Author: Philip

‘Meet the Lord God who doesn’t accept excuses’ (Exodus 4:1-17)

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When God called to Moses from the burning bush, He also commissioned him for the task He had in mind – of Moses going to Pharaoh with the news! As Exodus 4:1-17 tells us, Moses was quite unwilling and hesitant and…well, frankly…scared! So instead of implicit obedience from Moses, there was continued excuses…. but the Lord God who called him, would accept none of them and sent him anyway!

Message

Outline

  • The fourth is this series
  • This conversation!
  • Moses’ attempts to wriggle out of his responsibility!
  • Note how Moses gave God …
  1. The ‘what if?’ excuse (v.1-9)
  2. The ‘I’m not capable’ excuse (v.10-12)
  3. The ‘please find someone else’ excuse (v.13-17)

A need to trust God
…that His call is His enabling
…that He will help you use what He has given you
…in a way that shows implicit obedience

Book Club is back!

Philip

‘Book Club’ has resumed meeting for the year, on Monday nights, 7pm.

The book in question for this first term is C.S.Lewis’ classic work, ‘Mere Christianity’.

Like to join in? It’s not too late… Just contact us for more details!

‘Meet the Lord God who reveals His true self’ (Exodus 3:1-22)

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There is no more important text in the Old Testament than that recorded in Exodus 3:1-22 where God revelaed Himself to Moses through the ‘bush that was buring but not consumed’. God speaks! And what he says is so vital to our understanding of who He is and what His plans are! It’s a great event to think about and one that leads us (again) straight to Jesus…

Message

Outline

o The third in this series
o Israel in trouble, God at work
o Chapter 3: significant change in the drama!
o Note the following …

  1. How God caught Moses’ attention (v.1-3)
  2. How God advanced Moses’ comprehension (v.4-9, 13-15)
    • His h
    • His f
    • His t
    • His N
  3. How God soothed Moses’ apprehension (v.10-12, 16-22)

An unplanned meeting
Jesus is YHWH!
The God we serve!

‘Meet the Lord God who turns somebodies into nobodies’ (Exodus 2:11-25)

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The text of Exodus 2:11-25 helps us see some of the details of what became of Moses the baby rescued in Exodus 2:1-10. This text, along with a section of Stephen’s speech in Acts 7:17-29, tell us that in growing up in the palace, Moses was equipped to be a great leader in Egypt. But not all went according to his plan. God certainly had other ideas for him. After 40 years in the palace being somebody, Moses spent the next 40 years in the desert being a relative ‘nobody’, but God had plans for this too…

Message

Outline

o The second in this series
o What we’ve seen
o The story unfolds…
o Note how God used circumstances to prepare Moses to be…

  1. What God wanted him to be (Acts 7:17-22)
  2. Where God wanted him to be (v.11-15)
  3. Who God wanted him to be (v.16-21)

The situation of the people (v.22-25)
The burdens we bear
What you’ve been given
You and your circumstances

‘Meet the Lord God who has it all under control’ (Exodus 1:1-2:10)

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The book of Exodus, continues the story of God’s sovereign control over all things, especially the plan to save His people, Israel. It begins in Exodus 1:1-2:10 with the people of Israel in slavery in Egypt, struggling under the weight of the burdens laid upon them by Pharaoh, whose evil designs were to bring the people of Israel to nothing. But God had a plan (as he always does) and through the faithful witness of the Hebrew midwives and an a young un-named couple, a baby named Moses entered the scene, destined to be the redeemer of God’s people.

Message

Outline

o A new series!
o Why bother studying Exodus?
o Themes we should know and love…
o Note the following matters …

  1. The fear inspired by the Pharaoh (1:1-14)
  2. The faith displayed by the midwives (1:15-22)
  3. The favour revealed by the Lord (2:1-10)

As long as life continues
…evil will persist
…God’s people are called to be faithful
…God can be trusted!

‘See the control over the demonic by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:29-36)

AudioPhilip

When Jesus arrived on the ‘other side’ of the Sea of Galilee, he was immediately confronted by the presence and power of the evil one in the form of a man possessed by demons. The story recorded for us in Luke 8:29-36, shows that this encounter proved to be no problem for Jesus. He remained in full control of the situation, and not only delivered the man, but also sent him home to be a witness to his own people.

Message

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• The twenty-fourth in this series
• From uncomfortable to the ‘unconfrontable’
• Comparing the three accounts
• See how the text tells of…

  1. The desperate need of the man (v.26-27)
  2. The delivering power of the Saviour (v.28-33)
  3. The varied responses to the miracle (v.34-39)

Eric (the eel) Moussambani
Your ‘rags to riches’ story
Who everyone needs to be safe!

‘See the control over the sea by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:22-25)

AudioPhilip

In Luke 8:22-25, we find Jesus stilling the wild storm that threatened the lives of all who were out in that boat on the Sea of Galilee. It was a moment of great fear for even the most seasoned of fishermen-turned-disciples, probably even more so for those who didn’t have that fishing background. But the greater fear was to follow, when the disciuples came face to face with the true identity of the one they called ‘Lord’, who controlled both the winds and the waves.

Message

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• The twenty-third in this series
• Two growing realities
• Faith in Jesus = trusting and obeying Him
• See how the text tells of these questions…

  1. WHY don’t you act? (v.24)
  2. WHERE is your faith? (v.25a)
  3. WHO is this man? (v.25b)

The Shipwreck Coast
Facing up to His identity!
Your storms and circumstances…

‘See the parable about the seed told by the Saviour’ (Luke 8:1-21)

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Each of the gospel writers, Matthew, Mark and Luke, record the parable that Jesus told, called either the ‘parable of the seeds’ or the ‘parable of the sower’ or the ‘parable of the soil’. In Luke’s gospel, the parable appears in Luke 8:1-21 and is ‘bookended’ by two references to women. Before the parable, referring to those women who supported Jesus through his ministry and then at the end of the parable, his own family, led by his mother Mary. In the middle of these references stands the parable which teaches us about hearing, doing, obeying and growth – all signs that we belong to the Kingdom that Jesus came to bring in through the scattering of the seed (the word of God).

Message

Outline

• The twenty-second in this series
• The context and the parable
• Explaining or hiding truth?
• See how Jesus tells us of…

  1. Some vital activity (v.4-5a)
  2. Some varied responses (v.5b-7)
  3. Some very big results (v.8)

Who Luke has already told us about…
Hearing the Word isn’t enough!
Growth is the proof of life!