John Mark Ministries

I enjoyed spending the morning with friends at Punchbowl Christian Centre on Sunday. As part of the church’s “My place in God’s space” series we looked at the nature of Spiritual Gifts and their use for God’s kingdom. In this session we unpacked the New Testament teaching on “charismata” or grace gifts. I suggested that it is most important to be open to the Giver -God, and open to where and how God’s grace might flow through our lives to others. Rather than seeking out specific gifts, maybe the challenge is to find the areas in which God’s grace flowing through us impacts the lives of others for their growth.
The Giver, The Gifts, Grace and Growth v2

Tim taught on Jesus’ approach to conflict over two sessions at Door of Hope Christian Church in Launceston on Sunday. In the first session, Matthew 5, 7, and 18 provided the basis for a pathway of resolution. At the 5.00pm service, the focus moved to forgiveness as a tool for resolving interpersonal conflict.   The two powerpoints are displayed below.

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Back today at ETC Cafe with the Northern Cluster of Salvation Army officers for our June gathering. Today we were spent the morning working on the subject of Mentoring. Accompanying notes follow in this post

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At his home church in Sheffield, Tim spoke on the topic of Encouragement. Through the sermon he did a word study on parakaeo – the NT greek term often translated to “encourage”.

Encouragement: A NT word study on parakaleo