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My Favourite Bible Verse…

Andrew Horton

Head of Communications & Digital Engagement

“A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:7-9

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Some pieces of Scripture are tough to digest, aren’t they? For me, these verses from Galatians 6 go deep. I think it’s because the words are both challenging and encouraging. And they contain two important life lessons. Firstly, to make sure we try to do things which please God and aren’t selfish. Secondly, that we must be persistent in doing these things and hold onto the hope that what we’re doing is worth it.

In the early part of my career, I worked as a BBC journalist. But – in a way that God often does – I felt called to move into something different. I have now worked in the Christian charity sector for nearly 15 years. Part of the reason for this was to be able to ‘sow to please the Spirit’ – to honour God with the good gifts and talents He has developed in me. Of course, it would have been possible to have done this and remain working in the secular media. But hey, I felt a ‘God-prompt’, so here I am!

At Church Army, I believe we are doing good things which please God – we’re sowing ‘to please the Spirit’, whether that’s in helping communities see and know Jesus’ passionate, transformative love for them; or simply sitting with people, sharing a cuppa and being a peace-filled presence in their lives. And because I hear stories like you’ll read in this edition of CA inFocus, it helps me to not grow weary but be deeply encouraged to keep going with this good work.

Rachael Rook-Williams

Supporter Engagement Officer

“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7

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‘I haven’t worked for Church Army for very long, but the main thing that attracted me to this charity is that while striving to serve those most in need in practical ways, Church Army does not shrink back from proclaiming the good news of Jesus.   Evangelism is at the heart of who we are.  And rightly so.  

We live in a time when need is all around us, and increasing daily as the financial crisis deepens.  Church Army serves, amongst others, those who are homeless, lonely or impoverished, and it would be easy to feel overwhelmed by these practical needs.

But Isaiah wrote this passage to a then future Israel which would be experiencing terrible hardship: exiled under the Babylonian empire, they were kingless, homeless and had lost everything.   Yet the feet of those who brought them news that their God had not forgotten them and would soon free them from their captivity, and give them peace, were beautiful. 

In my experience feet are not often beautiful things, but the Bible describes the feet of those who bring the good news of Jesus’ salvation as ‘fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace’.  Peace: a quality which in a world of turmoil, is indeed beautiful. Who doesn’t want the promise of peace, of goodness, of salvation, a reminder that God reigns and can reign in their life?  

Serving the poor in practical ways is a powerful demonstration of God’s love, but the greatest gift we can give is the news of Jesus’ salvation.  Let’s pray as we go into Autumn, that all our evangelists and partners, and indeed all of us, are bold in proclaiming the good news to those we meet.’

Denise Ambrose

HR Manager

‘As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.’ Genesis 8:22

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In chapter eight of Genesis, we read the story of the great flood, when God saves Noah in the ark. After the waters have subsided, God calls Noah to bring his family and all the creatures out of the ark back onto dry land.  

After getting everyone off the ark, the first thing Noah does is build an altar to honour God with sacrifices of burnt offerings. Verse 21 tells us that God smells the pleasing aroma of the offerings and says He will never again destroy the earth. This is God making a covenant promise with Himself (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) to creation. He promises that while earth endures, He will provide for all our physical needs (v22).  

Even as He makes this promise, God knows that our hearts are naturally inclined to sin, and, as pleasing as the aroma of the sacrifice is, sacrifices and offerings are not what He desires (Heb 10:5). 

Jumping forwards some 2,000 years, we see the unfolding story of another covenant promise being agreed between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This sets into motion a plan to restore the relationship, broken by sin, between God and the people He created and loves. In this plan, the Father says an ark won’t do this time, we need a perfect sacrifice to save the world from sin. The Son says, I’ll go, Father, and the Holy Spirit says, I will make a way. 

The plan is perfect: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).  

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