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St Andrew's URC, Walton-on-Thames, Hersham Rd, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 1LG |
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WELCOME to St Andrews United Reformed Church in
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, a church in the Protestant Reformed tradition, and its
website (under construction). We meet for worship every Sunday at 10.45 am.
Everyone - all ages! - is welcome. There is a creche available if required and
coffee is served afterward the service. The Church is near the town centre on
Hersham Road, Walton, at the corner of a side road called "The Chestnuts". If
you are looking for it, you can hardly miss it. Drivers can turn off Hersham
Road directly into our car parking area. We do other things too and will
progressively have more information on this site. Thank you for visiting our
site. We extend a warm welcome to you to join us in any of our activities. |
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John 1:12-13 (07-31-10)
To all who received him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. Thoughts on Today's Verse...We live in a time and culture of rights. "It's my right to ___." Just fill in the blank. But we don't have a right to be God's child. We are given that right by God's grace. This right came to us at great cost to God. Jesus' came to earth, lived, died and was raised from the dead. We receive this grace through faith: God gives us new birth as we trust in Jesus as Lord and we are baptized and reborn through the power of the Holy Spirit (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7). To be born of God, to be born from above, to be born "again" is the gift of adoption into God's family and brings us all the rights of heirs in God's house (Galatians 3:26-4:7). So let’s not take this grace, this blessing, this adoption, this right for granted! We are God’s children right now (1 John 3:1-3). Let’s give thanks for this grace and live like we belong. My Prayer...Abba Father, thank you for including me in your family. May my life reflect your influence, character, mercy, holiness, compassion, righteousness, and love. I want to be like you, my Father. So just as I was born into your family by the power of the Holy Spirit, please fill me with your Spirit so that I will more closely reflect you in all I do and say this day. In the name of my older brother Jesus I pray. Amen. 
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