18 - A lesson in faithfulness

Jeremiah 35- Tim Smylie
A tempting invitation - (vv1-5)
A stubborn faithfulness - (vv6-11)
The challenge - commitment to the Father's Word - (vv12-17)
A surprising outcome - honoured by God! - (vv18-19)

17 - Living by faith

Jeremiah 32 - Tim Smylie
True faith invests in what God has promised - (vv1-15).
Faith investments often look ridiculous - (vv16-25)
God's Word builds our faith - (vv26-44)
It confirms God's power - (vv26-27)
It explains the world we see - (vv28-35)
It shows the heart of God - (vv36-44)

16 - A new covenant

Jeremiah 31:27-40 - Tim Smylie
A clear personal responsibility - (vv27-30)
A new relationship with God - (vv31-40)
A people:
Transformed from the inside out - (vv33-34a)
Transformed by God's forgiveness -(v34b)
Secure and clean forever - (vv35-40)

15 - The Father's love

Jeremiah 31:2-26 - Tim Smylie
The Father's love:
 Gathers, unites and blesses his people - (v2-14)
Is strong enough to deal with our deepest pain and shame - (vv15-26)

Gabriel's Story

Tim Smylie

Son of David, Son of God

Luke 1:26-56 - Tim Smylie
1. The work of a faithful God - (vv26-37)2. Our response: faith in this faithful God - (vv38-56)

14 - God's peace plan

Jeremiah 30:1 - 31:1 - Tim Smylie
Only God can provide salvation (30:1-7)
God sets us free to serve him (30:8-11)
God heals our unhealable wound (30:12-17a)
God restores our dignity through one of our own (30:17b-22)
True peace comes on the other side of wrath (30:23-31:1)

04 How do you feel? - Making sense of our emotions - Part 4

Engaging our emotions - part 2 - Tim Smylie
 
This is a long term project!
 
Plan to cultivate your emotional garden
Grow:
Love for God, our neighbour, and what is good
Hope in God, and our eternal destiny
Hatred of evil
Allow:
Grief
Guilt
Jealousy
Eliminate:
Destructive anger
Fear and worry about the future
Disciplines to get us there
Wise up to the little things - sleep, diet, and exercise.
Learn to look upwards - using prayer, Scripture, and song.
Commit to look outwards

13 - How to live in exile

Jeremiah 29:1-23 - Tim Smylie
Wherever God has put you, work and pray for good in that situation - (vv1-9)
Seek the God who will work all things for his people's good - (vv10-14)
Don't be distracted by promises of a quick fix - (vv15-23)

12 - How do you tell a true prophet from a false one?

Jeremiah 23:9-40  Tim Smylie
Do they agree  with God about:
His holiness - sin is serious (vv9-15)
His wrath - peace is not guaranteed (vv16-22)
His power - he is inescapable and his Word is effective (vv23-32)
His goodness - the truth is not burdensome (vv33-40)

11 - The King

Jeremiah 21v1-23v8 - Tim Smylie
The LORD is King of kings (21:1-14)
The purpose of kings (22:1-9)
To do what is just and right
The trouble with kings (22:10-19)
The end of kings? (22:20-30)
The Saviour King (23:1-8)

03 - How do you feel - making sense of our emotions - Part 3

Tim Smylie
Engaging our emotions - part 1
Take the challenge seriously
Listen to your emotions
Evaluate your emotions
What do they tell me about what I love?
What do they tell me about what I believe?
"Emotions reflect what we believe and reveal our assumptions about how the world works" (Matthew Elliot)
What does the bible say?
Don't be bullied by your emotions
"I need this"
"This is all or nothing
"I need to act right now"
 

10 - A broken jar, and a broken man

Jeremiah 19-20  - Tim Smylie
A message of just and unavoidable judgment - (19:1-15)
A messenger who goes down to the depths of suffering - (20:1-18)

09 - The Potter

Jeremiah 18 - Tim Smylie
Clay in the potter's hands (vv1-10)
God is sovereign- he is completely in control - (vv5-6)
 Our response matters - God is not a tyrant - (vv7-10)
Responding to the potter's touch - (vv11-23)
Means responding to: His message - (vv11-17)
......and his messenger - (vv18-23)

08 - The Healer of hearts

Jeremiah 17:1-18 - Tim Smylie
Sin is deeply set in the human heart - (vv1-4)
Hearts are deceitful - (vv5-9)
The LORD knows and heals hearts - (vv10-18)

02 - How do you feel - making sense of our emotions - Part 2

Tim Smylie
Emotions are:
Good
Complicated 
Powerful
Not the only thing
Mirrors of the heart

07 - When pain gets personal

Jeremiah 11:18 - 12:17 - Tim Smylie
God's messenger feels the pain of betrayal and questions God's justice - (11:18 - 12:17)
The God of justice reveals the depths of his pain, and the long reach of his love - (12:5-17)

06 - Worthwhile wisdom

Jeremiah 9:12-10:16 - Tim Smylie
Understands the folly of forsaking God's Word - (9:12-22)
Understands the value of knowing God - (9:23-10:16)
He is the only one to fear - (10:1-7)
He is the uncreated creator and ruler of all - (10:8-13)
He is the only true and lasting treasure - (10:14-16)

05 - Worthless worship

Jeremiah 7-8:3 - Tim Smylie
Confidence in salvation without a commitment to obedience - (7:1-15)
Living life without listening to God - (7:16-31)
Worthless worship leads to death - (7:32-8:3)

04 - Visions of judgment and the anguish of love

Jeremiah 4:5-31 -  Tim Smylie
Deserved disaster (vv5-18)
Divine distress (vv19-22)
Pathetic defiance (vv23-31)

03 - Return to me

15th September 2019 - Tim Smylie
1. Unfaithfulness is unforgivable - (3:1-11)2. God offers outrageous mercy - (3:12-18)3.We return through true repentance - (3:19-4:4)

01 - How do you feel - Making sense of our emotions - Part 1

Emotions are good
Our emotions are derived from God's emotions
Jesus felt: Joy, Love, Compassion, Frustration, Anger, Distress
Emotions are complicatedThey're like a paint mixer that never shuts off
They're connected to our bodies
They're disordered by sin
 

02 - A love story

Jeremiah 2 - Tim Smylie
First love - (vv1-3)
Forsaking first love - (vv4-8)
Bitter rewards - (vv9-37)
Slavery - (vv14-19)
Foolishness - (vv20-28)
Stubborn unbelief - (vv29-37)

01 - You're ready

Jeremiah 1 - Tim Smylie
A message for then, and now - (vv1-3)
God prepares his messenger - (vv4-5)
God provides a powerful message - (vv6-10)
God makes promises to his messenger - (vv11-19) 
God will do what he said - (vv11-12)
Judgement is coming - (vv13-16)
Stand up and you'll stand firm - (vv17-19)
 

28 - Three ways to invest in eternity

1 Corinthians 16 - Tim Smylie
Invest your money in God's kingdom - (vv1-4)
Invest your time in God's kingdom - (vv5-9)
Do everything in love - (vv10-24)

27 - Resurrection day

1 Corinthians 15:50-58 - Tim Smylie
The day we inherit an eternal kingdom - (v50-53)
The day death and its allies will die - (v54-57)
The day that makes today worthwhile - (v58)

06 - Spiritual Warfare

Tim Smylie
The situation
The war is won
The war isn't over
The devil's schemes
Direct attack
Deceit and seduction
Accusation and discouragement
Using the opportunities we give him
Taking our stand against the devil's schemes
Recognise we are at war
Remember the war is won
Persevere in the Christian life

26 - Living for resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:29-49 - Tim Smylie
Resurrection hope makes all the difference now - (vv29-34)
We can imagine and anticipate resurrection - (vv35-49)
Our God is the greatest artist of life - (vv36-44)
We already have a resurrected forerunner - (vv45-49)

25 - Why Christ's Resurrection matters

1 Corinthians 15:12-28 - Tim Smylie
If Christ was not raised: sin and death have won - (vv12-19)
Because Christ was raised: his reign has begun - (vv20-28)
A reign that:
Guarantees our resurrection - (vv20-23)
Will restore all of creation - (vv24-28)

24 - The Main Thing

- Tim Smylie
It's good news:
By which we are saved (vv1-2)
Of what God has done in Christ (vv3-7)
Christ died for our sins - according to the scriptures
He was raised on the third day - according to the scriptures
That brings God's grace into our personal experience (vv8-11)