Holy Communion - The Lord's Supper

The majority of churches in NZ have less than 100 people.  While the big churches are naturally the most well-known, there are some strong advantages to being part of a small church. Being a part of a small church is like being a part of a family. We get to know everyone easily and it's fun being a  part of a small church as there's total freedom. While worship you can jump, you can dance, you whatever you feel like doing for the Glory of God. Whereas in a big church, there's a structure to it. there's no freedom. pretty much you can do which you can do in a small church. To be honest I like being a part of a small church, it's fun. Also being a part of small church, you can get involved in church ministry, like setting up the church before Sunday service, maybe jump on the worship team, do the dishes after church service. You get a opportunity to serve each other and the community. 1) It’s easier to get to know people in a small church Because it’s easier

In John 16, Jesus refers to the Spirit as a "Counselor" who will guide us in our everyday lives. One way he'll guide us is by convicting us of sin (16:8). And this is really a good thing: God wants us to get rid of the things that displease him, and the only way to identify those things is to be convicted by the Spirit. The Spirit works through our conscience to make us aware of sin in our lives. In other word, Holy Spirit is like our friend, he's our guide, he wants to spend time with us. He wants to have fellowship with us. He wants to to be with us in every moment of our lives. That's his desire. He longs to spend time with us.  But unless we let the Holy Spirit come into our heart, Holy Spirit won't forcefully come and reside in our heart. We need to invite our Holy Spirit into our lives everyday.  Fruits of the Holy Spirit.  Galatians 5:22-23 says,  But the fruit  of the Spirit is love,  joy, peace,  forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithful

Psalm 23 is one of the most famous Psalm written by King David, which talks about how our God is a good shepherd to us, providing, protecting us, giving us rest when we need it.  I just love it. Infact I've memorised the whole Psalm by heart. King David had a heart after God and because he was always in the presence of God, he knew and he'd tasted the goodness of God and writes this Psalm. Great Psalm. Pastor Kevin Gore from Grace Evangelical Church, started a series on Psalm 23, focusing only on 1 verse each sunday, and explaining and digging deeper into each verse which was really a blessing. I've listed below all the series from Psalm 23 shared by Pastor Kevin. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd - Series 1 Verse 1: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. Pastor Kevin shares his sermon from verse 1 about how our God, Jesus is a good shepherd. Because Jesus is our good shepherd, he makes sure that we (his people) have everything we need. everything means everything. Have ev

Jesus loves you so much that he left Heaven and came down to earth and died for us so that our sins can be forgiven and we can have eternal life.  John 3:16 says,  For God so loved  the world that he gave  his one and only Son,  that whoever believes  in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Whoever, means anyone, doesn't matter what religion you belong you, what caste, country you belong to, whoever believes in Jesus will have eternal life.  You don't have to do anything, you just have to believe in Jesus that he is the son of God and that he died for your sin and that your sins are forgiven, and you will be saved and Jesus will come and live in your heart and he will guide you to all truth.  How much does Jesus Love You? If I were to define Love, this is what I would say,  1 Corinthians 13:4-8   New International Version (NIV) 4  Love is patient,  love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.   5  It does not dishonor others, it is

Grace, what is it? Grace may be defined as the unmerited or undeserving favor of God to those who are under condemnation.  Undeserving favor of God, means because we are sinners, we deserved to die, because the penalty of sin is death, and yes we deserved to die but Jesus came to this world and he paid the price for us, and instead of us dying, we took our place and died for us, so that we all of us who believes in Jesus can have eternal life.  You don't have to do anything, just need to believe in Jesus that is the son of God and that he died for the forgiveness of our sin and that all my sins have been washed away. and we are righteous, we are holy.  If you believe in Jesus, you have been saved, you will not die, even though you die, you will live eternally.  Ephesians 2:8 says this,   For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.  The above verse says that it's not by what we did, it's n

Why do we partake in the Holy Communion? We take Holy Communion , so that our sins can be forgiven and we can live a righteous and holy life. Jesus said unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you cannot have eternal life. Luke 22:19 says,  And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying,  “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” So it is very important for us as disciples of Jesus that we take Holy Communion. But when we take Holy Communion we come before Jesus with a thankful heart and just thank him for dying for us on the cross.  But whoever eats the body of Jesus and drinks his blood in a unworthy manner, is guilty of sin.  1 Corinthians 11:29 says Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. So it is very important for us as we take Holy Communion, we understand the value and worth of what Jesus did for us, an