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Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
2022 Here We Come
God’s Three Invitations.
A Little Time Out Ensures a Long Time In.
We have just come through 2020 and 2021, TWO YEARS of Major Worldwide Pandemic and Upheaval, and now we have Christmas and the New Year, almost upon us. And following that we are Facing Down the Barrel of 2022, and saying to ourselves......”What will this coming year of 2022 bring for us all? None of Us Have All the Answers to these Questions. BUT what we Can Do is Draw aside and take some time over this Busy Holiday Season, To Come sit at JESUS Feet, and Rest awhile.
When the heavenly Choir announced the coming of Christ into our world, they Sang, .........
Luke 2:14, Glory to God in the highest (heaven), and on earth Peace among men with whom He is well-pleased – AMP [Peace to all men and women on earth who please Him. – MESSAGE.]
And Peace To MEN. Jesus came to BRING PEACE into our shattered Lives.
Ephesians 2:14 tells us, For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, (Jew and Gentile) and He has broken down the middle wall of separation. John 14:27 Jesus spoke to His Disciples saying......... Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Yet everywhere we see people who have NO PEACE. (They’re Stressed). The busyness of life, the pressures of life, the expectations put on By ourselves and others that we all experience, rob us of our Peace. Timelines, Deadlines, Reports, Meetings, and Negotiations,......these all keep us in the melting pot of life, and seek to rob us of our PEACE.
TODAY JESUS OFFERS US:-
THREE INVITATIONS TO US THAT WILL HELP OUR PEACE.
HIS FIRST INVITATION . . . IS TO TRUST HIM
JOHN 14:1, Do Not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in GOD, Trust Also in ME.
Many people have troubled Hearts, BUT Jesus Invitation to Us is TO TRUST HIM. Can We TRUST HIM? Every day we have Hundreds of Choices that we have to make. Will We be moved by what we See and Hear, or by what we Believe about Our GOD. Don’t Live by all the stuff on our NEWS Media Or by the Rumours that abound. Make a CHOICE to be influenced by Your INTERNAL FAITH, and not by EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES. GOD SAYS. . . . .
JEREMIAH 29:11, (NIV2011)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
GOD has plans for you to Bless You, and to give you a Hope and a Future. As you look down the Barrel of 2022, does your future give you HOPE?
When you lean into Him and Trust HIM, you will move into a Zone of His Assurance, and His Peace about your Future.
TIP ONE Take care how you Plan your Diary. Sufficient unto each Day is the Evil (or Pressure) thereof.
Just BREATHE. Cut Yourself some SLACK. (Margins)
Don’t keep talking Yourself into Tension (Ie. I’ve got SO many things to do)
TIP TWO Don’t PRAY Yourself into Tension. Just Breathe. Just Relax and Enjoy your praying. Don’t be SO intense. Use His Word when you. (God knows the Bible. Psalm 146 has been a great help to me. When I use HIS Words my faith rises, and faith is the substance of things Hoped for. Heb 11:1
HIS SECOND INVITATION . . . COME APART AND REST AWHILE.
MARK 6:31, (NIV2011)
31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Come be with me by yourselves. COME APART.
What would it have been like resting with Jesus? HE Said….Guys….It’s OK to switch off
Occasionally. JESUS Said something similar to Busy Martha in,
LUKE 10:40-42, (NKJV
40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me."
41 And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."
Busy can sometimes be a badge of honour that many people wear. Sometimes we can think that the busier we are the more productive we are, and perhaps the more important we are. But the truth is that a lifestyle of being constantly busy, can simply make us feel overwhelmed, inadequate, and exhausted.
If we are going to enjoy the Journey, then we must ensure that BEFORE we get to the overload stage, we must take time to rejuvenate. Whatever the shape rejuvenation looks like to you, Watching a Sunset, walking along a Beach, or up in the quiet stillness of a Rainforest, or mowing your Lawn or riding your Bike, enjoying a Hobby, or relaxing with Family or friends, JUST DO IT. Because when we Are Rejuvenated, then we will make better choices, and lead with greater clarity, grace and wisdom.
If we are constantly depleted, we will have No Reserves to fall back on when challenges or trials come. (We only feel like quitting when we have nothing more to give.) The more we have in reserve the longer we will be able to go.
Even JESUS took time away from the crowds and ministry to refresh himself, and if He needed to do this, how much more do we.
EXODUS 20:8,Remember the Sabbath day of REST
Boxing Day was once a Day of Rest after the Christmas Celebrations. NOW it’s the commercial shopping bargain day of the year. Go Go Go!
We’ve created Light Bulbs. Now we can Stay Up till all hours of the night. We’ve done it to ourselves.
Sometimes we have to SWITCH OFF, if we want to rejuvenate. God meant for us to SWITCH Off Occasionally.
TODAY Jesus Offers US the invitation to come Aside to a Q uiet Place and to BE WITH HIM and to Rejuvenate our Souls. Have you Found that Place YET ??? COME BE WITH ME BY YOURSELVES and FIND PEACE.
HIS THIRD INVITATION. . . . LET ME TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF YOUR SOULS.
MATTHEW 11:28, (NIV2011)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
There is a REST for the BODY, and there is a REST for the SOUL. And we need to Rest BOTH. JESUS is saying to Us. . . . . Don’t carry burdens you weren’t meant to Carry.
GALATIANS 6:2, (NKJV)
2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Verse 5, says…. But at Judgement Day each one shall bear their Own burden and receive their Own reward.
Some Burdens can be lifted when we share them with others. (A burden shared is a burden halved)
ECCLES 4:9-10, says…. (NKJV)
9 Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor.
10 For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up.
In 2022 we need to stay, Connected to God, Connected to People, and Connected to Our Purpose. [To Grow, To be a Blessing, To Help Others, To Achieve my Personal Goals]
BUT there are ALSO Heavy Weights, that we shouldn’t have to Carry. Some of them we need to let God Carry for Us.
1 PETER 5:7, tells us, (NKJV)
7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
[Care =merimna=distractions, anxieties, burdens, and worries] FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.
Casting has the thought of Letting It GO.
GOD IS ABLE to provide for our DAILY NEEDS and our SPECIAL NEEDS, And to Give us this day our Daily Bread. MATTHEW 6:11.
SO His Three Invitations ARE……
1, Come and TRUST ME
2, Come BE WITH ME AND REST AWHILE
3, Come LET ME TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF Your Soul
I don’t know what you are facing as you Launch into 2022.
It may be a Family issue, a Health issue,
A Work issue, a Relationship Issue, or a FINANCIAL Issue OR Miriad of other things.
I Don’t Know what the Future Holds, BUT I Know who Holds the Future. And HE who Holds the Future …… CARES FOR YOU.
Trust HIM NOW !!!!
Roll your CARES Upon HIM.
STEP OUT and REST FOR A WHILE,
And Don’t Let Your Heart Be TROUBLED.
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
3, MATTHEW 7:1-5, FIRST. Release Others from
YOUR ATTITUDE of JUDGEMENT,
1 "Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
FIRST…. Remove the Plank, the Mote, Speck, or Beam, (Your CALLOUS JUDGEMENTAL ATTITUDE) from Your Own HEART or EYE, And Your Pride That IS BLINDING YOU from Seeing Clearly to Help the Other Person, (Having FIRST Seen how Bad you are Yourself)
THIS IS THE LAW OF TOLERANCE or Giving BREATHING ROOM to Others.
OUR Pride is Like turning On the Interior Light in Our Cars at Night. It turns all Our WINDOWS INTO MIRRORS. We Can no longer See Outside Clearly. It’s about us.
HEY….. GOD IS JUDGE and NOT US.
TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT YOURSELF FIRST. (Song Put Your Hand in the Hand of the Man…… Take a look at Yourself and you will look at Others Differently)
STORY…. The Fridge and the Bridge.
1979, The Govt. was renewing the Road in the Fayantina Valley. THE AUST Road Foreman, would Drop in for a Cuppa from time to time. He eventually purchased our Deep Freeze for $150, but within a couple of weeks accused us of selling him a dud. I told him to get it RE-Gassed. The next time I saw Him, He tried to Punch Me Out at the Steamships Hardware Store, in Front of the Customers. When I arrived back at the Mission latter that Day He had Already used a Big Grader to Pull Out a Bridge with a massive Chain, on the road into our Mission, making it Impassable.
I was SO, SO, ANGRY !!! All Kinds of REVENGE THOUGHTS were Running through My head. I was Fuming. I Had Not Long Before Rebuilt IT.
I was a bit like the Guy in ISAIAH 65:5, (New Living Trans)
5 Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away.
I WAS the Missionary, and He was an Uncouth Road Foreman. That Night I Lay In bed Fuming, & thinking Revenge thoughts…. Till almost Midnight.
Then GOD SPOKE… saying …..
Which One of You is the Christian ???
I responded, Hey… I Beg Your Pardon, Can’t you see that I’m Your Servant, a Christian and a Missionary, and this Other Guy is a Heathen. GOD ……… REPLIED….. Well from where I’m sitting …. BOTH OF YOUR HEARTS are Full Up With Hatred for Each other. They Both Look the Same to ME. WHAM ! ! !
A BOLT of Conviction went through ME and I Fell Out Over the Side of My BED onto My Knees and Was Sobbing My Heart Out, Down Beside My BED.
ASTRID Woke Up with the Noise and Said WHAT ARE YOU DOING. ???
I replied… I’m Getting Right with GOD!
MATTHEW 7:5, Says 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
Forgiveness is when we release people from Our Own Judgement. It’ Clearing Their Record with US, and transferring the responsibility for any Punishment to GOD. (Let God Judge them if He wishes, It’s Not Our Role to Judge.
Unfortunately , when you’re Angry, Discernment goes “out the window” I couldn’t Discern. I only Judged….. with No desire to Restore the Fellowship, only a Desire for retribution, or to Get Even.
God, Spoke to Me, Saying Give the Man His $150 back, and Leave it with ME.
I drove the next day to His house Hoping he would not be there and gave the money to His wife.
He rebuilt Me a Brand New Bridge, of a Much Superior Quality than the One I hand Built earlier.
Whenever I would Meet Him In Goroka, after this He would LOUDLY announce to everyone, that I was a Real Christian and a True Man of God.
IF We Want to TURN Our Bitterness into Forgiveness and Restoration, We Need to Release Our Judgement From Them, AND to Voluntarily Invest into the Life of the Person we are Bitter Towards. Our Offender. Scripture Tells us in
MATTHEW 6:21, where you Put Your Treasure, There will Your Heart be also.
STORY OF TWO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS.
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
2, Matthew 6:25-33, NKJV, DO NOT WORRY
Matthew 6:30-34 (NKJV) Do Not WORRY ABOUT PROVISION.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [Matt 6:7-8]
33 But seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
(IF WE CAN get STUFF OUT of Our HEART, . . . GOD CAN PUT it INTO Our HAND) SO Seek GOD FIRST, Not THINGS, PEOPLE, & STUFF, for HE Knows what you need for your Life. He Has Your Needs and Best Interests at Heart.
MATTHEW 6:7-8, (NKJV) Look at This Verse . . . .
7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. STORIES (Mt Hagen Honda 125, 1973)
Put Up PICTURE of ASTRID AND MYSELF TAKEN JULY 1974. Just A Few Days Later, Walking up to the FORE MISSION Church On a WEDNESDAY NIGHT, On my way to the Church Service….. GOD SPOKE To ME……. Saying…
IT’s EITHER ME OR THE GIRL…. YOU DECIDE? X 8
What HE was Saying Was, . . . I’m Not Going To SHARE FIRST PLACE (ON The Throne) Of Your HEART WITH HER.
The Next Morning I Broke Up with Astrid for Approximately 1 Week. After about 1 Week, God Spoke to me and Said, “Now I KNOW You Love Me MORE than THE GIRL, You Can HAVE HER In Your LIFE NOW.” …..Phew !
GOD WAS TESTING WHERE My Heart was AT.
HE MUST BE FIRST IN OUR LIVES, OR WE have NO Meaningful RELATIONSHIP With HIM. HE WANTS to BE the LOVE OF OUR HEARTS and LIVES, and Not Some Silent 3rd Party In Our Marriages. HE WON”T Play 2nd Fiddle to Any Thing, OR Anyone Else. HE’S GOD. He Must Rule on the THRONE of Our Hearts, if HE is to Be OUR LORD.
Genesis 22, is The Story Of Abraham and Isaac, going Up the Mountain, WHAT GOD WAS WANTING, Was Abrahams HEART, & NOT Isaac’s LIFE, SO WHEN ABRAHAM RAISED THE KNIFE in Obedience To God, In That VERY MOMENT, Abrahams HEART WAS REVEALED, And instantly A Substitute Sacrifice Suddenly APPEARED. You See ….. GOD WANTS TO BE OUR 1st LOVE. Not Our 2nd LOVE.
MATTHEW 6:32, 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
God Knows What You Will NEED FOR YOUR LIFE before YOU DO. Matt 6:8,
And HE will Provide, IF WE KEEP HIM FIRST In Our Hearts.
Verse 34, 33 But Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. FOOD PROVIDED AT Mt Hagen,
SEEK FIRST HIS WILL, Not Yours, HIS FELLOWSHIP and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS In Your Life, and GOD Will MAKE SURE Your Material Needs are MET.
SO...FIRST THINGS FIRST, GOD FIRST. .
HE JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED BY YOU WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
If we can LEARN the Lesson of Contentment, along with Dependence Upon HIM, as Our Provider, ….. HE will ADD to You, as You are Able to Handle IT.
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Love languages – one of them is words of affirmation. Someone might speak an encouraging word, or tell you something they appreciate about you and it goes a long way, buoy your spirits. Equally, they can crush you.
Words are powerful…. Right from the beginning, God spoke and created… there was nothing and then there was our universe & flowers & puppies…..
God’s Word today and the place it has in our lives.
5 points
- Read the Word of God to know God
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NLT
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
We can be assured that the Bible is true and accurate – because it is from God through the pens of His servants.
- Shows us the path (through His promises and commands…)
- Shows us where we have got off the path
- Shows us how to get back on the path.
- Prepares & Equips us - EVERY good work.
Psalm 119:105 NLT
Nun
105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet
and a light for my path.
Illuminates the next step, or the area where you are. It’s a Lamp (not floodlight) . We may sometimes want to know far ahead, but keep just taking the next step and the next step. For example:- There are times where I don’t know what to do, what’s the way forward here.
One of my favourite verses is Micah 6:8 (NIV)
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humblywith your God.
A great example of how God’s Word can light out path. A situation in your life – you’ve been hurt, used & you come to a point of having to make a decision of how to proceed in your life – in the natural, in your flesh – revenge, you might be justified for wanting to cut that person out of your life, to be reluctant to forgive when you have forgiven many times before.. do what is right - forgiveness is what is right, to show mercy (perhaps with some new boundaries in place, and a way forward of what needs to be done so that trust can be restored & be humble, trusting Him to help you.
Isaiah 40:8 NLT
8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Darkness seems to get darker, where we hear many stories of pain and suffering, of children being horrendously used. Where evil is called good and vice versa, may feel like we are standing on sinking sand.
Regimes, pandemics, empires -come and go -what is stable and unchanging is the Word. It endures, it has the last say, the final word. Build our lives on the rock of His Word.
Never will I leave you nor forsake you
Be anxious for nothing – pray to me
Fear not, for I am with you , you are mine.
Hebrews 4:12 NLT
12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
Trustworthy – asked the question “How do you allow the Bible to reveal possible hidden motives or places where your heart needs to be reoriented to the truth?
If I’m feeling resistant to forgiving someone, do I let verses about forgiveness challenge my thinking and give space in my perspective to be convicted? And then follow through with subsequent change - Or do I look for ways to justify my thinking and sidestep opportunities to be convicted?
Do I allow the Word of God to change me, to cut out that which is not God-honouring or motivations of my heart that are unworthy
Friends, I don’t know where you are today, if you read the Word and meditate on it daily, maybe you’re an occasional reader or you can’t remember where your Bible even is….
Make getting to know Father God by reading His Word. Reading devotions are great, help us understand the Word and certain topics, but I believe we need to read God’s word for ourselves as well.
A great resource is the You Version Bible App… you can read the Word, daily devotions, or plans on many different topics.
This week, allow God’s Word to heal you, teach you, grow you, to comfort you to encourage you.
Like to know more - contact us we’d love to help you.
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
LIFE KEYS FOR AN OPEN HEAVEN
“Sir… STAY ON THE LINE . . .”
(By Doing, FIRST THINGS FIRST)
Many of us Have Read The Sermon on the Mount, many times. It is Three Chapters in Matthew, Chapters 5, 6, and 7, where Jesus gave some practical teaching on “HOW TO DO LIFE WELL.” In each of these Chapters JESUS gives us KEYS, to keeping an “Open Heaven” “Or Stay On The Line” in our lives.
1, Matthew 5:21-26, NKJV, Jesus on Anger.
21 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.'
22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' [you empty headed fool] shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
26 Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. (See also Matthew 18:34-35)
HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN YOUR CAR WITHOUT REALISING YOUR HAND BRAKE WAS ON???
(The Engine is working Hard, There’s just no Power, and the Car seems to be Internally Haemorrhaging)
A, In GOD’S Kingdom, BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS GO BOTH WAYS, THEY ARE BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL.
B, And 2ndly, Our GIFTS WE BRING TO GOD, ARE QUALIFIED AND SANCTIFIED BY OUR PERSONAL OBEDIENCE, AND OUR HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.
VERSE 24, tells us To FIRST be Reconciled to Our Brother before We bringing OUR GIFTS to GOD.
In other words, Our Gifts for the Altar are NOT to be Offered, UNTIL we have Right Relationships with those around us.
HERE’S A SIMPLE TRUTH,
WHEN YOU WALK IN FORGIVENESS, The HEAVENS WILL BE OPEN TO YOU.
MATTHEW 6:9-13, NKJV. The LORDS PRAYER.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Don Basham, who was one of William Branham’s Helpers, in Branham’s Healing Crusades, told us Missionaries in Lae PNG, that there were MORE people HEALED in the Phone Box across the Road from the Revival Tent, when they Apologised and Sort Reconciliation and Extended Forgiveness, than in the Actual Prayer Lines for Healing in the Meetings. Our Healing Happens When WE walk in a Spirit of FORGIVENESS and Reconciliation towards others. DEAF MAN at Mt Hagen Xmas Conference.
VERSE 24, of Matthew 5 tells us what to DO, Leave your gift at the Altar, and FIRST be Reconciled, and Then come and offer your gift. (Example Stories I’ve Experienced)
A, Lendin Batuna, Moresby YWAM 1972
A Broken Relationship with others = Broken fellowship with God. (For 3 Days I Couldn’t Find God’s Presence)
B, Man with Arthritis at Hoguteru 1977
(Someone had killed his brother, and they were consulting a witchdoctor and planning a revenge, so God Wouldn’t Heal Him.)
C, School teacher’s wife at Windorah, with Tormenting Spirts, in her house. Matt18:34-35.
ACTS 3:19, Says…. (NKJV)
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Q. Is there someone You need to go to, and apologise to, and Say sorry ?
Q. Is there someone you need to go and Put Something Right With Them ?
Q. Is there someone you need to Forgive? JESUS said….. Do It First, Forgive and be Reconciled, and then come worship God with your Gift, and your Gift will be both received and rewarded.
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Chaplaincy Sunday 2021.
Special Episode about The Scripture Union QLD project and the work of Chaplains in Regional Queensland
Enjoy.
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Dalby Christian Family Church are here to create community while sharing inspiration and encouragement about following Jesus.
Join Pastor Lynda Hammond in this episode.
Winter Trees.
Sunday Oct 24, 2021