’s what they said when you came to the last stop, the end of the line. This is when change is forced on you, and you don’t have a choice. Sometime change is welcome, but at other time it isn’t. We might resist it, even fight against it. Sometimes we are successful, and at other times there’s nothing we can do. Over two thousand years ago the people of God were also in a situation not of their own choosing. They, too, found that change was being forced on them. Enemies on either side watched and waited, and the situation in the nation seemed dire. About this time God spoke to the prophet Jeremiah telling him to buy a field. But most people at the time weren’t thinking about investing or sowing. They weren’t looking to the future with faith and expectancy. They had little hope and could not envision a time of fruitfulness and prosperity. That’s why Jeremiah’s act of buying a field stood out—it was in defiance of the status quo, it went against the general mood of hopelessness and despair. What’s more, when this happened Jeremiah himself was in prison, locked up and guarded. You might imagine that he too would give in to hopelessness and despir, but his spirit was not daunted. He had a vision that could see beyond the physical walls of his prison cell. He had a faith that could reach beyond the despair of his people and the hopelessness of those times. Others may have wanted to pull up their roots and run away or slink away and hide, but not Jeremiah. Even though he may have had more reasons than most to give up on life and give in to despair, he didn’t. He had faith in God and he had hope for the future. What’s more, he acted on that by buying a field, putting his money where his mouth was—a physical, tangible sign of fruitfulness and prosperity yet to come. May you all know the comforting presence and the lifechanging power of God in your lives.
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STOTFOLD GARDEN CLUB
Meetings and Trips
Meetings are held on the second
Wednesday of the month at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Church Road.
Wednesday 9th November 2022 Talk by Andrew Babicz –‘Edinburgh Horticultural Gardens’ Tea and Coffee served and meeting starts at approximately 10:15am. Raffle For more information, contact Peter on:
