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Graham goes through Luke 19 v28-44, the Palm Sunday story.

Colin goes through Luke 18 v 31 - Luke 19 v1-10, showing how Jesus heals the physically and spiritually blind.

Revd Graham Coldman sets the context for the moving story of the prodigal son. Jesus introduces the story with two illustrations, the first about a lost sheep and then another about a lost coin. The prodigal son is really a story of two lost sons and is full of outrageous events. The big challenge for us is to consider where are we in that story and our relationship with the father. Father God never gives up on us, are we ready to be found?

What did Jesus intend to teach us when he spoke out the Lord’s prayer? Did He intend to inform us or inspire us? It was to inspire us, to encourage us to be creative in our imaginations, to explore the richness of our relationship with our father in heaven. Let’s use the Lord’s Prayer, inspired and enriched with imagery, verse, poetry & song to draw close to our abba, our Father in heaven.

Gary Smith from The Message (www.message.org.uk) shares from Luke 4, the temptation of Jesus

Revd Colin Baker unpacks the story of Noah and the flood and how this points to baptism. We are all encouraged to turn to Christ for forgiveness, cleansing and salvation - and to follow the example and command of Jesus to be baptised.

Revd Graham Coldman explores the events of Jesus invited to a meal by Simon the pharisee. Simon was a highly religious person and wanted to expose Jesus, to catch him out. A sinful woman tuned up; unlike Simon she recognised Jesus for who he was, she knew she needed forgiveness and restoration and worshipped him. We’re left with a stark challenge – are we more like Simon, the one who is always right but misses the point or the woman who knew she needed forgiveness and restoration – and received it?

Revd Keith Saynor explores Jesus' encounter with the Pharisees where they accused Jesus of acting unlawfully when carrying out good deeds on the Sabbath. Revd Keith summarises this situation as one where legalism collides with grace and challenges us to ask ourselves whether we have really learnt to love, whether we have received the blanket of God’s love into our lives and learned to cast it onto others who we encounter.

Revd Colin Baker reminds us that the world is constantly changing and that we need to change with it. He challenges us to fast and to pray, to listen to the Lord’s prompting and be prepared to step out in faith and do new things in new ways – new wine in new wine skins.

Revd Graham Coldman takes us through the extraordinary events of the paralysed man being lowered through a hole created in the roof of a house where Jesus was teaching in order to receive healing. We’re challenged to consider what type of faith we have – the sort that drives us to action and results or is it passive, something we keep in a box? Jesus announced his divinity by forgiving the man’s sins and then healing him. We too need to receive God’s forgiveness and enter into the fullness of life he offers