Devotional 12th August
Coming Home Luke 15 tells the story of a man with two sons, the younger one demanding immediate access to his inheritance. So the father divided the inheritance between them and the younger one left for another country. The Message puts it like this: “There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he…
GODS WAY
2012 No service for Christ goes unnoticed by Him. We have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function. Romans 12:4 Prayer is always available after the service, if you have a prayer need someone will meet you in front by the piano after the service God’s Way…
Impressions from the Gathering – Christchurch 2011
BMF day on the Thursday considered each area & prayer needs followed by small group prayer. Peter Mihaere & Neil Perry presented a unique DVD presentation using diary pages for each month and the day was facilitated by Martin Baldwin. The Thursday dinner was attended by 611 people and included the introduction of newly registered pastors, recognition of…
HOW GREAT THOU ART
How Great Thou Art My heart quickens, for I know that when I fling back the kitchen curtains, I will see a riot of colour under the old kowhai tree in the corner of the back garden. The cinerarias are in full bloom. Initially there were a dozen or so plants and in two years…
LIVING WITH GOD’S MORAL LAW – Romans 7:7-24
Romans 7:7-24 December 2009 LIVING WITH GOD’S MORAL LAW Remember last week we saw that in the eyes of God’s moral law we believers are dead, because Jesus served our death sentence and paid the penalty for us. We are free from the unrealistic demands and the condemnation of the law. Although the law is…
THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS – John 13:1-17
John 13:1-17 June 2009 THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS Ill. When Robert Magabe became the prime minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 after Ian Smith’s Apartheid government was overthrown, his aim was to make Zimbabwe a better place for the African people but as time has gone by his main concern has been to hold…
DECEPTIVE THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS – John 8:31-47
John 8:31-47 June 2009 DECEPTIVE THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS After 59 years of living with myself and others I have observed that the unpleasant and painful experiences of the past have a powerful affect on how we relate to people and situations in the present. It is not so much what happened to us in the…
THE BURIAL OF JESUS – Matthew 27:57-66
Matthew 27:57-66 May 2009 THE BURIAL OF JESUS The burial of Jesus is a very important part of the death and resurrection of Jesus because the burial is the final process in death. Time and time again I have found during funerals that it’s not until the body is lowered into the ground that the…
THE GREAT COMMISSION – Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 28:16-20 May 2009 THE GREAT COMMISSION During Jesus ministry there were quite a number of people who believed in Him and became His followers. When they saw that He had been arrested and sentenced to death they probably thought that was the finish, until they heard the news that Jesus had risen from the…
THE DEATH OF JESUS – Matthew 27:45-56
Matthew 27:45-56 April 2009 THE DEATH OF JESUS Because it was resurrection Sunday last week I took a break from Matthew and looked at the resurrection of Jesus. Today we return to Matthew and continue looking at the events that surrounded the crucifixion of Jesus. When Jesus was crucified, God the Father was very much…