Teaching Themes
Lakeside Community Church Perton plans a series of services usually around a life-related theme.
World history, cultures and national aspirations have been been impacted in a major way by leaders of influence who have risen to power and used that power either for good or for bad. We have an amazing amount of helpful information in the history of kings and leaders in the pages of the Old Testament. Often the motivation of the leader is there to be found and if we are wise, we can learn from them, emulating the good and avoiding the bad.
One thing cannot be denied and that is change has occurred as a result of their life as a leader. Society and culture can be viewed as a living canvas upon which we all make our mark. The great revivals of the past bear witness to this, of the power of God to turn a nation away from evil to pursue the good. In this sense we all have the ability to change our world for good, to be our ‘brother’s keeper’ and to leave a lasting impact.
Whenever you reflect on world leaders who changed nations, think about the results they achieved and recognise that we too have God’s power to change our world!
God bless,
Rob Pearson, Pastor
Honour God in worship (Revelation 1:12-18)
Pastor Rob Pearson, 13/06/2010Part of the Revisiting Honour series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
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Revelation 1:12-18
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. (ESV)