Principals of the Mercy of God

For the past two weeks Ps Simon and Jan have been away so my lovely husband Jeffrey has been preaching each week. His messages have been a two part series called ‘The Principals of the Mercy of God’. I know that this message topic has been on his heart for quite some time and it was a great blessing to listen, learn and watch from what God has taught him over the last few months. I also must add, Jeff is a very animated preacher and used lots of props, illustrations and cannot stand still for more than 2 seconds. It was a really fun and exciting two weeks!

Below is a summary of the 12 Principals of God’s Mercy that he shared and taught us about.

1. Mercy before a person sins

2. Mercy after a person has sinned

3. Mercy to give all creatures according to their need

4. Mercy so that human kind may not be distressed

5. Gracious if humankind is in distress

6. Slow to Anger

7. Plenteous in Mercy

8. Keeping Mercy Unto Thousands

9. Forgiving Iniquity

10. Forgiving Transgression

11. Forgiving Sin

12. Pardoning

He liked these to us as people and reminded us of the great Mercy that our Father in Heaven has for us and the kind of Mercy that we should have towards people in this world. He also demonstrated just how GREAT God’s mercy is for us and how difficult (if not impossible) it is for us to have Mercy the same as God’s. However we should always be trying to have Mercy like God’s and be asking Him to help us be merciful to those around us.

I’ll leave you with some photos of Jeffrey’s preaching and if you would like to listen to his two part series ‘The Principals of the Mercy of God’ than please head over to Palmwoods Baptist Church website.

Also if you visit our Home Page you will be able to listen to a song that I sang on Sunday morning by Amy Grant titled ‘Better than a Hallelujah’. Make sure you have Quicktime player to listening!

Sharing God's word

Some of his props.. yum

Illustrating the wrath of God

Writing in the sand

Never a dull moment

God's name written in Hebrew in the sand!

First Church Service of 2012

Please Note: This post was written at the beginning on 2012 however I haven’t had internet access for quite some time!


It’s wonderful to be back in church and welcoming in 2012! There’s something about a New Year beginning that is refreshing and exciting! It’s great to see our page counter on the blog going up, so for all of you who keep visiting and waiting on a new post, here it is! And hopefully I’ll be able to update this blog space a little more this year! Please leave us a comment if there is anything in particular you would like to see on the blog in 2012!

This morning Ps Simon preached a message titled ‘How to be Profitable!’ Sorry folks, no handy finance tips in this message but what a great blessing it was. I especially got two very important points out of this message

1. We are not profitable to family and friends if we don’t listen to God.

2. Don’t refuse the voice of God this 2012

These are two very important points that I think we all need to be reminded of now and again, I certainly do. If you feel like your relationship with God isn’t very close or you can’t remember that last time you had a good talk with your God, than take the time now and ask God to help you draw near to Him and ask Him to forgive you. Our God is loving and forgiving and He has never left your side but sometimes we just get lost in the jungle that is life. We cannot survive this world without the amazing love and peace of our Saviour so don’t waste another second, go to God in prayer and receive the grace and love that He has for you right now!

Happy 2012 everyone, I hope this year brings you many blessings and moments you will treasure for a lifetime!

I welcomed in 2012 with my lovely husband and friends at Southbank!

Jeff worship Leading

How to be Profitable!

John playing the Accordion!

Jan singing

Simon sharing God's word!

Because of Jesus Day

Last Sunday we had an extra special service to celebrate our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It was called our ‘Because of Jesus Day’ and we had lots of special items rather than our usual Sunday morning service. Here are some photos I snapped of our service and I must say what a blessing it was to be part of the service singing.


If you would like to hear the testimonies and the song I sang during the service, please visit http://www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au/ and look for the audio clip on the front page of the website.

 Song Service

Simon's message!

Because of Jesus!

John's Testimony!

Paul's Testimony!

Ruth Shares!

Jan Sharing!

Jeffrey's short message!

Remember it's all because of Jesus!

Creation Vs Evolution

Hi everyone, it’s nice to be back writing a blog post for Palmwoods Baptist Church. It’s been a while but as usual, life has been hectic.


I wanted to share with you what we’ve been studying on a Sunday evening. Before I tell you about it let me extend a warm welcome to anybody who would like to come along on Sunday evenings to studying and hear from the bible.

We meet 6pm at Palmwoods Baptist Church and anyone is welcome. Visit our website for directions http://www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au/

On Sunday evenings we have had Paul Marsman leading us through a study based on Creation Vs Evolution. I for one am thoroughly enjoying it and have learnt so much about our universe and our Creator. I’m not really into science but this has been excellent and I’m getting so much out of it! It blows my mind just how amazing our God really is, in fact I can’t comprehend it!

Paul has been taking us through some Kent Hovind seminars and seriously you should jump on youtube and check out some of his stuff. Be warned though, you may suffer from information overload because he has A LOT to share! I especially love the way he backs everything up with scripture and really lets God’s word do the teaching! After all, who better to be taught by then God Himself!

Did you know there are 6 meanings of Evolution?


1. Cosmic – Origin of time, space and matter

2. Chemical Evolution – origin of higher elements from hydrogen and helium.

3. Stellar and planetary evolution – origin of stars and planets forming

4. Organic evolution – origin of life – from non living to living

5. Macro evolution – changing from one kind of another

6. Micro evolution – variation within kinds

The only evolution that we know is possible is number 6 – Micro evolution for example dog breeds. We have the same animal but variations of breed – poodle, pug, Pomeranian etc…!

Sunday 24th July 2011

I’m very aware of my lack of blog posts over the past month so my apologies. I’m extremely busy teaching at the moment but I’ve had this post in the back of my mind since Sunday 24^th July. I snapped quite a few photos so here is a photo blog post! Enjoy!

Jeff song leading this morning

Renee and her lovely family singing!

Reading from the bible

Ps Simon

How to Stay Under God's Umbrella

From the Sound desk!

A boat?

How to See Where You Are Going

This week’s message can be listened to on the Palmwoods Baptist Church Website as usual!

How to See Where You Are Going by Ps Simon Moir

I’d also like to direct you to our Facebook page. Simply search for Palmwoods Baptist Church on facebook and ‘Like’ us to check out all of the brand new photos and links!!!!

Have a wonderful and blessed week!

The Eagle Message

I’ve heard a lot about this message from many different people so when it was time on Sunday for Brother Case to preach it, I had high expectations on what I would learn about. Well can I tell you now that if you don’t take the time to listen to this message, you will truly be missing out on a wonderful blessing and encouragement! The Lord really was with us on Sunday morning and I’m certain that God wrote every single word of this sermon. I don’t need to say anything else but go listen now and enjoy!


The Eagle Compared with God’s People

How to Find a Solution

This week’s post is simply a picture blog, so enjoy seeing some of the things involved in our Sunday Service and please visit www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au to listen to the sermon!

Worship Time

From the inside out!

Singing Hymns

Bibles ready to read!

In God's Word!

Church Service

Reading from the Word

iPhone Bible

Ps Simon talks about the axe

(Listen to the message on our website to find out about it)

What a glorious day the Lord has created for us!

God's beautiful creation

The Axe!

The IT!

Please keep your eyes on our Church Blog for many new and exciting things!

Happy Mother’s Day Sunday

I must start off by apologizing for this post coming up so late but I’ve been fairly busy this week. And it’s also a welcome back after almost a month off from blogging our church services! Welcome back if you have been reading each week and welcome to all those new people reading our Palmwoods Baptist Church blog. I’d like to take the opportunity now to invite you along to our church service every Sunday morning 10am at Palmwoods Girl Guides Hut. www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au for more details and our address!


Sunday was Mother’s Day (Happy Mother’s Day to all those Mum’s out there and hope you have a wonderful day) and it was also John Gadenne’s turn to preach whilst our Pastor, Simon and his wife Jan are away in PNG.

John’s message was titled ‘Learn of Me’ and focused on how God can and will teach us if we allow Him into our lives daily. He told the stories of Moses, Elijiah, David and Saul who became Paul. It was great and very refreshing to hear more about these faithful men in our bibles! John showed us how God taught all of those men about Himself through different circumstances in their lives.

He especially focused on the verses in Matthew 11:28-30

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Lets try to remember as we go about our everyday lives that God can and will teach us if we let Him and don’t forget to turn to Him and your bible in times of need, not other worldly books. They might help but God can help more!

To Mature

Another Sunday morning church service and another message to add to our ‘Bible’ series – Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Today’s was tiled To Mature and focused on developing our relationship with God.


This is definitely a continual growth that we must work at daily and not something that will happen overnight. And you won’t be growing in the Lord because you ‘have to’ but because you want to. Ask God to help you learn and grow and He will guide your every step.

Ps Simon also reminded us about God’s amazing love. God has never forgotten us, we have always been on His mind from eternity to eternity, now just stop and think about that for a minute – incredible hey! God’s love is available to everyone and we need to share God’s love with others.

We also learnt about putting ourselves aside and helping others. Okay, not something new but good to be reminded once in a while. It might be a spiritual help and it also might be a physical help that we are used for. Stop and ask God what He wants you to do and how He wants you to share His love. You will grow in your relationship with God just through this!

I hope you will head over to our website to check out all the changes and listen to the song I sang a few weeks ago. Have a great week!

Please Note: This will be the last of my posts for a few weeks. Jeff and I are going away for a few Sundays but please check back in May for more church updates! God Bless

To Study

For something a little different for this week’s blog post, I’m writing about our service while I’m still sitting at the church having morning tea. Mainly because I thought it would be nice to write while it’s still fresh in my mind!


First of all we’d like to congratulate Paul and Jess on the birth of their baby boy Ezra last Saturday afternoon and I’d like to remind you to continue praying for the church and our members. We are ever growing and the Lord is being in lots of new and exciting times ahead for us. What a blessing it is to be in the house of God!

This morning Ps Simon shared his message ‘To Study’ and it was a heavy one this week. He jumped all around the bible (as we should when we are studying) and spoke from 2 Timonthy and Romans, just to name a few of the chapters we looked at.

We need to study the word because one day we will come face to face with our God and we definitely what to know all about Him by then. There is a lot of learning in the bible, of course not all of it is intended for us but we can learn so much about God just by reading the studying the word. Ask God to show you His will through the word.

The blood of Christ is the only thing that can cleanse our sins and we have the free will to accept that gift from Christ Jesus. We DO NOT have the free will to choose evil over the love of God.

Our Salvation is by grace and grace alone! The love of God will set us free!

To Learn

Sunday was another message part of our Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth sermon series and it was titled ‘To Learn’. Ps Simon taught us that we cannot just believe in Jesus but we need to learn about and know Him. Keep reading your bible because you will learn so much about our Lord. This is a frequent message on Sunday mornings but hey in our busy lives we need to be reminded to read and pray regularly.


Our website is every changing and ever growing. Please head over to http://www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au/ to listen to the latest sermon, hear our new background song and check out all the latest church news!!!

I cannot bear this

Well I’m hoping that I can write this post about Sunday’s service with great clarity because not only did I attend Sunday morning church but also the Diamond Valley Lodge Service and evening church. In total we heard 4 messages on Sunday, so hopefully I’m writing about the correct one here!

Basically Sunday mornings message was about how sometimes we just cannot bear certain things in our lives. It might be guilt, anger, frustration, sadness, it doesn’t really matter. But sometimes or perhaps I should say often, unwanted things come into our lives and cause us great grief. Have you ever faced something you cannot stand up against? I certainly have and when my strength has felt so weak because of that thing I have just felt so much worse that I couldn’t stand it. Well today’s message was great because Ps Simon affirmed with us that we don’t have to bear these things alone, in fact we don’t have to bear them at all. Take them to the cross and leave them with Jesus Christ and your burden will be lifted straight away.

Sounds simply hey? Well it is but it certainly take a lot of prayer, so make sure your relationship with our wonderful God is firm and strong because He will be your strong tower, your foundation when storms come crashing down.

Out of great affliction, comes great blessings! Who’s to say God isn’t using that difficult circumstance for a reason in your life, just pray.

We were also reminded not to judge others when they are going through difficult times, facing the storms of life. Judge lest ye be judged! If you don’t want to be judge than don’t judge others! Yes, it’s very easy to do but put a conscious effort into not doing it and God will help you follow through with the actions.

And a final thought from the message was that an obedient Christian is a happy Christian. It’s very true because if you are in the word of God and in continuous prayer with God, you will know His will for you and you will live your life out of obedience for God. Remember we live in a world of sin and God is our saviour from all of that! Keep close to Him everyday!

Have a wonderful and blessed week and make sure you pick up that bible sometime during the week, don’t let it just sit there!!!