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Stephen Meharg is the Director of local Mission for Queensland Baptists

It’s All About Jesus Luke 24:44–49 (ESV) 44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46…

6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated…

Text: Acts 20:35 . Title: Give & Go This coming Wednesday, we will begin our 2024 Give & Go Missions Revival. Steve Maldoff, Southeast Asian director for BIMI David Hosaflook (Albania) The Catalan’s (Philippines) The Dye Family (Uganda) Sarah Goodman (Brazil) I want to challenge each of you to make it…

Your Mission, should you choose to accept it..... That line has become iconic of what was first a TV series, and then eventually the epic film series. The main protagonist is given a mission, one that to ordinary agents would be an impossible mission, but this guy has a way of figuring things out and…

Open Your Bibles to Mark 1:16-20 16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed…

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A Prophet on the Run! Jonah is a book that has greatly helped and challenged the people of God to respond to God’s will. The Book of Jonah contains 48 verses. Within the 48 verses God is mentioned 38 times, Jonah is found 18 times, and the great fish is only mentioned 4 times. Sadly, when many think…

Introduction Revisit the preceeding history: Jesus’ Crucifixion, Resurrection Two weeks ago, I presented unto you a message titled: ‘A Time to be Crucified’. (Given that it was the week of the Passover) The message revolved around the Crucifixion of Jesus. In that message we examined some of the imagery…

Acts 13: 6-16 ; 26-39 As we continue our study this morning, I want to remind us of our theme verse: Acts 17:6 – ...These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also. Paul, Barnabas, and the others who traveled with them were literally turning the world upside down for the cause of Christ.…

Bold Prayers, Bold Mission Good morning, church and everyone watching and listening online! Can you imagine the scene? Peter and John, two of Jesus' closest followers, returning from an intense encounter with the chief priests and elders. The room is full of hushed anticipation as the door opens. All…

Review In Acts chapter one, the Lord designates His disciples to go throughout the world as His witnesses. But first, they had to wait. This they did, likely in the same upper room where they had celebrated the Passover with the Lord just before His death on the cross. They stayed where the Lord wanted…

Message Today we begin our series on the Acts of the apostles. Some writers have suggested that it could be alternatively named, “The Acts of the Holy Spirit.” Or, “The Acts of the Risen Christ Through the Holy Spirit Working Through the Church.” I mention this because each title gives us a slightly…

2 Cor 1:7-14 The Apostle Paul says, ”Ye also helping together by prayer for us…” II Cor. 1:11 . Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. I may mention this on Sunday, but I think there are a couple…

Business Meeting next week Church Potluck in 2 weeks with a guest speaker John Franklin our new AMS director for Christian County. i am excited to hear him and encourage you to come that day. God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last…

An Unlikely Missionary We are in the season we know as Lent, a 40 day journey to Easter where we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. And as I shared with you last week, you can’t get to the resurrection without first going to the cross. It was on the cross, in the midst of His crucifixion, Jesus…

Theme Presentation As you are probably well aware, I have been anticipating this day for some time now. Vision Sunday is a special day! A few months ago I began praying about 2024 and thinking about what God might want for us in the new year. God began working in my heart and slowly confirming the direction…

A Spirit Led Mission Set apart for the Holy Spirit --- for the Work of God 1 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,…

Throughout the history of the church different aspects of the Gospel message have been emphasised at different times. Especially since the Reformation in the 1500 and 1600s we have seen a variety of expressions of the Gospel message. Some have emphasised personal encounter with Christ, others the aspects…

Teaching, training, to practical application Jesus had many disciples, of which he named twelve apostles. There has been much teaching as they journeyed with Jesus. Many examples set before them. Their faith has been called into question and to grow. (Transition) Today we are going to see the training…

You and I are on a journey. It is a journey that began the first time we ever became aware of there being a creator God and it will not end until our time on this earth is finished. lt is a journey of faith. Most people will tell you there are time when they feel like they have a lot of faith and times…

WHAT is the church to do: The church of Jesus Christ exists in and for the world. The local church is a strategic base from which Christians move out to the structures of society, providing the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs. It is a community of true believers under the…

Gospel partnerships fuel gospel mission and ministry

In the last two weeks we’ve covered all four gospels, in fact last week I preached from the beginning of Jesus’ ministry all the way through his resurrection. I can honestly say I’ve never covered that much of Jesus life in only one sermon. I want to remind you again as we do this 40,000 ft flyover of…