What Would Jesus Pray? 3: Jesus Prays for Us John 17 verses 20 to 26 Jodie McNeill – 20 & 21 April 2019

Disunity is _____.

The _____ of the disciples was eroding.

________ amongst Christians is unfortunate.

We became believers by _________ the disciples’ message.

This message is the basis for our ______.

Unity can only exist in _____.

It is a deep _____ in the Trinity.

Our unity is so the world _____ that Jesus is the Son of God.

As Jesus revealed _______, he revealed his glory.

He wants us to have unity so we know the Father’s ____.

When we are one, we feel the ____ of God.

He prayed for us to see him in his ________ glory.

The world doesn’t ____ the Father.

We are truly ______ with Christ.

We who are ‘in Christ’ will ____ with him.

News 19-21 April 2019

OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we complete our three-week series ‘What would Jesus pray’ from John 17, as we examine what Jesus prayed for us, in verses 20 to 26.

NEXT WEEK’S TALK

Next weekend our guest speaker Cameron Jones will be speaking from John 10 verses 1 to 21, on ‘Jesus is the Good Shepherd.’

MISSION OF THE MONTH

BCA (Bush Church Aid) is our mission of the month. Support at the ‘Mission Table’.

LISTEN ONLINE

Go to www.jamberooanglican.com/talks or search ‘Jamberoo’ on iTunes Podcasts.

EASTER SERVICES

Our Good Friday service will be held at 9am. Our other two services will run at normal times during the Easter weekend.

ANZAC DAY MARCH

Jamberoo is remembering Anzac Day on Saturday 20th April 10.30am. Jodie will be reading the Bible and praying. 

IRISH NIGHT

Next Saturday 27th April we welcome Cameron Jones from the Anglican Church of Ireland, to preach and share about his plan to plant a church in the most gospel-poor, English-speaking nation. Irish dinner, trivia, and much more! He will also preach at 9am.

DUBLIN DOCKLANDS GATHERING

You’re invited to the Rectory at 2.30pm next Saturday 27th April to hear Cameron Jones chat more fully about the Dublin Docklands church plant and the prayer and financial needs for the future.

BRIERCREST YOUTH MISSION

During May, we’ll be hosting three youth ministry students from Canada.Can you billet a student for a week?

CAN YOU HELP WITH OUR KIDS?

We’re expanding our kids’ ministry on Saturday night and we need people to be helpers for creche and our kids’ programs. Can you help occasionally?

GONG MEN’S DAY

Saturday 15th June 9am-2pm in Dapto. Speaker: Sam Chan. Don’t miss it!

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $54,600. Compared to that total we received $48,216, leaving a gap of $6,384.Olimometer 2.52

Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend. To give by direct transfer then these are the details. Account name: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

Fair Enough? Good Friday 2019 – Luke 23 verses 32 to 43 Jodie McNeill – 19 April 2019

It’s just not cricket!

We have a desire for _______.

It seems wrong to punish an ________ person.

Jesus gave himself as a _________.

All three men will experience _____ together.

All Jesus could think of was ______.

Jesus suffered terrible ___________.

They offer ______ as they mock him.

People _______ to the statement that Jesus is King.

They all knew that ______ people was Jesus’ job.

All people will be ______ by God.

The criminals are punished ______, but Jesus is not.

He asks Jesus to ________ him.

Jesus promises the criminal a _____ in his kingdom.

Jesus _______ his sinlessness for our sin.

By _____ you have been saved, not by works.

Come to the altar.

Destruction at Easter

This Easter is a time to reflect upon the fragility of life (CREDIT: Wandrille de Préville)

As news broke of the fire at Notre Dame, the world united in shock and sadness.

This Parisien icon had towered over the landscape for 850 years, and yet it now had succumbed to the power of fire.

Some might say it’s only a building, but there is a good reason why the citizens of Paris wept over its destruction.

For many, it was a place where they came to meet with God, and for others, it was a symbol of European Christianity.

For me, I was reminded of another, impressive place of worship that also suffered enormous destruction.

The Second Temple of Jerusalem was deliberately destroyed by Romans in 70AD, yet decades before, that Temple had become redundant as a place of worship.

For, at the very moment that Jesus died, the Bible records that the giant curtain of that temple was torn in two.

No longer was that stone building in Jerusalem to be the place to meet God, for now they would meet him in Jesus Christ.

For Jesus once said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” […] But when Jesus said, “this temple,” he meant his own body. (John 20:19,21)

It is natural for us to feel sentimental about our buildings, and it was right to be sad when Notre Dame and the Temple of Jerusalem were damaged or destroyed.

Yet, the greatest destruction was on the first Good Friday, when the Son of God was executed as an innocent man on behalf of those who trust in him.

However as promised, Jesus was raised from the dead on Easter Sunday, and with his resurrection comes a certain hope that can never perish, spoil or fade.

This Easter, as you reflect upon the fragility of life and the certainty of our own passing, it is a great time to trust in Jesus and enjoy the forgiveness he offers and the hope he promises.  

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this Easter weekend 19-21 April 2019

Easter is a very special time to be at church because it’s the time when we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus. Our services this Easter weekend are:

GOOD FRIDAY 9am: an all-age service to reflect on the death of Jesus for us.
EASTER SATURDAY 5pm: an all-age service with kids’ program, followed by dinner together.
EASTER SUNDAY 9am: a classic Anglican service followed by espresso morning tea.

On Friday, I’ll be preaching on how the death of Jesus is actually a great moment of injustice… but Jesus did it for us. It’s all about the two criminals on the crosses who died alongside Jesus from Luke chapter 23.

Then on Saturday and Sunday I’ll be preaching from John chapter 17 verses 20 to 26 where we find out what Jesus prayed for us on the night before he died, and why this changes everything.

On Saturday and Sunday we’ll include our weekly question and answer segment, and I’ll be answering these questions from last weekend:

1 What warnings does the Bible give about dreams?
2 How does God look down on everybody at the same time?
3 Is it God’s job to love us?
4 How did Jesus act under authority when he is the Father?
5 Do we believe that holy water will protect us from sickness?
6 If your relative goes to Hell, then will you feel sad?
7 Why didn’t Jesus tell Judas not to betray him?
8 Should we forgive Judas for his treachery?
9 Would you agree with Mikhail Gorbachev’s who said, “Even God didn’t create a perfect world; even God couldn’t cope with this society; I don’t think that was his plan”?

This is a very special weekend to join us for church, so we’d love to welcome you with us this Easter.

Grace and peace, Jodie McNeill.

What Would Jesus Pray? 2: Jesus Prays for His Disciples John 17 verses 6 to 19 Jodie McNeill – 13 & 14 April 2019

Letters of joy.

Jesus wants his disciples to ________ his prayer.

Jesus has revealed the Father’s ____ to his people.

God _____ his children.

Jesus acted under the Father’s _________.

When you know Jesus, you know the ______.

Jesus prays for the disciples but not the _____.

We have eternal __________ because Jesus wants glory.

The disciples need ______ support.

Jesus prays that the disciples ___ like God.

Our Christian unity needs to be based on _____.

We need keeping in God’s name so we don’t ____ away.

God is in _______ of evil as much as good.

Jesus wants his disciples filled with ___.

The disciples don’t ___ into the world.

Jesus wants us to be _________ by the Father.

As we are gentle and respectful we will be _____ about Jesus.

The Devil doesn’t want us __________ to the world.

Jesus has ________ the Devil, and has given us the Spirit.

The moment you trust Jesus, you are ____ in God’s sight.

We could only be holy because of a ____.


News 13-14 April 2019

OUR BIBLE TALK

This weekend we continue our three-week series ‘What would Jesus pray’ from John 17, as we examine in this second talk what Jesus prayed for his disciples in verses 6 to 19. 

NEXT WEEK’S TALK

Next weekend we finish our series on Jesus’ prayer by looking at what he prayed for his followers from 17:20-26.

MISSION OF THE MONTH

BCA (Bush Church Aid) is our mission of the month. Support at the ‘Mission Table’.

VISIT OUR BOOKSTALL

Check out the all-new titles!

LISTEN ONLINE

Go to www.jamberooanglican.com/talks or search ‘Jamberoo’ on iTunes Podcasts.

EASTER SERVICES

Our Good Friday service will be held at 9am. Our other two services will run at normal times during the Easter weekend.

ANZAC DAY MARCH

Jamberoo is remembering Anzac Day on Saturday 20th April 10.30am. Jodie will be reading the Bible and praying. 

IRISH NIGHT

On Saturday 27th April we welcome Cameron Jones from the Anglican Church of Ireland, to preach and share about his plan to plant a church in the most gospel-poor, English-speaking nation. Irish dinner, trivia, and much more! He will also preach at 9am.

BRIERCREST YOUTH MISSION

During May, we’ll be hosting three youth ministry students from Canada.Can you billet a student for a week?

CAN YOU HELP WITH OUR KIDS?

We’re expanding our kids’ ministry on Saturday night and we need people to be helpers for creche and our kids’ programs. Can you help occasionally?

GONG MEN’S DAY

Saturday 15th June 9am-2pm in Dapto. Speaker: Sam Chan. Don’t miss it!

GIVING UPDATE

Each week we need to receive $6300.00 in order to meet our commitments. In the last calendar month, our average weekly giving was $5513.00, leaving a gap of $787.00. Olimometer 2.52 Up to the end of the last calendar month we needed to have received $54,600. Compared to that total we received $48,216, leaving a gap of $6,384.Olimometer 2.52

Electronic giving is a great way to give! It helps us prayerfully plan our giving, and then the bank will help us keep that commitment, even when we may be unable to attend. To give by direct transfer then these are the details. Account name: Church of England Jamberoo. Account number: 10081274. BSB: 062562.

Why won’t Folau be quiet?

Israel Folau clearly believes in Hell, and wants to warn everyone about it.

Australian Rugby Union player, Israel Folau, has lost his job this week after posting a picture on social media that said “Warning: Drunks, Homosexuals, Adulterers, Liars, Fornicators, Thieves, Atheists, Idolaters: Hell awaits you. Repent!”

In the comments he said “Jesus Christ loves you and is giving you time to turn away from your sin and come to him”, as well as quoting from the Bible.

Folau clearly believes in Hell, and he wants to take every opportunity to warn people to find safety in Jesus.

The response from Rugby Australia and the media is that his comments are “homophobic” and that he has “vilified” people by how he’s expressed his religious beliefs.

To be honest, I wouldn’t post that image on Instagram, even though I agree that we need to warn people about Hell.

Yet I, too, want people to know that no matter who you are or what you’ve done, Jesus loves you so much that he died to forgive you.

Everybody is guilty of disobeying God in all sorts of ways, but no matter what you’ve done, Jesus offers unconditional forgiveness if you truly follow him.

I love Izzy’s courage and conviction, and I share his passion for people to come to Jesus and be rescued from Hell.

And I think he’s right when he says that God considers homosexual activity to be one of many things that are immoral.

But whether you agree or not, surely it’s un-Australian to sack someone for publicly saying something that’s in the Bible.

We used to think, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”, but now our society silences views that are unpopular.

Nobody likes to be told that their behaviour is wrong, yet all of us are guilty in Jesus’ sight for all we’ve done to offend him.

At the same time, all of us can enjoy forgiveness in Jesus because of his self-sacrificing death on the first Good Friday.

JODIE McNEILL

Coming up this weekend 13-14 April 2019

Speaking to many people last week, it was clear that the new Bible Talk series on Jesus’ prayer to his Father has really had a big impact on us. Jesus prayed for his glory, so that his Father would get the glory, and because of that, his chosen people get certain eternal life. Amazing. If you missed the talk then you can catch up by listening on our Talks page.

So, be sure to join us this coming weekend for the next instalment as I preach from John chapter 17 verses 6 to 19, as we hear what Jesus prayed for his disciples, and what that means for us.

If you’ve never joined us before, then you really need to pop in! We absolutely love visitors, so come along at 5pm on Saturday for an all-age service with kids’ program, a terrific dinner together, then youth group for the teenagers afterwards. Or come at 9am Sunday for a more classic Anglican service, followed by espresso coffee at morning tea.

Plus, during our services we have a question and answer spot, where I get to answer your questions from last week. And they are:

1 Is it OK to be single or a virgin if you’re not wanting to grow up to be a nun?
2 Is it acceptable to divorce if the husband and wife were not Christians when married, but one later becomes a believer?
3 Whilst we won’t have married relationships in heaven, won’t we still know people there?
4 Will we feel sadness in heaven about the people who are suffering eternally in hell?
5 How is there any ‘cool’ way to die?
6 Why does God choose to save some people but not others?
7 Can we truly forgive someone who continues to do wrong to you and doesn’t repent?

Can’t wait to see you this weekend!

Grace and peace, Jodie.

What Would Jesus Pray? 1: Jesus Prays for Glory – John 17 verses 1 to 5 Jodie McNeill – 6 & 7 April 2019


Inside the mind.

_____ is the most famous person in history.

Not the Lord’s Prayer, but the ______ the Lord said.

Jesus’ hour to _____ has come.

The Son gets glory, so God gets glory, so the Son gets _____.

Jesus ______ the ultimate prayer.

It’s good to hear prayers of ____ people.

Jesus looks __ to God.

Jesus addresses God as ______.

Jesus says that the appointed ____ has come.

We’re all going to ___ some day.

In Jesus we see the _____ of God.

Jesus’ greatest glory was his _____.

Jesus wanted to make the Father’s name _____.

Verses 1 and 2 are in ________.

The Father glorifies the Son by giving him ____ over everyone

Jesus’ loving __________ leads him to the cross.

Jesus glorifies the Father by giving us _______ life.

The main reason we get eternal life is for God’s _____.

Our salvation is __________ because God’s glory is guaranteed.

If you’re chosen then you’re ______.

We get the gift of eternal life by _______ God.

Eternal life is about _______ the eternal God.

Jesus gave _____ to the Father through his life and death.

Jesus will receive full glory when he _______ to heaven.

Our salvation is swept up in Jesus’ ________ love.