Coming up this weekend 9th – 10th June 2018
This weekend we continue our series ‘The Heart of Truth’ as Jodie preaches on the topic ‘Reconciled for salvation’ from Romans chapter 5 verses 1 to 11.
We will share the Lord’s Supper at 5pm Saturday, so be sure to join us for this important reminder of the death of Jesus.
Also during that service, we’ll have our weekly question and answer time, and Jodie will be answering these questions:
- What were the secret arts used by the Egyptian magicians to turn water into blood?
- How did Pharaoh’s magicians turn water into blood when Moses had already done it all?
- What does ‘righteous’ mean?
- Why was circumcision so important to the story in Romans chapter 3?
- In regards to original sin, who was the first to take the forbidden fruit?
- Why does Leviticus ban things like tattoos, jewellery and women speaking in church?
- According to the Bible, who is the head of the family?
- Why didn’t we acknowledge Pentecost Sunday, and why don’t we have much teaching on the Holy Spirit?
Our 8am Sunday service will be a Holy Communion First Order AAPB service.
If you’re wanting to check out our church we’d really love you to visit us on Saturday at 5pm for a contemporary service with kids’ program and dinner afterwards. Our youth group ‘Alive’ runs straight after dinner on Saturday night. Or come along on Sunday at 8am for a Prayer Book service.
If you can’t make it in person, you’re welcome to jump online to watch the service (with the same sermon and many other items) at www.oakflats.tv.
What makes conflict so uncomfortable?
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Why does conflict make us so uncomfortable? Often it’s because I feel that others can’t see just how right I am.
It would be so much easier if they could just recognise my superior arguments, apologise and we could all move forward!
At a conference this week I was challenged by a series of seminars on how to deal with general disagreement, or conflict, as a Christian.
I won’t pretend to be an expert, but I would like to quote a general principle that was shared at the conference: “Conflict is part of your God journey”.
In a conflict situation you don’t have power over what the other parties will do. Yet, we do have power over ourselves and our own reactions.
Conflict is a moment which we can use to bring God glory, yet this seems so unlikely, doesn’t it?
In a conflict we are often so consumed by the other person and what they have done or said. But if instead of starting with the other person we start with God, then we can reframe the whole situation.
And we start with the understanding that we are in the position that God has put us in.
Instead of blaming God, we can ask how in this situation we can seek to glorify him.
I don’t think that this means the next steps are easy or obvious.
It doesn’t even mean that conflict can be solved: you are only one part of the equation. But you can change the equation: you can make the impossible a possibility.
By starting with God, not only can you grow in your relationship with him, you can ask how he wants you to bring love to others.
Simon Chaplin
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