Reach the One Person
Introduction When missions is everything … Three essentials to stay focused in missions — reaching the ones who are lost: A. THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me …” B. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS “To proclaim good news … to proclaim […]
Look to the One God
Introduction When we see as God sees, we will do as God says. A. HE SAW … (vv.35-36a) B. HE FELT … (v.36b) C. HE SAID … (vv.37-38) Conclusion He sent (Matt 10:5) ― God answers our prayers! Next Week’s Topic: Disciple the Nations 2Next Week’s Speakers: Rev Andy Lew (BPJ), Ps Katherine Chan […]
RHYTHMS OF REST: SABBATH FOR THE LAND
Introduction The global COVID-19 lockdown was horrible but it gave the earth a breather. Context: Holy Rhythms in the book of Leviticus. The Sabbath for the land was a once-in-seven-years rhythm, a law that sounds bizarre to our modern ears. An explanation of this law using three headings: 1. Creation: the land belongs to God, […]
Everyday Worship of Our Ever-Present God
Introduction Our rhythms of worship serve as an ongoing practice of: A. GOD’S PERPETUAL PRESENCE WITH US B. OUR CONTINUAL SERVICE UNTO GOD Conclusion Next Week’s Topic: Leviticus 25 Rhythms of Grace: Sabbath Year and JubileeNext Week’s Speakers: Ps Benjamin Sun (BPJ), Ps Timothy Yeo (WDL) & Rev Tan Kay Kiong […]
Rhythms of Remembrance
Introduction 1. Calendars and holidays as “temples in time” – Abraham Heschel. 2. Our rhythms tell us something about ourselves. A. RESPONDING TO GOD AMID LIFE’S SEASONS 1. Thinking about seasons and “ordinary time”. 2. Responding means going beneath the surface, to examine what God is doing. 3. What season are you in now? How […]
Holiday or Holy Day?
Introduction 1. Leviticus 23: Religious calendar and festivals 2. Two characteristics that make the Sabbath a Holy Day and not just a holiday: A. A SABBATH MARKED BY SOLEMN REST (Lev 16:30-31, 23:3, 25:4) B. A SABBATH MARKED AS A SACRED SIGN (Lev 23:3; Exo 31:16-17) Conclusion Next Week’s Topic: Leviticus 23 Rhythms […]
Step-Up Sunday: Our Bodies for God’s Body
Introduction Offering our bodies fully for God’s Body is possible when we: A. REGARD OURSELVES RIGHTLY (vv.3–5) B. STEWARD OUR GIFTS HEARTILY (vv.6–8) Conclusion Next Week’s Topic: Rhythms of Remembrance: SabbathNext Week’s Speakers: Rev Tan Kay Kiong (BPJ), Ps Timothy Yeo (WDL) & Ps Lee Da-Win (East)
One Heart
Introduction Blessed 46th Anniversary, Covenant EFC! One church, multiple centres but with ONE heart for Jesus. ONE heart is rooted in two unchanging fundamentals: A. GUARD THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT (vv.1-6) “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the […]
Priesthood: Price and Privilege
Introduction In Leviticus, the people of Israel were already taken out of Egypt. That turned out to be the easy part. Taking Egypt out of them was the tougher thing. Turning them into a Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation — “holification”, if you like — would prove even more challenging. There was both […]
Holy Integrity in a Broken World
Introduction Big idea: Living with holy integrity requires us to stay true and see through. Two non-negotiables in order to live with holy integrity in a broken world: A. STAYING TRUE TO OUR ALLEGIANCE TO GOD (vv.12, 14, 16, 18) B. SEEING THROUGH IN OUR ACTIONS TOWARDS OTHERS (vv.11-18) ConclusionWho is the Lord of your […]
