Miriam writes:

We loved welcoming Andy Baker and the worship team from The Belfrey, York who were with us for our New Wine Celebration on Sunday.

 Andy invited us to rediscover our sense of wonder at God, to adopt a posture of wonder before God in our daily lives. So that we might be like David in 1 Chronicles 16. 

 We looked at 5 things Spurgeon suggested to help us to not lose our sense of wonder:

 Keep a written record of what God has done (our testimonies of what God has done are to encourage us, but they are also to be given away and shared).

1.     Praise God thoroughly at the time you receive God’s goodness (worship is at times an overflow of our love and gratitude for God, but at other times it is an act of obedience).

2.     Meditate on the good things God has done (Phillipians 4:8 - ‘whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things).

3.     Talk to others about His mercy often (testimonies have power).

4.     Use everything around you as reminders of God’s goodness (making Jesus a part of our whole lives).

 Hearing testimony of what God is doing increases our faith and encourages us. Do you have a testimony of what God has done in your life recently? We would love to hear them; send them in to office@ccbn.org.uk or chat to one of the team. 

Revd Miriam Thurlow - Curate CCBN