Posts in David Jennings
‘Remain in my love’ by David Jennings, 9 February 2025

How do we grow in God’s love, and what does it mean to remain? David Jennings looks at Jesus’ teaching that his followers are branches in him, a vine, made for fruitfulness under God’s gardening care. This fruit isn’t work we do, it’s the character of love, joy and peace that grows as we accept Jesus’ love and become defined by him and his character. Is it challenging to allow this to happen, sometimes needing to give up what we’d been aiming for ourselves? If so, can we find assurance in Jesus’ promise that, by remaining in him, we will be incredibly fruitful?

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‘Experiencing the love of God’ by David Jennings, 29 September 2024

Do we view God as distant, or close and loving? David Jennings shares his experience of encountering God for himself and in the lives of people he has worked with. Descriptions in the Bible about the movement and power of the Holy Spirit can tell us what believers can expect from God and why. Do we need to do anything special to be loved by God? How do we get to meet with God, feel and know what his love for us is like?

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‘There is something more’ by David Jennings, 23 June 2024

What might be stopping us from asking for everything God wants to give us? David Jennings looks at his experiences of scary situations, worries about losing control, and the stories he had been told about missionaries suffering. There is likely to be a cost when we trade what we wanted for what God wants, but could we find that it’s better not to settle, or let our busyness or current plans get in the way of the love-filled life God wants to give us?

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‘What the gospel means to me’ by David Jennings, 12 November 2023

What can we expect from life with God? David Jennings shares his experience of being in the middle of life-changing things like people being freed from addiction, and finding that this can still be messy and difficult. Jesus promised the reality of God’s kingdom would start to be visible in our lifetimes, so how do we deal with the tension of this being both “now” and “not yet”?

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