The Penny Drops

On Sunday we shared from Mark 6:45-52 - Jesus walking out on the water to His disciples.



A couple of things emerged:

- He walked to them because they misunderstood His feeding of the 5000 (Mark 6:30-44)
- He wanted them to know He will never stop performing miracles
- He wanted them to understand that God feeds His people

So, for us this means:
- God is our provider
- Jesus will never stop working in our lives
- The Holy Spirit will help us to discover/remember all of this

Awesome!

Talents

On Sunday we shared about using our talents from Matthew 25:14-30

A couple of things emerged:
- We all have talents - abilities and opportunities
- We need to use them to God's glory
- When we do, the Kingdom of God is advanced in us and in our world

So, bottom line:
- Christians need to work hard, ethically and with integrity

It is a huge challenge for us but one which Christ lays down.

Love, Honour, Blessing

On Sunday we spoke about renewing our minds from Romans 12:1-2

The world has a pattern.


- Hatred (we are full of violence toward each other & nature)

- Selfishness (we think of ourselves more than others)

- Cursing (we often want the worst for others)



Paul encourages us to renew our thinking:

- To love
- To think of others
- To bless others for their achievements

To do this, is to be more like Christ!

If we all live this way, would the world not be a different place?,

The Word Made Flesh

On Sunday we shared from John 1:1-5

Here, Jesus is referred to as the Word.

Two concepts come together here:
- Divine
- Human

In other words:
- the Word in Hebrew thinking - the Law and the prophets
- the principle of reasoning - the Greek way of understanding existence

So in Jesus we find both our reason for existence and the way to live out our existence.

Awesome!

Becoming The Best Person We Can

On Sunday we shared from the story of the rich young man in Mark 10:17-23:


Most of us, like the rich young man, want to grow and become the best that we can.

For Christians we understand that God, when He knitted us together in mother's wombs (Psalm 139), has dreams for our lives.


Therefore three things are important for us to become the best that we can:


- Desire - we need to have the desire to change (the rich young man did.)
- Motivation - our motivation is to be more like Christ (not our worldly heroes.)
- Follow through - to allow the Holy Spirit to change us

My prayer is that you will open yourself to become the best person you can.

The Bread Of Life

On Sunday we shared from John 6:25-35.


Jesus refers to himself as the 'bread of life.'


Bread is:
- a staple food
- needed everyday
- something we can live on


Jesus is:
- the way to life
- available everyday
- someone we can trust

How cool is that?

Acts of Righteousness

On Sunday we shared from Jesus' teaching His disciples in Matthew 6:1-4 about 'acts of righteousness.'

In the chapter, three are identified:
- Prayer - talking to God
- Fasting - acts that allow us to dedicate ourselves to Him
- Giving - giving of our resources


The common theme to His teaching centres on:
- He expects us to do these 'acts.'
- We are to do them with our hearts not our heads i.e. in the silence of faithfulness
- Our reward will come from the Father

Not sure about you, but my desire is to be faithful!