NCF Sunday Talks

Trust! Remember! Listen! Recognise! Run to! Proverbs 3:1-12 has several imperative verbs for us to obey. At the heart of Christianity is a relationship with God. We shouldn't try to cheapen our devotion to God by turning what we do with and for God as simply a series of tasks to tick off each day. Let's press in to God and actively call to mind who He is and what He has already accomplis...

As full-time followers of Jesus, we are on a pilgrimage. We need correct attitudes and excellent resources to help us stay close to our holy God. Clean hands and a pure heart are the fundamentals. Psalm 139:23,24 is a wonderful prayer to regularly pray to God, as we ask for His help on this adventure. Let's actively befriend holiness and be set apart for God. Let us let God consume us as we w...

Sacrifices were a regular part of Jewish worship in the Old Testament. How can we be 'living sacrifices' for God now? Is this part of the transforming and conforming that God calls us to in the mid 2020s? How do we please God in our normal day-to-day lives? The script for the whole Service can be read here .

God is holy - the angels know that very well and they strongly express that truth. Can we not rush away from God, being scared of His holiness, majesty and strength? Could we sit and bask in His presence? As we do, like Isaiah, we will be changed and will want to take action, getting involved with God's Mission wherever we are led to go. Let's actively integrate God's ways and God&a...

Do you have plans for 2025? We will all have choices to make every day. The important issue is whether in our actions and reactions we put God at the centre of our lives or only on the periphery. Let's actively and intententionally put God at the centre of what we do and think. We are at our most secure when we are close to God, being yoked to Him. The script for the whole Service can be read...

Christmas Day is a special day of the year. Most people do things that aren't normal to their regular routines because of the Baby Jesus. What if we let the grown-up Jesus totally influence our lives every day? Would that mean that we could celebrate Christmas every day of the year? Perhaps we could live in the light of zero sleeps until Christmas throughout the year? The script for the whole...

A YWAM team who have just finished the lecture phase of their Discipleship Training School (DTS) joined us for this Service. We were reminded that we should put things aside in order to be with Jesus. As we sit at His feet, we are acknowledging His position in our lives. What is our current posture towards God? Two testimonies of God's faithfulness and help can be heard from 18:50. You can re...

The shepherds and magi recognised Jesus with his parents in Bethlehem because they were told where to find Him and what He would look like.  We all need a Saviour because we have all missed the mark with God. Jesus is that Saviour, but Jesus is no longer a Baby. Jesus is no longer in the stable. Let's all expect God to interact with us and not leave Him on the outskirts of our lives as only a...

Everyone of us experiences and promotes different cultures in our lives. The Bible clearly says that we should embrace the culture of heaven more than anything else in our lives. John 1:14 says that Jesus was full of grace and truth. He commands that we should be like Him. Let's be actively engaged in showing grace and love to others and being in intimate fellowship with God. When you physica...

We are all called to make a difference to those around us. Even if our talents and resources are like a drop in the ocean to the needs that exist, God is still anointing us to bridge the gap and fulfil what He is asking us to do. In this Talk, Patricia talks with assurance about how God has been glorified in Zimbabwe and now in London through her and others. God has His hand on our lives! The scri...

We all eat as part of our normal routines! Jesus was obviously the same, using the opportunity to meet with others, sharing His life with a wide variety of people so that they might know more about what God is calling them to do. Jesus put love in action through both His words and by what He did - consider His washing of His disciples' feet at the end of the Last Supper. In this final Talk in...

In this Talk we briefly consider how Jesus met Elijah and Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration, as well as a little of the back story to this.  God is far greater than we can understand or imagine. He can break into time, doing as He wishes. The supernatural is not far from us. Let us submit to God as our Master, Lord and Saviour. You can read the script for the whole Service here .

We are in battles every day of our lives. Let's follow what King Jehoshaphat and the People of Judah did when they were fearful of enemies just about to engage them in battle (2 Chronicles 20). They sought God wholeheartedly, reminding Him of His character and His previous actions on their behalf. Let us not be passive in the battles we face, but move forward at God's time and rememberin...

Jesus died on the Cross for you. Some of His female followers, including His mother Mary, watched His agony and His death from a distance. How did they feel? How do you feel as you imagine Jesus dying for you? Let's not ignore that awful day of Good Friday. Let's rejoice that Jesus so loved us that He went through that. There can be no triumph of the empty tomb without Jesus' death....

As a fellowship of believers we both walk with God together and on our own. Let us not lose heart, but keep on enduring. We are not alone. God is transforming us. This will lead us on to be effective Ambassadors for Him. The script for this Service can be read here .

We might long to meet God when we are going through the trials that come our way. God is eager to meet us in the mundane, routine and perfectly ordinary parts of our lives. We have the choice whether we want to meet Him in the non-spectacular parts of our average week. In this Talk we consider how people met with God as they were travelling. As people met God, so they were changed in a positive wa...

We all face trials and difficulties from time to time. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Daniel Chapter 3, resolved to not worship an idol of Nebuchadnezzar. They knew their punishment meant being thrown into a fiery furnace, but they chose to do the right thing. They triumped in God and had a testimony about God's faithfulness. Obedience to God is costly, yet God can do the impossible when w...

Large numbers of God's People might often meet in specific church buildings in many places around the world in the 21st century, but for thousands of Christians today and in the past, this isn't or wasn't the case. The Greek word that is often translated 'church' in English Bibles had an original civic meaning: a gathering with a specific purpose of those who are summoned....

God loves humanity. He engaged fully whilst He was on earth and has done so through the millennia both before and since then. God loves you. You are not disqualified from God's love. How much are you engaging in society today? You have a calling from God to make a positive difference in the lives of others. Is your preference to put God first and serve others or to put yourself first? Give yo...

A person from Open Doors UK reminded us of what is happening around the world, with one in seven Christians being persecuted globally. We were also reminded that Paul endured persecution and imprisonment, knowing that God's plans were being fulfilled. He prayed that God's Word would be released to those around him, rather than he himself being physically released. Jesus is worth our ever...

In this Talk we hear what Ivette has been doing for the past seven months in Chile and Peru. We are also reminded that we shouldn't hold back from what God is telling us to do - Isaiah 54:2,3. You can read the script for the whole Service here .

We must fairly often pray without knowing or seeing everything that we're concentrating on. We know that God is in control, but how do we keep praying and learning when perhaps we're not focussing on what God would have us do. God will help us! Let's use the Lord's Prayer as an inspiration to prayer. Let's also use God's language, which the Bible is full of, and let&a...

When you were younger, did anyone ever say, "Sssshhh!" to you? Does it still happen sometimes? Does God ever say, "Ssshhh!" to you? In this Talk we examine five people who encountered God when they were on their own. They listened as God spoke to them. Their lives were changed. How do you reply to God's valuable invitation to come to Him? Are you regularly still to let Him...

We all have lots of of choices and decisions to make regularly in our lives - some are extremely important and others are much less so. Should we be careful only when we are at a major crossroads - no! We need to live well and live with careful choices every day. We are in charge of our own actions and reactions. Wearing the wrong clothes for the weather will make us look silly and perhaps cause p...

The Kingdom of Judah, like its northern neighbour Israel had previously done, was relying on itself and in alliances with nearby countries. Jeremiah spoke to them using the familiar picture of a potter. God is like a potter. We need to connect with Him regularly and allow Him to reshape us and to mend us and then to allow His treasure that is in us to pour into the lives of others. The script for...