How was your weekend? Mine was big: I gave one of the talks at our Leader’s Day on Saturday and then preached across the day on Sunday. With Daylight Savings kicking in, it meant minimal sleep. But it’s all good.
If you missed the short story about the cute old couple below, make sure you check it out.
See below for the latest edition of #instalifeweekly…
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// YET I WILL REJOICE —– "Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments." (Habakkuk 3:17-19 ESV) —– #pain #suffering #NoEasyAnswers #Habakkuk #rejoice #joy #GodIsMyStrength #JesusSaves
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// SHELTERED + REFRESHED —– "God's people, whenever they are scorched by afflictions as by hot sun-beams, may resort to him, who is as a shadow of a great rock, and be effectually sheltered, and sweetly refreshed." (JONATHAN EDWARDS) —– #pain #suffering #affliction #NoEasyAnswers #RefugeInJesus
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// STILL IN LOVE —– Unlike #TheBachelorAU, this couple are still going strong. The husband has spent the last hour passionately sharing about the plot-line of Dr. Who and its key characters. The wife has been actively listening and enthralled by the story. His hamburger must be cold. She ate most of his fries. —– Okay, back to sermon prep :) —– #Love #marriage #listening #hamburger #hashtag #Hawthorn #AlwaysHawthorn #cuteoldpeople #walkingstick #DrWho #relationships #hamburger
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// WALK WITH CARE —– "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once WALKED…" (Ephesians 2:1-2) —– "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should WALK in them…" (Ephesians 2:10) —– "I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to WALK in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love…" (Ephesians 4:1-2) —– "Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer WALK as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds…" (Ephesians 4:17) —– "And WALK in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God…” (Ephesians 5:2) —– “…for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. WALK as children of light…” (Ephesians 5:8) —– "Look carefully then how you WALK, not as unwise but as wise…” (Ephesians 5:15) —– #Ephesians #Walk #walking #MELBlyf #MIERSMELBOURNE #YarraTrams #ESV