Encounters with God

Encounters with God

God reveals Himself in many ways to and through the Old Testament prophets. He speaks directly to them, He gives them visions, He even has some of them live out His message. As a result of this, the prophets give us access to God’s character, and catch us up in His great purposes – we encounter Him.

02/06/2024 | Luke Davydaitis

Ezekiel’s encounter with God was overwhelming for him and can be confusing for us. Luke explores what Ezekiel was trying to describe, and how God manifests His glory now.

09/06/2024 | Tamsyn Radmall

Tamsyn Radmall from Home For Good showed us how we can show the power of God’s transforming love, as seen in Ezekiel 47, to care-experienced children.

(Unfortunately only the ending of Tamsyn’s opening story, about her sister and brother-in-law sneaking food into a posh hotel during their honeymoon as the meals in the hotel restaurant were prohibitively expensive, is recorded here. You can see the full story on YouTube.)

16/06/2024 | King's Church Edinburgh

When we make God’s priorities our priorities, we find fulfilment and satisfaction – but how do you actually do that?

23/06/2024 | Chris Rawson

Zechariah 3 reveals God as a righteous judge who loves to clothe his people in righteousness. Having been clothed by God, we find that he has restored us to the glorious role that we were made for.

30/06/2024 | Stephen Chittick

Stephen teaches from Joel 2: 1–27 on how God is a God of restoration; gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love.

07/07/2024 | Luke Davydaitis

Following the UK’s general election, Luke showed us the different views Christians can have on being involved in politics, and the way God shows all of us to relate to rulers.

14/07/2024 | Luke Davydaitis

The prophet Jeremiah suffered so much because of his obedience to God that he felt like God had deceived him. Luke looks at how Jeremiah’s response is still a model for bringing our pain to God and encountering His faithfulness. (The song Luke refers to at the end is “Come As You Are” by Crowder.)

21/07/2024 | Josh Strike

The life of the prophet Hosea is a dramatic illustration of God’s love and faithfulness even when His people are unfaithful to Him. It also points us to Jesus, the bridegroom who redeems and rescues His bride, the church.

28/07/2024 | Raphael Mrode

Raphael continues our series with a look at God’s call to Jeremiah, reflecting on how God calls different people in different ways; it is by God’s grace that we were made, called, and given all we need to fulfil His purpose for our lives.

04/08/2024 | Simon Elliott

Simon Elliott, from Everyday Church, joins us to continue our series on Encounters with God. He looks at the story of Jonah,  a man whose view of God was too small, whose identity was in the wrong place, and towards whom God had amazing compassion.

11/08/2024 | Karen Capon

Karen continues our series `Encounters with God’ by looking at God’s encouragement.

18/08/2024 | Chris Rawson

Many people are troubled by the idea of God’s judgement but Chris shows us how it is right, comforting, and good news.

25/08/2024 | Rachel Moir

Rachel showed us God’s promise to pour out His Spirit on all His people in Joel 2, and how that has now been fulfilled. With the help of others, she shared how God can speak to us today for the good other people.