10 March 2019 - Experience the Lavish Love of God - Reverend Col Stringer Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPraise and Worship songs performed:
John 13:34-35 - The night before Jesus’ crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples something important. If you have one last chance to speak to your disciples, won’t you say the most important things? He told them to love one another just as He had loved them. Many Christians have head knowledge about God’s love but have never actually experienced God’s love. Religion teaches conditional love — only if we obey then God will love us. This is not the truth. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”” (John 13:34-35 WEB) 1 John 4:7-8, 16-19 - God doesn’t just have love. God IS love. In this passage, the Apostle John is not trying to make us feel guilty, but is endeavoring to take us deeper in experiencing God’s love. A pastor can be teaching God’s word and not have a heart revelation of God’s love. It doesn’t mean that he’s not saved. We need a personal relationship with God. “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love... We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:7-8, 16-19 WEB) Ephesians 3:13-19 - There is nothing more powerful on earth than experiencing God’s love. There is no deeper revelation than His unconditional (in Greek: agape) love. Bad things are happening around the world but it’s not God who is doing it. God is dealing with issues of the heart, not the head. You’re easier to live with when you’re close to God because He transforms you from inside out. You can’t force people to fall in love. People need to experience the love of God. We need to be rooted and grounded in God’s love. “Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory. For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:13-19 WEB) I Corinthians 12:1, 31 - Use the spiritual gifts out of the motivation of love. You can’t earn these gifts - they are given by the Holy Spirit as gifts of Grace. Some ministers who have gifts use their gifts but they don’t even like people. “Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant... But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.” (1 Corinthians 12:1, 31 WEB) I Corinthians 13:1-8 - Love is the only thing in this day and age that is fail-proof. There is nothing deeper than God’s love. “If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing. If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-8 WEB)
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2019年3月10日 - 神的祝福都属于你 - 新造教会讲道笔记 - New Creation Church Mandarin Sermon Notes赞美和崇拜的歌曲:
西番雅书 3:17 - 上帝为我们欢呼。 “耶和华你的神在你中间, 他是施行拯救的大能者,必因你欢欣快乐, 必默然爱你, 而且必因你喜乐欢唱。””(西番雅书 3:17 CNVS) 当不幸的事情发生时,我们可以依然平静,因为上帝会帮我们。 只有上帝可以带你到对的时间和地方。 上帝早已知道你的需要而为你预备了。 希伯来书 4:1-2 - 耶稣已经为我们做成了。我们可以进入他的安息。 神是每一天与我们同在的。 耶稣大过一切。你的病对他不是问题。没有一件东西大过耶稣。 在灵里面,我们像耶稣一样。耶稣怎么样,我们也怎么样。 因为耶稣忍受了鞭伤,我们已经得了医治。 因为耶稣为我们流了他的宝血,我们可以得到神所有的祝福。 “所以,那进入安息的应许,既然还给我们留着,我们就应该战战兢兢,恐怕我们中间有人像是被淘汰了。 因为有福音传给我们,像传给他们一样,只是他们所听见的道,对他们没有益处,因为他们没有用信心与所听见的打成一片 。”(希伯来书 4:1-2 CNVS) Feeling Sad - 5 Happy Cures for a Depressed HeartIt’s easy to fall into a downward spiral of sadness. I’ve been there. When you allow yourself to sink deeper into the negative emotions and let it fester in your heart, it’s difficult to pull yourself out. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that more than 300 million people worldwide have depression. The Bible says that laughter and a merry heart does good like medicine. Choosing to be in a state of happiness when you're feeling sad is actually good for your health! Thankfully, there are many ways that the Bible teaches us to guard the joy and happiness in our hearts. In this post, we’ll look at 5. Being Bullied? Here’s How to Overcome ItI was a victim of bullying in school. I admittedly had character flaws, and I struggled trying to fit in, to belong and be significant — stemming from my insecurities. At that time, I wasn’t a Christian yet. Evil rumors had spread about me, saying that I was smoking, taking drugs, committing sexual immorality, etc. I was shocked to hear them — they were so absurd. When I entered a room, I could sense that everyone stopped talking like they were just talking bad about me. It was a dark time and I felt so alone. Even today, I still get bullied, receiving hate mail from some self-righteous, unhappy people after they read my blog who want to strong-arm me into stopping what I’m doing. Why would I stop? It’s my calling and ministry that the Holy Spirit is leading me in. Without Him, none of this would be possible. He has given so much Grace and wisdom that it’s astounding. Bullying is a real problem and it’s demonic. When another person or group of people think that you are weaker and behave wickedly against you with evil intentions to harm you, that’s bullying. Today I’m no longer affected by the bullies because I have grown in Christ. If you are facing bullying at home, at work, among your peers, at school, or even at church (God forbid), I want to encourage you and give you some practical keys to overcome the bullies. 2019年3月3日 - 仰望耶稣,不必忧虑 - 新造教会讲道笔记 New Creation Church Mandarin Sermon Notes赞美和崇拜的歌曲: 1)耶稣祝福我 2)恩典滋味 3)恩典之路 4)献上感恩 5)安稳 疾病是非法在你身体里面。 当我们看着主耶稣,圣灵就会在我们的身体里动工了。我们拿起圣餐时要看耶稣。 什么好事都是主在幕后祝福你的。 你过去的错和罪、上帝都忘了。 今天上帝要我们听随耶稣的声音。 你一直都有天使在服侍你。 跟随耶稣的人是蒙福的。 当你每天到耶稣的脚前领受,什么问题都会变得没有问题。 今年我们的祝福会向我们像洪水一样一直冲着来。 耶稣爱我们。他要我们与他有一个关系。说”我对耶稣很重要”。 其实耶稣可以不用受十字架的。他也不用受鞭打的。他为什么要忍受?因为他爱我们。 因为他一无所有,所以我们可以一无所缺。 |
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