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 with your body (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Pastor Rob Pearson, 20/06/2010Part of the Revisiting Honour series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
| Earlier: | Same day: | Later: |
|---|---|---|
| « Honour God in worship | None | Honour God with your possessions » |
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. (ESV)