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A Story on Prayer
I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.
James (07) Unleashing Our Resource (James 1:19-25)
What is the secret of the good life?
Is it having ‘x’ amount of dollars in the bank so you can do what you like whenever you like? Is it having not merely job security but a realisation that your work matters, or perhaps better still that it not only brings satisfaction to you as well as benefit…
Elijah (09) A Godly Man (1 Kings 18:1-16)
Have you noticed, even within this congregation, that God does not deal with us all in exactly the same way? One He matures through this trial, another through that trial, and yet another through no apparent trial. One He calls to serve in this way, another in that way; and of course connected to that is the distribution of gifts.
It is important that we bear this in…
Feared the Lord Greatly
How would you like that on your tombstone, or for those in the modern techno-age as your Facebook ‘Status’?
Movie Night – The Voyage that Shook the World
The screening of the movie “The Voyage That Shook the World” at SYPC will be on Friday 28 August 2009, 7.30pm 2009 has already proven to be a pivotal year in the creation/evolution debate. It’s the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and the 150th anniversary1 of the…
Elijah (8) – The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin 1 Kings 18:1-6
Have you ever seen drought-affected lands? We read about it, are very conscious that areas of our state are still gripped by drought. But have you ever seen it? Driven for mile after mile and all you see is drought stricken lands void of any crops? Many years ago I remember flying from Melbourne to…
Sin’s Madness, and God’s Mercy
Sin’s madness …. These verses tell us not only how God’s judgement had stamped it scorching trademark on the fields of Canaan and seared the lives of the people but how the people – especially the king and the court – responded to the drought. Though there is a cycle of natural events that include times of drought, no one in Israel could legitimately comfort themselves…
James (6) – The Life Cycle of Sin James 1:14-15
Last week we noted that every circumstance in our lives can be the means of a test or a temptation. That God in His sovereign providence orchestrates things, including those that challenge us and our faith at its very core, to make us more like Jesus. Just like fire purifies when appropriately…
Elijah (7) – The Character of God’s Servant 1 Kings 18:1-2
As we left chapter 17 we did so with the wonderful testimony of faith of the nameless widow who benefited from Elijah’s ministry (v.24), which reminded us of the importance of confessing with the mouth as well as believing with the heart.
Turning to chapter 18 we see that this testimony was not…
Character from the Bosom of God’s Grace
‘The Christian life is not lived to the honour of God without effort,’ writes John MacArthur on 2 Peter 1:5, “giving all diligence…”. Having described what God has done in and for us, Peter is saying that we are to give ourselves to the task of developing Christian character and maturity in Christ Jesus, and that this should be don’t with serious commitment and energy or…