BH Bulletin - Thursday 25 March 2021

Thought for the Day by Alex Forrest
​(Voluntary Staff Worker)

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4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you,
    before you were born I set you apart;
    I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
6 “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.”
7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.

As a young leader in the church there’s obviously a reason why this particular passage strikes a chord with me but I think there’s an incredible message which we all can learn from.
We can often get into the habit of saying ‘no’ to God, making excuses “I’m too young, too old, too stupid, too ugly, too weak, too tired, too stuttering, too depressed, too anxious, too useless” to do great things for you.

But do you see what God says to this; “Before I formed you in the womb” I had set aside great things for you to do. As we’ve been looking at in our morning services in Ephesians lately; God chose us before the creation of the world. Before he formed us, he had chosen us and set aside things for us to do

He has called us all to do great things for him. Whether that’s preaching in front of stadiums, speaking to everyone we know about God like Jeremiah, or prayerfully absorbing his word each day and being an encouragement to those around us. God has chosen us to do those things and will provide us with all we need to do them. He will give us the spirit that 2 Timothy tells us is not the spirit of timidity but the spirit of love, power, and self-discipline. He will use that spirit to remove fear from us. He will reach out and put his words in our mouths.
If you see me at any point soon, please remind me of this passage! It’ll probably be the thing I most need to hear.
​Alex.

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Bible Handling Workshop

Few things are more important to our growth as Christians than to be able to understand the Bible, and so to feast on the Word of God.
Phil & Ben have set up two workshops to help us grow our skills in handling the Bible:
Monday 7th June, 7.30pm
Monday 27th September, 7.30pm
Come to one, come to both.
They’re for anyone who wants to be better at understanding the Bible. So that’s everyone then!
But we’d really like all preachers, future preachers, small group leaders, youth and children’s leaders to come, along with anyone doing a 1-1, or anyone who would ever lead a bible study.
We hope to meet in person, it may have to be on Zoom, but for now, it’s two dates for your diary.​

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“ CAMEO = Come And Meet Everyone Online”
 For the next couple of months, at least, Cameo won’t be meeting  in the Church buildings so we would love to invite anyone who is able to access Zoom on a Thursday morning, between 11:00 and 12:00 approximately, to join us for refreshments & chat, topics of interest, quizzes, discussions and more...please come along using the link in ChurchSuite and we look forward to meeting you there.

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