Can you believe 2 months of the year have gone already? Here’s our Sunday morning service from 1st March, Ron Patterson preaching.
Jesus came with a simple message, “The kingdom of Heaven has come.” He preached the Good News, proclaiming that he was serving notice on the kingdom of darkness, and ushering in a new
regime – the kingdom of Light. (Matthew 4:16). From that time on, Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Jesus came to bring light to a world in trouble. He called people to repent. This means to change your mind – to turn around. Jesus came to set things to right. He came to bring “Shalom”. This is wholeness, peace, completeness. God wants to establish His kingdom here on earth. He wants us to experience His wholeness and to flourish and be fruitful. Jesus came to conquer sickness, sorrow and injustice. As the King of the New Kingdom, he came to bring healing, hope and justice. So how do we respond to the Good News? We must repent! We need to learn to live and behave like the New
Creations we have become.
Jesus came to proclaim the good and acceptable year of the Lord. He came to bring freedom, healing and restoration. What good news!!!
This month, we are going to look at the teaching, preaching and ministry of Jesus. He came to bring deliverance and set the captives free. As we continue with our series on “Operation Outreach” by Leo Harris, we will discover what a New Testament church in revival looks like, and how we, as a
local church can experience and remain in sustained revival. The year of Jubilee brought freedom for just one year. But Jesus came to declare a permanent state of grace and freedom from striving to keep the law, and a new life of living in the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Luke 8:36, we see the results of Jesus healing a demon-possessed man. This is the Greek word, “sozo” which speaks of total healing, including spirit, soul and body. Jesus came as Saviour, healer, baptiser and coming King. He came to establish His kingdom here on earth – and within each of us. He is concerned with every part of us, our physical health and well-being, our mental health, and every part of our brokenness. Most of all, he came to restore our relationship with the Heavenly
Father through faith. Jesus came to establish his kingdom here, and to be the Saviour of the whole man.
Pastor Glenda
This was our Sunday morning service on 23rd February 2020.
Our Sunday morning service on 16th February. Pastor Glenda taking Communion, Pastor Steve preaching. Unfortunately due to technical problems the worship part of the service was not recorded well.
Our Sunday morning service on 2nd February 2020. Pastor Glenda preaching.
Wow. Here we are already well into the year.
Firstly, let me congratulate the Churchill crew, ably led by Steve McNeilly, on their vision and faithful planning and promotion and intentional step by step development of the work there. It was very exciting to be part of the opening service where 25 people celebrated together. We pray that the Churchill Fellowship will see great success and fruitfulness, and many souls will come to know Jesus as Lord and Saviour through the ministry there.
The Summer in the Parks outreach has made this a great start to the year as we have extended fellowship to the surrounding community by way of the Love Gippsland coffee van, a sausage sandwich and games and activities for the kids. We engaged with several families and have made some great contacts to follow up. We are praying that we will also see much fruit come from just sharing the love of Jesus with the community in this way. We do plan to have further such outreaches in the future. If you would like to be part of the outreach team, please come see me, there is always an opportunity to serve!!
The main word I received from the Lord for this coming year is FRUITFULNESS. The Lord has spoken to my heart and promised there would be LOADS of fruit. I believe as we keep our eyes focused on Jesus, and our ears open to the leading of the Holy Spirit, this is going to be an amazing year where we see many souls saved, ministries blossom, and dreams and visions come to fruition.
The other word I received was “SHAMELESS AUDACITY”. I was reminded of the story in Luke 11:5-10, and the friend that would not give up asking for help. Verse 8 says in the New Living Translation, “I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you anything, because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.” I believe God is going to be answering some audacious prayers this year. Let us follow Christ’s teaching here, and learn to “ask, seek and knock” and receive the good things that our good Heavenly Father has in store.
So, here we go folks! Let us keep our eyes on Jesus and see where the journey takes us together this year of 2020.
This was our Sunday morning service on Australia Day, 26th January 2020. Pastor Steve preaching.
This was our Sunday morning service on 19th January. Pastor Glenda preaching.
Our Sunday morning service from 12th January.
May the Lord Bless YOU so abundantly that you fall to your knees in thankfulness.
May the Lord so Heal your broken heart that you can dance with all your might.
May the Lord reveal His amazing plans for you as you hear from Him.
May the Lord so renew your strength that you may have His power to fly as the eagle.
May the Lord give you peace so that you may rest in His presence.
May you know the Lord deeper this year than ever before.
May you be ALL that God has created you to be, no matter the season you are in.
God bless you all as you serve Him and each other in 2020.
Happy New Year