New Wine Old Wineskin
We can be renewed.
We carry a treasure in jars of clay.
Our leaks and cracks don’t disqualify us.
Therefore our confidence is in Him that gives us life,
not in the life we once lived.
It must be love
Love must be sincere.
Love is sacrificial and giving of oneself.
The Father demonstrated His love first. We merely love by response to His love.
The more we respond, the more He loves us.
We become the demonstration of Our Father’s love, when we start loving.
Love covers sin without without endorsing it, nor embracing the consequences of it.
The Good the Bad the Ugly
God is Good, there is no darkness in Him.
He has sown good seed into the world.
His enemy sows bad seed in the same place.
Now is not the time for separation, but for unity.
We are not called to judge, but to be and love.
The church is not perfect but it is His family.
God’s house is a safe haven for the whosoever.
Resurrection Sunday
There were many symbols reflected upon this weekend.
Craig starts with a brief explanation of the egg of pass-over meal.
In order to take hold of the new, we need to let go of the old.
The principal of leaving and cleaving.
He then moves on to the way our brokenness and pain cloud our vision.
When everybody else can see what’s in front of us.
He looks at the pain of the disciples which informs their doubt and fear.
Then how a revelation of the risen Lord changes our view and belief.
The crowded House
This Palm Sunday we’re focused on crowd mentality.
How we can get swept up in following popular opinion.
We looked at the context of crowning kings and our expectation of these events.
Jesus engaged and planned His entry by being intentional towards prophecy and scripture.
He embraced death and teaches us to hear His voice and stand out of the crowd.
Telling your story
We look at the Biblical model of telling our story.
Why we need to share it and what a difference it makes.
Rob Norman shares the ABCD of leading somebody to Jesus and finally of the disruptive journey of doing life together.
The Last shall be the First
Your destiny is a measurable point of your journey.
The Lord sets in place the principle of first.
Prototypes are the foundations of what will be built.
The apostolic lays foundations and sets order in place.
God wants to bring order into your chaos.
What will have to be set in order.
When the Chief apostle, the cornerstone, brings order he brings:
healing, deliverance and life.
is this forgiveness
Forgiveness is not just saying I forgive you.
It’s more than letting go.
It’s knowing the offence or debt and addressing it.
Then it requires a decision followed by a communication of intent,
that all rights to you legal claim is forgone and relinquished.
It is both an event and a process.
Refreshed and Renewed
Refreshing and renewing is part of God’s plan for us.
He allows us to endure situations to refine us.
He has included fire in our life cycle.
He also pours the living water of refreshing.
But He sows good soil into our tilled hearts.
The Spirit wants us to grow into our full potential.
So we need to allows the Father access to intimacy to reveal and initiate His will for our lives.
Walk in Love
Ephesians 4:32 till 5:2
To love is to imitate God who Loves perfectly
Therefore, To love first and foremost is to forgive.
We extend the Charis – the Grace
Giving Grace to others because the blood of Jesus has redeemed us,
allows His work to be completed in us and through us.
The cross is the ruling principal of Christian living.
Love is sacrificial self giving.
So what are you willing to give?
As you have received, freely give. Be it love, forgiveness or acceptance.
You are the beloved children of God.