Archive for June, 2010

New free MP3 audio message

June 29th, 2010

Hello all I have added a new free audio message to my website today. It is titled, “Working out your own salvation”. You can find it here http://www.passionaustralia.org/audio/Workingoutsalvation.MP3. God Bless, Dave

Broadening my view of church

June 26th, 2010

Over the last few months I have been reading lots about the simple/house church movement. It has been encouraging and challenging at the same time. I have to admit that I have fallen into the trap of seeing Sunday morning as church. Going with all the other people and facing the front and being fed. [...]

Real love

June 24th, 2010

When we watch TV or go to the movies we get all sorts of images thrown at us telling us what real love is. Some see it as attraction, lust, sex or other things. The Bible tells us what real love is. In 1 John 4:9-10 it says, “God showed how much he loved us by sending [...]

The two shall become one

June 22nd, 2010

In the Mark 10:7-9 the Bible says, “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined [...]

Working out your own salvation

June 20th, 2010

In Philippians 2:12-18 there is a great passage of Scripture that looks at working out our salvation as Christians. It talks about a number of things we should think about as Christians and a number of things we should do. It also gives us some reassurance. Here are a few reflections from the passage… 1. [...]

Restoring wandering believers

June 20th, 2010

One of the things that God prompts me about every now and then is to remember those who have fallen out of regular fellowship with other Christians and those who have left their faith behind. Recently God has brought this to my attention again by highlighting two passages of Scripture – Luke 15:3-7 &  James 5:19-20. The first [...]

Putting God F.I.R.S.T.

June 18th, 2010

I heard a message by J.John recently on ACCTV. It was called “Putting God First”. He used the letters of the word first to pose some questions to the listeners. Here are the very abbreviated dot points. F – Finances – Are you putting God first in your finances? Does He get the first portion [...]