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Episodes
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Monday Jul 15, 2013
Think Spot - 15th July 2013
1 Peter 2:1 "Therefore rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind."
James 4:11-12 "Brothers do not slander one another...who are you to judge your neighbour?"
The definition of slander is words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another or an abusive attack on a person's character or good name or to attack the good name and reputation of someone. So next time you go to say anything negative about someone or to criticise their actions, think again, you might be disobeying God and breaking a command.
James 3:3-8 powerfully shows how a small thing such as the tongue is able to cause much damage. He says that the tongue is a world of evil that corrupts the whole person ...and is itself set on fire by hell.
Mark 7:20-22 states Jesus talking about words "What comes out of a man is what makes him unclean. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit and slander. All these evils come from inside and make a man unclean."
Most of us would not consider telling a lie, as serious sin as murder but Jesus clearly does not separate them, he labels them both evil. Again in Romans 1:29 - 32 the seriousness of slander , gossip and lying are clearly stated. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of deceit and they are gossips, slanderers. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do such things but also approve of those whom practice them.
Christians are very good at gossiping but disguising it as prayerful concern. We pass on a juicy bit of information about someone and then ask the person to pray about the situation. As Christians we should not pass on any information about anyone else unless the person concerned has asked us to. It is not our place to do so even if it is for prayer.
Philippians 2:14 "Do everything without complaining or arguing. " There is nothing confusing about that command. How often do we complain about our jobs or our spouses? Or the weather? We are disobeying God when we do. God does not take disobedience lightly. The excuse 'Everyone does it' does not wash with God when we see him face to face and He asks us why we complained so often and about so many things everyone else did it will pot be an acceptable reason.
Our jobs, our spouses and the weather are all gifts from God, we should be thanking Him for them not grumbling about them! 1 Thessalonians 5:8 says give thanks in all circumstances it does not say give thanks in some and complain in others! So then before you say anything, think "Is what I am about to say pleasing to God.?"
Prayers
Now, a prayer to help you into this new week.Father, we thank you for words! We thank you that we can communicate words of life to other people! Help us to use words wisely as we interact, communicate and deal with other people, especially our loved ones and work colleagues. May the Holy Spirit, guide, rebuke and counsel, as we use the amazing gift of words to us, as we seeks to live a life worthy of Jesus Christ. Amen!
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Sunday Jul 14, 2013
Sunday Jul 14, 2013
Worship
Come Unto Me
Julie McMinn
Courtesy of www.godlychristianmusic.com
Come unto Me, All ye that labour!
Come unto Me, With your weary hearts!
Come unto Me, All ye that are heavy laden!
Come unto Me, And I will give you rest!
Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.
For I am meek.
For I am lowly in heart.
And I will give rest unto your soul.
Behold I am the LORD!
The God of all people!
Is there anything too hard for Me?
For My yoke is easy and my burden light.
Come unto Me and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you And learn of Me.
For I am meek.
For I am lowly in heart.
And I will give rest unto your soul.
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Friday Jul 12, 2013
Friday Jul 12, 2013
Partakers Friday Prayers!
12th July 2013
We pray together and when Christians pray together, from different nations, different churches and different denominations - that reveals Church unity! Come! Let us pray together!
Lord, enable me to love You
with all my soul, my mind and my heart;
and to love my neighbours,
friends and enemies as myself.
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Lord, protect me
from evil people and demons,
from impure passions
and all unseemly things.
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Lord, You know all things;
Lord, I desire Your goodness;
Lord, let Your will be done, not mine, be done
for You are blessed forever.
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For I ask this O Father
in the name of your Son Jesus
and in the power of the ever indwelling Holy Spirit. Amen.
with all my soul, my mind and my heart;
and to love my neighbours,
friends and enemies as myself.
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Lord, protect me
from evil people and demons,
from impure passions
and all unseemly things.
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Lord, You know all things;
Lord, I desire Your goodness;
Lord, let Your will be done, not mine, be done
for You are blessed forever.
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For I ask this O Father
in the name of your Son Jesus
and in the power of the ever indwelling Holy Spirit. Amen.
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A prayer of John Chrysostom
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Thursday Jul 11, 2013
Thursday Jul 11, 2013
11th July 2013
G’day and welcome to Pauline's Thursday Ponderings!Some Christians have a clear calling on their lives. They know exactly where they fit in to God’s plan. Esther became Queen ‘for such a time as this’( Esther 4:14) – it was her destiny ordained by God. Others of us get glimpses of how we have helped fulfilled Gods purposes in hindsight. Still others get a sense of what God wants them to do for a period of time, or a season.
The closer and deeper our relationship with God, ie the more time we spend with Him enjoying His presence, chatting to Him, listening to Him, reading His word, worshipping Him, the better our needs for love , value and purpose will be met. Christ offers us fulfilment and a deep satisfaction that cannot be met by anybody or anything else. No matter how good or bad our parents were at meeting our deep spiritual and emotional needs, God in Christ can make us secure.”
At the beginning of Esther 6, Haman goes to find the King to ask His permission to impale Mordecai on the pole that He had confidently set up the night before. However the night before, unbeknown to Haman, God had intervened. God disturbs the Kings sleep so the King gets up and asks for the record of his reign to be read to him. It had been recorded that Mordecai had uncovered a plot to assassinate the king, therefore saving his life. What honour and recognition has been given to Mordecai for this asks the king. Nothing has been done for him reply his attendants.
When Haman enters the court the king asks him, ‘What should be done for the man the king delights to honour, meaning Mordecai. Haman however thinks the king must be referring to himself so he answers ( Esther 6:7-9) “For the man the king delights to honour, have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honour, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honour!’”
Do you need God’s intervention in a problem? Pray and ask others to pray too and consider fasting. We serve an amazing God who solves problems in unique and unusual ways.
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2013
Wednesday Jul 10, 2013
WOW Word 24
Fellowship
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Today Alphy shares about the WOW Word - Fellowship!
Philippians 2:1-4 Now if your experience of Christ’s encouragement and love means anything to you, if you have known something of the fellowship of his Spirit, and all that it means in kindness and deep sympathy, do make my best hope for you come true! Live together in harmony, live together in love, as though you had only one mind and one spirit between you. Never act from motives of rivalry or personal vanity, but in humility think more of each other than you do of yourselves. None of you should think only of his own affairs, but should learn to see things from other people’s point of view. ”
1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
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I meet people who tell me they are Christians, but don’t want to go to a church anymore. But by not doing so, they are missing out on perhaps one of the greatest blessings of being a Christian: fellowship. This is because one of the great things about belonging to a church is to be the act of fellowship. Why is that? It is because fellowship results from walking with one another (1 John 1:7) with Jesus Christ in the centre. God has created humans for fellowship – both with Himself and with other humans. Jesus Christ has redeemed us so that we can have true fellowship together (Colossians 1:3-5).Play the video to see Alphy talking about giving and its place within the life of the Christian Disciple!!
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Monday Jul 08, 2013
Monday Jul 08, 2013
Think Spot - 8th July 2013
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G'day! Welcome to Partakers Think Spot at the start of new week on Monday the 8th of July 2013. We have a guest today again! Welcome back Pauline as she shares some insights with you.When we are going through a difficult time it is sometimes hard to believe that you are the apple of Gods eye.
God gave me a picture once. I asked God what I was worth. God tied a tag round my neck with a piece of string, the kind of price tag that they have in old fashioned shops. The tag read £10, then he removed the tag and replaced it with one that read £100, then he removed that one and replaced it with one that had £1000 on it.
He replaced the £1000 price tag with one that read £100,000 and then replaced that one with a million pound price tag. The final price tag simply had ONE LIFE written on it. I find it mind blowing that God chose to let His Son die a hideously painful death so that I can enjoy a personal relationship with him that I am so valuable that even if I was the only human being that existed, God would have allowed Jesus to die on a cross for me.
Remind yourself of this fact frequently and you will get a glimpse of your father's heart. He loves you to bits and is proud of you no matter what you have done in the past - if you have said sorry and meant it - it is forgotten. The slate is completely clean.
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come."
God's love for you is unconditional. God created us with a thirst to be secure, to have self worth and to have a sense of our own significance. That thirst is intended to be quenched by God himself, by His unconditional love for us and unconditional acceptance of our work.
1 John 3:1 "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God.! And that is what we are!"
Ephesians 2:10 "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepares for us in advance to do."
Unfortunately many of us try and get our security and sense of self worth from our spouses or parents. Whilst that can be okay if we have a particularly adoring spouse or an encouraging mum and dad, it goes badly wrong if we have a critical spouse or a parent that withholds praise. Our self esteem really suffers in the case of a verbally critical spouse or parent and is affected just as badly by someone who is slow to give praise.
Galatians 4:7 "Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out ‘Abba, Father.' So you are no longer a slave but a son and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir."
Our aim should be to please God and fulfil his purposes for our lives. If it is we will discover a sense of security, value and significance in God and then it will not matter if our boss does not appreciate us or if our spouse criticises us.
We should be aiming to enjoy God, to have a life of worship and to get to know God better each day. God adores us and considers us adorable. He is proud of our achievements but is so much more thrilled with our efforts to get to know Him better. Thanks for joining us on Partakers ThinkSpot! See you again real soon!
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Sunday Jul 07, 2013
Sunday Jul 07, 2013
Give Me Oil In My Lamp
Doug Tanner
www.godlychristianmusic.com
Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning!
Give me oil for my lamp I pray!
Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning!
Keep it burning till the light of day
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Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning!
Give me oil for my lamp I pray!
Give me oil for my lamp, keep it burning!
Keep it burning till the light of day
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Wednesday Jul 03, 2013
Wednesday Jul 03, 2013
WOW Word 23
Giving
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Today Alphy shares about the WOW Word - Giving!
Romans 12:6-8 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. ”
1 Corinthians 16:2 Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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Giving is seemingly one of the three forbidden subjects for Christians to discuss in the 21st century! The other two being sex and power. Jesus talked about all three often! Every person has in differing quantities: time, talent, possessions and money. In relationship to giving, the Church is to be a community where the strongest members support the weakest members. This applies not only to the local church, but also at a national and international level as well.
Play the video to see Alphy talking about giving and its place within the life of the Christian Disciple!!
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Monday Jul 01, 2013
Monday Jul 01, 2013
Think Spot
1st July 2013
Luke 2:42-52
Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they travelled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you." "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he was saying to them. Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Later on in his life, this event occurred!
Matthew 13:53-55
When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?" they asked. "Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?
Wise
Jesus is the ultimate wise man! As we read the Gospels, we see that when Jesus spoke words, people were amazed! They were astounded that He spoke with wisdom, elegance and yet with authority. They had never heard anyone speak like He did - with both grace and authority. The same is true today, if we are listening. That is why we read the Bible to find out what He would say to us. That is why we seek to hear Him speak to us and why we speak to Him. That is why preaching is to be seen as an act of worship - by both the preacher and the listener! Jesus' wisdom meaning I can ask Him for advice and seek His imagination to solve problems! As you go into this week ask Jesus to help you, guide and speak to you through the Bible, regardless of what situation you face! Jesus, Son of God, the ultimate wise man!Prayer
A prayer to help you into this new week. Father, we thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ! We thank you for the Bible! We thank you for godly men and women who preach and teach this wisdom of Jesus to us, explaining and exploring how we can put this wisdom into practise! May the Holy Spirit within each believer, rebuke and counsel, as that believer seeks to live a life worthy of Jesus Christ. Amen!Right Mouse click to save this as a mp3 file
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Sunday Jun 30, 2013
Sunday Jun 30, 2013
One Minute Bible Quiz!
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