Winter: Ending and Renewal

Outline of Service 26^th August 2018

Winter:  Ending and Renewal – Song of Solomon 2:11

Hymn 102:  The Next Season

The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:2-4

Psalm 118:14-24  This is the Lord’s Doing

Bible Readings:                                                

·     Winter Replaced by Spring:  Song of Solomon 2:1-17

·     Deliverance from Trials:  Genesis 50:1-3, 14-22

·     A New Start:  Revelation 21:1-9, 22-27

Hymn 88:  New Clothing

·     We have seen in the Scriptures that Winter is a figure of the period of time when Satan is given permission by God to rule over the Earth and try to turn people from believing and following God

·     Solomon talks about the end of Winter, when God will give His power to overcome the evil and start to live a life of righteousness in obedience to Him

·     Strangely enough, the trials of this world help build and strengthen our faith in God

·     When Jesus Christ returns the Winter will be behind us: we can hope for that time when we will live eternally in God’s Kingdom

·     Let us hold the hope to be preserved alive in spirit and soul and body and enter the City where God and the Lamb are the light.

·     Hymn 71:  Sin Subdued for Eternity

Doxology

Winter: Power in God's Timing

Outline of Service 12^th August 2018

Winter:  Power in God’s Timing – Matt 24:20/Eccles 3:12

Hymn102:  The Day of Rest

The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:2-4

Psalm 46:  God is our refuge and strength

Bible Readings:                                                

·     God has a Best Time for Everything:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

·     Flee the evil of this World:  Matthew 24:1-22

·     A Godly Lifestyle:  2 Timothy 2:19-26

Hymn4:  God’s Timing

·     Solomon explained that there are times and seasons in our lives; sometimes we have to wait, sometimes we have to move, but we must look for God’s direction in all that we do

·     Jesus spoke about life under Satan’s rule, as being in the winter; He exhorts us to ask God to remove the evil from within us before Jesus Christ returns so that we can be changed and made like Him at His return

·     When Jesus Christ returns the Millennium, or the promised Sabbath Day, will commence; He exhorts us to flee the evil before that time so that we can fully enjoy the thousand years of rest with Him before entering into eternity

·     Timothy gives us some practical advice on the lifestyle that God wants us to follow, and we must ask God to give us POWER to flee the ways of the world

·     We don’t know when the winter will end, but, let us seek to God in prayer to prepare us in spirit and soul and body to be ready if it be that through His grace He chooses us to be one of those who will directly enter His Sabbath when Jesus Christ returns. 

Hymn 47:  Standing with the Saviour

Doxology