Glimpses of God: Part 1 - 'The Voice of the People'

This Sunday, Simon Lace brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC services. We encourage you to reflect on the bible text and join us in the prayer that follows below.
 
Here are some questions to consider:

Readings:

Deuteronomy chapter 11 verses 18 - 21

You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.  Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.



Prayer and Reflection:

Loving God, help us to be attentive to your word, and to look for you and listen for you in the whole of lives. Heavenly Father, thank you for poetry and art, literature and music. Thank you for the beauty of your creation. Thank you for family and friends, our church family. Help us to catch more and more glimpses of you, dear Lord, in the world around us as we experience it. Thank you God, that you love us, and that in Your great love for us, You pursue us, in order that we might be brought into Your life, and life with You. In Jesus’ name.

Amen.



Questions to Consider

1. Where do you get ‘glimpses of God’?
2. Do you currently have a time and a place, and perhaps a plan, to regularly read the Bible, and to pray?
3. What do you make of the idea that we are more likely to recognise things we are familiar with – and how does this apply in your life with God?
4. Do you have any Bible verses at home, or at work?
5. What are some of your very favourite films, books, poems, places and people? Do any of them remind you of God in some way? If so, how?
6. Would you like to catch more ‘glimpses of God?
7. What might you do about it?