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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…

Evening 8 September 24

The Tempatations of Jesus in Matthew 4:1-11.

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…

Remember God’s Care These past few weeks I’ve been reading up on church history in preparation for Sunday school. And as you might find if you ever studied church history for yourself, there are so many testimonies of Christians who have faithfully served the Lord that are inspiring for your life here…

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,…

3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live. It means something to be a father Fatherhood in Israel was ++The key to family life ++The only way to perpetuate the family…

We are continuing our survey of the Old Testament this morning, as we look at the overview of what took place after God revealed Himself to the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai. Each week, we have been asking two main questions. What do we learn about God? What do we learn about mankind, or ourselves? Over…

Remember to Thank God! Thanksgiving Day, a day our nation has set aside to remember to give thanks to our God. In the creation account in the Book of Job we read, “The morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (38:7). That’s the beginning of creation. And in Revelation, the very…

Our Scripture lesson this morning is taken from Deuteronomy 8:1-6 : “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord…

Vehicles always need refueling (or recharging) in order to keep going; stopping at the gas station or plugging into the charger is a regular necessity. What does it look like for you to regularly refuel your faith?

1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; 2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep…

State: Context of this event They had just experienced the: -plagues upon Egypt -Crossing of the Red Sea Done at night God gave light to the Israelites to go through the water Just before daybreak the Lord broke the Egyptian chariots and then allowed the sea to come in over them. State: Miriam did her…

Deuteronomy 8:1-10 ; Psalm 67:1-7 ; Philippians 4:6-20 ; Luke 17:11-19 Introduction/Opening What a day! I started the day looking forward to a quite one; I even brought Oscar — my dog — to office with me, knowing that he would quietly sleep on my office floor. Within a few minutes of walking in the door,…

2 Chronicles 32:31 (NLT) 31 However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart. Point: God withdrew... The Godly decisions and responses we make are…

Introduction The Lord has been revealing Himself to Jacob through the Words of Moses in Deuteronomy. Moses has tried to constantly intercede for Israel before the Lord. Israel has chosen to continue to be rebellious before the Lord Even though Moses has prayed to the Lord, there has been consequences.…

“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…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:24 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Review Three Weeks Three Weeks of Sorrow 7 Consolations: Introduction Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:24 Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me.” Comfort Vatomer Tzion Picture…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

It’s been a few weeks now, having been at the Men’s retreat and then out of town last Sunday... And so I wanted to provide a recap from the last time we were together. If you recall - my last sermon ended with a - TO BE CONTINUED. In THAT message - we saw a Portrait of Sin... specifically - regarding…

Now in looking at Matthew 6:19–34 , we have a very practical portion of Scripture which our Lord outlines for us. He gives principles to eliminate the love of money, principles to remove our affection from moving in that direction. There are four of them. Let me suggest them to you at the outset and…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…

If you haven’t already please find the book of Judges... It’s the seventh book in our bibles, it follows the book of Joshua and precedes the book of Ruth, which precedes 1 Samuel in the pew Bible it’s on page ( ) and if completely lost please reference the table of contents at the front of your bibles…