1. www.sydenhammethodist.org

2. Monday 4 February 2013 at 8.00 pm Open to all women Speaker: Rev Ken Lindsay President of the Methodist Church in Ireland ‘Guatemalan Project’

3. Saturday 16 th February, Craigavon - booking forms in church

5. BOOK CLUB sydenham methodist church

6. 8.00 pm in the Manse Abiding: The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2013 by Ben Quash.

7. Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. Proverbs 3:6

8. A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, "How heavy is this glass of water?" Answers called out ranged from 2 to 5 pounds.

9. The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it."

10. He continued, "If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

11. In each case, it's the same weight. But the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "

12. "And that's the way it is with worries and problems. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won't be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, you have to put it down."

13. Then Jesus said, Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

14. “Prayers Are Precious Jewels” The Lord sees the good people and listens to their prayers. 1 Peter 3:12

15. We live in a loud world. To get someone’s attention is not an easy task. He must be willing to turn down the radio, turn away from the monitor, close the book.

16. When someone is willing to silence everything else so that he can hear us clearly, it is a privilege. A rare privilege, indeed.

17. Our prayers are honoured in heaven as precious jewels. Purified and empowered, the words rise in a delightful fragrance to our Lord.

18. Our words do not stop until they reach the very throne of God.

19. Our prayer on earth activates God’s power in heaven, and “God’s will is done on earth as it is in heaven”.

20. But this much is clear: actions in heaven begin when someone prays on earth. Our prayers move God to change the world. We may not understand the mystery of prayer. We don’t need to.