Hi Church,
Thank you for gathering and worshipping God whole heartedly. The power and the presence of Jesus was evident to all as we worshipped boldly and loudly claiming “Our Victory is in Jesus Name! For this is how we fight our battles”.
There is much in life that attempts to defeat us and turn us and cause doubt with in us. But when we turn our thoughts, our hearts and our confession onto Jesus our Saviour King the enemy has to flee, and our encouragement of spirit is renewed in the Lord.
Ps 118:13 says Ï was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me. 14 The Lord is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation. Amen! When you feel pushed back by the enemy get ready for your come back, because the Lord is on your side.
Thank you to Carin Bohlscheid who shared the word of the Lord so richly with us. Carin encouraged us to stay refreshed in the Lord so that we can go the distance. Like an ultra-marathon runner (Carin’s father Dicky van Dyke as example and reference) we need to take regular refreshment breaks to be able to run the race marked out for us and cross the line with great joy, not limp and drag ourselves across, dehydrated, because we ran on nothing but our own will. Here are Carin’s 4 key points for hunger in God’s word to stay refreshed and energised:
1. Feed the appetite you have, a little can become a lot through regular eating.
2. Starve competing appetites, recognise what is un-necessary and stop it.
3. Apply truth, knowledge without application is just information.
4. Make simple adjustments, sudden drastic changes don’t last.
Make sure you catch up on the detail of Carin’s very encouraging message when posted online and share it with your friends.
Easter will soon be upon us and it is time to pause and reflect on the Victory Jesus brought to us through His death and resurrection. Please take the time to read through the passages that lead us to the cross and then the empty tomb, start your reading from Matthew 21 to 28. Let Holy Spirit speak into your heart the depth of Jesus love for you and the full weight of the sin of the world placed upon the innocent lamb who was sacrificed instead of us.
This weekend will be meaningful and powerful and can I encourage you to bring a friend as Paul and Monica Zanardo will be sharing with us great truth and ministering in great power of the Holy Spirit. Paul is a prophet evangelist, and his gift will bring light to darkness and freedom to captives. Monika is an enthusiastic teacher of the word and resurrection Sunday will be a buzz with gospel truth. Sunday evening will be our Powerhouse encounter night with both being released to minister in freedom whilst we worship boldly together. Come with expectant hearts.
Now if you haven’t been baptised this is your week because Wednesday night will be teaching night at 7:00pm at the church and then Good Friday is the day your sins will be washed away in the Hastings River at McInherney Park from 12:00pm. Join us for a Picnic all welcome, bring your own everything.
There is a lot to look forward to and enjoy, so come expectant, come be revived, come with a friend to be saved, come let us worship the Lord with gladness.
Love Ps Greg and Amanda