All things work together for good...

As I was pulling out of the driveway one early morning for a school run, I realized the car felt exceptionally heavy. Frowning and glancing at the controls, I tried to figure out the reason - was the handbrake not down? Dodgy Clutch? 🤔 I could only go another meter or two, before I felt compelled to stop and check what the problem was. Stopping the car, I worriedly stepped out to look at the wheels and couldn’t believe I had entered the car without noticing an extremely flat tyre!! 😕

Groaning inwardly, I realised I could no longer get to the school, and the tyre issue (with its additional expense) would have to wait till the weekend to be sorted.

Later that evening, I met a neighbour who had driven by our house at the very time I had been staring at the tyre in frustration. He had seen the problem, and was keen to help fix it immediately, even though it was around 8pm. Grateful for the offer, we met him outside and were amazed at how, in about 15 minutes, he’d got the flat tyre off, and put the temporary replacement on!🙌

As we looked at the deflated wheel to see what the problem was, we noticed a little nail had firmly lodged itself in the rubber. 😒 That got me to thinking about life lessons. Although some situations may arise and embed themselves in our lives, deflating joy and causing expense and inconvenience, if we are willing to look, we will see grace abounding at these times. God may bring a “neighbour” to help you bear that burden, or in His grace cause that situation to somehow work for your good, in a way you just couldn’t have predicted. 😇🙌

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Verse of the month: Romans 8:28

“All things work together for good to them that love God..”

Upcoming speakers:

👉 Sunday October 12th- 11am and 530pm Services - Speakers - Nigel Barrow and Kevin Tibble

👉 Sunday October 19th- 11am and 530pm Services - Speaker - John Foye

God bless you and we look forward to seeing you then.

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Located on McDermott road, we are 5-10 minutes walk from Peckham Rye Train Station, or 10 mins walk from the Nigel Road bus stop on Peckham Rye ( Buses 343, 12 etc).

Our church is made up of people from all walks of life who have a common belief in Jesus and His love for each one of us.

You may be interested to know that Christ Church McDermott was the site of the first Religious Radio Broadcast to a UK Church (watch re-enactment here), and recently featured on Songs of Praise on 1/9/24. You can view clips of that show on twitter or facebook.

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Our worship is a comfortable mix of contemporary songs as well as familiar well loved hymns, and we encourage young and old to join together in song.
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