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Consider Your Values, Priorities and Focus

February 18, 2017 By: Category: Bible Study

How would you answer someone who thinks…. ‘Why study the Old Testament? It was written 1,000s of years ago so how relevant is it to today’s world and our day to day living?’ Consider Paul’s words to the Corinthians. 1 Corinthians 10:11.1. 1. History How much do you know about the small book of Haggai
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Paul’s Prayer on God’s Love

February 12, 2017 By: Category: Bible Study

Mark’s great messages the last three Sundays were…. “Jesus-Man of Power”, “Jesus-Man of Passion” and “Jesus-Man of Prayer”. This week we continue with prayer looking at one of Paul’s prayers. Read Ephesians 3:14-21. In a sentence or two write out the essence of Paul’s prayer. Answer the following from Eph 3:16,18. Who is Paul’s prayer
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Jesus the Man of Prayer

February 4, 2017 By: Category: Bible Study

1. Identify the 9 occasions on which Jesus prayed according to the Gospel of Luke. 7 of these are unique to Luke’s account and Luke has almost half of all references to prayer in the NT in his two books (The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts). What does this tell us about
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Jesus the Man of Power

January 29, 2017 By: Category: Bible Study

In Luke 2:52 we are told that Jesus grew “in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and man.” What does this tell us about Jesus’ humanity and why is this important? In what ways is Jesus seen as ‘powerful in word’ in the Gospels? Give some examples of the things Jesus said,
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Jesus the Man of Passion

By: Category: Bible Study

What are the different meanings of passion and which ones were considered in the sermon? Why are Hebrews 2:14-18 and 4:15 important for a Christian? What are some of the emotions that Jesus showed? Identify both the emotion and the context and occasion of the emotion. How does knowing that Jesus showed emotions encourage us?
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PEACE Pastoral Care

December 16, 2016 By: Category: Culture

PEACE pastoral care is an intentional pastoral care model which emphasises the importance of each person caring and being cared for in the context of a healthy Christian community. This model fits into Church@ParaVista’s vision and mission to help people become active committed followers of Jesus Christ. PEACE is an acronym that means that people
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