09 - Pleasing the Lord

Ephesians 5:3-20 - Tim Smylie
Don’t play with sin – it’s not for God’s people (vv3-7)
Commit to the light – we were saved to shine in the darkness (vv8-17)
Sing the truth – it celebrates God’s goodness (vv18-20)

07 - Loving Christ's Church

Ephesians 4:1-16 - Tim Smylie
Involves a commitment to:
Preserve the Church’s unity in Christ (vv1-6)
- by remembering what we share in Christ
Increase the Church’s maturity in Christ (vv7-16)
- by telling each other the truth about Christ

05 - You are a part of the greatest artist's greatest work

17th May 2020 - Tim Smylie
The Church of Jesus Christ is:-
The outcome of God's master-plan (vv1-7)
The greatest display of God's wisdom (vv8-13)

03 - You have a new life to live

Ephesians 2:1-10 - Tim Smylie
Saved from a living death (vv1-3)
Saved by God's grace (vv4-7)
Saved for good works (vv8-10)

01 - You are blessed

Ephesians 1:1-14 - Tim Smylie
Chosen -  (vv4-6)
Rescued - (vv7-8)
Enlightened - (vv9-10)
Heir - (vv11-14)
For God's Glory - (vv3, 6, 12, 14)

A Thief's Story - Luke 23:32-43

Good Friday Service - Luke 23:32-43 - Tim Smylie

26 - Our only hope

Jeremiah 52 - Tim Smylie
God takes everything away - (vv1-30)
The King - (vv1-11)
The City - (vv12-16)
The worship - (vv17-23)
The leaders - (vv24-30)
God raises up the King - (vv31-34)

25 - A Tale of Two Cities

Jeremiah 51:34-64 - Tim Smylie
Babylon's two feasts - (v34-44)
Feasting on God's people - (v34-35)
Feasting on God's wrath - (v36-44)
Choose your city - (v45-64)

06 - How do you feel - making sense of our emotions - Part 6 - Fear and Anxiety

- Tim Smylie
What is fear?
What's good and bad about fear and anxiety?
Engaging our fears and anxieties
Identify them
How are you dealing with them?
A wise strategy
Go to your Father
Take simple physical steps
Face your fear
Give
A passage to live with (Luke 12:22-34)

24 - Lord of the nations

Jeremiah 50 - Tim Smylie
The Only Real Superpower - (vv1-20)
The Enemy of the Arrogant - (vv21-32)
The Strong Redeemer - (vv33-46)

23 - When God doesn't say what we want him to say

Jeremiah 42 & 43 - Tim Smylie
Seeking God's will? (42:1-6)
God's challenging Word (42:7-18)
The "scary" choice will lead to safety (42:7-12)
The "safe" choice will lead to disaster (42:13-18)
Disobedience is never progress! (42:19-43:13)

22 - What's wrong with this picture?

Jeremiah 40:7-41:18 - Tim Smylie
Hope among the ruins (40:7-12)
Sabotage (40:13-41:9)
Success....and fear (41:10-18)
What's missing?

21 - In the ruins

Jeremiah 39:1-40:6 - Tim Smylie
Judgement day arrives (39:1-18)
Darkness for some....(vv4-7)
 ....freedom for others (vv8-18)
There's still work to do (40:1-6)

05 - how do you feel? Making sense of our emotions - Part 5 - Anger

- Tim Smylie
What is anger? - "I'm against that"
What's good about God's anger? - it flows from love
What's the problem with my anger (and yours)? -"My kingdom come, my will be done"
Getting anger right
Own it!
Examine it
Slow down
Respond constructively, with:-
Patience
Forgiveness
Charity
And sometimes - constructive conflict

20 - In the mud

Jeremiah 37-38 - Tim Smylie
The mud that comes with faithfulness - (37:1-38:13)
Persecuted as a traitor .... (37:1-38:6)
....but delivered from death (38:7-13)
The mud that comes with faithlessness (38:14-28)
All that you dread comes true

19 - The living and enduring word of God

Jeremiah 36 - Tim Smylie
Written for our salvation - (vv1-3)
Uncontainable - (vv4-21)
Produces a response - (vv22-26)
Indestructible - (vv27-32)

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)