C3 Hits Leeds University and Leeds Metropolitan Freshers...

                Another academic university year begins and C3 welcomed new and returning students at the University of  Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University.

          

We went not only with delicious baked and packed goodies we went to share God to our city 

With smiles, enthusiasm and energy...

As Freshers week comes to a close we are sure you have had a great time. We are very glad to have bumped into you this week and we pray that your expectation of Leeds will be met and exceeded during your time here. We understand that moving to a new city or starting university can be  very daring and lonely, and we are here to make your experience easier. We hope to help you settle in and make new friends while you get to experience Christ in an amazing way. 

To start this we will like invite you Bowling tonight at Cardigan Fields, Kirkstall Road, Come with £10 and your student cards. We meet up Parkinsons step at 6pm. It will be lovely to see you there for more information contact 07760355225. 

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Wait till I cross the finish line...

[Ecclesiastes 7:8] “The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride”

             Anyone is capable of starting something but not everyone is capable of finishing what they have started. Many can start to climb Mount Everest today but only the ones who have trained hard, who are diligent and who persevere will reach the top.  

            When it comes to our walk with Christ, how we end is more important than how we start.  [Matthew 25:1-13] records the parable of the ten virgins, five of which were wise and five of which were foolish. The foolish ones were ill prepared and although started at the same place with the wise ones (An oil filled lamp) they did not end in the same place as them.  Christ was not concerned that they had oil to begin with, or that they went out to buy oil upon His arrival at the end He said to them “…I tell you the truth, I don’t Know you” [Matthew 25:13]  

            Today we are still in the process, still in the race to the end. Each day we are given the opportunity to grow and learn many things. We may not get everything right now and we may fall many times, but we must remember everything we go through is a learning curve that will aid us to reach the end. 

            Therefore “Be strong and be courageous. Do not be afraid for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you." [Deuteronomy 31:6] He also promises “... surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” [Matthew 28:20]           

 [1 Corinthians 9:24-27] "Do you not know that in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” 

  So today you might see me and I am not on top of my game, don’t write me off I have not crossed the finish line yet; I am in the race running in such a way that I will get the prize.

My thoughts and My words...

           

An average spider takes about one hour to construct a small web; the web can be destroyed in less than a second.

[James 3:5] “Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself on fire by hell.

Good works are a lot easier to destroy than they are to build. We have all heard of the famous quote:

"Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character.
Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny."

[Proverbs 23:7] “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he...”
            “…Then Peter got down out of the boat walked on water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”  [Matthew 14:29-30]
            It is inevitable that when we take our eyes off Jesus, we stop thinking about Him and we set out to fail.  

            All that we do is generated from a thought. It is vital that we take more caution to our thoughts and our words; we are shaped through them.  Refuse to see anything  in your life that does not concern God they are mere distractions: focus your life on the most High.

           “He who guards his lips guards his life but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin” [Proverbs 13:3]  “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”[Philippians 4:8]

“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” [Ephesians 4:29]

[Isaiah 64:8] “Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”  Let the entirety of you be moulded by Him, think and speak as you ought to.

Lest We have forgotten...

I was privileged to join one of the links fellowships this Wednesday; we started with “Therefore, if you are offering a gift at the altar and remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” [Matthew 5.48]  

After lengthy discussion we all came to the realisation that we can get so caught up in serving and worshipping God that we actually don’t do what He asks us do.  It was pointed out that there is nothing God asks us to do that He had not done Himself; Adam and Eve sinned against God yet He sent his only begotten Son in order to reconcile us back to Him.  

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference…” - Elie Wiesel

The major thing I learnt was how selfish I have been when it comes to sharing Christ. Most times I go out I have my music in my ears I am in my own world ‘worshipping’ God, however God is looking down at many lost souls and His heart bleeds.  

 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’  All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” [Matthew 22: 37 -40]

If we truly love our neighbours as we love ourselves why do we not share the great things we learn and experience in Christ with them?  We need to stop being indifferent today and let the Holy Spirit guide us to share Christ as we should.

The Light In Me

I was in my room the other night and there was a full moon. I was on my phone and the light from my phone was bright so it lit up the room, my phone’s battery ran out and the light it earlier radiated was gone this was the moment I fully realised how bright the moon was.  

Many times in our lives we are “lit up” by various things: success in our work/academics, family and friends, relationships… These things however only give us temporal happiness in the sense that we are saddened when we lack them, when they are not sufficient or they are not as we expected.

[John 8:12] “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”

“Darkness is in fact simply the absence of light” – Albert Einstein

Christ is the only eternal light.  We cannot follow Him if we do not see Him when other “lights” in our lives distract us.  The absence of His light in us simply means we are in darkness.

[John 14:6] “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’”

            In essence we must “turn off” the other “lights” in our lives to make sure that we are following Christ this is the only way we can appreciate Him in all His fullness and glory. I do not write this to say we rid ourselves of the things that make us happy. No Christ placed many things around us to make us happy but we must allow Him to shine brightly in us.

[1 Corinthians 2:9] “However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’” There is too much to learn and gain when we live under His guidance-His light we must not let anything “outshine” Him in our lives at the end it will all run out. NOTHING comes close in comparison with Christ’s light; He must be the light in you.

A GREAT MOMENT!

"Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress - Lamentations 1:20

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The needs you face are not there to hide the face of God. Those needs and problems exist for a special reason: for God to meet them, and through them for you to meet God.

It is at a point of need that Jesus comes to us and wakens out interest in the life He brings. It is a great moment when you become aware of your need and of Christ being the answer to that need.

For it is through that need that you begin to comprehend God and accept Him as Lord. Having Jesus, you discover that He is indeed the way for every need to be met.

Oh what needless pain we bear! Jesus is there to carry it all for you - He's there to solve every need and more...

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Prayer: Lord Jesus, you are all i need and i thank you for You. Amen

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It is the little things in life that makes the difference...

[James 3:3-5] “We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth …In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches but a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.”

            “Little things achieved are better than big things planned” this statement is not to disregard planning for the future but rather to emphasise the necessity of time management in the present.  

            It is important to address the simpler tasks we get in life quickly so that we can see the bigger picture better. Someone once told me an analogy of when there is a little bee in a big room; until the bee is dealt with (hopefully in the most humane way possible) it is hard for one to concentrate.

            Jesus is the pinnacle of our lives, whatever we do out of Him we do in vain. He leads and guides us in all we do. “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have- Jesus Christ.” [1 Corinthians 3:11].

            Going back to James 3, if we liken our lives to the large horse, and Christ as the bit it shows us to scale how struggle free our lives should be. His Word-the light-the bit is all we need to steer our life in the right direction.

So we root ourselves in the Word consistently and diligently, we believe it and we live it. We make sure the master is in control. However said control is not a big overwhelming force over us once again referring back to the scale of struggle free the control is from the small bit.

            The more we deal with the little things in life the more natural our walk with Christ becomes; this way we are able to fully enjoy our lives and live it to the full.