Food For Thought

Baby Dedication

Vera May O’sullivan- Jerusha & Shay

Honora Anna Clarke - Darrin & Zoe

Matthew 19:13–15 (NKJV) 13 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.

Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.

-Parents Main Disciple makers

-Church & church community assist the parents

Answer- We Wil

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Honour Queen Elizabeth 2nd

Food For Thought- Buffet Sermon

Mind Food- We all feed our brains

Forget The Past- Isaiah 43:18–19 (NIV) 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

To move Forward There is Always Thing To leave behind

Example- Israels Promised Land- Leaving The Past

No more cloud by day or pillar of fire at night to lead them.

No more free meals of manna and quail, supernaturally provided by God.

No more clothes and sandals that didn’t wear out.

No more Moses Leadership- Embrace Joshua .

No More Grasshopper Thinking

Numbers 13:33 (NASB95) 33 “There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

Grasshopper Thinking- Overwhemed by the giants (Problems that block the way forward) - Thinking that is overwhelmed by the size of the giants, not the size of their God and his ability to empower them to conqueor the enemy.

Effected Their Self Image- Small weak- Insignificant

Do You Not Perceive It? Isaiah 43:18–19 (NIV) 18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

perceive- 1. become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand.- to discern , become cognisant of

Their Thinking Was Influenced By -

Their Past Experience- God wanted Israel to stop looking back-dwelling in the past

Their Present Situation- The desert wilderness - God wanted Israel to look beyond their difficulties and problems

God Wanted Them to Perceive - Understand-

The past wasn’t to be their future- but they needed to think differently

Stop Looking Backwards

Stop Thinking The Desert Wastelands Was Their Destination!

Start Thinking God Had A Pathway Forward

Start Thinking They Had a Good Future Ahead

Israel Had Some Deeply Flawed Thinking

Isaiah 40:27–31 (NKJV) 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”?

28 Have you not known, Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,

31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Why Do You Say God Can’t See?- Israel Is saying God can’t see their situation

Don’t You Know?

Knowledge- having information that implies wisdom and skil in judgement in particular to regard to a person you have a relationship with.

Israel didnt really know who God was.

Haven’t You Heard?

Heard- the ability to hear and process information. It might reach the ears but hadnt been processed in the mind. Israel hadnt heard what they should have heard.

But Those Who Wait On The Lord- When you spend time waitind on God your mind -understanding and perception is transformed from a grasshoppers to a person of Faith

You Weakness is Transformed to Strength - Renewed

Tired Wearyness is Energised- Filled with energy

Super Food-You Mind is Fed With Super Food Instead of Toxic Garbage

a nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being.

Supernatural Food

John 6:35 (NIV) 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Don’t You Care- Marthas Wrong Thinking

Luke 10:38–42 (NIV) 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Stop Thinking and Saying God Doesn’t Care

Sit At His Feet And Listen -

Choose What’s Better-

What He Gives Won’t Be Taken Away