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Graeme — Sat, 08 May 2010 13:19:36 +0000

The day after I read “WALL-E’s wonderings” (see LCC homepage) I listened to a message titled “I’m all alone” by Erwin McManus who leads a church called Mosaic in LA. Erwin expounds on what Wally had on his heart this week. I’ve made the message available below for easy download. Could it be that the “wondering” Wally had on his heart is the voice of the Spirit to us as a church, just as He spoke to the church in Revelations? Keep “wondering” Wally!

Treasure from an earthly father – Peet Wallace

Graeme — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:47:13 +0000

As a father of two young daughters I found this message hugely helpful and inspiring. It has taken my praying and communication with my girls to a new level!! In his dynamic style, Peet shared with us on Sunday evening the one scripture he would give his sons and why if they had to leave home and go overseas for a long time.

Peet said he would want his boys to remember or learn:

wherever they are, they have access to the heavenly Father
no matter what sin they commit, they can always find forgiveness with the Father
know their position in Christ
know what takes place in heaven when God thinks about them

Although I titled this blog “Treasure from an earthly father”, this message is full of treasure from our heavenly Father to you as His highly prized child. Enjoy!

Our Call To Duty – Peet Wallace

Graeme — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:42:55 +0000

We had a great weekend of input from Peet & Jenny Wallace from “Church Of The Good Shepard” in Durban. Peet’s Sunday morning message was a timely reminder of “Our Call To Duty” as Christians.

Our call to duty

helps us in our journey towards humility
tempers our expectation for immediate rewards, and
leaves room for God to promote us

As you listen to this message, allow the Holy Spirit to calibrate your heart.

“Stamp my eyeballs with eternity”

gabe — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:04 +0000

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans and today “is widely acknowledged to be America’s most important and original philosophical theologian,” and one of America’s greatest intellectuals. In 1741, during a period of time now commonly refered to as the Great Awakening, he famously preached a sermon entitled “Sinners in the hands of an angry God“.

Most of this sermon’s text consists of ten “considerations”, which Edwards acquires from the Word of God. They are as follows:

God may cast wicked men into hell at any given moment.
The Wicked deserve to be cast into hell. Divine justice does not prevent God destroying the Wicked at any moment.
The Wicked, at this moment, suffer under God’s condemnation to Hell.
The Wicked, on earth – at this very moment – suffer the torments of Hell. The Wicked must not think, simply because they are not physically in Hell, God (in whose Hand the Wicked now reside) is – at this very moment – as angry with them as He is with those miserable creatures He is now tormenting in hell, and who – at this very moment – do feel and bear the fierceness of His wrath.
At any moment God shall permit him, Satan stands ready to fall upon the Wicked and seize them as his own
If it were not for God’s restraints, there are, in the souls of wicked men, hellish principles reigning which, presently, would kindle and flame out into hellfire,
Simply because there are not visible means of death before them, at any given moment, the Wicked should not, therefore, feel secure.
Simply because it is natural to care for oneself or to think that others may care for them, men should not think themselves safe from God’s wrath.
All that wicked men may do to save themselves from Hell’s pains afford them nothing if they continue to reject Christ.
God has never promised to save us from Hell, except for those contained in Christ through the covenant of Grace

Pretty intense stuff hey? In this “seeker sensitive” culture that we are now living in, I would highly doubt that Jonathan Edwards (if he was alive today) would be a greatly sought after guest speaker! But what has gripped my heart (and what should take hold of all our hearts) is the reality of the eternal realm. Jonathan Edwards once prayed, “Lord stamp my eyeballs with eternity”, and that has now become an oft repeated prayer on my lips!

Charles Spurgeon, another famous theologian from centuries gone by once said,

“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for”

Oh God, make this ring true in our hearts and lives!

Walkthrough Ephesians (Part 2)

Graeme — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:14:43 +0000

This letter is coming alive to me! On Sunday we explored the “9 Blessings we have received in Christ Jesus.”

Love Actually…

gabe — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:52:31 +0000

As Valentine’s day approaches once again, my heart seems to be getting really full with how smitten I am with the one I call Lover…and how head over heels in love this Lover is with me! Maybe it has something to do with the fact that this will be my 22nd year without a significant other during this period (I have had one girlfriend in my life…a glorious three week stint in the November of 2005…remind me to tell you about it sometime) but I am more and more being captivated with The Real Deal. The type of love that can be found nowhere else and that can’t be fully explained and that has to be experienced. Read the account of Hosea in the bible…then read the book “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers (www.christianbook.com) …just something thats helped me deeper into this love adventure.

“The God of the universe would rather die than live without me…so he did”

It’s late so I’ll keep this short.

God passionately LOVES me!

And you!

Simple…

But the greatest sentence I have ever known!

Walkthrough Ephesians (Part 1)

Graeme — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:37:04 +0000

Sunday was the start of our “Walkthrough Ephesians” series. Wally and Shirley recently visited Ephesus and described their visit as a “moving experience”. I have no doubt that God will be moving us to new levels in Him as we walk through the amazing book of Ephesians. See you on Sunday for part 2!

Wally & Shirley in Ephesus