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Weekly messages from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Para Vista Inc
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Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Children are renowned for asking questions. While an incessant “why?” may grate, questions are how they discover and mature. We can learn from them.
Jesus engaged people through questions, giving them time to reflect, process, and take ownership of the discovery process. It was an empowering aspect of their discipleship journey. It led to wonder.
“Who do you people say that I am?” Jesus asked his disciples. This was quickly followed by, “Who do you say I am?”
“What do you want me to do for you?” he asked the once-blind Bartimaeus. This question invited Bartimaeus to trust Jesus, and at the same time, it invited him to participate in (not contribute to) his own healing.
You get to grow through asking your heavenly Father questions. Jesus invites us to ask, seek, and knock.
Some of my favourite questions, all addressed to God, assist me in growing in Father’s love and be a conveyor of this love to others:
“What is it about you and your heart and character I’m missing that has me responding this way?”
“What is it about you and your heart that, if I knew, would have me responding differently?”
“Father, I know you’re with me; what is blocking me from seeing your presence?”
“Father, where am I living out of what I’ve heard in the past rather than what you’re showing me in the present? And what would you like to show me today?”
“Father, how can my joy in you return?”
You can ask your heavenly Father about absolutely anything: relationships, sex, finances, work, emotions, uncertainties, faith, and motives; nothing is off limits.
Ask, be still, wait, listen, he will answer.
Pr. Peter Steicke
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
A message from Pastor Peter Steicke.
The good news, the gospel, is all about acceptance. This is the message Jesus brings and it’s the reality he lives out. He embodies the heart of his Father and the security of his identity as a son by accepting those who were deemed unclean, misfits, and outcast.
The good news is that you too are accepted. You’re included - despite your sin, failings, insecurities, and lack of spiritual disciplines. You’re loved because God is a loving Father who calls you beloved and relates to you as his daughter, his son.
The good news is, when you live in your identity as an accepted son or daughter of Father God, you become attractive to be around. You accept others, relate to them, include them, and give them a sense of belonging.
The good news is, people are crying out for this, and it’s as simple as you are living loved, living loving.
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
A video message from Pastor Peter Steicke.
The good news, the gospel, is all about acceptance. This is the message Jesus brings and it’s the reality he lives out. He embodies the heart of his Father and the security of his identity as a son by accepting those who were deemed unclean, misfits, and outcast.
The good news is that you too are accepted. You’re included - despite your sin, failings, insecurities, and lack of spiritual disciplines. You’re loved because God is a loving Father who calls you beloved and relates to you as his daughter, his son.
The good news is, when you live in your identity as an accepted son or daughter of Father God, you become attractive to be around. You accept others, relate to them, include them, and give them a sense of belonging.
The good news is, people are crying out for this, and it’s as simple as you are living loved, living loving.
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
So where do you look when you worry? Where do you place your attention? Where do you put worried eyes?
The problem with anxiety and worry is that they take our focus and we see nothing else.
Jesus is the great God who became small for you.
Jesus is the One who put each star in place.
Jesus, for a time is unseen, is close as your breath.
Jesus has you!
Pastor Matt Thiele
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
So where do you look when you worry? Where do you place your attention? Where do you put worried eyes?
The problem with anxiety and worry is that they take our focus and we see nothing else.
Jesus is the great God who became small for you.
Jesus is the One who put each star in place.
Jesus, for a time is unseen, is close as your breath.
Jesus has you!
Pastor Matt Thiele
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Prayer grows out of hearing God’s Word. It is about speaking with God – asking, seeking, sharing, in fact it is about bringing my whole life to God and letting him walk along with me as I live out my life.
Can I talk with God? Can I bother God with my little problems?
Yes, you can. You are God’s child. You are part of his family, the body of Christ. God wants to speak to you. And he wants to hear from you as well. And most importantly he has promised to listen!
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Prayer grows out of hearing God’s Word. It is about speaking with God – asking, seeking, sharing, in fact it is about bringing my whole life to God and letting him walk along with me as I live out my life.
Can I talk with God? Can I bother God with my little problems?
Yes, you can. You are God’s child. You are part of his family, the body of Christ. God wants to speak to you. And he wants to hear from you as well. And most importantly he has promised to listen!
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Being a disciple of Jesus – what does it mean to you?
This Sunday Pastor Fin Klein from St Michael’s Hahndorf explores this topic via video.
The primary function of disciples is to prayer for all people. Do we pray for everyone – even those who we don’t like or don’t agree with?
Pastor Finn Klein
Bible reading 1 Timothy 2:1-7 (NIV)
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
How do you feel when you hear Jesus calling you to be a ‘servant’? This seems the exact opposite of a world that encourages us to constantly promote ourselves, get ahead, accumulate ‘likes. We’ll explore some of the ways we can be a servant in 2022 suburban Adelaide, and how that can lead us to places we might not expect, and joys that can be experienced nowhere else. Shovel, sceptre, or shotgun – how will you serve?
Jonathon Krause
Bible Reading: Luke 17:5-10 (NIV)
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
How do you feel when you hear Jesus calling you to be a ‘servant’? This seems the exact opposite of a world that encourages us to constantly promote ourselves, get ahead, accumulate ‘likes. We’ll explore some of the ways we can be a servant in 2022 suburban Adelaide, and how that can lead us to places we might not expect, and joys that can be experienced nowhere else. Shovel, sceptre, or shotgun – how will you serve?
Jonathon Krause
Bible Reading: Luke 17:5-10 (NIV)