Message preached by Andrew Carruthers of Salt Baptist church in Perigean.

In Matt 6:9-13 & Luke 11:2-4 we see recorded what is commonly referred to as the Lords prayer. I may suggest a better description is the disciples prayer. Because in these passages jesus entrusts to his disciples a pattern of prayer. Pray in this manner he instructs them.

Matt 6:7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Here in John 17 we have the real ‘Lords prayer’, what did Jesus pray.

Bible Passages;
John 17

 
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In John 17 we have the real ‘Lords prayer’, what did Jesus pray? Firstly it is worthy of note that Jesus Prays. He prays often in the gospels. Sometimes as an example or a teaching thing and other times its not recorded what he prays. Here in John we have a record of face to face communion between the Father and the Son. An enlargement of the prayers recorded in Matt 26 and Mark 14 where Jesus takes the 3; Peter James & John and travails in Prayer not my will but yours be done father.

This is a transitional chapter marking the end of Jesus earthly ministry and the beginning of his intercessory ministry for believers.                       

Andrew Carruthers

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Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. Small tiles or fragments of pottery or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils are used to create a pattern or picture. The church is similar to a mosaic. It is made up of people who are ‘broken’ who when put together by God’s grace and begin to serve each other make a wonderfully beautiful picture of what Christ is like.

Bible References;
Romans 12
Romans 6-8
Eph 4:7
1 Peter 4:10
1 Corinthians 12:7

 
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Sing praises to God, sing praises to God, sing praises to our King, sing praises. Psalm 47:6

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:19-20

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16

“Ours is a singing faith. At every turn, on every occasion, and in every age the Christian church has been marked by a prolific love of music. Wherever the Gospel has been preached, it has simultaneously been sung. Wherever the praises of our God have been expressed in words, they have simultaneously been expressed in melodies. According to Martin Luther, ‘Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in this world.’“ George Grant…

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Title: Outdoor Carols
Location: Hills Park
Start Time: 17:00
Date: 12/12/2009

“When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do; when we depend on education, we get what education can do; when we depend upon man, we get what man can do; but when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.”
— A.C. Dixon

G’day everyone,

Thanks to those who came along to the music team night last night. We had a great night! We’ll try to run these nights every 3 months or so, so there’ll be another early next year.

LT started the night with some teaching on “Why We Sing” — I’ve attached his notes, please have a look at them. Afterwoods we paryed for a while, and then sang a couple of songs.

Then we had a couple of good discussions about music/worship issues. The first was about the reality that we are a visual example of worship to the congregation every time we are on stage. Some of the helpful thoughts were that A. We don’t want to put on a pretense, we want to be authentic and be ourselves, B. However, we know that we will be on stage in advance, so we have time to prepare ourselves (both musically and spiritually), which helps us worship God from our heart and thus be a helpful example to others.

The 2nd thing we talked about was the times when the leader changes the order of a song. Mostly we have a pre-prepared order, but sometimes (usually at the end of a song) the leader makes a change — perhaps repeating a chorus softly to lead into communion, perhaps repeating it loudly when everyone is really getting into it. We discussed that it’s difficult for Bill and Kieran (being guitarists) to use hand signals, so often we have to use vocal cues, obvious body language, or sometimes it is a hand signal. The main thing is for everyone to be carefully paying attention as we come to the end of a song, so that we all pick up if the usual order is going to be changed.

Finally, we practiced a couple of new songs in the energetic category that we will begin playing over the next few months at church. I have posted youtube videos (so tht you can listen to them) again, and I’ve also posted in our members only area chord charts for both songs, which will help you follow along and begin to get to know them.

Thanks again for your service through music! Please let me know at any time if you have any questions, issues or suggestions.

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