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It's the Thought that counts "Do not withhold good.... 20th April 2020 Apr 20, 2020

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If there’s one thing that scares a lot of people even more than an invisible virus which is killing thousands, it’s the economic recession – or even depression – which is already upon us, costing millions of jobs and sending world economies into a tailspin. Here in America, the land of opportunity where the Almighty Dollar rules, people are nervous. The president is fighting a war between the commonsense advice of the medical community and those lobbying for the economy with whom he has much more empathy, and who want to get the American money-making machine up and running again as soon as possible. I read the words of one state governor a few days ago who said losing more lives because of the virus was the lesser of two evils compared with letting the economy tank. Meanwhile protesters are on the rise, people want to get back to work, everyone needs money. It’s as if the lifeblood of society, money, is being starved of oxygen and the ventilator of trillion dollars of stimulus isn’t going to work. People are afraid that society will die.

Richard Morgan

The Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary Episode 4 Apr 20, 2020

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Continuing the wonderful reading of this beautiful new book on the Acts - read by its author Paul Cresswell

Understanding God's Righteousness 4 - Our Last Judgement Apr 20, 2020

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Principles concerning the judgment of Christ. When will be judgment take place? Who will be required to attend? What is the divine basis for a required judgment attendance. What happens to the rejected? Are only a few responsible to God's judgment or are we accountable?

Jim Dillingham

The Faith Of Moses- Bro Ben Coleman Apr 20, 2020

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A Bible study class given at Rugby on the 16th April 2020

WHATEVER YOU ASK Apr 20, 2020

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WHATEVER YOU ASK

Just how powerful is the power of prayer? Jesus told his disciples to believe in him, "or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves." This gets us to thinking about the miracles that Jesus did: Turning water into wine, raising the dead, healing the deaf, blind and lame, feeding the multitudes and many more. If we had been there and seen them, we would have been astounded and they would have challenged us to believe in him, just as they challenged the Jews. Amazing miracles.

Then Jesus continued, "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."

This is an incredible promise! It is a promise of power that, when it is used to the glory of the Father and the Son, is far greater than we could ever imagine. That power has been promised to you and me. Jesus has promised it. Do we believe his promise? Do we believe it enough to step out and ask in faith for what we need to show forth the glory of God?

Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)]

AS A SERVANT Apr 20, 2020

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AS A SERVANT

Jesus. Our Messiah, our Saviour, our Lord, our Master, our Shepherd. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, and the Son of God. Jesus is so much greater than any one of us no matter who we are or what we do. Yet if we had been in that upper room in the evening when Jesus and his disciples had the Passover meal and the last supper, this great man would have washed our feet too. What a humbling experience that must have been to the disciples who were there – especially as they had been arguing about who was going to be the greatest in the kingdom. Now, here was their Lord washing their feet like a servant when they were the ones who should have been washing his feet.

The answer to their argument about who was to be the greatest in the kingdom was Jesus. He would be the greatest in the kingdom. Yet he came to them as a servant, as an example to all who want to be great. He came to serve and we should serve each other too.

Jesus said, "Now that I, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you… Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."

So just as Jesus came as a servant, let us become servants to each other.

Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)]

SELF TALK - A Great motivator! Apr 20, 2020

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Self talk can be one of the most important things we do. The things that we say to ourselves, especially out loud and repeatedly, are the things that we end up believing. For instance, the person that wakes up in the morning, saying, "This is the day that the LORD has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it," will become a rejoicing and God honouring person.
One of the sayings of Agur also mentions self talk. He says, "This is the way of an adulteress: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'" (Prov 30:20). Because she says it out loud, it becomes what she believes and she convinces herself that there is nothing wrong with making love to men other than her husband.
Whether we realise it or not, our self talk is a major motivation factor in our lives. It can direct us in the right way to live or it can steer us away from God. Bob the Builder's, "Can we fix it? Yes we can!" is an example of really positive self talk. But a complainer will train themselves to see the worst in everything.
What sort of self talk is going on in your life? If it needs changing, try taking a Bible verse that builds you up and repeat it aloud several times a day for the next few weeks. You will see what self talk can do.

Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)]

JUST THE BEGINNING Apr 20, 2020

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He was 120 years old. He had lived one of the most remarkable lives that any human being could have lived. He had seen first hand the great signs and wonders that had been done in Egypt as the LORD rescued the Children of Israel from the hand of Pharaoh. He had seen the waters of the Red Sea part and had led God's people through between the waves. He had seen the way God provided Manna and quail every day for over a million people. He had seen the glory of the Tabernacle and the fire of God on the mountain. He had personally seen the glory of God, he had experienced the righteousness and wisdom of God in the Law. And most recently he had seen the power of God as the novice army of Israel, with the help of the LORD, defeated the massive and battle hardened veterans of Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan.

At 120 years old and after all these experiences, Moses said this: "O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what go is there who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?" (Deut 3:24)

At 120 years old and after all these experiences Moses realized that God had only begun to show him his greatness. What Moses saw was just the start! With this in mind we can begin to appreciate the blessings of resurrection and immortality with unlimited time to experience God's unlimited greatness. Wow!

Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)]

LEAVE NO SURVIVORS Apr 20, 2020

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As Israel began to take the land on the east of Jordan, Og the king of Bashan and Sihon the king of Heshbon marched out against Israel. Israel engaged in battle with them and the LORD handed them over to Israel. Moses said, "At that time we took all his (Sihon's) towns and completely destroyed them - men women and children. We left no survivors." And about Og, king of Bashan, Moses said, "We struck them down, leaving no survivors."
The fact that they left no survivors may seem a little harsh, but God had warned them that leaving survivors would tempt them to leave the LORD their God and worship the idols of the people who lived there before. Later on as they conquered Canaan some of them relaxed their efforts and found the temptation just as God had said.
God has called each of us from a life where we served sin and had no regard for God to a life of complete devotion to him. To achieve this we need to clean out our old way of life and get rid of all the things that will tempt us away from God. It's no good just cleaning up and putting things away. We must do as Israel did and remove the temptations completely, leaving no survivors.

Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)]

The Day of Small things. 4 Classes Apr 20, 2020

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Bro Dave Jennings