Thursday, November 27, 2025

Pure Water - the Water of Life

 

Outline of Service 30th November 2025

Food and Health:  Pure Water – the Water of Life

… a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14

Hymn 68:  Drink of the Sweet River

 The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:2-4)

 Psalm 1 – A Source of Water  (Catherine)

 Bible Readings:

·       Come All That Thirst:  Isaiah 55:1-5 – (Cheryl)

·       Water for Life: Isaiah 44:1-8 – (Betty)

·       Water From the Rock:  Numbers 20:2-13 – (David)

·       The Water of Life: Revelation 22:1-6, 17 – (Heather)

·       A Well Within: John 4:7-15, 7:37-43 – (Roslyn)


Summary of Readings

§   We all know that water is essential for life, and that after drinking we thirst again, and need to drink again

§   We need water “on the outside” to provide food to eat to keep us alive, but also “on the inside” to sustain our bodies

§   Isaiah explains that God provides all the water, and that the need for water is like the need of His Spirit to keep us alive – both outward and inward

§   Jesus Christ continued this analogy and explained that He was the water of life

§   The Bible promises that those who drink this water inwardly – and not just have it falling on them outwardly – have the hope to receive life of spirit and soul and body at His return.

 

Hymn 21 – Tune 13:  Thirsting for God in the Wilderness

Message

Hymn 51:  Drinking From the Spring

 

Doxology

Sunday, November 16, 2025

Seeing God Around Us - Physic al Immortality

 

Outline of Service 23rd November 2025

Food and Health:  Physical Immortality

- Numbers 13:30

 Hymn 125:  Lord, Send Thy Power and Thy Spirit

 

The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:2-4)

 Psalm 27:1-9 – Fear Not and Trust in God

 

Bible Readings:

·       The Command and the Curse: Genesis 2:15-18, 3:14-21

·       God’s Plan:  2 Esdras 7:46-59

·       Promised Release from Death:  Psalm 102:18-24

·       The Continuing Dilemma: Romans 7:7-25

·       Ultimate Fulfillment: 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

 

Summary of Readings

§   Modern science tells us that our bodies are not built to last forever, and we would be lucky to expect our lifespan to exceed 140 years

§   But the Bible says that God created man to be physically and spiritually eternal, but physical death came as a consequence of the Fall

§   Paul talks of the struggle between the mind and the flesh

§   We believe that the Bible contains promises of eternal life of spirit, soul and body to those who are truly obedient to God’s commandments

§   This will be fulfilled when Jesus Christ returns, and the dead in Christ shall rise (incorruptible), and those who are alive and obedient to God will be changed from mortal to put on immortality.

 

Hymn 79:  The Light of Life

Message

Hymn 3:  God’s Great Events

 

Doxology