6 December Isaac: Genesis 17:15-21; 21:1-7 My mother is in her nineties, and my mind boggles at the thought of her giving birth…. no wonder Abraham fell on his face laughing! In an age when a woman’s whole identity lay in her ability to give her husband a son to be his heir, she was perceived as of less…
5 December Abraham: Genesis 12 – 18 Abraham is primarily known for his faith in God and this perhaps culminates in the story of how he was prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac as a burnt offering to God when asked by God to do so. This, all the more remarkable, as we know, if we read through these chapters of Genesis how…
4 December Tower of Babel: Genesis 11 Reading today’s scripture makes me think of the comparison to my life before I knew Jesus and how I thought I could achieve whatever my heart desired through pride and worship of things other than Christ. These people who built this tower of Babel thought they could be the master…
3 December The Flood: Genesis 6, 8:13-9:17 As we look forward to Christmas during this season which has two purposes, looking back to the advent of Jesus coming as a humble human being and forwards to the second coming of Jesus, in power. We celebrate the first coming on Christmas day for which the Jews had waited a couple of thousand…
2 December The Fall: Genesis 3 Actions had consequences for Adam and Eve in the account in Genesis 3 so that they were banned from the garden and the close presence of God. “Don’t touch” and “don’t eat that” are probably words that you, like me, can remember from childhood and we learned to appreciate that…
1 December Creation: Genesis 1-2, John 1:1-14 The opening of Genesis allows us to glimpse the creative power of God. We’re told “the earth was formless and empty” (or “tohu wa bohu” in the original Hebrew), a phrase referring to disorder or chaos. Right at the start, ‘hovering over the surface of the waters’ is the Spirit of…
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply” – James Hudson Taylor Looking ahead to this gift day I took a moment to tally up the last two years worth of gift days, I think you’ll be amazed! Here are some of the areas we have given towards; over 26k for a…
New arrival – 24/7 prayer room is nearly here! As we, Jubilee Community Church, prepare to open a brand new 24/7 prayer space in the centre, I wanted to share this blog from Pete Greg to fuel faith and anticipation. It was written in 2007 so you can only imagine the answered prayer that has…
Brothers and Sisters, it’s been four weeks now since our week of prayer and fasting, during which time God met with us powerfully. There was a definite sense of revelation on the journey of rebuilding the walls like Nehemiah did, and a knowing that we have engaged in the purposes of God for us as…
Off and on, as we have been praying the streets of East Grinstead, I have been reading The Way Under Our Feet” by Graham Usher. In his book Graham explains why walking is supremely good for heart, soul and body. It’s a remarkable book. Two passages link directly to the praying down our streets we…
The Jubilee Community Centre is a 44,000 square feet building in East Grinstead, bought and refurbished by the generosity of church members, which not only meets the needs of all church activities but also provides a modern and flexible resource for the local and business communities.