As the New Year has dawned can there be a better way of hungering after God than by fasting and prayer together as a church family? Andrew Murray, the missionary statesman, defines fasting by showing how it works so naturally with prayer: ‘Prayer needs fasting for its full growth. Prayer is the one hand with…
Standing Orders for 2020!
Sermon on January 5 by Pastor Roland Eskinazi Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-18 We do not know what is round the corner in 2020. Here is God’s will, His standing orders for every day in the year. While you wait for Jesus’ coming : 1. REJOICE ALWAYS! (v16) Rejoice – even when life hurts In this…
The King with Four Names (Part 4)
Sermon on December 22 by Pastor Roland Eskinazi Jesus: God’s Peace in a Warring World! Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7 & Col 1:15-22 Look at the news headlines on any given day! Can there really be genuine peace in our warring world? In a turbulent world: 1. PSEUDO-PEACE WILL LEAVE YOU DRY! In Isaiah’s day, King Ahaz…
The King with Four Names (Part 2)
Sermon on December 8 by Pastor Roland Eskinazi Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7 & Matthew 4:1-11 Mighty God. Hebrew: ‘El Gibbor’. How does the image of Jesus, as the Warrior God, fit with Christmas? 1. LOVE JESUS – BECAUSE IN HIM GOD GIVES GOD! The child who is born is ‘yeled’ (male son). So if Isaiah repeats…
The King with Four Names
Sermon on December 1 by Pastor Roland Eskinazi Scripture: Isaiah 9:6 We use the word ‘wonderful’ very often. A counselor we might see in a crisis. So why this title for Jesus? If you don’t want to waste Christmas: 1. KEEP YOUR WONDER IN THE WONDER OF WONDERS! Seven centuries before Jesus, the people of…