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1Kings 19:19-21 – Revisiting Elijah and Elisha

Sermon from RN Evans on 1Kings 19:19-21 28/1/18 pm – Revisiting Elijah and Elisha Extract 19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. Main Points 1 The context of famine 2. Famine and the people of God 3. The word of the Lord Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 100 When all Thy mercies, O my God 123 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 7 Your mercy flows upon us like a river 728 Guide me O Thou great Jehovah

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James 1:22 – Unlocking the book of James

Sermon from RN Evans on James 1:22 21/1/18 pm – Unlocking the book of James Extract But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.   Main Points 1 The relationship between belief and behaviour 2. Why this relationship is important 3. What we need to turn belief into behaviour   Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 672 O Lord my God I stand and gaze in wonder 673 I waited for the Lord my God 604 Love divine all loves excelling 63 Now thank we all our God  

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1 Timothy 1:5 – Five needful things

Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Timothy 1:5 21/1/18 am – Five needful things Extract Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, Main Points 1  The purpose of the commandment 2. God has not given us 3. Consider the plank 4.  Encourage one another 5. A way to more happiness

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Matthew 13:31-33 – parables of mustard seed and leaven

Sermon from A Scully on Matthew 13:31-33 14/1/18 pm – parables of mustard seed and leaven Extract 31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” 33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” Main Points 1 The story 2. The context 3. The meaning

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2 Timothy 1:12 7/1/18 pm – Against that day

Sermon from RN Evans on 2 Timothy 1:12 7/1/18 pm – Against that day Extract 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. Main Points 1  What we have committed 2. What He will keep 3. Whom we believe