Sandyknowes Blog

Living beside the busiest roundabout in Northern Ireland gives plenty of opportunity for watching the world go by. Sandyknowes Blog is the personal blog of Niall Lockhart (minister of Ballyhenry). Pull in and have a read…

An Advent Journey - 9th December

9 December 2020

Read: Isaiah 9 vs 1-7

These days it’s dark in the mornings. You look out and you can’t really see anything, until that is when the sun rises. Over the last two days our Advent Journey has had us in the Old Testament book of Isaiah. Isaiah was a prophet, someone who spoke God’s Word into the lives of the people round about 700BC.

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An Advent Journey - 8th December

8 December 2020

Read: Isaiah 40 vs 1-11

It’s just over two weeks to Christmas! At all kinds of levels we find ourselves doing different things to get ready, sorting things at work, thinking about family, planning what we hope to do, who we hope to see, or this year … where we hope to see them.

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An Advent Journey - 7th December

7 December 2020

Read: Isaiah 7 vs 13-17

Communication is at the heart of any relationship. When communication is good relationships can grow and flourish. Without communication a real relationship is virtually impossible.

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An Advent Journey - 4th December

4 December 2020

Read: 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Yesterday we were reading together the story of Ruth. Ruth is set during a period of Old Testament history ‘when the judges ruled’ (Ruth 1:1). The best word to sum up what life was like during this time is the word ‘chaos’. The book of Judges tells story after story of a world full of broken pieces. Everybody did their own thing, genocide and murder were common place and those with power often abused it terribly to further their own ends.

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An Advent Journey - 3rd December

3 December 2020

Read: Ruth 1: 1-5, 4:16-22

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