Amazing how that fits our Sun 10.30 talk..
Our youth pastor, Gustaf -
(a real 'Tefal' highbrow - which is also how many have described me!) :wink: - spoke @ Psalm 66
Psalm 66 (New International Version)
Psalm 66
For the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1 Shout with joy to God, all the earth!
2 Sing the glory of his name;
make his praise glorious!
3 Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth bows down to you;
they sing praise to you,
they sing praise to your name."
Selah (= stop & think @ it)
5 Come and see what God has done,
how awesome his works in man's behalf!
6 He turned the sea into dry land,
they passed through the waters on footâ€â€
come, let us rejoice in him.
7 He rules forever by his power,
his eyes watch the nationsâ€â€
let not the rebellious rise up against him.
Selah (= stop & think @ it)
8 Praise our God, O peoples,
let the sound of his praise be heard;
9 he has preserved our lives
and kept our feet from slipping.
10 For you, O God, tested us;
you refined us like silver.
11 You brought us into prison
and laid burdens on our backs.
12 You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us to a place of abundance.
13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
and fulfill my vows to you-
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
when I was in trouble.
15 I will sacrifice fat animals to you
and an offering of rams;
I will offer bulls and goats.
Selah
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God;
let me tell you what he has done for me.
17 I cried out to him with my mouth;
his praise was on my tongue.
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
19 but God has surely listened
and heard my voice in prayer.
20 Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!
& Romans 12:1-2
Romans 12:1-2 (New International Version)
Romans 12
Living Sacrifices
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godâ€â€this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will isâ€â€his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Footnotes:
He began with a live tableaux, showing how, on the small scale of Earth being 24 yds from the sun, if the sun were a football on that scale, Earth is just a handbreadth
"God holds the universe in the palm of His hand"
Light goes @ 186 miles per second, so a plane would take 21 yrs to hit the sun
If you like Pink Floyd's "
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" - Echoes album -
'Off The Wall' show tours UK soon
As, I'm sure, do the Oz Pink Floyd
The week I was on the front page of Southport Visiter, I taped Revelation 6-8 over Echoes - with preaching explanation
Every second of sound FX fit perfectly
I put
Stairway To Heaven on the same tape, with preaching in its long instrumentals - just as I'd always done it in many karaokes, 1989-2002
I was off sick with the hoarsest rasp ever & many folk said I sounded @ 5 times more macho than Robert Plant
Readers may know that Operation Mobilisation founder, George Verwer, was told @ 40 yrs ago, by his GP, never to preach again
George said, as Apostle Paul did, "Woe is me if I preach not the gospel!"
I never heard him preach without a painful rasp
& he's still preaching
Regular hearers know I often preach with a painful rasp
Why?
"The love of Christ constrains us"
The most common quip in this city of comedians is, "Can't you get a better job?"
I always say that I've never been on anyone's payroll in my 41 yrs of creative evangelism: I do it for love, not money
& there is NO better job than winning precious souls into the kingdom of God thru preaching the glorious good news gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ
Train online @
http://www.gospelcom.net
Anyone hear Dr Morris Cerullo & guest talk @ Passover blessings & ofering Jewish mezuzahs to put on your door?
I believe that a Christian's windows - even if U R 'only a kid' - with only a bedroom window to call your own - are to shine out the spiritual light of the Word of God to passers by
My windows face south, for maximum sunshine, & many folk pass nearby on their way to the popular Strand shopping centre, just 10 mimnutes walk away & to work at Pacific Rd/Globe Rd factories just 1 minute's walk away
As soon as The Nutty Prof Richard Dorky Dawkins' pathetic TV docus were announced, I displayed God's Word, using a different colour for each letter & adding glitter
I display those ID/creation websites below
& http://www.jpost.com
& "Have faith in God"
& "Earth is the Lord's"
& "Jesus saves"
& artistic photos for sheer beauty, joy & celebration
& an invite to Bootle Christian Centre, Stanley Rd (North Park) Roundabout, Sun 10.30 & Wed 7.30 revival meetings
The display looks spectacular in sunshine!
Teens photo & transmit it on their mobys
The lady in the flat next door is deaf & is not bothered by my Christian freeview TV channels 760-771 (Sky)
My windows open to superb acoustics, front & back
The sound level, in the street, where the local kids play footie, etc, is quietly comfortable but discernable
The Bible calls it a privilege to 'share in the fellowship of the sufferings of Christ'
The Greek word translated as fellowsip -
koinonia - is the word for a business partnership, as God wants us to mean business about building up & edifying the Body of Christ in 'the faith once for all delivered to the saints'
That often involves 'contending for the faith'
Which is why, on my way here, Bootle & Liverpool & Kensington centres echoed to,
"Read all about it: the lies of Ravin' Rotten Rowan, Arch-Cant-er-bury-the-truth-at-all-costs - exposed on http://www.ChristianForums.net - enjoy the fishing, as there's something VERY fishy about that Arch-Druid, Ravin' Rotten Rowan, Arch-Cant-er-bury-the-truth-at-all-costs @ http://www.ChristianForums.net
Circulate it round your networks & let's do it to it!
See
http://www.creationism.org &
http://www.discovery.org/csc &
http://www.AnswersInGenesis.org
All 3 have comprehensive menus of articles @ creationism, Intelligent Design & how to pooper-scoop evo-loopy-poop, aka Darwin drivel
Back with links to my last Christianity & Science thread...
http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=21498
& to General Talk Forum's
"This is terrible!" thread...
I just have time to urge you to google
media & circulate them with the
clear evidence of atheist brainwashing to prepare the way for the worst global tyrant ever: the Beast/Antichrist of 2 Thessalonians 2, Revelation 13, Rev 17-18 Daniel 7 & Dan 11 etc
Ravin' Rotten Rowan - Arch-Cant-er-bury-the-truth-at-all-costs is front page of
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Try
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/default.stm
Ask 'em if they are neo-fascists or will publish the truth, OK?
Academia falsely claims freedom of thought yet censors the clear truth of ID
Ian
http://www.christianforums.net/viewtopi ... 687#252687