"I will build my church
and the gates of hell
shall not overcome it "
 
Matt 16:18 [NIV]
 
Don't just believe it,
LIVE LIKE IT!
 
 
 
 
This song has been playing over and over in my mind since Spring Harvest.
'Build your Kingdom here'. 
Jesus said "I will build my church".
It's a promise and he wants to do it in you and me, through you and me,
in your life and my life and in Lifewell Church as a whole!
But how much do we want Him to?
Do we want it enough to:-
Pick up our Bibles and ask God to speak to us and then wait and listen?
Pray for the people around us?
Make God, and His people and His plan a priority? 
Play our part in local church?
 
Let's do this!  Come along to the AGM and continue the journey!!!
 
 

 
 

Jesus warns the religious leaders - part 5 - Matthew 23:1-36

How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees.  Hypocrites! For you won*t let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won*t go in yourselves...   ...For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn him into twice the son of hell as you yourselves are.
Matthew 23:13-15.  [NIV]

None of us like it when we see people say one thing and do another and I'm sure we've all heard some people say they have been put off church because in their eyes its 'full of hypocrites'.  How we live is important.  Jesus is challenging people here to think about the way they are living.  Notice how he doesn't beat around the bush.  The consequences are serious!  They will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven and neither will any people who follow their teaching.  Jesus wants them to get it and respond.Can you imagine what these people felt  as Jesus challenged them in this way.
Embarassed? Shocked?  Because lets face it its easy to get to where they were.  It's easy to start doing the right things for the right reasons and over time, slip into bad habits.  You start a new job and you want to make a good impression, you give 110% and a couple of  months/years in and the shine has worn off.  If your employer gets 90% out of you its a good day and your only drive is the count down to pay day. 
I wonder if these people started responding to God and then got so tied up in keeping the laws and keeping an eye on other people keeping the law that they lost something of the love for God and people that we are all called to.
Maybe in some areas of our lives, as we heard of God and His love for us, about Jesus death and resurection and what He accomplished for us, we were set on living to love God and love others and share His love with others.  But the challenges of life, disappointments, being taken for granted and walked over as you live to love takes the shine off things and we just want to get by, doing the bare minimum or just keeping the rules. Loving God and loving others gets lost in the mix or maybe just dropped down the priority list.  I'm sure none of us want to be called hypocrites or be on the receiving end of these words!  So let's keep a close eye on our lives! Lets keep love, excellence and integrity at the top of the agenda!


For over 60 years MAF has been overcoming
the enormous barriers facing the remote communities of the world. What started off as a dream of a couple of Christian airforce pilots is now a global movement with 130 aircraft in more than 30 countries using more than 3000 airstrips. That*s more than any other airline in the world. Many of the people MAF reaches simply survive one day at a time. By delivering hope MAF show these precious people that they are not forgotten and gives them a glipse of the living God we serve. Partnering with about 1500 organisations their aircraft fly into 1800 remote destinations to land on basic landing strips, very different to our UK airports. Each flight carries help & hope to men, women and children. *MAF is flying for life*. For more information please view their new website www.maf-uk.org
 
 
 
 

PLEASE PRAY FOR  :-
1.  Pray for peace in Bangladesh and for the protection of MAF planes,
pilots and staff working around the world in some of the world*s poorest nations.
2 Give thanks for MAF*s shuttle flight service to isolated coastal islands of Bangladesh.
3 Pray that the need for an experienced Chief Engineer for their Bangladesh programme,
along with a float-plane pilot will soon be met.
4 Pray for more volunteers and ongoing funding for MAF
to continue with its life saving and changing work.
 
 
 
 

If you would like to give to Missions just place your Missions gift in an envelope marked Missions and drop it in collection any time along with your Tithes and Offerings. Each month, you can read a little more about Christian Mission organisations and what they do!
 
 
 
 
MAY SPECIAL EVENTS
 
Praise Celebration - Speaker : Brian Cole
7:30pm Fri 1st May, at Aenon Church,
Strawberry place, Morriston. Collection will be taken
towards the Aenon building fund.

Mens Breakfast
9am Sat 9th May, at Toby Carvery, (Olchfa House)

Lifewell Church AGM
7pm Wed 13th May, at Lifewell Church
 
 
INITIAL DETAILS FOR SPRING HARVEST 2016

 
 
 
MAY BIRTHDAYS
3rd Gaynor Davies
5th Benjamin
11th Ceri Scott
19th Carwyn James
19th Pam Thomas
20th John Nash
26th Margaret Willmer
27th Barbara Thomas
31st Paul Aspland
 
 
 
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
20th May -  Mark & Tracey
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunday
10:30am - Morning Service
3:30pm - The O-Zone Family Service
 
Monday
7pm - 18/05/15 - Life Lounge
 
Wednesday
7:00pm - Prayer Meeting
(06/05/15 - Mission Focus)
(27/05/15 - Kids/Youth Focus)
 
Thursday
9:15am-11:15am - Coffee Morning/Parent & Toddler
 
Friday
7pm-8pm Youth Club & Service

8pm-9pm Afterhours Biblestudy.
There will be no youth on Friday 29th May 2015