Bishop Hannington: Recent Episodes
Bishop Hannington
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Remember the Context
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Remember you're a Servant
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Remember the Dangers
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Remember you're an Example
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Don't be surprised (v12)
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Rejoice (v13)
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Don't be ashamed (v14-16)
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Remember God's at work (v17-18)
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Commit yourself to God (v19)
- Check your Memory (vs 1-2)
- Check your Calendar (vs 5-7)
- Check your Heart (vs 8-9)
- Check your Attitude (vs 10-11)
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The Son of Abraham - God's Blesser
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The Son of David - God's Ruler
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The Messiah - God's Rescuer
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The word that can change us (V22-25)
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The word that call us to love (V22)
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The word that can grow us (1-3)
a) The call to Do (vs13-14) b) The call to Be (vs15) c) The call to Live (vs17-22) d) The call to Love (vs22-25)
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Setting the Scene (v21)
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A difficult situation - a cry for help (v22)
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Some helpful principles for Christian living
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The human response at the heart of the passage (v28)
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What is the passage asking us?
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The Absolute Necessity of Prayer
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The Foolishness of a Life Without Prayer
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The Terrible Cost of Prayer
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The Immense Privilege of Prayer
1) Free from the Law
a) Free from Religion
b) No Going Back
c) Eager Waiting
d) Faith Counts
2) Free from the Legalists
a) A little Heresy goes a long way
b) …and gets Personal
c) So no Compromise
d) …and Choose Jesus
- Complete Resurrection
a) Authentic Resurrection i. Unexpected ii. Eyewitness Accounts iii. Unexpected Appearance
b) Complete Resurrection
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Now What?
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Feed
Prayers from the Bible: Confession - Getting right with God. Transformation - Praying to be more like Jesus Boldness - Prayer for change in the world
- Lord Teach us to Pray
- Praise the Lord - Getting the perspective right
- What does forgiveness look like?
- Despicable me
- God's Name
- Pray it would be Hallowed
- And that means.. Worship -By me -By us 4.And Witness -Where we are -Everywhere in the World
Prayer Essentials: Who do we pray to? What is prayer? Where can we pray? When can we pray? Why do we pray? How can we pray?
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Law or Promise?
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Both!
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But the Promise came first (and still stands)
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So why the Law?
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It Defines our sin
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It Exposes our sin
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It Restrains our sin
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It Reveals our Helplessness in the face of sin
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Therefore...
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You're a sinner
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You need a Saviour
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And you've got one. He's called Jesus
1) And be thankful -it's just appropriate for Christians 2) Thankful to God and Encouraging one another to be Thankful 3) Thankful for Christians 4) Thankful Together 5) Committed to Thanksgiving 6) Singing our Thanksgiving 7) Thankful for Communion 8) A Life of Thanksgiving 9) An Eternity of Thanksgiving
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Christians are loved children of God
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Because Christians are loved children of God, so we pray!
What's the problem? 1. Outward Symptoms 2. Inner Disease
How do we fix it? 1. Dead to Sin 2. Alive to Christ
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Remembers the Gospel is Fundamental
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Respects our Different Backgrounds
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Recognises our Different Callings
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Resolves to Care for the Poor
- Not Your King
a. Cling to Power b. Paranoid c. Self-pitying d. Violent e. Evil
- Now your King
a. From the Margins b. At Peace c. Suffers d. Protects
1) The pains of childbirth
2) God's Message v11-12
a) Paul's Gospel is not human
b) Paul's Gospel is Divine
3) God's Messenger v13-23
a) Paul's Old Life
b) Paul's New Life
4) To God be the Glory v24