PCEA

Lord’s day 13 May 2012

Morning service.

John 6.22-59; 1 Corinthians 11.23-26

We observed the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper at the morning service.

1. The Bread.

a. Daily Bread.

b. Bread of God.

c. Bread of Life.

d. Living Bread.

e. Broken Bread.

2. The Wine.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 14.1-52

1. Imaginative faith.
2. Faithfulness not fulfilment.
3. The assessment that matters.

Lord’s day 6 May 2012

Morning service.

1 Corinthians 11.27-34

1. What is a sacrament?
2. The abuse that is possible.
3. The remedy that is commanded.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 13.1-23

1. Disturbing news.
2. ‘To obey is better than sacrifice’.
3. Hope for the hopeless.

Lord’s day 15 April 2012

Morning service.

John 10.40-42

1. A place without distractions.
2. An opportunity for many to hear.
3. A memory of witness to Jesus.
4. A time of blessing.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 12.1-25

1. The charge we need to face.
2. The fear we need to evidence.
3. The grace we need to experience.
4. The greater-than-Samuel we need to rely on.

Lord’s day 8 April 2012

Morning service.

Luke 24.13-35

1. Sad faces and broken dreams.
2. The facts of the gospel known.
3. Slow of heart to believe.
4. The life in and with God never lost.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 11.1-15

1. The arrogance of a hostile world.
2. The crucial difference the Spirit makes.
3. The necessary renewal of allegiance and submission.

Lord’s day 1 April 2012

Morning service.

John 10.35

1. Recent attitudes towards the Bible.
2. Past attitudes towards the Bible.
3. Jesus’ attitude to the Bible.
4. Our attitude to the Bible.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 10.17-27

1. God’s relentless word.
2. God’s clear choice.
3. God’s dependent people.
4. God’s necessary law.
5. God’s king suffers rejection.

Lord’s day 25 March 2012

Morning service.

John 10.30-39

1. The claim Jesus made.
2. The evidence for the claim.
3. Our response to Jesus’ claim.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 10.1-16

1. Signs for assurance.
2. Evidence of equipping.
3. Everybody does not need to be told everything.

Lord’s day 18 March 2012

Morning service.

John 10.28-29

1. Secure in God’s hands.
2. The God who keeps us safe.
3. A motive to sin?

Evening service.

1 Samuel 9.1-10.1

1. Saul’s ordinary day.
2. The outworking of God’s providence.

Lord’s day 11 March 2012

Morning service.

John 10.27-29

1. The state of those who are lost.
2. The grace of God made clear.
3. The call of God given effect.
4. The life in and with God never lost.

Evening service.

1 Samuel 8.1-22

1. Our passion for substitutes revealed.
2. Our aversion to holiness revealed.
3. Our immunity to wisdom revealed.

Lord’s day 4 March 2012

Morning service.

John 10.22-26

1. The complaint.
2. Christ’s answer.
3. Do we follow?

Evening service.

1 Samuel 7.2-17

1. The preparation for God’s mercy.
2. The Experience of God’s Mercy.
3. The Memory of God’s Mercy.

Lord’s day 26 February 2012

Morning service.

Mark 14.32-16.8

We observed the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper at the morning service.

1. Remember, and think on, the death and sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Think upon the bitterness and variety of Christ’s sufferings.
3. Marvel at his willingness to suffer for his people.
4. Reflect on the blessed effects and benefits of Christ’s sufferings.
5. Meditate on the love which motivated him to choose this way of suffering.
6. Give due weight to the evil of sin which necessitated his sufferings.
7. Think on the holiness and justice of God displayed against sin.
8. Consider that this supper, is a foretaste of the marriage-supper of the Lamb.

Evening service.

Acts 18.1-22

1. Corinth—a challenging context for ministry.
2. Discouraging circumstances.
3. Encouragement from God for God’s servant.