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Sunday 15th November 2020
This Sunday’s service was live-streamed from our building in Campbelltown. You can view it below
Sunday 8th November 2020
Welcome
Interview – Alicia & Petina
Prayer
Praying through Philippians Chapter 2 (By S. Smith)
Phil 2:1 Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,
Dear Lord Jesus, do I have any encouragement from being in union with you? What a blessed rhetorical question! Umm, let me see, because I’m united to you, all of my sins are forgiven; your righteousness has been declared to be mine; I’ll never be condemned for my sin again and God delight’s in me as much as he delights in you. Let’s start there.
if any comfort from his love,
Do I receive any comfort from your love? More than I can measure. Only your love is better than life and will never let go of me. Only your love satisfies the longings of my soul, heals the brokenness of my story, and breaks the chains of my foolishness.
if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
Does the Holy Spirit mediate your tenderness and compassion to me? Every hour of every day—even when I ignore it, deny it, or fail to take advantage of such graces. It’s your tenderness and kindness that lead me to repentance, and your compassion that frees me to own my weakness before you, time and again.
Verse 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
Here’s where the power of your resurrection must come into play, Jesus. Loving others with the love you lavish on me is easy toward some, difficult toward others, and seemingly impossible with some people, whose names I don’t even like to bring to mind. Help me Jesus. You never said loving well is less than demanding and messy.
Verse 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Do nothing from the motivations of selfishness and vanity? Really? Jesus, one Day I’ll do this perfectly, but right now, I’ll just concentrate on this one present day. Grant me this kind of other-centered grace for today, Jesus. Then we’ll deal with tomorrow in the morning.
Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, (4) not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Jesus, only because you humbled yourself in death can I even think about humbling myself toward others in life. Only because you put our interests before your glory dare I think about dying to my self-preoccupation and serve others today. Only because the gospel is true, do I have any hope that I can actually live and love this way at all. So very Amen I pray, in your glorious and grace-full name.
Kids Church
Sermon
Bible Reading: Philippians 2:12-18
Suggested Songs
Sunday 1st November 2020
Welcome
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Prayer
I hope that wherever you are as you meet together that your time might be full of joy in our Lord Jesus. Knowing that He has promised to be with us, both as we meet together and as we are apart.
This guide for prayer is meant to help us pray through the day remembering that all things come from the hand of God (Romans 11:36); that we all have things in our life that cause us to stumble (Hebrews 12:1 – 3). That our church family need our prayer (Ephesians 1:15 – 23) as does those who lead both the church (1 Corinthians 15:58) and the government (Romans 13).
I hope that this guide might be helpful as you begin to pray
O God of all creation, we begin our time of prayer with gratitude – for all the ways we have been touched by Your grace this past week…
We celebrate life’s simple pleasures from Your hand –
Precious Holy Spirit, during this challenging season of life, we dare to open our whole selves to your transforming work of love. Yet, we have many obstacles that we place in the way of your love.
O Loving Father, we are learning that there is little in life that we cannot bring to you in prayer. You are the source of our strength and hope and healing. In our gathered Church family lie so many needs.
Dear Lord Jesus, Maker and the one who sustains and gives eternal life to your church in the world we pray for those who lead us and serve faithfully. We pray for those who govern us, our secular leaders
Kids Church
Sermon
Bible Reading: Philippians 2:1-11