Bulletin Announcements – 18 May 2014
Ladies – Equip 14 (Why # Wise) is open for registration. Venue – Rose Hill Gardens, James Ruse Drive. You can register online http://www.equip.org.au/program/ or contact Solan for further information.
Just a reminder that we will be holding Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea next Sunday 25 May 2014. Please help support the Cancer Council in their efforts to find a cure for cancer. Every cup counts.
Holiday Kids Club. Grace Chinese Christian Church, Kogarah will be conducting a children’s outreach program during the July school holidays. It is for children in school years K-6, from 9:00 am to Noon on Tuesday 8 to Friday 11 July at St George Girls’ High School auditorium, Harrow Road, Kogarah. Cost: $5 per child per day. Your children and any known to you are invited. To register go to: www.gracechurch.org.au/english. Please see poster on the Notice Board.
Next Week: Baptism service will be held on May 25 at 12.30 pm. 22 people will be baptised, publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ. Come along and encourage them. Names are: English: Melissa Kam, Samuel Tieu, Louis Wong, Alex Ye; Cantonese: Tai Chan, Lai So Fun Chow, Yin Sum Chow, Au Kitt Jam, Alice Ye, Mandy Zheng; Mandarin: Li Jin Cai, Andy Chen, Li Ping Chen, Jenny Deng, Nancy Li, Ping Liu, Li Ping Metcalfe, Mandy Shen, Sharon Tang, Lisa Yuan, Annie Zhang, Patty Zhao.
Ariel writes – a weekly Scriptural devotion:
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
(Psalm 73:25 NIV)
One of the most beautiful verses to be found in the Bible. The first sentence a statement of fact, the second an exclamation of attraction. The LORD is his God completely: above and below, in head and in heart. But how did Asaph come to this moment of realisation and rapture? To begin with we see he came close to backsliding; “But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;…” (Psalm 73:2a). Reason being he envied the evil doers around him because they seemed better off but then he had a moment of epiphany; “…till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.” (Psalm 73:17). So what did he see in God’s sanctuary (temple) that changed his mind? The sacrifices of course! Those dead animals soaked in blood who had taken the sinner’s place. You see, evil doers have no such shelter – sanctuary. They stand condemned; that is their final destiny. This is why Asaph now in v25 breaks out in such certain and passionate praise; and when we see God’s sanctuary – Jesus, we do the same.
from Pastor Ariel