Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:5-7 (NIV)

Last week I spoke about how the Church needs to be focused on the Teachings of Jesus, prayer, fellowship, and generosity. You could say that these are the things that we need to do, but, knowing what we should do naturally leads us to ask the question “how”.

The foundation of how is, by allowing Jesus into your life. He is the way, the truth, and the life, and the way to the Father. By allowing Jesus into your life you know the way to the Father, and as the Father works through Jesus, he also works through you.

Simple! Or gobbledy gook?
The apostles did not lack faith, but they were struggling to understand, and we often struggle too. We need to understand and be able to explain that by studying Jesus’s teachings and through prayer we invite our living God to shape the way we think and feel. When the living Jesus is in our heart and mind in this way, he can unite our fellowship in love, and help us to have the kind of generous spirit that will show the world what his grace and mercy look like.

Only by having Jesus in our hearts and at the heart of everything we do can we be a Church that lives out the good news of Jesus in the world.

Reverend John (Vicar)

This week is, Christian Aid week (10th-16th May)
Please don’t forget to pray for the work of Christian aid (especially this week) it is difficult for any parish to take a collection to support their work at the moment but please try and support them if you can.
A donation can be made on their website www.christianaid.org.uk

Website
Our parish communion will be posted on our website www.melthamparish.co.uk This will be
pre-recorded but Rev John will be repeating the service at 10:30am so that it may be considered spiritually live. Please join in if you are able.

#melthamprays
Many people are looking for a simple way to pray. I hope that this will offer an opportunity to do so. Please look at the magazine, facebook, or our website for more details. We will be asking the diocese to pray for this next Saturday (16th May).