St Giles' West Bridgford Podcast
Sermons and talks from St Giles' Church West Bridgford. For more details visit our website.
Episodes
420 episodes
A-Z of Discipleship - Bible
Graham continues the series on discipleship looking at Psalm 119 and how God speaks to us through the Bible.
A-Z of Discipleship - Abba, Father
As Graham kicks off a new evening sermon series following the book 'A-Z of Discipleship' he looks at Matthew 7: 7-12 - ask, seek, knock - an invitation to a relationship with God, to follow Him with our head, hearts and hands.
Revelation 1
Joanna starts a new series on the last book in the Bible, Revelation. This week, as we look at Revelation 1 and Jesus's message to the 7 early churches, she invites us to think about what would Jesus say to St Giles today.
Jesus invites us – to eat with him
In our all age service, Joanna looks at Jesus's invitation: "Come, and have breakfast with me" (John 21:1-14). She reflects on what this means for us - the invitation for us to feed on the nourishing gift of God's word and to know His living pr...
Finding joy in God’s word
In the evening service, Graham looks at Psalm 1 and how God’s word helps us to flourish.
Rejoice in the Lord
Graham reflects on Philippians 4: 4-7 - we are encouraged to choose joy and to replace worry with prayer, which in turns enable us to receive God's peace.
The challenge of joy
How do we maintain and articulate our joy in God when faced with the challenges of circumstances, compassion, comparison and conflict? (Habakuk 3: 17-19)
Fruits of the Spirit: gentleness and self control
The final week of the series in the evening service looking at the fruits of the spirit. What does it look like to know and reflect the Gentleness of God? And why is self control such an important fruit? (Matthew 11: 28-30)
The promise of joy
Joanna starts this morning a short series looking at the gift of joy. This week she reflects on the promise of our hope in Jesus. (Isaiah 61: 1-7)
Fruits of the Spirit: faithfulness
In the evening Simon spoke on the next fruit of the Spirit in our series - faithfulness - looking at the story of Noah and how God's faithfulness to Noah was mirrored by Noah's faithfulness to God.
Leading for God
Looking at 1 Samuel 7: 3-15, Graham considers how Samuel grew as a leader and pointed people to God, serving them in humility and reminding them of all that God had done.
Fruits of the Spirit: kindness and generosity
In the evening service, Joanna looks at two more of the fruits of the Spirit - kindness and generosity. What does it mean to practice intentional acts of kindness as we seek to reflect the kindness of God and His generosity towards us? (Luke 6:...
Listening to God
In the morning service, Graham considers 1 Samuel 3: 1-10. We have a God who loves to communicate with us. How do we hear the voice of God and how do we respond to his voice?
Fruits of the Spirit: peace and patience
Graham speaks on the next in the series of the fruits of the Spirit. God is the peace bringer and one who has immense patience with us. How do we reflect that as we receive the gifts of peace and patience? (Ephesians 4: 1-6)
Equipped by the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit equips us in the spiritual battle that we are in. The enemy seeks to undermine who we are and who God is, but the Holy Spirit witnesses to our spirit that we are children of God and that we have a God who is kind. (Romans 8: 12-...
Fruits of the Spirit: love & joy
In the evening service, Graham starts a new series on the Fruits of the Spirit, reflecting on how God's love transforms us. (1 John 4: 7-12).
Gifts of the Spirit
Joanna asked the question what do we bring to church? What gift of the Holy Spirit has God given to you for the building up of the community of faith here at St Giles? (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
Seeking a relationship with God
On Trinity Sunday, Simon reflects on how God wants a relationship with us, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit (John 17: 1-11).