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6th
Matthew 28:16 - 20

Mark 10:13 - 16

Matthew 18:10 - 14

Matthew 22:37 - 39

The great commandments apply to children and youth just as much as to others.

Communion
Luke 22:19, 20


13th
1 John 4:7 - 19

Luke 24:13 - 35

Pilgrimage: Intentional reflection of what is considered important.

Reflection
A full week in Jerusalem!

In Jerusalem for Passover.
Why Emmaus?
Leaving Jerusalem

vs 16
Non recognition

Jesus chose to listen.

Pause

vs 24
They had hoped.

Sometimes we focus on information about the Word, rather than the Word Himself. (John 1:1, 2)


20th
Communion
Psalm 16

Sermon
2 Timothy 2:1 - 10
vs 2
Paul taught Timothy, amongst others.
Timothy was to pass the teachings onto others.

We are to pass on our gifts to others.
Preach the word.

The soldier
The athlete
The farmer

They all had to live their lives strategically. They need to prepare.

The Christian walk is more like a marathon than a sprint.

vs 7

God is committed to making His Name known to all the world.

Prayer - missionary work in countries with Turkic and Persian people groups across western and central Asia.


27th
Colossians 3:16

Ephesians 4:11 - 16

Challenge: Become like Jesus
Change our thinking, lifestyle and attitudes.

Romans 8:29
He wants us to become like Jesus
Our values and moral decisions to be like Jesus.

Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22, 23

Romans 5:3, 4
God is more interested in who you are, than what you do.

1. God uses troubles to teach us to trust Him.
2. God uses temptations to teach us to obey Him.
3. God uses trespasses to teach us to forgive.

Matthew 27:41 - 44

Four Habits of a Disciple
The habit of time in God's Word
The Habit of Prayer
The Habit of Tithing
The Habit of Fellowship

2 Timothy 3:16

James 1:22 - 25

Matthew 6:9 - 15
Start with praise of God
Committ to God's plan for your life
Our daily needs
Forgiveness
Protection

Tithing.
1 Corinthians 16:2

Fellowship.
Hebrews 10:24, 25


September
3rd
John 3:16, 17

Communion
Isaiah 53

Sermon
Matthew 25:31 - 46

Created for Ministry
Ephesians 2:20
You were made to make a contribution, not just to consume.

Ephesians 2:10

Called to Ministry
1 Peter 2:9, 10

Gifted for Ministry
1 Peter 4:10

Commanded to Minister
Matthew 20:22 - 26

What do you do about it?

Matthew 16:27

It is important that we meet the physical needs of those around us.

Simple acts of kindness.
Things that take the focus off ourselves and onto others.

Made for a mission - to share the Good News with others.
John 20:21
Acts 1:8

We're to tell others about God and His role in our lives. To share to Gospel.
Luke 8:38, 39

2 Peter 3:9

We need to reach people who are out of our world.
Like the Samaritans.

1 Corinthians 9:22

We are tasked to build bridges, not walls.

Is anybody going to be in heaven because of you?


10th
Proverbs 3:1 - 6

Psalm 51

Ecclectic group of unrelated ideas?

Jeremiah 29:11
God's favour is on your life.

God's plan for your life is a lot better than any plan you have.

Malachi 3:10

Titus 3:3 - 7
Sin has invaded every part of our personality. Human behaviour is not getting better.

Romans 3:23
Sin and falling short of God's standard are part of our lives.

Titus 3:4
Our Saviour appeared. He saved us. We have been aquitted of our sins because of what Jesus has done.

Titus 3:7
A hope of eternal life.

Change and transition.

Philippians 3:13, 14

Understand where you stand before God.
None of us are where we need to be without Jesus.

Genesis 3
The Fall

All fall short.

God has made provision, via Jesus on the Cross.

Romans 5:8
John 3:16, 17

We need to repent.
Mark 1:15

Repentance - agreeing with what God says.

A choice about Jesus - That He is the only way.
John 14:6

There is no other way.

Realise that you're a sinner.
Recognise that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for you.
Repent of your sin.
Receive Jesus Christ into your life.

Psalm 51
David repented of what he had done with Bathsheba.


17th
Jeremiah 29:11

Prayer - HSC students in their studies in the lead up to the exams.

Luke 5:1 - 11
Jesus worked
Jews considered work to be the same as worship. (Unlike the Greeks who considered manual labour to be vulgar.)

All business is our Father's business.

vs 6
A lot of fish...

What's the message?
It doesn't matter what you have!
It matters Who's hand it is in.

All business is God's business.


24th
John 2:1 - 11

Insignificant Acts lead to incredible change in Jesus.

God can use our monotony for His Glory.

Prayer isn't about our feelings. It is about our faith.

2 Corinthians 5:11

The first point in Jesus' ministry.

vs 4 - 8
When did it become wine?

We're water takers.
We need to be obedient and faithful.

James 5:6

Mary is an encourager. She brings the deed to Jesus' attention, but brings the work to the servant's attention.

Show who He is.

Hospitality was a big deal in that society.

God can use our monotony for His Glory.


October
1st
Colossians 3:12 - 15

John 3:1 -21

John 8:12
The Light of the World

Nicodemus
What were his motives?
Being born again - He misunderstood the concept.

Our witness
Are we blunt enough.
Do people see Jesus through us?

Ezekiel 36: 24 - 27

Numbers 21:4 - 9
The snake prefigured Jesus, in a way. The Israelites were to look to the snake in a certain way to be saved from the venom. Similarly, we are to look to Jesus to save us from our sins.

Vs 3
We need to be born again to see or experience the Kingdom.

Spiritual birth and trust.

The Kingdom of God.

Born again/Born from above.

The Light of the World.
- From a spirtual point of view.

Jesus is God's ultimate gift to a dark, depraved and desparate world.

Have we missed something?

vs 16
Jesus comes as the Light of the World.
There is no greater gift.

God gave part of Himself. His Son.

He did not come to condemn, but to Save.

Nicodemus condemned himself.
It was there for the world to see.

You must be born again.

How will you choose?


8th
Psalm 138

1 Corinthians 12:22 - 26

John 4:1 - 38
Samaritans
. Samaritan Woman
It was very unusual that Jesus was talking with a woman.
vs 27
5 Husbands, and with a man whom she wasn't married to.

vs 10 - 12
Spiritual water.

Isaiah 55:1 - 3
We are more than physical beings. God will santify our needs.
vs 12
'Are you greater than Jacob?'

vs 17 - 24

God is everywhere. One doesn't need to worship at a particular place. God will meet us where we are.
We need to come to Him and accept the forgiveness given through Jesus' sacrifice.

vs 36
Jesus stating that He is indeed the Messiah in a profound way.

vs 31 - 34
Spiritual Food. He was doing the work He was sent to do.

What was special about this woman?
In human eyes - nothing.
In God's eyes - everything.

God is calling us to go outside our comfort zone.


15th
Hebrews 13:8
Psalm 107:18
Psalm 34:8

Sermon
John 8:1 - 11

What has the Bible have to do with anything?
Everything!
Context: Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles. (John 7)
The Jewish leaders wanted to get him.

The woman caught in adultery.

Ark of the Covenant
The mercy seat.

Jesus writing on the ground.
The finger of God.
Daniel 5
Beltshazar using the instruments from the Temple
vs 25 - 28
His days were numbered.
So was the system set up by the Jewish Leaders in the Temple.

vs 7
If any be without sin.

Desire mercy not sacrifice.

vs 9
The older ones may have been more aware of their own sins.

God is kind, but He is not soft.

He is the light of the world.

What other hope?

Challenge: Share the story of the woman with at least one other person.


22nd
Matthew 8:1 - 4
What you say matters.
vs 1 "If you are willing."
The leper was desperate for help.

vs 2
Jesus says; "I am willing."

The LORD's prayer
Matthew 6:10 'Your will be done.'
Do you actually mean it?

Can I lay down my will?
Can you lay down your will?

What is God saying to us? It is bigger than one person.
Surrender
Lay down your will. Lift up your cross.

Self craving. Narcissism
- A recipe for despair and addiction.

What is God saying?

What we see God as matters, for we become like that.

Read Scripture through the lense of Jesus.
Like refracted light.

See that God is the same all through Scripture.

It is not your will, but His will.

e.g. Jesus at Gethsemane
Matthew 26:39 'Not as I will, but as You will.'

Psalm 37:4

vs
Touch
Why that?
Jesus was making a statement.

Leviticus 13

Living outside the camp.

Look past the disfigurement and love them.

John 13:1 - 17

Prayer: That we would love others as God loves others.


29th
Psalm 27

Psalm 105
James 4:7 - 9
Matthew 11:28 - 30

Matthew 9:9 - 13
Matthew - the Gospel to the Jewish people.
It is likely that Matthew knew Who was calling him.

Tax collectors
- Extorted people for more money than they gave the authorities. More like the Mafia than any modern day tax agency.
- Worked for Rome; the enemy.

We are accepted in Jesus, no matter what we have done.

Rose up.
Matthew left behind his empty life.

Luke 15:15
Contrast
Matthew 8:8 - 20
Did that man follow? or not?
There is a cost to following Jesus.

Where is your comfort and security coming from?

Where our fears are is our baggage.

Fear is a powerful driver.
But Jesus is not calling us to live a life of fear, but to wholly trust in Him.

vs 12
Reference: Hosea 6:6.