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Tim Smylie
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Isaiah 55 - Tim Smylie
Come to me and be satisfied – you can’t afford it, but Jesus has paid the bill (vv1-5)
Come with total commitment – to receive my gift you must leave everything else behind (vv6-9)
Come and find your greatest joy in glorifying me (vv10-13)

Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Isaiah 54 - Tim Smylie
Because of the Servant’s work, God’s people are:
Beyond barrenness (vv1-3)
Beyond abandonment (vv4-10)
Beyond defeat (vv11-17)

Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Colossians 2:8-15 - Tim Smylie
True freedom is only found in Jesus Christ (vv8-10)
He frees us from our present slavery to sin and our past record of sin (vv11-15)

Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Sunday Mar 16, 2025
Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12 - Tim Smylie
Successful through suffering (52:13-15)
Despised and rejected (53:1-3)
Pierced for our transgressions (53:4-6)
The willing Lamb (53:7-9)
Successful, exalted, and interceding (53:10-12)

Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Isaiah 51:9 - 52:12 - Tim Smylie
Wake up:
To the truth that:
God is committed to us (51:9-16)
God has removed his condemnation from us (51:17-23)
God has a new life for us to live (52:1-12)
a life of royal status, praise, and purpose

Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Isaiah 50:1 - 52:8 - Tim Smylie
The Servant is the model for every disciple (50:4-9)
- he listens to, obeys, and trusts the LORD
The Servant is also the master of every disciple (50:10-11)
Like the Servant, disciples look beyond temporary troubles to eternal blessings (51:1-8)

Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Isaiah 49:1-50:3 - Tim Smylie
The Servant’s reward is a people gathered from the ends of the earth (49:1-13)
Our greatest honour is to be part of the Servant’s reward (49:14-50:3)

Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Isaiah 48 - Tim Smylie
The LORD is not defeated by human hypocrisy and stubbornness (vv1-11)
The LORD’s blessing comes to those who trust and obey him (vv12-22)

Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Isaiah 46-47 - Tim Smylie
Carrying your idols vs being carried by the LORD (Chp 46)
A miserable end vs final splendour (Chp 47)

Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Isaiah 44:24 - 45:25 - Tim Smylie
God’s methods will often be mysterious to us (44:24-45:8)
We could not improve on God’s methods! (45:9-14)
Focus instead on the purposes God has made clear (45:15-25)

Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Isaiah43:22-44:23 - Tim Smylie
Weary of worship? (43:22-24a)
The antidote to worship-weariness – remembering the worth of the LORD (43:24b-44:23)
New beginnings and true refreshment come from the LORD alone (43:24b-44:8)
When we turn from the LORD we’re just feeding on ashes (44:9-23)

Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Isaiah 42:18-43:21 - Tim Smylie
A hard truth: You have not served me faithfully (42:18-25)
The truth that matters most: You are my precious people (43:1-7)
The unchanged mission: You are my witnesses (43:8-13)
A new deliverance: I am making a way (43:14-21)

Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Philippians 2:5-11 - Tim Smylie
The Sovereign Servant
The Sovereign One who humbled himself to serve (vv6-8)
The Servant who was raised to reign (vv9-11)

Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Isaiah 41:21-42:17 - Tim Smylie
Who’s in charge of history? (41:21-29)
The one who rescues history (42:1-9)
Worship the God of history (42:10-17)

Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Isaiah 41:1-20 - Tim Smylie
You cannot find strength without me (vv1-7)
You will find strength in me (vv8-20)
I have chosen you (vv8-10)
I will make you unstoppable (vv11-16)
I will refresh you (vv17-20)

Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Isaiah 40:12 - 31 - Tim Smylie
Behold your God (vv12-26)
The perfectly capable Creator (vv12-14)
The unchallenged Sovereign (vv15-20)
The fully attentive Ruler (vv21-26)
Rely on your God (vv27-31)

Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Romans 6:3-5 - Tim Smylie
Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.” (Romans 6:3-5)

Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Isaiah 40:1-11 - Tim Smylie
Sin, failure and darkness are not the end (vv1-2)
The King is coming (vv3-5)
Unlike us, God is always reliable (vv6-8)
The King is mighty and gentle (vv9-11)

Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Isaiah 38-39 - Tim Smylie
A fresh opportunity for a wholly-devoted heart (Ch 38)
Abrupt evidence of a fickle, selfish heart (Ch 39)

Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Psalm 34 - Tim Smylie
Look backwards with thanksgiving (vv1-7)
Look forwards with wisdom (vv8-22)
Do good (vv9-14)
Depend on the LORD’s care (vv15-18)
Hold on to the Gospel (vv19-22)

Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Isaiah 37:8-38 - Tim Smylie
The real contest: the enemy versus the LORD Almighty (vv8-20)
The way the LORD’s victory is won: in response to his people’s prayers the LORD fulfils his eternal purposes and shows our enemies in their true light (vv21-38)

Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Isaiah 36:1-37:7 - Tim Smylie
The enemy’s invitation: “Surrender!” (36:1-20)
“I’m unstoppable – trust me” (36:1-10)
“I have good things to give – trust me” (36:11-20)
Respond to the enemy’s invitation by seeking the LORD (36:21-37:7)

Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Isaiah 34-35 - Tim Smylie
Retribution: an inheritance of chaos and desolation (chp 34)
for those who choose defiance as their way of life
Redemption: an inheritance of gladness and joy (chp 35)
for those who choose holiness as their way of life

Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Isaiah 33 - Tim Smylie
Seeing the power of the king (vv1-16)
Seeing the beauty of the king (vv17-24)

Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Isaiah 32 - Tim Smylie
The reign of the King – a kingdom of security, care, clarity, and character (vv1-8)
Wake up from complacency – false security will collapse (vv9-14)
The transforming Spirit brings the life of the kingdom (vv15-20)

Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Isaiah 30-31 - Tim Smylie
Going back to Egypt – the attractive option that’s always a big let-down (30:1-17)
“The LORD longs to be gracious to you” – rely on the one who will walk with you and guide you (30:18-31:9)

Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Isaiah 29 - Tim Smylie
Blind, drunk, and asleep – experiencing God’s discipline and mercy but missing the meaning (vv1-13)
Standing in awe – transformed by the work of God (vv14-24)

Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Philippians 3:12-21 - Tim Smylie
Press on! (vv12-14)
Be careful about what is influencing you (vv15-19)
Remember where you belong (vv20-21)

Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Isaiah 28 - Tim Smylie
Self-confident scoffers miss the rest God provides (vv1-20)
Religious scoffers (vv1-13)
Political scoffers (vv14-20)
Even God’s strange work and alien task serves his wonderful plan (vv21-29)

Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Isaiah 27 - Tim Smylie
The Lord is worthy of our worship, because he is:
The serpent-slayer – he destroys the devil and his work (v1)
The vineyard-keeper – he preserves his people and makes them fruitful (vv2-6)
The sin-remover – he atones for his people’s sin (vv7-11)
The harvest-gatherer – he assembles his people to worship (vv12-13)