We pray today for………..
Posted by Bessie on October 31st, 2006Home churches at Springwood in the Blue Mountains, Quirindi and Port Macquarie (NSW)
Archive for October, 2006
Mercy and not sacrifice…..
Posted by Bessie on October 31st, 2006“For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea 6:6
It can be all too easy for us to lapse into forms of ‘religion’ and forget our calling to be ‘as Jesus’ towards a hurting world. Our ‘upward’ focus on the Lord has to be balanced by the ‘outward’ […]
Today we pray for………..
Posted by Bessie on October 30th, 2006Home church in Nowra and Street Level Community (both NSW).
Missional home church
Posted by Bessie on October 30th, 2006Home church can be ‘us four and no more’, or ‘batten down the hatches’ against the world, and for some, against traditional church. If our motivation is retreat, then the Kingdom will not be advanced. I received this from the House2House newsletter (house2house.tv)
“Growth is not automatic, generally speaking, for small groups. This is underlined by some […]
Queensland Regional Team on the web page
Posted by Bessie on October 27th, 2006If you click onto Queensland on the front page of our web page, you will see photos and paras about our Regional Team members there.
Being sent to me……………
Posted by Bessie on October 26th, 2006I have been sent this a couple of times in the last few hours -
From Marji “Mike” Kruger
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another (NIV) Hebrews 10:25aI myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in […]
Home Church family needs assistance
Posted by Bessie on October 26th, 2006Dear House Church Believers - fellow - members of the house of Faith. My name is Betty Ross and I live in Wellington NSW. The only other house church people in the vicinity are quite some distance away from our small country town.
I am married to Geoff, who has been unwell for some decades, and […]
‘Where is our hope?’ by Bruce Kerr
Posted by Bessie on October 26th, 2006
The Bible talks a lot about Hope, but we tend to use the word in a different way than the scriptures did.
To us hope is ”Well I hope I have a better day than yesterday.” Or “ I hope I win lotto this week.”
That definition means, it may or may not happen, but it would […]
Peter Roennfeldt in Tasmania
Posted by Bessie on October 26th, 2006Our gatherings with Peter Roennfeldt were wonderful. In Launceston I counted around 45 people participating–they sort of came out of nowhere! I got to meet quite a few people who are interested in nurturing the kingdom in small groups and homes, and I think they were pleasantly encouraged by Peter’s presentation. Our meeting in Hobart […]
“Don’t get stuck with a stick” - Stuart Gramenz
Posted by Bessie on October 26th, 2006Home churches, especially those made up of folk who have left traditional church, often ‘reinvent the wheel’ in the way they do things. Putting on ’services’, the hymn sandwich approach, having to ‘do’ certain things to feel they are valid as church, and so on. For groups reaching out missionally, those from traditional […]