Renewed to Honor

  Jesus talks about the bad manager and from this Jesus has a very important lesson to teach us. Luke 16:1-15  He also said to the disciples,  “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.   And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’   And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.   I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’   So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’   He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’   Then he said to another, ‘And how m...

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But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.1 Peter 2:9  ESV Quick Summary Who we were: no one, but God chose to love us and show his mercies Who we became: royals because Jesus paid the price, and he gave us worth- this means that you matter How should we live: in step with the Spirit, in accordance with the word How should we declare: excel and proclaim his excellencies.  The Bible talks about us being part of the world yet not in the world. The early Christians have done more to transform the  Graeco - Roman  world than any culture. The modern thoughts on dignity, respect, honour and value for human life has been based on the life the early Church lived.  They were called  Exiles : People who were away from their home country. This is because they were refugees living in another world as they lost the...

Sermon Notes: Bible Verse: Romans 15:13 Romans  Written by Paul / Saul Made up of Jewish and Non Jewish Claudius forced Jews to leave Rome and after 5 years they returned and there was a new church in the old place - one that was predominantly Non Jewish and therefore much of Romans is written with the slight aim to understand how Gentiles fit into the Jewish Messiah. This means that Gentiles are part of  Abraham family and how they were asked to unify in Love Now we come to the chapter 15. Saying that in this process of loving others, we often come across the failure of others. Lets go to the verse May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. May the God of Hope God who gives us Hope Hope from what? Hope in what? He fills us Joy and Peace in our believing Through Holy Spirit Suffering produces endurance (Romans 5:3-5) endurance character character hope How come? - Because God's love has been ...

There are seven times in the Bible where Jesus says the statement I am ...  and all of them are found in the book of John. To understand the meaning behind these we need to look at two sources. First is the Book of John. Who is John writing this book for? John begins the book by saying a philosophical statement that .... In the beginning there was the word, and the word was God and the word was with God. A lot of commentators have explained that John uses this word (Logos) as a means to invite the reader to the question of the day. Back in the days (535-630 BC) beginning with Heraclitus (a Greek philosopher), the  manner in which someone would start a philosophical statement in the public was ... I say, .... or in Greek LOGOS ... and John invites the reader in the book to this same place and say that the reason for life and the purpose for life comes from God and this God is the reason and this reason or ultimate truth has incarnated on earth and is man and is called Jesu...

  Sermon Notes: love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph 3:19 Isaiah 58:7-8 Fasting is the act of coming to God It is a pursuit  Jer 29:13 1 Chron 28:9 Ps 14:2 Being Weaned Ps 131:1 Acts 13:2,14:23  Fasting is feasting on God drawing deep on his presence depend on His power enjoying His goodness gazing on His beauty Fasting is motivated by desire Ps 139:23-24,John 4:32,Luke 5:35(return) Fasting is not for God Ps 56:12,1 Samuel 7:3,1 Kings 21:29 Fasting means God is better Eph 3:19, Psalm 84:10, Psalm 63:5, 1 Tim 4:3 Fasting should glorify God John 4:32 It opens our antennas Acts 13:2,14:23 It is a weapon for spiritual warfare Mat 4:2-3 It is the crucible to mold us Mat 4:2-3 With love for Sam Storms (Practicing the power, The Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Gifts) God sees us fasting and knows that we are motivated by a deep longing in our hearts for him and for his purposes to be fulfilled in the earth. He knows ...