We are looking at more Proverbs (as a continuation of our previous study) to help us to understand our work and our attitude towards work. For the Christian, every moment of our lives is lived before the face of God. He is aware of our entire life and requires that we be accountable to Him for how we live our lives.
How should we look at our work. Proverbs has lots to say about our work, and how we should work! We will do well to read it and learn from it.
How do we make sense of the big, weighty idea of glory, especially when we are caught up in our own lives and the details of it? Yet, so much of Jesus’ life and death revolves around His glory. The Christian life too, is shaped, seen and moulded by His glory now revealed. What does it mean for us today? How do we make sense of it in light of the cross and His resurrection — where His glory is known?
In this section of Luke, we will be reading about events that took place from the day before Jesus’ death. As we trace the steps Jesus took to the cross, we hope to see Jesus' mercy on sinners and our need for a Saviour.
We all live under power one way or another. As Jesus headed to Jerusalem in today’s passage, people were excited and they were curious about the kind of King and Kingdom He is to usher.
The idea that our identity is tied to our jobs is not a new one. In the past, people’s names were tied to their jobs like “Baker” or “Cook” or “Smith”.
In this study, we don’t want to think about ourselves from what we do. Through Colossians 3, we want to remind ourselves that the selves we bring to our jobs should be our new, resurrection selves. This is the new identity we have in Christ because of the gospel.
Our jobs play an important role in our lives. After all, our jobs and the work we do take up at least a third of our lives.
Thus, we need God to teach us how to work. Today, we want to ask ourselves about the work of Jesus, the carpenter and Saviour of the world.
Work that was once fruitful, is now in vain. Somewhere between our last study and this Psalm something went very very wrong. Work that was perfect, is now anxious. And we know this all too well ourselves — how did your day go? How has 2024 been treating you? Genesis 3 holds the answer to that and we will look at the nature of sin, its impact on work, and what hope we have for an otherwise hopeless situation.
This passage — Genesis 2 — might be a familiar passage, especially when we resolved to start Bible reading plans at the start of the year. But have we thought about what God’s word says about work? As we begin this study on work, it is important for us to understand how God designed work! Otherwise we will be shaped by other voices!
We will begin this series on work by thinking about the God who works. All our ideas about work come from the Bible but are grounded in God Himself as He is revealed in the Bible. The Old Testament speaks of God as a gardener and in the New Testament, Jesus is a carpenter. This is the God who works.
How would you describe grace? What sort of adjectives would you attach to grace?
Whatever it is, the goal of this study is to leave with 3 more adjectives, and to live in light of His grace.
When was the last time someone sent you an invitation? An invitation is a word of promise to get someone to do something. It is a request from someone for you to do something.
From Isaiah 55, we are to consider what it is that the Lord requires His people do and how He moves His people to do it. Therefore for us, we are to consider why we have come tonight. What does God want us to do?
This chapter comes after many chapters of God’s people meandering through life and even disobeying Him. Thus, it is important to read this passage in context, otherwise we will just think that it is uplifting. This transitions to show us grace and glory and is a picture of love that acts
To what kind of people is this passage addressed? How would you describe them and the way God speaks to them? How would you describe the way God speaks to them? Some of the sweetest verses in the book can be found in these two chapters (Isaiah 54-55), the tail end of the Book of Comfort.
What does Christianity mean for me today? What good is all of this Christianity for me today? Isaiah 53 tells us that it means everything for our yesterday, today and all of our tomorrows. There is no surer foundation for us to gather around at the start of a new year.
This Christmas season, have you had time to reflect on what we’re really celebrating? In this passage, we will how Isaiah also foretells and speaks of the message of Christmas — what the gospel is, who it is about and who it is for.
Today, if you feel like this world and what you’re feeling is full of loneliness, mourning and captivity, and you feel like this world is spiralling out of control and you’re weary, you are in good company. Isaiah has something to say to us of the story of the Bible, the Saviour of the Bible and the saved of the Bible.
We come to the end of the year and there are different things that get released online at this time of the year— Spotify wrapped summarises the songs and artists we’ve been listening to, the “Word of the Year” . The Merriam-Webster dictionary picked “authentic” as their word of the year. We live in a time when many are thinking of their authentic self and what it means to be human, especially when AI has been picking up steam. Perhaps as Christians too, we are left thinking about what really is authentic Christian joy, peace, comfort?
Isaiah 51 brings us words that help us differentiate and define what authentic Christian comfort is, especially in a world that peddles its version of comfort.
This is the first study in the season of Advent. The Latin word for Advent, “Adventus” means “coming”. Advent is the season where we as Christians prepare ourselves for Christmas, which celebrates the coming of the Servant, the Messiah King, the Promised Christ; and not only that but also in eager anticipation for Christ’s second coming.
When the promises seem faint and far away, how can we wait faithfully? Our text for today brings us to the third of the four Servant Songs, and offers us wisdom for this task.
The past year on both the international and local front is turbulent. We read of war and murders. We are in a period of economic uncertainties. The year can feel like there has been a lot of turmoil. It can be difficult to find joy and hope. Joy and hope is being spoken of around Christmas, but it can be hard.
Passages like the one we have in Isaiah 49, pull us out of our worries and tether our joy to something that can never be lost and can never die.
