Breathe On Me

Introduction: Prisca Hyemenkiere

Workship: Grace Band: Taste and See, Deep Cries out

Ministry: Part 2 on The Holy Spirit

Today we’ll continue our teaching on the Holy Spirit by starting with a short summary of last week’s teaching:

Ruach Hakodesh the Holy Spirit in:

Who was hovering (Rah Gaaf) over the waters compared to a ‘mighty’ wind where

Then we looked at two words:

Ruach from the Hebrew and Pneuma from Greek

Col 1:15 He is the image of the invisible God
life-giving breath or Spirit,
combines the two to moving air
that is moving either inside or outside man.

The breath is always God’s gift

the Source of Life.

The last Adam – Jesus is a life-giving spirit.

Today’s teaching will focus on what Jesus broadly taught on the Holy Spirit and we’ll begin with a few introductory points:

Jesus recognized the Holy Spirit to be the inspiration of the old testament writers the Spirit’s work with respect to the Messiah.:

Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42, Matthew 13:14

Jesus recognized the spirit as God’s gift

Matthew 7:7-11 Ask

Luke 11: 9-13 This is how you pray

how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

He promised that the Spirit will be with them to help them in ministry, and anoint them even in the midst of persecution:

Matthew 10:16 – 2020 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Mark 13:11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke put it slightly differently in 12: 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

Jesus commanded baptism to be in the Name:

Of Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Matthew 28:19

They were commanded to wait

Luke 24:49 – I am going to send you what my Father has promised; Acts 1:8

Matthew 25: The Lord as the giver of good gifts

Luke 11:13

When we ask; he will not give us something bad, nor less than the best but will grant us the Holy Spirit himself.

Matthew 7:11 How much more will your father in heaven grant you good gifts to those who ask

James 1:17 Shifting shadows like the moon who has phases of shadow he is always the same source of bright and pure light.

Mathew 6:25-33; Romans 8:32 graciously give us all things?

The father firstly sent the Son as the living word

Then to do His work of Salvation

Then the Father sent the Holy Spirit to bring gifts to us and to continue His work in and through us!

a response to prayer: the 120 were praying

Peter prayed for others to receive Acts 8:15

Gal 3: 14 so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit, eagerly desire and that they come from a prepared heart

Matthew 5; Cor 12;31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

14;1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

Asks How much is this not true of the Holy Spirit himself? If we should eagerly desire gifts.

Ps 42:1; Phil 3:10

John 1:33 ; Acts 4: 8

In conclusion:

Finally when Jesus sent his disciples or when he prepared them for what is to come he painted a picture that they should

expect opposition,
not expect to be welcomed
not to be pessimistic, but realistic
not to have a shallow optimism, but reliance on the promises of god
matthew 16;18 I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
To wear the armour of god, eph 6;11-18

salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions

we should expect these to increase over time 2 Tim 3;1

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

From Death To Life

The power of the Letter

2 Cor 3:3 revealing that you are a letter of Christ,

not based on the letter but on the Spirit,

Jer 31:34;

“I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry that produced death—carved in letters on stone tablets—

8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be?

The Glory of Progressive Revelation
What was veiled
The ministry of the Spirit

Mar 15:38 And Luk 23:45 because the sun’s light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

Mat 27:51 The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

And what more shall I say?

These wonderful acts of the Spirit, demonstrated the glory of the Lord and his willingness to use men and women to unveil his Power to mankind.

But it is our greatest enemy He came to conquer once and for all.
It is the Lord who commends his servants.

39 And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

In conclusion:

2 Cor 2:15 For we are a sweet aroma of Christ

Legacy of Love

If recent world events have taught us on the Historical scales of justice. They are hinge moments,
Mankind has always thought that we can control outcomes and shape our desired or preferred future.
Our Father is not threatened by those who oppose us, for He loves them too. His is willing to scatter us for the sake of the Kingdom for we are His seed after all and His cry gets louder with every generation,
Whom shall I send? What do you see?
Is greatness a mere measurement of the sum total of our success?
So let’s take a look at these three things:
1. Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
2. Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort.
3. An Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations

Firstly, Leaving a mark: This is shaped by our actions rather than our words.
Matthew 21:28-32 that story concludes with these words:
For John (the babtiser) came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Gen 2: 8-11
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Gen 4:3 At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord. 4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them.
The Hebrew term מִנְחָה (minkhah, “offering”)
Verse : 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
Romans 3:20
The Mark he leaves on us is the Mark we make in the World.
Secondly Shaping a Legacy: This is how history will judge your life’s effort
Proverbs teaches us: That we should teach a child in the way they should go, but to remember that even if they part from it, it will not part from them, my paraphrase.
Legacy is not how you start, it’s how you finish and how you’ll be remembered.
Finally: Our Inheritance: What you leave behind for future generations by being willing to pay the price today!
The very famous line from a Tennyson poem titled “In Memoriam A.H.H
penned by a Jewish Spaniard in the 11th century of the common era :
Tis a Fearful Thing by Yehuda Halevi
Death then, is a point of convergence of what is human with what is holy.
This reveals the true nature of love. When we love, we risk our hearts greatest fear, to lose what we’ve loved. Love merges what is human with what is Holy.
My heart knows love, thus my heart knows pain!
Like an image of the horizon, constantly before us appearing to be within our grasp we find that we cannot reach it for it is always just beyond.
It is a fearful thing to love and a holy thing to be loved by Him.

Grace is Enough

Introduction: Lynette Kube

Worship: featuring Vaughn and the Grace Collective

Songs: Beauty for Ashes and Fountains by Josh Baldwin

Message: Matthew 20

Grace is enough

The Kingdom of God viewed through the lens of the parable of the owner of the Vineyard and the hiring of casual labour for harvest.

It addresses the question; “who then can be saved?’

The benefits of being part of the Kingdom and the reward of salvation.

How we should guard our hearts lest we forget that we too entered by His grace.

The Power of His Seed

Our online service for 10 May 2020

Join us for worship with Joshua, Lucia and Vaughan with

1. Where you belong Grace Family
2. King of my heart Bethel
3. Beauty for Ashes Grace Family

The sermon: The Power of His Seed

Matthew 13 from the parables of the Kingdom

We learn that:

We journey into Kingdom life:

From hard hearts, to wavering, followed by receptive and finally confident believing hearts.

WE grow from receiving the seed of the Word to becoming the seed. We get sown and scattered into the world where we become kingdom embassadors.

We add to the expansion of our house by becoming children of the King.

Our hope is for this age and the age to come, and we pray; “Come Lord Jesus!”

Hosanna To The King

On this Palm Sunday, we celebrate Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

We lead of with some worship led by Joshua and Lucia Smith.
Then we dive right into Psalm 118 and the Gospels account of the week before Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.

Solitary confinment is not equal to lonliness.
The value of Solitude and the notion that segrgation cannot divide hearts.
We look at Jesus in the wilderness in preparation for a life of servant leadership.
Crowd behaviour and its influences.
How people’s hearts differ and motives are hidden in mass actions.
Finally how the tension of the Kingdom is necessary to reveal hearts.