New Testament scholar, Dr. Robert Mounce once said, “How to be led, live in, and live by the Spirit is the single most important lesson a believer can ever learn” … however, too many people think that walking with – and being led by - the Holy Spirit is like riding in a car! You get filled with the Holy Spirit and then you run low on fuel, and so you get filled up again but then you get low in fuel again, etc., so you’re constantly up and down, being filled and emptied! Many of us do that, but that’s not the Christian life of the New Testament! As we seek to live by the Spirit, our job is to stay in relationship and contact with the Holy Spirit ... because He’s the one who continuously provides the power we need for effective Christian living. The question often arises about whether the spirit-led life is dependent upon God or upon me – and the answer is “Yes!” • Positionally this has already been done. Galatians 5:24: “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires”, but… Experientially we must also do it. Colossians 3:5: “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.” What this means is that we must apply by faith what God has already done in fact. It’s not an either / or - but rather a both / and. It’s a beautiful balance, where you and I can chose to live the life God intends for us, and God has given us the Holy Spirit to empower, lead and guide us in that life. Join us this Sunday @ 11am for more on what it means to live the Spirit-led life, as we exalt God in worship and hear from Him through His word.

This Sunday (Aug 25 – 11am & 7pm), Pastor Gordon Reynolds will conclude the current sermon series on the Book of Habakkuk which we have been studying, under the general title, “Trusting God When It Makes No Sense! “ On Sunday morning we will look at how to live faithfully in an unfaithful world. We live in an increasingly faithless world - a world of false gods, constantly shifting values, and self-centered decisions ... and choosing to stay true to our biblical beliefs can be difficult - even for the most faithful. It gets more complicated when our convictions pull us even further away from mainstream values ... and living that life of faith while choosing to be counter-cultural – or swimming against the tide - can be very tough at times. It was the prophet Habakkuk who first declared what would become the rallying cry of the Reformation, “The just shall live by faith”, and we will try to unpack what that means in practical terms, for us today. Then - in our evening service - we will discover, and learn from the example of Habakkuk, how to rejoice in faith, regardless of our circumstances! Thanksgiving is at the heart of our faith. Even at the last supper Jesus ‘gave thanks’ - just when everything appeared to be going from bad to worse. The next day, He would be unjustly condemned, scourged, mocked, and crucified till He bled to death in agony … but in that Upper Room – as He took the bread and the cup - He was already giving thanks! Join us this Sunday for uplifting worship, Communion, and to let the word of God, ‘dwell in you richly’.

Flow Family Conference

Final evening celebration tonight at 7pm tonight ... don’t miss it!

Flow Family Conference

Coming up this week... starting tomorrow night.

We're really looking forward to this Sunday when our guest speaker for both our Worship and Communion service at 11am and our evening gospel service at 7pm will be Pastor Trevor Gillanders. We would love to have you come along and join us.

Latest sermons are now online...listen here 11/08/19 Pastor Gordon Reynolds - Studies in Habakkuk - Trusting God when it makes no sense Parts 1 & 2 https://melim.podbean.com/

Today, you might feel your problems are overwhelmingly tall, but when you remind yourself of who God is and you pray, you get above them and gain an entirely different perspective. The Rock to which we are led is, of course, Jesus Christ—the Rock of our salvation.

We're looking forward to the Flow Family Conference again this year - Tues 20th - Thursday 22nd August ... more details to follow.

Starting this Sunday, August 11 (11am & 7pm) - and continuing August 25 (11am & 7pm) – Pastor Gordon Reynolds will be preaching a four-part sermon series from the Old Testament Book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is only 3 Chapters of 56 verses – and it’s the only OT book consisting entirely of a dialogue between God and a man. Other prophetic books consist mainly of a record of the prophets' message to the people … but Habakkuk is unique among the prophets in that he didn’t – at least in his written record - speak for God to the people … he spoke to God about his questions for God, about things that were happening in his day … and his struggle to trust God when life makes no sense. Habakkuk has been referred to by some as the "doubting Thomas" of the OT … but he’s better called "the prophet of faith!" because – despite his questioning of God’s mysterious ways - in the end, He trusted God and it caused him to worship God with one of the most magnificent descriptions of the glory of God in all of the Bible. In the 1st Ch. his faith is tested … in the 2nd Ch. his faith is taught … and in the 3rd Ch. his faith becomes triumphant. Why not take time to read the Book of Habakkuk (only 53 verses!), in preparation for attending all four of these services to hear how the word of God is so relevant to us today. This Sunday morning (11am) you will be encouraged to trust God when nothing seems to make sense … and then on Sunday evening (7pm) we will look at what do you do when you’ve prayed to God and He’s given you an answer, but you don’t like - or even understand - the answer you’ve received? The short answer is that we are called to walk by faith and not by sight, and we will explore what that means for us today. We look forward to welcoming you this weekend.

This Sunday morning at 11am Pastor Gordon Reynolds concludes the sermon series on the seven letters Jesus sent to seven 1st century churches in Revelation 2-3 … which still have personal relevance to individual Christians and the church of the 21st century. The last letter was to the church at Laodicea, which – historically - pictures the period from about the mid-19th Century, through to the Rapture … which is when Jesus will return in the end of time … to take His church out of the world before the Great Tribulation will cover the earth. Laodicea represents a lukewarm, moderate - and increasingly apostate - church. Laodicea means "the judgment of the people", or - to put it loosely - "the people's rights" … and is that not a symptom of our times? Things are advocated if they're popular with the people outside the church - or with carnal Christians inside - and in doing so, the truth of scripture is conveniently set aside. The rights of the people alone - whether it's the people inside or outside the church - is now the moral compass by which we make decisions and take direction within the church of Jesus Christ. There was once a time when the truth of Scripture formed the bedrock of all evangelical churches … and you could count on the fact that the Bible was fully accepted as the inerrant, authoritative, Word of God. But now, churches, seminaries, and colleges – many of whom still call themselves evangelical - are rethinking the reliability of the Scriptures to form our faith and practice … and they are claiming that it must be judged by men - before it can be accepted - a ‘Laodicean spirit’ if you like … foreseen by Paul in his second letter to Timothy, 2 Tim. 4:3-4. Join us this Sunday as we worship together, share in Communion, and explore further ’with an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches’.

Latest sermons are now online...listen here 21/07/19 Pastor Jimmy Ritchie- Joy 28/07/19 Pastor Gordon Reynolds - Letters to the 7 Churches - Church in Philadelphia https://melim.podbean.com/

We're looking forward to church again this Sunday morning at 11am when Pastor Gordon Reynolds continues his sermon series on the seven letters Jesus sent to seven 1st century churches … which still have personal relevance to individual Christians and the church of the 21st century. The second last letter was to the church at Philadelphia. When Jesus looks at a church - He’s not studying outward things … He’s looking for the deeper signs of growing faith, fervent love, and abiding hope. He wants His church to be motivated by love, founded on the truth, strong under pressure, and unashamed of His name. Viewed from the standpoint of prophetic anticipation and Christian history … the faithful church of Philadelphia foreshadows the great Evangelical Awakenings of the 18th and 19th centuries. We are today … a couple of centuries on from the time of the great Evangelical Awakening … and perhaps it’s time for us to say, “Do it again, Lord – and begin in me!” … because if there was ever a time when the sleeping church needed an awakening - it’s today! Join us for worship and Communion, as we explore the characteristics of this church which Jesus commends – characteristics which should also be seen in every Christian.

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Me, in very possibly my favourite place❤️"take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" Psalm 37:4

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