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Psalms On Sundays: 120 – Peace And Pain

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-156 Sunday 11 Aug 2002 Reading: Psalm 120 – PEACE AND PAIN ‘I took my troubles to the Lord, I cried out to him and he answered my prayer.'(Ps 120:1, New Living Translation) Shortly before writing this, I was talking with a Christian who is actively involved in bringing reconciliation to a […]

Our Vision For Worship

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Text – John 4:20-24 Boronia Baptist Church 22/9/02 AM Service Pastor Lyndon Beasy We’ve been invited to ‘Come & Worship”, which is something we easily take for granted. IF you think about it – worship is one of the few or maybe even the only certain thing we do on earth that we’ll continue to […]

The Lord’s Supper (1 Cor 11:23-26)

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-157 (Devotional) THE LORD’S SUPPER (1 Cor 11:23-26) by Kim Thoday Have you ever wondered why the Lord’s Supper is the central symbol of worship in most Christian Churches? Why did Jesus insist that the tearing apart of a loaf of bread and the drinking of wine be done whenever Christians meet […]

Psalms On Sundays: 121 – Confidence & Strength

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-161 Sunday 18 Aug 2002 Reading: Psalm 121 – CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH ‘(Help) will come from the Lord, who created the heavens and the earth.'(Ps 121:2, CEV) This straightforward psalm of confident faith acts as a counterbalance to last week’s cry of confused pain. It is the classic psalm of ascent. The […]

Winners And Losers

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Luke:16: 19-31 Winners & Losers Did you watch the Commonwealth Games? Some guys in office stayed up for the direct telecast: the usual suspects who, a month earlier, came in bleary-eyed from World Cup Soccer. And don’t you love the commentators? These are guys they pluck out from calling football matches on a Saturday afternoon […]

Psalms On Sundays – 119:89-136

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-147 Sunday 28 Jul 2002 Reading – Psalm 119:89-136 PLEASURE AND NOURISHMENT ‘By your words I can see where I’m going; they throw a beam of light on my dark path.’ (Ps 119:105, The Message) The psalmists are ruthlessly honest about the realities of human life. Even in this celebration of the […]

My God Turns My Darkness Into Light

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-162 MY GOD TURNS MY DARKNESS INTO LIGHT From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. I love you, O Lord my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take […]

So, What’s Life All About . . .

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-163 (Sermon) SO, WHAT’S LIFE ALL ABOUT? Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 by Don McLellan Have you ever read a more depressing passage from the Bible than this one? There may be others just as depressing, but nearly all of them are in this strange little book called Ecclesiastes. Readers may wonder how on […]

Psalms On Sundays: 122 – Worship And Joy

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-166 Sunday 25 Aug 2002 Reading: Psalm 122 – WORSHIP AND JOY ‘When they said, “Let’s go to the house of God,” my heart leaped for joy.'(Ps 122:1, The Message) Catch the emotions of the pilgrims as they approached Jerusalem, entered the city and, finally, the Temple itself (vs 1,2). Jerusalem was […]

Our Need For The Holy Spirit

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-167 (Devotional) OUR NEED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT by Peter Kennedy “While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ They answered, ‘No, we have not even heard […]

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