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Is the Cross Your Foundation?
I was recently in a meeting and I noticed that the base of the table in front of me was a cross. As I thought about this, I began to think about how the cross is the foundation of the … Continue reading
Jesus died to make it possible for Enemies of God to become his Friends
I was reading the part of the Easter story where Peter cuts off the ear of the High Priest’s slave. Usually this is a part of the account that gets missed out but as I thought about it, I began to … Continue reading
Would we like Jesus to give us what we Want or what we Need?
Jesus rode into Jerusalem and the crowd cried out for him to save them. They were expecting salvation from Roman occupation but Jesus had a different agenda. A few days later many of these same people would have been in … Continue reading
Posted in Easter week explained, Faith, Holy week, Holy week explained
Tagged Crucifixion, Easter, easter week explained, God doesn't exist to serve my needs, God is not a vending machine, Good Friday, holy week explained, Palm Sunday, surrender to God, what is Palm sunday all about?, why did Jesus die?
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The One About the Profound Irony
As I shared communion tonight, I looked up and saw these words on the screen: survive & thrive The words immediately felt ironic and inappropriate because we were focusing on the death of Jesus on the cross. After all: Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, communion, Faith, Following Jesus, God loves us, Life experiences, Life in all it's fullness, Relationship with God, salvation, Saved by Jesus
Tagged Eastern Baptist Association, freedom in christ, freedom in Jesus, Hebrews 12 1-3, jesus died for us, life in all its fullness, new lif in jesus, new life in Jesus, why did Jesus die?
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Advent 21: The One about Strange Gifts
They were the strangest set of gifts that Mary had ever seen! Some important looking people had turned up at her house and they were really offering her son gold, some incense (she had only ever seen it used in the … Continue reading
Advent 12: A Long Time ago in Bethlehem
The Roman Emperor, Augustus, decreed that a Census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire (Luke 2.1) and as a result Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem. Hundreds of years before this, God said that the Messiah would be born … Continue reading
The One About Trying to get Signal
As we walked down the path, my son kept holding his hands up in the air. Apparently he wasn’t praising God or even trying to block the sun that was shining in his eyes, so what was he doing? You have … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, creative communication, discipleship, Faith, God is with us, Life experiences, Listening to God, Relationship with God
Tagged access to God, access to the father through Jesus, cost of discipleship, geocaching, God is closer than you think, God is with us, God with us, I am with you always, investing in our relationship with God, jesus died for us, knowing Jesus, life experiences, prayer, relationship with God, what did it cost God the father to send his son, why did Jesus die?
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A Simple Creative Activity to Remind us that the Cross Cleanses
A simple idea that can be used in messy church, family activity or even a Sunday morning service to illustrate how the cross cleanses us from sin. Start with a blank canvas with some masking tape in the shape of … Continue reading
Posted in Being honest about our faith, creative communication, Faith, forgiveness, freedom, salvation, Saved by Jesus
Tagged 1 john 1.9, cleansed from sin, creative learning, cross, jesus died for us, Jesus died once for all, learning through fun, our salvation cost Jesus everything, salvation, Saved by Jesus, why did Jesus die?
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Sticking Pins in the Cross: A Creative Prayer Activity
This simple activity explores the meaning of the cross and why Jesus died. At a family event last Easter, we stuck a paper cross on a pin-board and wrote some random negative things on to it. We invited the people taking … Continue reading
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Tagged C.T. Studd, childrens talk, communicating the good news in creative ways, creative communication, creative evangelism, creative learning, creative prayer, cross, easter week explained, evangelism craft activities, If jesus be God and died for me, jesus died for us, Prayer station, why did Jesus die?
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Jesus let go of his opportunity to be rescued so that he could rescue us
We had communion at Orchard Baptist yesterday and I experienced God’s love through it in a new and powerful way. We were also looking at the Psalms and I had been thinking in my preparation about how the emphasis in … Continue reading
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Tagged Before the throne of God above, communion, jesus died for us, Jesus let go of his opportunity to be rescued so that he could rescue us, Jesus love is very wonderful, overwhelmed by Gods love, why did Jesus die?
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