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An Invitation to Build – Building to Last

An Invitation to Build – Building to Last

Yesterday we continued our series at Southampton Student NAVS with our third session entitled “An Invitation to Build – Building to Last”. Having spent some time in recent meetings discussing what it means to follow Jesus and to grow towards maturity we now turn our thoughts to the New Testament’s building metaphor. As someone who has spent most of their life building (whether it be in Lego or in house construction) this is a metaphor dear to my heart! Paul is clear that we…

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An Invitation to Grow – Growing to Maturity

An Invitation to Grow – Growing to Maturity

Yesterday we continued our series at Southampton Student NAVS with our second session entitled “An Invitation to Grow – Growing to Maturity”. This week we thought about the ‘growth metaphor’ and thought how there are examples of growth in the people, animals and plants all around us. Likewise in the spiritual realm we also grow as we get to know Jesus better. This is growth from the inside out, not mere conformity to a particular pattern of behaviour but transformation from the ‘inside out’…

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An Invitation to follow – Jesus is Enough

An Invitation to follow – Jesus is Enough

Last Thursday we began our new series at Southampton Student NAVS with our first session entitled “An invitation to Follow – Jesus is Enough”. We thought a little together about what it means to follow Jesus using the framework of Jesus’ encounter with Simon Peter in Luke 5. In that encounter Jesus asked Simon Peter to pull out into the deep and let down the nets. This must have sounded ludicrous to Simon Peter who had been fishing all night but had caught…

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