Stewart Playsted

blokes go beach Nov 25-26th

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Nov 102011
 

Over the weekend we are looking at the topic “Don’t be sold a lemon”. As a young fella growing up I made some very foolish choices by believing people who sold me a lemon. Now in life while this can be disappointing and can affect us for the rest of our lives (worse case scenario), but what would be worse would be to believe a lie, ‘to be sold a lemon’, which affects our eternal well being, that would be truly tragic! Over the weekend we are going to look at God’s Word and see how we can avoid making the foolish error, how we can avoid being ‘sold the lemon’ this world tries to sell us.

Look forward to catching up over the weekend of the 25-26th. Al

 

 

ballina presbyterian church kids club

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Nov 082011
 

Over the weekend some members of our gospel community helped to serve the members of Ballina Presbyterian Church by running a kids program for their church camp. It was a great way for our gospel community to spend time together for some very appreciative brothers and sisters in Christ in Ballina.

We spent time with the kids looking at the C. S. Lewis book ‘The Loin the Witch and the Wardrobe’ from the Narnia series.  We saw that just as Aslan gave up his life for the betrayal of Edmund, Jesus gave up his life for our betrayal. It was a great time for the kids, the adults and our gospel community.

I mean we even got to boogie with’ Sir Dance-a-lot’… (aka Tim Mc Donald)

Special Religious Education Lismore Team meeting

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Feb 022011
 

Tuesday 8th February

There is to be a Meeting  of all the “Connect” Team

10-00am @

Lismore Uniting Church Centre

Also: 1st In Service Day for the year is on:

Monday 14th February at 9-15am to 1pm

at Goonellabah Workers Sports Club 202 Oliver Avenue, Goonellabah.

Please pray for this ministry and for further information contact:

Stew Playsted

Growup: Day 365 … plus a week

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Jan 072011
 

Revelation 20:1-22:21

I must confess my Bible reading and diet (stop laughing…. I have put on weight… once) took a beating through the Christmas/new year period, but I did get back on the saddle and ride to the finish line. Though now I comment a week after the final day of 2010, but I thought it would still be helpful to say a couple of last things.

For anyone who is still out there, its great you joined us on this journey. Sorry for our assistance (daily staff reflections) that waned on and off through the year. But our prayer is that you were encouraged to hear the great story of salvation. The story of our king, the lion of Judah, the lamb that was slain, Jesus, the one who rescued us and secures our place in his kingdom.

May we now join in the next great journey together, life. Let us look ahead to our mighty kings return. Now doubt, our courage will wane on and off through that journey. But let us continue with confidence knowing our king is with us, transforming us by his spirit, and he has given us each other, to encourage one another as that final day approaches:

12 “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Rev 22:12-14

Growup: Day 361

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Dec 272010
 

Revelation 4:1-8:13

Well they talked of the biggest crowd in 49 years for the opening of the boxing day test match at the MCG. Hoping the Aussies could secure the win. But after the opening day a victory, is indeed unlikely.

Rev 5 tells of a crowd and a people thrilled at the victory that has been won. This people boast not just representatives from two countries, but persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. This people has been brought together because of an unlikely victory. A victory that came through an unlikely saviour, a lamb. This lamb was slain to secure this people, by its blood it purchased this people.

The Lamb, Christ, has secured our victory. At the cross he purchased a people for himself. The battle has already been won and now we wait for our king to hold up his victors crown, that final day will come… soon and very soon.

Growup: Day 357

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Dec 242010
 

1 John 1:1-4:21

Alannah Miles had a go at describing Love:

Love is ( love is )
What you want it to be
Love is ( love is )
Heaven to the lonely
Show me
What you want me to do
Cause love is
What I got for you

1 John, is much more accurate, don’t you think?

It tells us of false love:

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[f] is not in them. 1 John 2:15

True love:

1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! 1 John 3:1

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 1 John 3:16

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10

&  the call to Love:

23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 1 John 3:23

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:11-12

19 We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Here’s my attempt at helping Alannaht get it right on love:

Love is (love is)

What God has shown to me

Love is (love is)

Not just for the lovely

You have shown me

What you want me to do (to others)

Cause love is

What shows God in you

Growup: Day 353

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Dec 212010
 

John 11:45-13:20

42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

Born again Christian. This is often used as a object of ridicule by those who think, someone is taking this religious thing, a little bit too seriously. But this is actually the essential mark of true belief in God.

Its on show in this section, because here some believe in Jesus, but it’s not true belief. They see the signs Jesus is doing and know something pretty special is unfolding before their eyes. Yet it is the cost of discipleship that scares them off, they know that belief in Christ will have consequences. Following Jesus will mean they will lose face before men, something they are just not willing to give up. They believe, but do they?

The prologue in 1:1-18 gave us the heads up on how to identify true belief. True belief is only evident when someone has been born again. So if you ever cop the tag “Oh your not a born again Christian are you? You can confidently say, yes, that’s the only kind there is!

Cause, listen to Jesus describe the beliefs of the born again:

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

If you believe that, you have been BORN AGAIN!

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