You know the story. You have heard it many times, I am sure. Jonah the prophet becomes FISH FOOD. When we look at images of the story it actually looks pretty clean inside the whale, however I am sure that if you really think about it that wouldn’t be the case. Think about it…digestive juices,…
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Two people were running late for the bus. 1 person ran the whole way, never stopping to get there in time. 1 person strolled casually but prayed the whole way asking God for them to get the bus. Who do you think got the bus? Today we looked at the weird/crazy/ewww story of Jesus telling…
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The story of Elijah has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster movie! After a little research, I found that a few years ago there was talk of a movie in the making, but I couldn’t find any recent updates on how it was progressing. Elijah was a prophet who lived around 800 years before Christ.…
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In the Shrek movies, Donkey doesn’t stop talking! In the Bible, Balaam’s donkey started talking to him. Here’s how it happened. God rescued his people Israel from slavery in Egypt. After 40 years of wandering, the Israelites reached the plains of Moab. They were close to entering the promised land. Now King Balak of Moab feared the…
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Weird/crazy/gross is our topic for worship this term. We often see God as nice and gentle and the bible as safe…and definitely not gross. However, there is much in the bible that is weird/crazy/gross. It might sound obvious, but people in bible-times probably weren’t that different than us. Sometimes it took lots of chances or signs from God for them to believe Him…
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Isaiah 40:11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young. As you may have noticed, in the Book of Isaiah, the prophet uses imagery or picture language. These describing words tell of…
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Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.” 1 Corinthians 12: 12-28 “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts forms one body ….” I love gum trees – magnificent gum trees. My…
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Could you imagine a News team giving a report on the first Easter Sunday? Who might they interview? And what might come to light? What about one of the guards who had been assigned to the sealed tomb? Would he have actually revealed that he had been paid off to spread the word that the…
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For the last 3 weeks of the term, we have been doing a series on the breaking news of the Easter story. The Easter story is massive news for us all. Not only is it massive news that Jesus died on the cross for us…its massive news that it was all planned by God. God’s…
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I’m sure you’ve been in trouble before. I sure have. Sometimes we get into trouble for the things we’ve done wrong. Sometimes we get in trouble when we didn’t do anything wrong. Which is unfortunate. But there are times when we as people allow ourselves to be in trouble in order to help someone else…
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