It was the transfiguration day at the church today,a celebration of the mountain-top experience of Moses when he meets with God for the ten commandments and also the mount of transfiguration where Jesus meets with Elijah and Moses and Peter,James and John withness this first hand.
The preaching however was on the 40 days of wilderness experience of Christ after baptism,correlating it with the Lent which starts from Tuesday.
Just before the message we remembered North Korea in the persecuted church list which according to the open doors is the place where christians are most persecuted.
The christians parents are so afraid that they cannot teach the children the bible lest they tell someone.
50,000 christians are in prison because of their faith.
Isaiah 54:13 was the caption-'All your children will be taught by the Lord ,and there will be great peace.'
In the sermon the discussion was on the temptations of Jesus which were engineered by the devil to take him away from his calling.
Some areas the devil attacked were
1)his identity,
2)his need,
3)his worship,
4)the Word.
The temptation for Jesus continued into his ministry in the form of flattery,disciples who tried to mislead him ,even till the cross where the jews mocked him.
Some points-
Don't make decisions on the mountaintop.Come down and talk to people,sort out the various voices.
Where are these voices leading us?Is it leading us to growth of my soul and to God?
Stop and aske the Lord what he is saying to you?
there are different 'hooks' that try to steer us away from the ministry.Identify these hooks and deal with it so that it brings glory to God.
We are God's children and he is well pleased with us.The way of the cross,the way of service and the way of the Lord.
We heard the song ,'Holy spirit breath of life.'
We ended the church with 'Be thou my vision.'
The preaching however was on the 40 days of wilderness experience of Christ after baptism,correlating it with the Lent which starts from Tuesday.
Just before the message we remembered North Korea in the persecuted church list which according to the open doors is the place where christians are most persecuted.
The christians parents are so afraid that they cannot teach the children the bible lest they tell someone.
50,000 christians are in prison because of their faith.
Isaiah 54:13 was the caption-'All your children will be taught by the Lord ,and there will be great peace.'
In the sermon the discussion was on the temptations of Jesus which were engineered by the devil to take him away from his calling.
Some areas the devil attacked were
1)his identity,
2)his need,
3)his worship,
4)the Word.
The temptation for Jesus continued into his ministry in the form of flattery,disciples who tried to mislead him ,even till the cross where the jews mocked him.
Some points-
Don't make decisions on the mountaintop.Come down and talk to people,sort out the various voices.
Where are these voices leading us?Is it leading us to growth of my soul and to God?
Stop and aske the Lord what he is saying to you?
there are different 'hooks' that try to steer us away from the ministry.Identify these hooks and deal with it so that it brings glory to God.
We are God's children and he is well pleased with us.The way of the cross,the way of service and the way of the Lord.
We heard the song ,'Holy spirit breath of life.'
We ended the church with 'Be thou my vision.'
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