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What are you doing here? Repeated question Out of my comfort zone learning lots of things Information vs. Experience Getting to know people Passion, gentleness, determination, mana Experiences I’ve never had before Tangata whenua side of powhiri sharing in the kitchen, and in the laundry making friends…

We’re going to continue our study in the book of James this morning. I hope you remember where we left off last week. We started this series in James 1 with the idea that true faith is tested by trials so we will know that it’s real and we will grow to become more like Jesus. James taught us that trials…

Morning 12 may 2024

Ephesians 6:1-4 We have been looking at the home the last few weeks. We looked at the need to live self-sacrificially in the home. If we live for ourselves, we will have a very miserable home. But if we life sacrificially for God and each other, we will have a God honoring, and loving home. We then looked…

Abraham: Following God's Promise

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

The Battle for Your Heart Remember, John the Baptist welcomed Jesus Christ with the message “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. Jesus’ begins teaching about the Kingdom and explains the standards of this new Kingdom, a Holy Kingdom. He begins with The Beatitudes about how we should view ourselves…

For Freedom: Living in God’s Forgiveness Please open your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 15. The past few weeks we’ve been looking at more specific laws for Israel - Food laws, Tithing … and we’ve seen how they are actions which a person can do to bring worship and honor to the Lord. And I think there’s…

Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 REVIEW This is our forth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words The Torah goes on to recount the 42 stations from the Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are…

Continuing our study through the doctrine of Economics in light of Acts 4:32-5:16, with emphasis on the Righteous and Gracious Provision for the Poor.

15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,…

Announcements Are there any announcements? We have 14 Angel Tree kids, if your interested, see Kathy. When should our next Potluck be? How about an Agape Feast? Communion and Potluck together later in December? Please continue to pray for Mary, Franca, and Rae! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2q46r2xirY…

God's Promises About Giving Today we're going to begin a new series for the summer that I'm very excited about. I want to begin by telling you that the words, promise and promises, are actually used over a thousand times, in different English translations of the Scripture. One scholar did a study. He…

We say it every week, because it is more important to remember and know why we look to the Bible, why we sit and listen to someone share from God’s word, our desire is to make our attitude that of Christ Jesus. This is the goal … (statements of why knowing the goal is important) One important thing Jesus…

Introduction Brief review of context from Exodus to Deuteronomy Deliverance from Egypt Law given at Sinai Tabernacle (pattern that reveals Jesus) Sacrifices and feasts Order brought to camp Vows/ separation Complaining Gossip Doubt / unbelief Slander Rejecting promise Rebellion Cursing Harlotry Discouragement…

Good morning and welcome again to Dishman Baptist Church. Whether you are joining us online or in person it is our joy and pleasure to be celebrating and worshipping our Heavenly Father together with you this morning. Please open your Bibles with me to Mark 14 , Mark 14 . We’ve been studying the life…

“No!” “You can’t!” “It won’t work!” “There is no way.” “We took a vote.” How do you hear it? Do these words give you a sense of victory, or do they give you a sense of defeat? It may depend on whether you’re the one hearing them or the one saying them. Either way the source of these words can often be…

We’ve been moving through CASKET EMPTY, and I don’t want us to lose sight of why we’re doing that. The whole idea of Casket Empty is to recognize God’s redemptive story throughout the Old Testament. Many have wondered did God create the world and then just leave it to run itself, and what we see throughout…

If we’re honest we’re always somewhere on the scale between belief and unbelief. I’ve shared with you many times the Father’s exclamation from Mark 9 when he brings his son to Jesus and asks him to heal him, “if he can.” Jesus responds: And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for…

2 Bless the Lord , O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; 3 Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.…

Good Morning, we are in a series on “The Generous life,: and we have been talking about a flow of Generosity… That there is inputs and outputs of Generosity.... The funnel of Generosity begins with the God’s gifts or grace towards us… A key passage is found in James chapter One.. 17 Every good gift and…

Genesis 3:8-10 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy…

(Video) (S1) — Give Thanks (title) Some time ago there appeared an article in which the author imagined himself speaking before a group of 100 persons gathered to hear a Thanksgiving message. The treatment of the theme was memorable and went something like this... "I thanked God for abundance, and 40…

In the first part of Acts 4 , Peter and John were in the temple preaching and teaching but were taken into custody, simply because the religious elite were “greatly annoyed” at their proclaiming Jesus, and the resurrection of the dead. They had been arrested and the next day were taken to stand and give…

Intro: Experiencing Gods favor is what every Christian wants. People will go to any length to get favor from someone. Children can spend a life time trying to earn the favor of a parent. Employees can obsess with trying to please a boss of colleague. We all want favor. When we don’t have it we feel depressed…