{"id":4692,"date":"2026-04-28T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:34:29","slug":"eastertide-alphabet-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4692","title":{"rendered":"Eastertide Alphabet (K)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When we pick up and read any of the four Gospels we are being drawn into the world of the Kingdom of God. There’s an inbuilt dynamic of something which is here already, but not yet fulfilled. In Jesus we see what is means for a human being to fully embody the values of the Kingdom. Every word Jesus speaks, every story he tells, every personal encounter he makes and every stand he takes tells us something about the Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Luke tells the story of the Early Church in the Acts of the Apostles we are once again invited into the world of Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith. ‘We all have to experience many hardships’, they said ‘before we enter the KINGDOM of God’.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we read through its pages we learn that the Kingdom is not some distant utopia that we stumble into by chance. It is a promise. One that comes with a journey marked by trials, choices, and perseverance. These verses reminds us that when hardships come they are not a detour from God’s Kingdom but often part of the very road that leads to it. These words are not a warning but a shared truth and a unifying call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kingdom then isn\u2019t just something we\u2019re waiting to enter at the end of life, it breaks into our present reality every time we choose love over fear, hope over despair, faith over doubt. It’s our hope that every hardship we endure with grace shapes us more and more into people who reflect the values of that Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are the people whose words can give you a ‘fresh heart’?
Who are the people in your own life who model the Kingdom for you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Act 14:19-28, Tuesday, Eastertide, Week 5)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we pick up and read any of the four Gospels we are being drawn into the world of the Kingdom of God. There’s an inbuilt dynamic of something which is here already, but not yet fulfilled. In Jesus we see what is means for a human being to fully embody the values of the … <\/p>\n

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