Where Do You Invite Jesus?

Welcome into August everyone and to the last month of winter!!! We had a lovely warm day on Saturday so let’s hope some more of that gorgeous weather is on its way. We’ve got a few things happening in the church at the moment with Ps Simon and Jan heading to Rockhampton straight after church today to be part of the Lighthouse Baptist Pastors Refresher Course. In September the boys will be heading off to take part in the Men and Boys Camp in the Bunya Mountains, if you’d like to come along too than please contact Ps Simon to get more info! And in October myself and Jeffrey are getting married which is of course taking up a lot of time and planning. So pace yourselves, it’s going to be a busy few months!


Today’s message was titled ‘Where Do You Invite Jesus?’ and focused on our walk and relationship with the Lord. For those of us who’ve ever felt that we are wasting our days on this earth than this message if for you! (So we should have lots of hits on this sermon as everyone needs to hear it!)

It’s a common human fault to try and bring Jesus to where we are. One of the quotes I put on the back of today’s bulletin said ‘Some people talk about finding God – as if He could get lost’. It’s true though, we try to bring God down to our level when we just need to look up to Him. Ps Simon called this ‘the vertical plain’. We try to bring God to our ‘horizontal plain’ with is when we’re going to feel far from Him and like we are wasting our lives. Another quote I used in the bulletin today said ‘If you are not as close to God as you used to be, who moved?’ Think about it!

Simply trust in God and look up to Him. Let me give you a piece of very solid wisdom and if you only get one thing from today’s sermon online or my blog then remember this. THINGS, MONEY, TRAVELS, OBJECTS, WILL NEVER FULFILL YOU, EVER! My lovely fiancé just bought the newest and greatest iphone 4 and even though he thinks its tops and can’t put it down, he knows that it cannot fulfill him and it certainly cannot save him.

By not trusting God and giving Him our all, we are robbing Him of our lives and you don’t want to be in that boat now do you? I certainly don’t. God can cleanse us from all sin and give us a fulfilling and wonderful life if we look up to Him.

Political Fever
Hands up those of you who are feeling a little confused and unsure about this impending election? I sure am as I don’t trust any of them to keep their word and think that they’d say anything (even the Christian parties) just to get my vote. But over afternoon at the Diamond Valley Lodge today we started chatting about it and hearing each other’s thoughts and views. I think that best thing that came out of this discussion was from John. It doesn’t matter who we vote for because God will have His way. Someone has got to get in and they might be good or bad for our country but just remember, all of this will one day burn up and fade away. Also remember that God is stronger and bigger and wiser than all of it. So make an informed vote but don’t dwell on it, don’t turn on the TV each night and fear for our poor country as it is not worth your worry. Hand it over to Christ

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