“Home is where the Heart is.”

“HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS,” says the most beautiful New Zealand Childcare Association advertisement.

It says also: “At NZCA we understand that many of our students want to study for a degree close to home and stay working in their own communities.” That’s why “The Bachelor of Teaching (ECE) is offered in 14 nationwide teaching bases, from Kaitaia to Dunedin,…”

“Home is where the heart is.”

MY heart is in heaven. Heaven is my home! Hallelujah!

Heaven has not always been my home. I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ when I was eighteen years of age.

Since then :

I have heavenly citizenship. Philippians 3:20

I possess eternal Life. John 10:28

My name is recorded in heaven. Luke 10:20

I am seated with Christ in the heavenlies. Ephesians 2:6

I have a mansion in glory. John 14:2

And much more…..!

Sermon Outline OT (NIV)

“For I resolved to know

nothing while

I was with you

except Jesus Christ

and him

crucified.”

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“‘I issue a decree that in every part of  my kingdom

Daniel 6:26-27

Intr.:

people must

–fear and

–reference

the God of  Daniel.

For

1.  he is the living  God and

2. he endures forever;

3.  his kingdom will not be destroyed,

4.  his dominion will never end.

5.  He rescues and

6.  he saves;

7. he performs

a. signs and

b. wonders in the heaven and on the earth.

End:

He has rescued Daniel from the  power of the lions.'”

“Your Steps to Success!”

NORTH TEC:

“YOUR STEPS TO SUCCESS!”

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THE BIBLE:

YOUR STEPS TO SUCCESS!

Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you;

so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.

I.  do not turn from it

1.  to the right or

2.  to the left,

II.  Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth;

III.  meditate on it

1. day and

2. night,

that you may be successful wherever you go.

Then you will be prosperous and successful. – Joshua 1:7-9

“…., it’s sometimes very bad.”

“I don’t appreciate neat, tidy and superficial references to suffering that seem to say,

‘Cheer up’, and

‘God will protect his children from suffering’, and

‘It’s not so bad if you’re a Christian.’

Actually,  it’s sometimes very bad.” – Randy Alcorn (Why, God?, Foreword)

“Consider Jesus…..”

“Consider Jesus. Know Jesus. Learn what kind of person it is you say you trust and love and worship. Soak in the shadow of Jesus. Saturate your soul with the ways of Jesus. Watch Him. Listen to Him…. Let Him overwhelm you with the way He is.” – John Piper

“Ready to chat housing?”

“READY TO CHAT HOUSING?”

My answer:

No, I am not ready to chat housing.
But  I am always ready to chat HOPE!

I did that not long ago at New Lynn Mall in Auckland, on my way from New Lynn Mall to Nikau Street in Auckland, and today here in Kaitaia in  a restaurant. My pulpit is the world.

Do you want to know why I am always ready to tell people about the HOPE I have?

Here is the answer:

“AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU ABOUT YOUR CHRISTIAN HOPE, ALWAYS BE READY TO EXPLAIN IT.” – First Peter 3:15

Read about our “Resurrection Hope” in the Bible, the Word of the Living God (First Corinthians 15:17,18).

Christ has risen:

1. Our faith is not futile.

2. We are no longer in our sins.

3. Those who have fallen asleep in Christ are also not lost.