As we come to the end of this season following Pentecost. We have been looking at the Acts of the Apostles. This week we our vicar, Abi draws the lessons together as Activating Your Spiritual Life. Considering how these activations leave an imprint just like a hallmark on precious metal. 1 Peter 1:6-7 says;

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Just like a hallmark, the Spirit tells us the purity God has made us, it tells us who has made us and where we have been tested. And finally, how like the parable of the sower, we can check our soil and Activate Our Spiritual Life to improve our soil and our fruitfulness.

The reading is from Acts 17:16-34

This message was first preached on 26/07/2026

Continuing in this season of the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church, we are looking at the Acts of the Apostles. This week we are looking at Activating Joy, living in the state God intends for us, regardless of circumstances. Vanessa Barlow considers the passage where God sends an angel to rescue Peter from prison, where he had been locked up by King Herod and the joy which came to the church when God answered their prayers in an unexpected way.

Joy is mentioned in the New Testament over 60 times and is listed in Galatians 5 as one of the fruit of the Spirit which we are meant to grow as we mature in our faith. Vanessa shares some of the key passages on joy and encourages us to build strategies to stop that joy from being stolen. Listen in and learn how you can Activate Joy.

The reading is from Acts 12:1-19

This message was first preached on 19/07/2026

Continuing in this season of the giving of the Holy Spirit to the Church, we are looking at the Acts of the Apostles. This week we are looking at Activating Miracles, declaring God’s love through His acts of power. Wayne Bishop considers the passage where Peter visits Lydda and heals Aeneas and then Joppa where he raises Dorcas, one of the disciples, who had died and was mourned by the church there.

We see the way Peter modelled the work of his Lord, Jesus, but not only His work but also His character which he goes on to set out in his final writing, 2 Peter chapter 1.

“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.”

If we add these qualities to the faith the Holy Spirit gives us then God will use you and enable you to Activate Miracles.

The reading is from Acts 9:32-42

This message was first preached on 12/07/2026