Sermon Programme
Sermon Programme
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Sermon Programme May to August 2024
MORNINGS (10.30AM)
Great Prayers of the Old Testament
To encourage us in our prayer life we will be looking at a small number of prayers in the Old Testament. We’ll see how some of the great names of Scripture approach God and their calling to God to know His presence, his work in their lives and also their crying out to God in their pain and confusion. It’s a series to build us up in confidence in the God who hears all our prayers as well as painting a picture of a life of prayer.
Mark 11-13: Bringing in the Kingdom
We continue our series in Mark as we see what it is that Jesus has come to do in ushering in a kingdom that is unlike any earthly kingdom. And we see a king unlike any earthly king. And a kingdom where the ‘way up’ is ‘down’. A kingdom rooted in powerful love, not the love of power. In the evenings in May and June we will be looking at chapters 9-10 (‘The Cost of the Kingdom’) and in the mornings in July and August we will be looking at chapters 11-13 (‘Bringing in the Kingdom’).
EVENINGS (6.00PM)
Jonah: Salvation comes from the LORD
The book of Jonah reveals the goodness of God who holds out the offer of salvation to a land and people who are rebelling against him. And that nation is set in contrast with one of God’s people, Jonah, who is called by God to deliver God’s message of salvation. Jonah is the prophet who runs away, goes grudgingly and in His mercy God uses him powerfully.
Nahum: Justice will be done
The book of Nahum is in many ways a sequel to Jonah. Whereas in Jonah, the message of salvation to the wicked city of Nineveh appears to have been received, in Nahum we see the severity of God in a message of punishment and judgment to a people who have rejected him. In the midst of that evil, God still promises peace, protection and deliverance for his people who trust in him.
* denotes communion service
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Mornings at 10:30am |
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Evenings at 6:00pm |
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MAY |
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The Joy of Life with Jesus
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The cost of the Kingdom |
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5 |
All-age service |
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Our frail faith, but a strong Saviour to be found - Mark 9:14-29 |
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12 |
* Whatever the circumstances |
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Radical Kingdom Values |
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Great Prayers of the Old Testament |
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19 Pentecost |
‘Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?’ - Genesis 18:16-33 |
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* Joined together by God |
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26 |
‘Show me your glory’ |
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Prayer and Praise |
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JUNE |
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* ‘Give your servant a discerning heart’ |
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The kingdom belongs to such as these |
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9 |
‘Yours Lord is the greatness and the power’ - 1 Chronicles 29:9-20 |
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The rich and the kingdom of God |
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16 |
‘We do not know what to do but our eyes are on you’ |
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FIEC joint celebration at Grove Free Evangelical Church |
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23 |
‘Give your servant success today’ |
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* Kingdom sacrifice |
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30 |
‘Create in me a pure heart, O God’ |
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Prayer and Praise |
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JULY |
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* ‘Lord forgive! Because your people bear your Name’ - Daniel 9:1-19 |
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I want to see the king |
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Mark 11-13: Bringing in the Kingdom |
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Jonah: Salvation comes from the LORD |
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14 |
Jesus enters Jerusalem as king |
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Running from the LORD |
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21 |
Have faith in God (All-age service) |
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* Praying to the LORD |
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28 |
The highest authority |
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Prayer and Praise |
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AUGUST |
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* The Cornerstone |
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Obeying the LORD |
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11 |
Give back to God what is God’s |
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Angry at the LORD |
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Nahum: Justice will be done |
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18 |
God of the living |
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* The wrath and power of the LORD |
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25 |
The greatest commandment |
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God promises peace and restoration for his people - Nahum 1:7-2:2 |
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SEPTEMBER |
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The divine and human king |
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God promises destruction for his enemies |
