‘A Loving Church’ 31: O death, where is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 – Jodie McNeill

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Hatched, matched and dispatched

Death remains our _____

It’s all bout _________ death

Life after death can be hard to _______

Jesus swapped his ____ for our death sentence

A seed needs to ___ in order to grow

Things look __________ after death

Our bodies are like _____ that are buried

We want a ___ body that can no longer die

Jesus is the ________ of Adam

Life after death is ____ different

We will all be ___________ if we’re on Jesus’ side

Our old bodies can’t ____ forever

Jesus defeated _____ by his death

You won’t waste your life if you _____ in Jesus

‘A Loving Church’ 30: The Resurrection of The Body – 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 – Jodie McNeill

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Have you wasted your life?

What is your _______?

We believe in ________ because of the resurrection

If you reject the resurrection, you’ve ______ your life

Our resurrection is ______ with Jesus’ resurrection

If Jesus didn’t rise, Christianity is a _____

If Jesus stayed dead, then he didn’t ______ death

The empty tomb means your _____ is gone

Liberal Christianity is to be ______

Jesus ________ the damage brought by Adam

The resurrection of Jesus showed death is ________

We all need to be on God’s ____

If the dead don’t rise, _______ is meaningless

Following Jesus was ______ for Paul

Their conversion to Christ brought ___ to Paul

Without the resurrection, there’s no merit in ________

There’s no greater _______ than rejecting Jesus

‘A Loving Church’ – 29: The Resurrection of Christ – 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 – Jodie McNeill

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Where were you?

Their division required serious, _________ surgery

From their division they needed _____

The cross brings true _____

The ______ formed their church

The ______ is a message that gives life

Christ ____

Christ died for our ____

Sin is ______ ourselves

He died just as the __________ said

Jesus ____ in our place

When many people _______, it shows it’s true

Paul came face to face with _____

Even ________ are challenged by a funeral

If Jesus didn’t rise, our faith is a ____
The _____ of God drives Paul to serve others

Only the _______ can reconcile himself to his creation

Dear Jesus,
Sorry I’ve rejected your rule over my life.
Thanks for dying for my sin and rising to give me life.
Please help me to follow you as my ruler all my life.
Amen.

What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer

‘A Loving Church’ 28: Orderly Worship – 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 – Jodie McNeill

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What’s missing from the Bible?

What should we do in ______?

Churches ______ so much from each other

We have __________ within which we can differ

_______ worship is an underlying principle

Praying and Bible reading are __________

Each thing in church must __________ everyone

Building the church matters more than using _____

Church is not about you… it’s about ______

Prophesies need to be _________

Women are expected to ________ in church

It’s great for church to be ___________

_______ means we all participate in church

It’s OK for prophesy to be ________

Church needs to be about good _____

Women shouldn’t publicly ____ prophesy in church

A difference in ____ doesn’t mean lower value

We can’t both be _____

Paul has a special _________ over the church

God has given us all we ____ to run church

To build the church we need good _____

A Loving Church – 27: Speaking In Tongues – 1 Corinthians 14:13-25  Jodie McNeill – 13 August 2023

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Church is weird!

Isn’t church just for __________?

Some think __________ is not for church

Or there’s the _____ service

People _____ mission and maturity

We keep mission and maturity ________

God’s word is ____ action

The Corinthians loved speaking in _______

Tongues are only ______ when interpreted

Paul wants _______ in church

It’s not loving to _______ and alienate others

Church needs to be ____________

We need to avoid using _______ words

Mature Christians want to be ______ in church

God’s people ignored him so he sent _____ tongues

Tongues make us look like we’re under _________

There are ___________ in Paul’s church

Unbelievers will meet God through _____ words

Our ‘weirdness’ _____ the unbeliever to Christ

We want unbelievers to ____ God in our midst

We don’t ________ mission and maturity

Our gatherings should be ____ action

Church is wonderful!

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A Loving Church – 26: Prioritising Prophesy – 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 – Jodie McNeill • 6 August 2023

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How do we compare to Hillsong?

How do we compare to ___________ churches?

It’s easy to ____ the first Pentecost

Modern spiritual gifts are often ___________

Pentecostalism ____________ Spirit from Word

People trusted _________ more than God’s word

God’s ______ brought God’s word

This passage speaks of _______ and prophesy

Tongues is speaking a _______ language

Prophesy is ________ words about God

Tongues can be _______ and alienating

____ is our highest goal

Intelligible words __________ the church

Prophesy in church is ______, tongues are not

It’s _______ when we hear foreign languages

Go for gifts that _______ others

Church is not about you, it’s about ______

Speak, O Lord

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A Loving Church – 25: Love – 1 Corinthians 13 – Jodie McNeill • 30 July 2023

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A world without love

We’re all _______ by nature

The Corinthians wanted _________ gifts

The Corinthian church was a ____

They’ve been clambering for spiritual _____

This chapter was written to a _______ church

It ______ with five ‘what ifs’

What if Paul _____ all the languages?

What if Paul was like an Old Testament _______?

What if Paul had amazing _____?

What if Paul was super _______?

It’s all _______ if they don’t have love

Love is _______

Love is ____

Love is not _______

Love is not ________

Love is not _____

Love is not ____

Love doesn’t ______ its own way

Love is not _________

Love keeps no records of ______

Love rejoices in _____ and justice

Love _______

Love is ______ focused

Special gifts won’t be needed in the ______

We change our loves when we look to ________

Only faith, hope and love will last _______

True love points people to _____

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A Loving Church – 24: The Body of Christ – 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 – Jodie McNeill – 23 July 2023

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Organising people

Whoever has responsibility needs _________

People think the person in charge is more _________

We need different people in different _____

The most special organisation is the ______

We have different _____ but equal importance

We’re united by _______

The body of Christ is one body with many _____

Your negative feelings don’t reduce your _____

God’s in _______ of his body

Even with diversity, there is _____

We all ____ each other

Every member of the church is _________

If you’re not contributing, you’re still _________

You’re ________ because you’re part of us

This brings us _______

We each ____ what the others feel

The ______ church is our body, too

We’re all _________, and that’s good

The greatest gift is ____!

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Your High Calling – 2 Corinthians 5:10-6:2 Stephen Bligh – 16 July 2023

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Having a good death

A good gospel life precedes a good death

Death and judgement (verse 10)

Christ died for us, we are now called to live for Him

The motivation (verse 11a)

Persuading with integrity (verses 11b to 12)

Persuading others

Willingness to be ridiculed (verses 13)

What drives us (verses 14 to 15)

A new perspective on people around us (verses 16 to 17)

God has reconciled us (verses 18 to 19)

Our high calling (versus 20 to 21)

We are Christ’s ambassadors

The urgency (chapter 6 verses 1 to 2)

The prayer

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The Man Born Blind – John 9 – Michael Kellahan – 9 July 2023

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Scene 1: The disciples’ super-awkward question (verses 1-5)

Scene 2: Questioning by neighbours (verses 8-12)

Scene 3: The Pharisees question the man (verses 13-17)

Scene 4: The Pharisees question the man’s parents (verses 18-23)

Scene 5: The Pharisees question the man again (verses 24-34)

The super-awkward final scene: the blind see and those who see become blind (verses 35-41)

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