Month: September 2017

Simple September – Soup

Click here for the Podcast for this message  Wisdom . .  . has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. PROVERBS 9: 1-2 “When you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed because they cannot repay you.” LUKE 14:13-14 The distinctive quality of Christian hospitality is that it offers a generous welcome to the “least,” without concern for advantage vantage or benefit to the host. Discuss : Do we only invite people over when we have something to gain? What does it look like not to do this? The best place to tell a story is at a table – Len Sweet  Discuss : Do…

Simple September – Stuff (Alias Talk like a pirate day)

  [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://api2.goodtv.co/podcast/586116″]   Try this: pirate whispers with 3 verses Heb 13:5, Prov 21:6,Matthew 6:19. Try it in your small group. (Get someone to look up the verse, get them to whisper it to another person and so on, until it reaches the end, then get the last person to say it aloud). 15 “You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15 (NIV) Discuss: Did you ever steal as a kid ? Would you shoplift a DVD ? Have you ever ? Ripped Cd’s onto MP3 Used photo’s used without permission Run file sharing software Watched pirated DVD’s, downloaded, or streamed a movie that you didn’t pay for ? Downloaded your favourite TV program Taped your favourite LP onto a cassette…

Simple September : Still (notes)

When I worked with Drug addicts, many of their first encounters with Jesus were when they were in pain and cryed out asking for relief. For Many of us our faith began with petitionary prayer. Asking for stuff. This is a legitimate form of prayer. Many psalms do this. Discuss : Can you remember your first prayers ? What were they about ? God is not only defined by what we want and ask for. Just as a baby begins with crying as a request for something, we grow to have relationships that are not solely about asking and getting. Discuss: Have you ever had a relationship that seemed to solely be about you giving to someone else ? What…

Simple September : Stop

When the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt, we know that their bosses were oppressive (read Exodus 1:1,14,). The situation seemed to keep getting worse (Exodus 5:7-8) and this concerned God (Exodus 3:7). Every labour weekend we celebrate the 40 hour week, and weekends off.  Discuss : Are people still working 40 hour weeks and taking the weekend off.  In the Jetson’s cartoon series, George Jetson works 2 days a week for 1 hour. Has technology had this effect on us ?   When God was forming the nation of Israel and giving them guidelines for not living like a slave. He said.  8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all…