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This letter gives us another secret to growth and change to those of us who are feeling a little bit complacent. Maybe we feel a little more bored than blessed when we connect with church … Perhaps we feel a lot more attached to this world than we’d like - (who doesn’t struggle with that?) and looking us straight in the eye Jesus says - “I want you to see your need as you never have before. Then I’d be able to meet your need as I never have before.” John writes this way to the church in Laodicea - “To the angel of the church of Laodicea write, ‘These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. I know your deeds that you’re neither cold nor hot … I wish that you were one or the other … But you don’t realise you’re wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you get from me gold refined in the fire so you can become rich and white clothes to wear so you can cover your shameful nakedness salve to put on your eyes so you can see.” (Revelation 3:14 ff) Not easy words from Jesus but they end with his remarkable promise - “Look! I am standing at the door and I'm constantly knocking. If anyone opens the door I will come in and I’ll fellowship with him; I’ll relate to him, I’ll dine with him and he’ll fellowship with me.” (Revelation 3:20 – Message)
Episodes

Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
FORGOTTEN?
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Tuesday Jul 02, 2019
Isaiah 1:16-17 NIV
Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Most of us in church are aware of the need to avoid sin & to live lives which are pleasing in God’s sight by confessing and repenting of our sins. ie. sins of “commission”.
Generally we are not so aware that we shall also be judged by God for the things He requires of us that we have left undone. ie. sins of “omission”.
Chief among these sins of “omission” is His requirement throughout scripture that we minister to the orphans, widows, the poor and the oppressed.
How are you, how am I, how is our church being responsible before God for these ministries?
This morning we will look at scriptures in both the Old and New Testament which enjoin us to carry out this ministry & at our possible response.

Monday Jun 17, 2019
THE GREAT PRETENDER
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Romans 12:9-21
We all wear masks for so many different things in life. We can often be afraid to really let people know where we are at, so we just default to the "I’m all good" when really we could be dying on the inside.
Paul challenges us to take off those masks and not pretend. He challenges us to a genuine love that is much deeper than the masks we can often hide behind.

Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
GOING THE DISTANCE
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Today is Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost is the Greek word for “fiftieth day”. It’s the fiftieth day after Easter when we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church.
It’s the Spirit who keeps a church alive and vibrant? When the Spirit of God gives purpose to a church then it continues to thrive, lives are changed, people are put back together and situations get resolved. All kinds of miracles happen.
And everything we need to fulfil God’s purpose, everything we need to be a church that goes the distance was put in the DNAof the original church. A church that goes the distance –
prays for God’s power, uses people’s everyday language, uses every member’s talents and is devoted to God’s word; its members love one another deeply, they worship with joy, they’re willing to sacrifice and bring people to Jesus.

Thursday Jun 06, 2019
GIVE THANKS - 2nd June 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Six hundred years ago, in The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis said - “Be not surprised that you cannot make others act as you wish them to act because you can’t make yourself act as you wish yourself to act.”
We’ve all, at some point, struggled to make changes in our lives. One of the most powerful choices we can make is to show gratitude and to be thankful. Giving thanks has the power to help us see things from God’s perspective. And that can change everything.
The Bible reminds us that we can give thanks in the words we say, the songs that we sing, the gifts that we give and the prayers that we pray. Philippians 4:6 reminds us - “Don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers.”

Monday May 27, 2019
MORE THAN CONQUERERS
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
The Roman Empire was the all conquering force in the 1st Century AD with territories throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Roman infrastructure - roads, water supplies, legal system - spread throughout the Empire.
Paul says that Jesus followers are "more than conquerors" - that they were more than the might of Rome. He reassured the Christians in Rome that despite the problems they were experiencing, nothing earthly or spiritual could separate them from the love that God has for them in Jesus. We are more than conquerors. We are not victims. Our place in the kingdom of God is not measured by our power or wealth but how we respond to whatever life throws at us.

Monday May 20, 2019
GLORY
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
Romans 8:26 – 31
We are called and chosen by God and made right with Him through Jesus. We not only are made righteous, but we now have His glory.
We have nothing to fear because God is with us and even though we may go through some bumpy times in life we have the promises of God to hold onto. He is for us, and always brings us through the toughest seasons in life, so that we can shine brighter with His glory.

Tuesday May 14, 2019
WORD, MIND & SPIRIT
Tuesday May 14, 2019
Tuesday May 14, 2019
The letter to the Romans is sometimes difficult to understand & appears to be more of a lecture rather than a letter.
This is reflected in this week’s message from Chapter 8 v5-17 as we continue our series in Romans.
We will look at how we should use our words, how we should think & how we should live by the Spirit to become & continue on as God’s children.
Word, thought & deed (Spirit)

Monday May 06, 2019
THE GIFT OF MINISTRY
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
On Anzac Day 1919, the Vickery family of Waverley offered their home to the Methodist Church to establish the War Memorial Hospital. Over the past 100 years, the hospital’s purpose has remained the same – to serve the community.
Hospital care, and the care provided by War Memorial Hospital, is deeply embedded in Christian faith. The work of the staff is a gift of ministry, recognised in the motto on the nurse’s graduation badges – “Not to be ministered to, but to minister."
Today we thank God for the hospital and the ministry of care provided by the staff. We pray for them as they accept people unconditionally, affirm people continually and assist people eagerly.

Monday Apr 29, 2019
LIVING UNDER GRACE
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Writing to the church in Rome, Paul says we “… are not under the Law but under grace.”
Grace, God’s grace, is one of the key themes of Scripture and one of the most important for living as Christians every day of our lives. Grace is both an attribute of God’s character and a gift from God that gives us the desire and ability to live out God’s purposes for us. We discover in Romans that the gift of God’s grace comes to us through Jesus and so it’s forever; it’s limitless and it’s free.
What a great way to follow up Easter Sunday!
To live the “grace full” lives given us by the resurrected Jesus.

Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Sunday 21st April 2019 - The Madness of Mercy
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
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