Category: life

28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” 29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19)

• Thank God for the finished work of Jesus
• Thank God for non-Christians who were at church this morning
• Ask God that he would bring people from death to life as Jesus’ death and RESURRECTION is proclaimed this Sunday
• Ask God that he would be at work through his word on phat
• Praise God for Bec (Row’s sis) & Tony’s new son… born today!

I uploaded another TALKCAST last night. Check it out here… they were from PHAT last year. Peaceout.

Just downloaded some songs from Chris Mayes‘ band The Wild Frontier on triple j unearthed (you need a username to download all 3 tracks). Very cool.

…is back online.  Shout out to Rodeo Clown for his help.  Thanks man.

I’ve spent some time recently in 1 Thessalonians and been reminded of the way in which the Thessalonians turned away from their idols to serve the true and living God. It’s been helpful to reflect on how this is similar to my experience.

I grew up in a Christian family and have always known about Jesus and his death and resurrection. However during my teenage years I spent most of my waking hours (+ countless dreams!) pursuing the idol of soccer. It wasn’t until I started to come to Central Coast Evangelical Church in mid-1998 that I “turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead – Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.” (1Thess 1:9-10 NIV) What impressed me about CCEC was the clarity of Bible teaching week after week and the clear explanation of how the death and resurrection of Jesus ought to impact on all areas of life. Praise be to God!

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Guessing competition… a warm fuzzy for each correct answer – 4 warm fuzzies can be redeemed as a coffee:

1) How old was I when the above photo was taken?
2) In which Western NSW regional town was the championship played?
3) What position did I play?
4) What year was this photo taken?

I have mixed feelings about Easter this year. I love Easter. I love Jesus. I am filled with joy and thanksgiving for the way that Jesus showed his love for me by dying and rising again. So Easter is fantastic… it’s a great opportunity to tell the world about why Jesus went to the cross.

For the last 10 year I have been going to Katoomba Easter Convention. KEC is gold. This year I won’t be going to KEC (we will probably head up the mountains on the Saturday). I’m a bit bummed about this… it’s such a great time with church friends + other friends + fantastic time in God’s Word.

HOWEVER… I’m a really, really, really excited to be going to CCEC for Easter. It will be the first Easter I have shared with my CCEC family!! It’s taken 9 years! AH is big on Easter @ CCEC – and thinks it ought to take priority over KEC. So I’m really looking forward to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. Above is a video that Grant made for Easter promo. Click here if having problems viewing.

What are your plans this Easter?

ps – we had a real live donkey in church yesterday for Palm Sunday!
pps – congratulations to eternal weight of glory for this 250th post…

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