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Church Blog for 9 January 2010
Welcome to the Church at Home Blog
Happy New Year, welcome to 2010 and I would like to extend a warm welcome to all people reading this may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you, protect you and send his ministering angels to watch over you as you go about this life he has given you.
The purpose of this blog is to keep people up to date with what is happening with Church at Home to lift up and glorify the name of Jesus Christ, to share the love and the gospel to a sad and dying world. It promotes his online church "Church at home" this concept was formed to help people that struggle through sickness, disability, or have had bad experiences with the church that stops them from getting to live church services.
We are non denominational and have from around the world, people that attend Church at home service that do go to and take active roles in Sunday Churches. Church at home is a bible based Church and preaches the gospel as it is, you will not find sermons here to the likening of all, but we teach it the way it was taught by the early church hard hitting to the point and at times confrontational.
Let us be Challenged in 2010 to live by the Rules of Holy Living!
Are you prepared to take the challenge and live a holy life? The bible makes it quite clear what we are to do. We are told in Colossians 3:1-17 about the Rules for Holy Living......
1 You have been raised up with Christ. So think about things that are in heaven. That is where Christ is. He is sitting at God's right hand.
2 Think about things that are in heaven. Don't think about things that are on earth.
3 You died. Now your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 Christ is your life. When he appears again, you also will appear with him in heaven's glory.
5 So put to death anything that belongs to your earthly nature. Get rid of your sexual sins and unclean acts. Don't let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil longings. Stop always wanting more and more. You might as well be worshiping statues of gods.
6 God's anger is going to come because of those things.
7 That's the way you lived at one time in your life.
8 But now here are the kinds of things you must get rid of. You must put away anger, rage, hate and lies. Let no dirty words come out of your mouths.
9 Don't lie to each other. You have gotten rid of your old way of life and its habits.
10 You have started living a new life. It is being made new so that what you know has the Creator's likeness.
11 Here there is no Greek or Jew. There is no difference between those who are circumcised and those who are not. There is no rude outsider, or even a Scythian. There is no slave or free person. But Christ is everything. And he is in everything.
12 You are God's chosen people. You are holy and dearly loved. So put on tender mercy and kindness as if they were your clothes. Don't be proud. Be gentle and patient.
13 Put up with each other. Forgive the things you are holding against one another. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you.
14 And over all of those good things put on love. Love holds them all together perfectly as if they were one.
15 Let the peace that Christ gives rule in your hearts. As parts of one body, you were appointed to live in peace. And be thankful.
16 Let Christ's word live in you like a rich treasure. Teach and correct each other wisely. Sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing with thanks in your hearts to God.
17 Do everything you say or do in the name of the Lord Jesus. Always give thanks to God the Father through Christ
Then in Colossians 3:18-25 we are given Rules for Christian Families....
18 Wives, follow the lead of your husbands. That's what the Lord wants you to do.
19 Husbands, love your wives. Don't be mean to them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything. That pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, don't make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.
22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything. Don't do it just to please them when they are watching you. Obey them with an honest heart. Do it out of respect for the Lord.
23 Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters.
24 Work because you know that you will finally receive as a reward what the Lord wants you to have. You are serving the Lord Christ.
25 Anyone who does wrong will be paid back for what he does. God treats everyone the same.
3.3 When says that the believers had died, he is referring to position, and not practice. Because of our identification with Christ in His death, God wants us to consider ourselves as having died with Him. Our own hearts are always ready to dispute this fact, because we feel so very much alive to sin and temptation. But the wonderful thing is that as we by faith reckon ourselves to have died with Christ, it becomes a moral reality in our lives. If we live as those who have died it, then our lives will become increasingly conformed to the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Of course we will never reach perfection in this life, but it is a process that should be going on in every believer. Not only have we died but also our life is hidden with Christ in God. The things that concern and interest to the worldly man I found on this planet on which we live. However, the things that are of greatest concern to the believer are all bound up in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. His destiny and ours are inseparable. Paul's thought is that since our life is hidden with Christ in God we should not be occupying ourselves with the petty things of this world, and especially the religious world about us. But there is another thought connected to the expression your life is hidden with Christ in God.
The world does not see our spiritual life men do not understand us. They think it is strange that we do not live like they do. They do not comprehend our thoughts, our motives, or our ways. Just as it is said of the Holy Spirit that the world neither sees him nor knows him so it is with our spiritual life; it is hidden with Christ in God. First John 3:1 tells us: "therefore the word does not know us, because it does not know him."The real separation from the world lies in the fact that the world does not understand that, but rather misunderstands the believer.
3.4 To climax this description of the believer's position in Christ, the apostle now looks on to Christ's coming again. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. At the present time we are raised with him and enjoy a life that is not seen or understood by men. But that day is coming when the Lord Jesus will return for his saints.
Then we will appear with him in glory. Men will understand us then and realize why we behave as we did.
More Next week
I believe that we as a Church are being called to focus on these areas for 2010 they are
To seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all else with be given until you Matthew 6:33.
To test by the spirit of God all Teaches, Preachers, Pastors to make sure they are using the word of God. 1 John 4:1-3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21.
To understand that we have the mind of Christ therefore take captive any thought that doesn't line up to the mind of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
To pray for those who persecute you Matthew 5:44
To use the God given authority we have to take control of our lives and not give Satan & his cohorts a foot hold to come and destroy us. Luke 10:19.
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2
To be consistently filled with the Holy Spirit. John 7:37-38
Lord teach us to hear and obey your we small voice. Isaiah 30:21
Be still and know I am God. Psalms 46:10
Are you ready for 2010?
Why not join us
Church at home is an internet Church ministry the loves to Glorify the name of Jesus, that runs four live services weekly, two bible studies weekly, a prayer room, a women's room, and a room called Christianity is real I can prove it with is where peoples beliefs are challenged we also offer deliverance ministry to those that need it.
It would be a blessing to have you at any one of our four services, or two bible studies, ( Church at Home Bible Study) our prayer room, (Church at Home Prayer Room) a woman's room called (Spirit Filled Woman of Church at Home) or the room Christianity is Real I Can Prove It?
Our Church services are life and run as Church services from the comfort of your own home there are run from a chat programme called paltalk in a room called "Church at home" under the spirituality and religion section of chat rooms paltalk can be downloaded for free from www.paltalk.com or you can down load it from our website http://churchathome-au.com under the section called contact us
The four live services times are 1pm Adelaide time Saturdays and 7am Adelaide time Monday mornings and replayed at 10.15pm Saturday and 8pm Mondays, so if you would like to receive a touch from God being there is a must.
Please note if you come from the Northern hemisphere we can be several hours ahead of some places, which mean in the states and Canada it the live services are Friday evenings and our Saturday evening live service can be early mornings in the States and Canada, 7am Monday services can be Sunday evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, with Monday nights being early mornings in the Northern hemisphere if you would like to know more or be part of it let us know we can add you nic and invite you to the room when services are running.
For Adelaide times please visit http://churchathome-au.com/index.php?p=1_36_World-Times
Welcome To Christianity
The long awaited book "Welcome to Christianity" is now available to all new Christians and any member of Church of Home that would like a copy please let me know when I am online or by sending an email to our email address church.at.home@hotmail.com. This book will speak about may of the topics that have been spoken out over our 34 month history of Church at Home if you would like a copy please let me know.
Slaying the Giants that Rule Your Life Book and Notes
I would like to make available to you a booklet that will cover the 12 giants we will be speaking about in this series and the notes that the tapes were made from, because I believe in the power of the sword of the spirit which is the word of God that is tools in fact it is the only offensive weapon we have been give and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God is not the whole bible but selected appropriate scriptures we use to deal with particular enemies, so each of these giants has a sword that needs to be used against him and in this booklet we will be giving you some of the swords to use in your life so let me know and we can get them to you at church.at.home@hotmail.com or when we are on line.
Church at home Bible Study
Tuesday 10.00 am Adelaide time Monday evening for our northern hemisphere friends our topic this week will be "Progressing in Prayer Pt 2" and will be repeated Thursday 9.00 pm Adelaide time Wednesday morning for our northern friends found in the religion and spirituality section of Paltalk, you can download Paltalk for free at www.paltalk.com
For world times please look at http://churchathome-au.com/index.php?p=1_36_World-Times
Spirit Filled Woman of Church at Home
Tuesdays at 7:30pm Adelaide time http://churchathome-au.com/index.php?p=1_36_World-Times
Elena will be running a Women's Group this is for women only and will be by invitation only, this will be a blessed time as the women of the Church meet together for praise and worship, a word and fellowship. So why not has sometime for yourself and a warm welcome awaits. This week's topic is "Women in the Bible." If you would like to know more or you would like to be a part of this group please us know at church.at.home@hotmail.com
Church at home Prayer Group
Church at Home Prayer Group Tuesday evenings 9.00 pm meets weekly to pray for the Church its members, their loved ones, our programs, and whatever else God brings across our path.
A Church without prayer is like a fish out of water, they will not survive it is the hard work that is put into pray weekly as a Church and individually through the year, and the humility of its people that has caused us to see people come to Christ, and healing achieved all for the glory of Jesus.
Remember this is the engine room of the Church and I know it will be a blessed time. So please come expecting your prayer to be answered and watch God work in a mighty way.
For world times please look at http://churchathome-au.com/index.php?p=1_36_World-Times
Christianity Is Real I Can Prove It?
Remember to look out on Friday evenings 8pm Adelaide time for the room Christianity is real I can prove it" in the religion and spirituality section of Paltalk where we answer questions, give praise and worship, and testimonies, give bible verses, here we are lead by God's spirit why not come and take a look.
Wayne's Weekly Bible Verses
Unity Through Humility
Love, Unity, and Humility Recommended
1Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,
2fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
4Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Philippians 2:1-4
Food For Thought
You were made by God and for God-and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
Back to the bible
How well do you know your bible have a look at our weekly bible challenge and see how you go
Question
Who wrote the book of 2 Kings and what year was it written?
Answer
We can't be sure. According to ancient Jewish tradition, Jeremiah was the author. Whoever wrote 1 and 2 Kings probably used pre-existing documents such as the book of the annals of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41), the book of the annals of the kings of Israel (1 Kings 14:19) and the book of the annals of the kings of Judah (1Kings 14:29). Other written sources have been used as well. (1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 12:15). Second Kings covers events between 853 BC and 562 BC. Originally the book was part of 1 Kings and was probably written after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC, that before 550 BC.
Question
Who wrote the book of 1 Chronicles and what year was it written?
Answer
Next week
A Purpose Driven Life... Do you know what your purpose is for life?
To start off 2010 with a bang over the next 10 weeks we will be looking at the series "A Purpose Driven Life" Do you know what God created you for? Are you following God's will for your life? This series will give us what we need to know to reach our full potential in God. For interested people we will be doing this same study over 40 days where it will show us what God wants us to do in 2010 and beyond so starting 6.00pm Adelaide time as of the 8th January 2010. If you would like to be part of this we need to know as it will be done in a closed room so that we will not be distracted by letting us know when we are online or by sending an email to church.at.home@hotmail.com
Praying by the Power of the Spirit.
Progress in Prayer.
1. Describe your personal experience of the three levels of prayer identified in this chapter: petition, personal, intercession
2. Explain how motives for praying am sure if I buy following the example of the Lord's prayer.
3. When should we pray a prayer of relinquishment, and the show would we persevere in prayer?
4. How are communion with God, personal prayer, and praying without ceasing intertwined?
5. How does John characterized little children, younger men, old men of faith? How can we relate this to prayer?
6. What does prayer have to do we spiritual warfare?
7. Is putting on the armor of God a prerequisite for praying in the spirit? Why or why not?
8. Which is most effective by prayer of physical or the spiritual? Why?
9. How should this effect your personal prayer life?
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