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    • The Fruit of Hope
      • Scripture: Isaiah 35 Video Link: https://youtu.be/e3kB49mMC_Y Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-december-2024-the-fruit-of-hope Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Joy is the fruit of hope. If hope is a beehive, then joy is the honey. If hope is a herd of cows, then joy is the milk they produce. If hope is a tree, then joy is the oxygen breathed … Continue reading The Fruit of Hope

    • Sweet & Sour
      • Scripture: Isaiah 64 Video Link: https://youtu.be/U8ejSDq3bgg Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-8-december-2024-sweet-sour Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you try sucking a lemon, it tastes pretty sour. Sets your teeth on edge. But if you mix the lemon with a bit of honey and water, it’s delicious and good for you. Likewise, if you bite into a raw … Continue reading Sweet & Sour

    • Watch
      • Scripture: Mark 13:28-37 Video Link: https://youtu.be/UTzUTNOVvT4 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-1-december-2024-watch Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. When working with anything electrical it’s important not to get your wires crossed. If your car battery runs flat and you need jumper leads to get it started, always remember positive to positive, negative to negative. If you cross your wires, … Continue reading Watch

    • A New Heart
      • Scripture: Mark 13:14-27 Video Link: https://youtu.be/mOK3ojB1xyU Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-24-november-2024-a-new-heart Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. New Zealand law stipulates that church buildings with an occupancy of 100 people or more must have a fire evacuation scheme approved by Fire and Emergency New Zealand. This auditorium has an occupancy rating of 200. Therefore, we have an approved … Continue reading A New Heart

    • Keep Calm
      • Scripture: Mark 13:1-13 Video Link: https://youtu.be/kURCOQhAKTc Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-17-november-2024-keep-calm Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Keep calm and carry on has become a well-known phrase around the world. Some might say it is overused. Keep calm and carry on was originally coined by the British Ministry of Information in 1939, just before the Second World War. … Continue reading Keep Calm

    • Jesus’ Insight
      • Scripture: Mark 12:38-44 Video Link: https://youtu.be/Jl2L_Egupx4 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-10-november-2024-jesus-insight Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Bob Dylan once said, ‘What looks large from a distance, up close ain’t never that big’. Great line. Who knows what Dylan had in mind when he wrote that, but to me it has several layers of meaning. On one level, … Continue reading Jesus’ Insight

    • A Good Question
      • Scripture: Mark 12:28-34 Video Link: https://youtu.be/nSDaWrGlAWE Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-3-november-2024-a-good-question Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you want to get to know someone better, then you need to ask good questions. A good question has a number of characteristics… For example, a good question is simple and concise, not so long and complicated that the other … Continue reading A Good Question

    • Bart’s Story
      • Scripture: Mark 10:46-52 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-27-october-2024-barts-story Reimagining Jesus’ healing of Bartimaeus: Many years ago, in a city far, far away, there lived a man who could not see. The man’s name was Bart. Not the Bart of Simpson’s fame. Another Bart from another time. Bart lived in the city of Jericho. Yes, the same Jericho … Continue reading Bart’s Story

    • Blind Ambition
      • Scripture: Mark 10:35-45 Video Link: https://youtu.be/zEJ2DkZTFQQ Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-20-october-2024-blind-ambition Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. It’s October, which means some students will be sitting exams soon. One method for exam revision is the 1-2-3-7 technique. That is, after your first read through, revise what you want to remember the very next day and then the day … Continue reading Blind Ambition

    • God’s Law – by Ewan Stewart
      • Scriptures: Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 12:1-3, Micah 6:6-8, Jer 31:31-34, Mark 12:28-33 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-13-oct-2024-gods-law-by-ewan-stewart Sermon Outline: The coming of law Abraham’s call – whole world to be blessed The laws of Moses – focused on the Nation of Israel, yet often broken Jesus and the greatest commandment Jesus’ call on other commandments Who is my … Continue reading God’s Law – by Ewan Stewart

    • Self Care – by Murray Lucas
      • Scripture: Mark 12:30-31 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-6-october-2024-murray-lucas Sermon by Murray Lucas on Self Care When asked, what is the greatest life commandment, Jesus said in the Gospel of Mark… ‘So love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy’. And ‘Love others as well as you love yourself’. There is no … Continue reading Self Care – by Murray Lucas

    • Salt & Pepper
      • Scripture: Mark 9:38-50 Video Link: https://youtu.be/UozKwTQBBWY Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-29-september-2024-salt-pepper Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Most dining tables have salt and pepper shakers on them. Salt and pepper add flavour and spice to the meal. The purpose of salt and pepper is to make the food taste better, but if you try eating salt and pepper … Continue reading Salt & Pepper

    • The Way Up Is Down
      • Scripture: Mark 9:30-37 Video Link: https://youtu.be/nnSSPJcgP10 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-22-september-2024-the-way-up-is-down Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you watch Country Calendar then you will know how important soil is for farming. Soil filters the water we drink, it grows the food we eat and it captures carbon dioxide which would otherwise impact climate change. We might not … Continue reading The Way Up Is Down

    • Hinge
      • Scripture: Mark 8:27-38 Video Link: https://youtu.be/D8Rd-gYujQI Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-15-september-2024-hinge Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Today we start with a crossword. The word we are looking for has five letters. And to make it easy for you, I have provided several clues: elbow, depend, joint, pivot, axis and connect. Any guesses? [Wait] Yes, that’s right. The … Continue reading Hinge

    • Streets
      • Scripture: Mark 7:24-37 Video Link: https://youtu.be/CPGMpA-D7v0 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-8-september-2024-streets Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Some of you may remember a TV show from the 60’s called The Addams Family, more recently made into a movie. One of the members of the Addams Family was a hand that walked around like a spider, separate from a … Continue reading Streets

    • The Real Problem
      • Scripture: Mark 7:1-23 Video Link: https://youtu.be/IF2_X66dpKo Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-1-september-2024-the-real-problem Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. What is more important, the contents of a can or the label? Well, both have value. Without the label you wouldn’t know what was inside the can. But you cannot eat the label. The label merely points to the purpose of … Continue reading The Real Problem

    • The Spirit & Lydia
      • Scripture: Acts 16:6-15 Video Link: https://youtu.be/Yuu1LtQLwQk Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-25-august-2024-the-spirit-lydia Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. The expression God never closes a door without opening a window has become a bit of a cliché. But that does not make it any less true. To say that God never closes a door without opening a window implies that … Continue reading The Spirit & Lydia

    • The Spirit & Saul
      • Scripture: Acts 9 Video Link: https://youtu.be/v9xfsj7_kas Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-18-august-2024-the-spirit-saul Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Over the past two or three weeks we have watched Olympic athletes from all over the world competing at the highest level. These men and women are extraordinary in their ability, their commitment and their work ethic. But, as capable as … Continue reading The Spirit & Saul

    • The Spirit & Stephen
      • Scripture: Acts 6-7 Video Link: https://youtu.be/-NhR2-BJGTY Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-11-august-2024-the-spirit-stephen Structure: Introduction: Good morning, everyone. A light bulb works when it is connected to electricity. Without electricity, all you have is a glass globe and darkness. A river works when water flows through a channel along the ground. Without water, there is no river, just a … Continue reading The Spirit & Stephen

    • The Spirit & Peter
      • Scripture: Acts 2:1-41 Video Link: https://youtu.be/hckX4rgSt9I Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-4-august-2024-the-spirit-peter Structure: Introduction: Good morning, everyone. Many of you probably know that the Tawa tree (from which our suburb gets its name) relies on just two birds for the dispersal of its seeds, the kererū and the kokako. The fruit of the Tawa tree is quite big, … Continue reading The Spirit & Peter

    • Nose to Tail
      • Scripture: Genesis 49:29-50:26 Video Link: https://youtu.be/hqiV5tY437E Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-28-july-2024-nose-to-tail Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Some of you may have heard of ‘nose to tail’ cooking. ‘Nose to tail’ is about ensuring every edible part of the animal is prepared and eaten, as opposed to using only the high value cuts. Cousins to the ‘nose to … Continue reading Nose to Tail

    • Grieving With Hope
      • Scripture: Genesis 49:29-50:14 Video Link: https://youtu.be/___6tWI6qGM Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-21-july-2024-grieving-with-hope Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If you have ever been on a long road trip with children you will have heard the chorus, ‘Are we there yet’. Some journeys seem to take forever. More than a few of you are probably thinking, are we there yet, … Continue reading Grieving With Hope

    • Prayer Revisited – By Peter Barnett
      • Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-14-july-2024-prayer-revisited-by-peter-barnett Structure: Introduction: It is over four years ago since I gave a talk on the subject of prayer here in this church. Needless to say, many prayers have passed under the bridge since then. The last time I opened with comments to the effect that I have always loved to swim. I … Continue reading Prayer Revisited – By Peter Barnett

    • Destiny
      • Scripture: Genesis 49:13-28 Video Link: https://youtu.be/DjrHzeXa9p0 Audio Link: https://soundcloud.com/tawabaptist/sermon-7-july-2024-destiny Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. If I were to say, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get’, who would I be quoting? [Wait] That’s right Forrest Gump. A box of chocolates normally contains a variety of flavours, … Continue reading Destiny

    • Character
      • Scripture: Genesis 49:1-12 Video Link: https://youtu.be/qYC-7kvaLCY Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. The philosopher and poet, James Allen once wrote… “The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.” … Continue reading Character

    • Blessed
      • Scripture: Genesis 48:13-20 Video Link: https://youtu.be/a4dc1e1e3Rs Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. “A bell is no bell ‘til you ring it. A song is no song ‘til you sing it. And love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay. Love isn’t love ‘til you give it away.” Who can tell me what stage musical that … Continue reading Blessed

    • Adopted
      • Scripture: Genesis 48:1-12 Video Link: https://youtu.be/nSRh04MBs78 Structure: Introduction: Good morning everyone. Last week we had a dedication ceremony for Micah. And next week we have a graduation ceremony for those children moving up a level in Kids’ Church. Ceremonies like this help to mark special occasions. Ceremonies are a way of saying this is important. … Continue reading Adopted

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