Urban Hope - Final Reflections

 Today (5th March 2023) was the last Urban Hope Sunday Service.  We wanted to share the final part of the message today. Please take the time to reflect on this with us, and pray for us.

And as the Beatles once said 

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“There's nothing you can do that can't be done, Nothing you can sing that can't be sung, 

Nothing you can say,

But you can learn how to play the game

It's easy…

All you need is love!”

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What is love? 

It’s in the ordinary meeting between people.

Like Nicodemus and Jesus.

Theirs is a secret meeting in the night.

Jesus meets a member of a group of people, the Pharisees, who are against him. In love.

In Christ.

You. 

Are. 

Loved!

Despite our failures

Past, Present and Future.

You are loved, because of the Cross of Christ. 

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17

This is my last talk at Urban Hope.

After nearly four years of Urban Hope life together.

What is there to say?

A very wise person taught me about the Teaspoon (TSP)  format of prayer – Thank you, Sorry, Please 

So……..

Thank you, for allowing me to grow as we have journeyed together. 

I’m sorry for the times when I’ve messed up and you’ve felt hurt.

And please: 

Look to Jesus, THE one foundation our faith is built on. 

It’s Jesus’ hope we wish to share.

His love we wish to show. 

Look to Jesus in the good times, and the less good times. 

That is my prayer for you. 

May I ask that you also pray that, for me?