Common Ground Church Sea Point

6 The Lord works righteousness  and justice for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways to Moses,  his acts to the people of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9 He will not always chide,  nor will he keep his anger forever. 10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,  nor repay us according to our in...

We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 103 together devotionally this week. Let us begin with:  1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3  who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4  who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with st...

Join us as we hear the Gospel preached during these unprecedented times.

Join us as we hear the Gospel preached during these unprecedented times.

We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 23 together devotionally this week. We continue with “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” And end with Psalm 91.

We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 23 together devotionally this week. We continue with “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”

We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 23 together devotionally this week. We look at Psalm 1 to gain a greater understanding of “paths of righteousness”.

We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 23 together devotionally this week. We continue with “He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

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We are practicing the Spiritual Practice of reading Psalm 23 together devotionally this week. Let us begin with “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”

We are not God! You’ll hear that a lot in this episode. Limits of time, space, resources, skills are not setbacks but gifts to help us discern what God wants from us and for us in particular seasons of life!

Prudence? What is that? What does the Bible say about it? Why should we pray for it and try to adopt it as part of our lifestyles? These are the things we chat about today.

Today we explore the need to take time out in silence, solitude and prayer to prepare our hearts to make the decisions God wants and not just what we want.

Increase in attendance, accumulating more wealth and possessions, expanding your business…. How do you define success as a Christ-follower? Today we explore how we need to redefine success according to the will of God.

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Decisions… we make them every day. Every yes is a thousand no’s. If life is made up of millions of decisions that direct the course of our lives and we’re going to answer to God for our lives one day, it’s worth taking some time to consider how to do it well, and how to do it poorly.

Today we get super practical and look at getting simple with the papers that often live all over our homes! Praise God for digital.

Today we get super practical and look at getting simple with the things / stuff / general clutter in our lives! Warning: it can get emotional!

Today we get super practical and look at getting simple with the clothes we own and wear.

Today we start to get practical by looking at twelve ideas for simple living!

As Christian’s we’d easily say that Jesus is right about everything. That’s kind of a core part of our faith. But do we always believe it? Probably not and that hurts us, and so we need to reaffirm, internalize and believe Jesus’ rightness on every topic including this one of simplicity!

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The things we buy have hidden costs. We don’t always read the Ts and Cs, and we end up paying a bigger price than we initially intended. Today we explore the various costs that we pay in both the seen and the unseen realm when it comes to the accumulation of wealth and possessions.

How did we get here? How did we arrive in a world where we are convinced we need more? And is this a natural or supernatural question?

Do your clothes, or your wealth or possessions speak of who you are? Might there be a search for meaning in the pursuit of stuff? Today we examine these thoughts.