Click to join Tuggeranong Baptist Church on line for the service on 6 June 2021 including this teaching:
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. [Psalm 139:1-2]
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. [Ephesians 5:15-17]
Sunday, June 6 How many faces on Facebook Part 1
Click for on-line service including this teaching, the first in the series - Made for More - laying the foundation for spiritual friendship
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. [Psalm 139:1-2]
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. [Ephesians 5:15-17]
Sunday, May 30 All by Myself
Included in church on-line and at the Garratt Street Centre on 23 May 2021
Paul wrote this letter Philippians from prison
His future was up in the air. His life was hanging in the balance. He's waiting to stand trial before Caesar the king who was the most powerful man in the known world
He has no idea what's going to happen to him.
Is he going to live or is he going to die?
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
May 23 Philippians 4:10-12
I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
On-line package prepared for Sunday 16 May 2021.
Included in church on-line and at the Garratt Street Centre, 9 May 2021.
Paul wrote this letter Philippians from prison
His future was up in the air. His life was hanging in the balance. He's waiting to stand trial before Caesar the king who was the most powerful man in the known world. He has no idea what's going to happen to him.
Is he going to live or is he going to die?
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
May 9 Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Included in church on-line and at the Garratt Street Centre on 2 May 2021Included in the church service on-line and at the Garratt Street Centre on 2 May 2021
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
Paul wrote this letter Philippians from prison
His future was up in the air. His life was hanging in the balance. He's waiting to stand trial before Caesar the king who was the most powerful man in the known world. He has no idea what's going to happen to him.
Is he going to live or is he going to die?
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
May 2 Philippians 3:7-14
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Included in the church service on-line and at The Garratt Street Centre on Sunday 25 April 2021
Paul wrote this letter Philippians from prison
His future was up in the air. His life was hanging in the balance. He's waiting to stand trial before Caesar the king who was the most powerful man in the known world. He has no idea what's going to happen to him.
Is he going to live or is he going to die?
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
April 25 Philippians 2:5-11
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Included in the Church service on-line and at the Garratt Street Centre on 18 April 2021
Our bandmembers were on a well-earned break when this sermon was recorded. Songs included are covered by our CCLI licences No. 124284.
Paul wrote this letter Philippians from prison
His future was up in the air. His life was hanging in the balance. He's waiting to stand trial before Caesar the king who was the most powerful man in the known world
He has no idea what's going to happen to him.
Is he going to live or is he going to die?
Paul has no clue what his future holds, but Paul does know Him who holds his future.
April 18 Philippians 1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Paul’s Chains Advance the Gospel
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defence of the gospel. The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labour for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.
Life Worthy of the Gospel
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit,e] striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God. For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
Audio recording of sermon unpacking Romans 8, delivered by Raymond Wilson on 11 April 2021,