Entries by Alan Pattle

Stay On Mission – 17th September 2018

2. Only Jesus! “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me […]

Stay On Mission – 10th September 2018

1. Amazing Grace. “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me […]

Stay On Mission – 13th August 2018

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion. Amos 6:1 4. God’s perspective. These challenging words from Amos deal with two very human things that can so easily prevent us from staying on Mission with Jesus. The first, that I have been looking at over the past few weeks, is apathy or complacency, the second […]

Stay On Mission – July 29th 2018

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion. Amos 6:1 3. Worship must be real! I don’t know if you are like me and find some expressions that are commonly used within the church frustrating – even annoying!? One expression that I really dislike is when Christians say ‘Let’s have a time of worship’. The […]

Stay On Mission – 23rd July 2018

2. Seek Me and Live! I began this short series with a comment that I would imagine many of us agree with: Staying on Mission is not the ‘easy’ way to live! It is not easy because there are so many things that distract us from making Jesus and His mission our daily focus. It […]

Stay On Mission – 16th July 2018

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion. Amos 6:1 1.      Have you become complacent? Staying on Mission is not the ‘easy’ way to live! I am writing this article from Newtown, Sierra Leone a country that is extremely poor and where many are hungry and sick.  I have been staying in the home of […]

Stay On Mission – 9th July 2018

1. Celebration. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting […]

Stay On Mission – 2nd July 2018

3. Concentration. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting […]

Stay On Mission – 25th June 2018

1. Determination. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting […]

Stay On Mission – 17th June 2018

1. Preparation! Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting […]