B&A Church Podcast B&A Church

Who do you live to please? This Sunday Wayne talked about how we can live a life that communicates the real faith that we looked at a couple of weeks ago. The reading was from 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-16.

This Sunday we welcomed James Aladiran, founder of Prayer Storm, to the Gathering at B&A. James spoke about receiving Jesus every day and how we can live under His governance as temples of His glory.

This week something went wrong when we recorded the talk so Wayne has recorded a podcast version for us (after he tore up his notes!). This is the first in our new series looking at Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians. Wayne talks us through chapter 1 of 1 Thessalonians and how real faith is really seen, it comes from real experience and it has to be really shared.

This Sunday, Paul landed our series on Bringing Bristol to Jesus by taking us on a walk along the road to Emmaus and encouraging us to make time to encounter Jesus and help our friends to do the same.

In March we're following on from our vision and values talks from the start of the year with a new series on the rhythms that help us draw closer to Jesus.

In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is teaching the people and he begins with 'when you give...', 'when you pray...' and 'when you fast...'

This week Wayne spoke about prayer and the Lord's prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. The story of our lives is begun in prayer and intimacy with the Father.

The reading was Matthew 6:5-13

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

“This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’

In March we're following on from our vision and values talks from the start of the year with a new series on the rhythms that help us draw closer to Jesus.

In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is teaching the people and he begins with 'when you give...', 'when you pray...' and 'when you fast...'

This week Ron spoke about giving a tenth of our income. We got to see his impressive trainer collection, test out B&A's catching skills and hear stories of his and Ro's journey of learning to trust God with everything they have.