NCF Sunday Talks

We're all getting older! Physically, changes are going on in our bodies, but what about spiritually and emotionally? Are we maturing as Disciples of Jesus? Are we changing from being less childish to more childlike? Are we at rest with God? Often being content will lead on to being curious, but we need to be courageous in order to change. Is God causing you to be restless over something? That...

God doesn't measure things the same way that we do. For our sins we deserve eternal separation from God. Instead, He offers everyone reconcilation and restoration if we accept the fact that He paid the cost for our benefit. If God kept a record of our sins we would certainly not survive. We ought to be living our lives more riskier than others because of God's goodness to us. Let's...

The Psalmist praised God for the way that He had restored them. It was beyond belief what God had done for them! May we too dream big because of what God has done in our lives and in the livesof others. May the wowometer of our lives consistently put God at the top of our actions and thoughts. May the Lord transform and restore our cracked walls, our broken cisterns, our flaky ideas and our crumbl...

God calls us both to work and to rest in our pilgrimage with Him. Let's not measure things by what we can see or hear now. Let's work for God in the ways that He instructs us to, then leave the outcomes to Him. The script for this Service can be read here .

The Psalmist in Psalm 124 tells us several times that if it hadn't been for the Lord, then life would have been quite awful. God often goes well beyond the scale that we find to be normal in the way that He deals with us. We are on a Pilgrimage and Jesus is our Guide. Many of Jesus' stories are recounted in the four Gospels. Two of them (the Good Samaritan (Luke 10) and the Prodigal Son...

Whether our day is golden or it has immense problems, we truly need to call our Maydays out to God. "We need You and we are desperate for You!" That's how some of the worship in the Psalms of Ascent reads. God, we won't be overwhelmed when we're with You. We need God's help, and the help of others, in our lives regularly. Without the Lord, we are lost! The Script for...

Our lives are a pilgrimage. How is our journey going? What are we carrying? What is our final destination? Who is guiding us there? This series of Talks in January and February will help us think about these questions. Let us give more prominence to the actual journey we're on and ask God to help us travel well and lightly with Him. The script for the whole Service can be read here .

The last day of a year is a wonderful time to look both backwards to 2023 in thanks and ahead to 2024 in order to prioritise our ambitions and dreams and then to submit everything to God. It's a certainty that God will remain faithful in 2024 as He has done in previous years and decades. The Script for the whole Service can be read here . 

Our circumstances may not always make us feel joyful and peaceful.  We all face uneasy things from time to time. However, let's decide to put out trust in God no matter what! You can read the Script for the whole Service here . 

There are several prominent names in the Christmas story.  Jesus means "Yahweh saves." Jesus came to save all the people who have ever lived - not only the 8.1 billion who are alive now. He knows everything about us. He is very familiar with our very selves and also the circumstances we all face. Can you hear Him inviting you to the very special banquet He has arranged? Let's get re...

What a great time of the year Christmas is, though it is SO busy! Can you imagine Mary and Joseph trudging around Bethlehem looking for a room? Several receptionists would have commented, "Sorry, we're full already!" Eventually they found a place and Jesus was soon born in a stable because there was no room elsewhere. Is there room in your life for Jesus? Decide to make room for Him...

We examine part of King David's life in this Talk. He started low in society by being the youngest son and a shepherd. Some years after he became King, David was overthrown by his son Absalom. He was living in a ditch again. How did he feel? What was his relationship with God like now? He had lost everything! God does allow bad things to happen. What is my response to God when there is a big...

On Advent Sunday (Adventus, a Latin word meaning: arrival or coming) we consider what impact Jesus' coming has made in our lives. God invites us to come to Him as we are - have you accepted that invitation for yourself? Wherever we are in our lives, Jesus says, "Come!" Let's come to God like children - wishing to grow, to sit and to enjoy being with Him. You can read the script...

God has given us all Gifts for the benefit of other people. If we are to see them grow, we need to use them and we need to remember how important relationships are in our life. We might discover our Gifts in various ways, but relationships will feature somewhere. There is an open door for our Servant Assignments. Will we step through and keep on going? You can read the Script for the whole Service...

Let us be passionate about God and His Kingdom as this time of great change.

Some of the Gifts that God gives us to bless others with are done behind the scenes and few people consider them or even value them. Other Gifts are obviously obvious week in and week out. Let's ask God to fill us with His Spirit, so that whatever Gifts we have and use we will actively glorify God and encourage others in our lives. May we put our focus on the Giver of the Gifts Himself rather...

Jesus came to give us all an abundant life - one that is rich and satisfying. The devil is intent in making this difficult for us. However, God has given us a range of gifts that we might allow an increased wholeness in the lives of others and in our own life.  To enable us to do this, God has called us to be Ambassadors, Antidotes and Anticipators. Let's endeavour to actively seek to be brin...

You are unique and special. God wants to use you! Looking at some of the God-given Gifts that are mentioned in the Bible, it might seem that there is a division between natural and supernatural Gifts. Actually, they are all given in a supernatural way from a supernatural God. As the widow gave everything in her Temple offering (Mark 12 and Luke 21), so let us give everything back to God in worship...

God has given us all gifts to use. We can all speak and some of us have speaking gifts. The important thing about learning to speak is that you have to listen first. Samuel said, "Speak Lord. I'm Your servant, ready to listen." As we spend regular quality time with God, so He transplants us so that we might be fruitful for Him. Let's soak in God's presence, ask Him to open...

As we become consumed by God, so the natural reaction is to want to sows seeds to others about who He is and what He has done. We are not generally to confront people harshly with the truths of the Gospel, but to show respect as we  share with people so that they can begin to learn of God, believe in God and obey His words. It is not only evangeists who should share Jesus with people. It's th...

In a second introductory talk in this Series, we are reminded that God's gifts shouldn't be kept in a box that we look at occasionally. God pours out His Spirit on us in a greedy way so that we too may be liberal in the beautiful way we treat other people. It's super to be hospitable to people who are like us, but Jesus calls us to show warmth to strangers and kindness to people who...

God is giving gifts to us. They are to give away to others, through our actions and our words. Let's embrace what God is doing today and get involved with receiving, then using what He is giving! You can read the script for the whole Service here .

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Prayer is vital. Prayer is life-giving. Let's not hide from God, but share all that we have with Him in honour and thanks. This Talk is shorter than normal to enable three others to briefly share thoughts on how we might pray for them. You can read the script for the whole Service here .

September used to be a time to celebrate the physical harvest for many churches around the UK. Today that happens much less, but every day is still an opportunity to give thanks to God and to each other. In this Talk we look at Psalm 92:1-5 and remind ourselves that it is fitting and good to praise God. Let our 'buts' be positive (I will still give thanks to God no matter what) rather th...