Cheryl's Corner

Oh what a precious gift it is to be a part of the church! A body of believers in Jesus Christ united under the authority and sufficiency of scripture. The church is made up of sinners saved by grace alone through faith in Christ alone. Our Saviour has started a great work in us but it won’t be complete until the day we see Jesus face to face. Until then we all still stumble in many ways. Sin is always crouching at our door, waiting to destroy us. Selfish ambition and bitter envy always too easily creep up. Yet despite our many sins and struggles, Jesus still chose to give Himself up for us. He took our condemnation so that we could become His beautiful bride, clothed in His righteousness and not our own. This marvellous truth gives us very great and precious promises. The gates of Hell will never destroy the church of Christ. Our   Father in heaven will never forsake us, bcause Jesus was forsaken on our behalf on the cross. The Word of God is the sourc...

The story of Joseph greatly encourages and inspires me.  Joseph lived in the land of Canaan and out of 12 brothers, he was their father’s favorite. As expected that caused much strife in the family and one day in a jealous rage, the brothers sold Joseph into slavery.  Potiphar, an Egyptian officer, bought him and through God’s favor, Joseph rose to become Potiphar’s personal attendant, managing his household.  When things seemed to finally be going well for Joseph, he was falsely accused of rape and was thrown into prison. Even in this, the Bible tells us that “God was with Joseph and extended kindness to him.”  At the end of 2 years, God enabled Joseph to interpret a dream of Pharoah that no one else was able to. As a result, Joseph became second in command in the land of Egypt! When there was a severe famine in the land of Canaan, his brothers were forced to come to Egypt to find some food; and Joseph and his brothers were eventually reconciled. Despite all the ha...

We never know what tomorrow will bring.   This has always been true and even with all our technology and advances, there is still so much in our world we have no control over. Who hasn’t been alarmed the past week or so by the speed our world has completely changed ? We are living in very uncertain times and we are being confronted in a new way with our finiteness. In a time like this our emotions can go haywire. We have all had to sort through a whole range of emotions this week; everything from fear that we are in a pandemic, disappointment over cancelled plans and disrupted schedules, worrying about and missing loved ones we can no longer visit, to panic over the possible long-term effects of the Coronavirus. Where do we turn for comfort? How can our heart and mind still be at peace in the midst of all the chaos around us? How can our feet still remain on solid ground? It is by thinking upon and treasuring the gospel of Jesus Christ!   I know that is the typical...

We live in days where fear is at an all-time high. There are many things in our lives and in the world around us that seem uncertain and hopeless. Fear can take control of our lives. You may be wondering why I am talking about fear on Easter weekend? It is because sin has ruined everything. Sin is the cause of everything we fear in this broken world. The Bible makes it clear we have all gone astray and have gone our own way. We all are guilty. All of us have the same greatest enemy- sin. As a result, there are millions of things we fear. We fear being alone We fear broken relationships We fear sickness and suffering We fear not having enough We fear not being enough and failing We fear tragedies that could happen Most of all, we fear death Even the thought of these possibilities can cause panic and a sick feeling in our stomachs. Easter reminds us of the answer to every fear and we are reminded of the great hope we can have in our hearts instead! From...

It was a great sermon on marriage. Everything that the pastor said that night was Biblical, right and true. Marriage is a profound mystery, how the one-flesh union between a man and a woman is the clearest earthly picture of how believers are perfectly united with God, through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, I remember leaving that night though, wondering what my role is as a single woman.  How can I display the glory of Christ? This was not the first time I had asked these questions.  Within the church we talk about marriage and we talk about singleness but often the kinds of conversations we have about each are completely different in tone.  It is easy to celebrate and value marriage and family; and rightly so, for it is a great gift from God!  On the other hand, very often there is pressure for singles to get out of their state. One of my fears of writing a blog on singleness is that it would seem I was minimizing the sacredness, beauty and i...

Knowing Jesus Christ personally is an indescribable gift. No other religion knows of a relational God, A God who is far above us and yet He still came down low to seek reconciliation with His people. We don’t have to always be striving to appease Him- wondering if we are doing enough to be on good terms with Him. He tells us exactly what He is looking for. A broken and contrite heart He will not despise. Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord and believes in their heart that He rose Jesus from the dead will be saved. The beginning of the world was very good with people in perfect communion with their God. This is why they were made. One day through they decided to love their own desires more than God. A flawless relationship was now fractured and people hid from God for the first time. Since then all of the devastation of sin in our hearts- constantly preferring ourselves and things over the God who fashioned us. When the world seemed to be on the verge of despair, Glimmers of hope b...