NCF Sunday Talks

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...

Jesus' disciples accompanied Him all over the place. The Synoptic Gospels record an incident where they were on the Sea of Galilee and Jesus was asleep in the boat. A large storm suddenly came and even the fully trained fishermen were scared. They wake Jesus up and He sorts out their immediate problem of being scared and also teaches them that they should trust Him.  We can trust in Jesus jus...

Over the past two months we have heard of how God used people very similar to us and we might have been impressed by what happened on different continents and in different centuries. Lives were changed, society was effected and God was glorified. It's our turn to move and shine for God. It's our turn now! The script for the whole Service is available here .

God's brilliance, majesty and compasson don't increase as we mature in the Christian faith. They are always infinite - way beyond our own imaginations or abilities. In this Series of Talks we're looking at how our Church Family in different centuries and various countries interact with our holy and omnipotent God. In this Talk we briefly look at our Family in North America over thre...

There were plenty of social problems in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this Talk we briefly consider slavery, illiteracy, orphans and medical training. Some people in our family heard God nudging them to do something about these big problems. They followed God's leading, using their own resources, abilities and availability to make  change occur. Sometimes change would take many y...

Joyfulness, prayerfulness and thankfulness (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) are the basis for the Church in this country. There was a strong Celtic Church before Augustine was sent from Rome in 597AD. The people we hear about moved around this country as God directed them. Iona and Lindisfarne were particularly important. Prayer resulted in people walking and working with God. The Bible was translated in...

If you throw a stone into a pond, ripples will be created. When the Holy Spirit came to the disciples in Jerusalem terrifically powerful ripples were created. Some of these went to North Africa. We briefly look at some of the people from our family in 100AD to 300AD and notice that God calls us, just as He called them, to be Ambassadors for Him. What will your next chapter with God be like? The Sc...

With eight members of our family joining us from eastern Germany, we looked at Martin Luther's contribution to our life today as Protestants. What was he, and others around the same time in history, protesting about and how did he/they do it? How is God asking us to act and speak in a counter cultural way today? Let's praise God that we have a Bible in a language that we understand and t...

The Eleven Disciples who had followed Jesus for around three years weren't the only people in leadership positions in the early Church. Other members of our spiritual family at that time included men, women, older people, younger people, people who grew up as Jews and those who were Gentiles. Some of their names might be hard to say today in our culture, but we are definitely part of the same...