JANUARY 6

And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Genesis 1:18

So 7 times in chapter 1 God refers to what he has created as good, with the last one being very good. In verse 18 of the next chapter God refers to the fact that Adam was alone as ‘not good’.

Recently on a long journey I found myself listening to a radio program where the topic was ‘E-dating.’ For the uninformed, like myself, it is the process of finding a date through the Internet. The discussion was certainly interesting and threw up facts like at least 85% of people would rather go on line to find a relationship that actually meet someone face to face at the football, or in the pub. There are even Christian and Jewish web sites offering the same service. Where am I going with this? Well according to the research January is the month where most people feel lonely and in need of someone. It is said that the most rational of people who under ‘normal circumstances wouldn’t even think of this method, find themselves trawling through pictures of faces that they don’t even know, looking for… well, who knows?

The most important relationship we have should be with God. I am not saying that the institution of marriage should be scoffed at or put down as I value it highly. I am admonishing us as a Christian community to keep an eye, an ear, a prayer for those who are searching. For in reality it is only Jesus who can fill this need.

I struggled, more than usual, to write/post this, which is the reason I know it was meant for someone. If not one of our regulars but if you know someone please send it on.

The music today is 'no one understands like Jesus'. Click on the picture.

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     The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.

     A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here