Lord’s Day Message:
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
Message Outline: The Christians living (5) – children and parents, slaves and masters
- Some opening words – The Christian living
- Is related to the Lord and His words, a living in the Lord
- Is not hypocritical as people-pleasers, but emphasises the inward reality, a living from the inside out
- Is controlled and influenced by the vision of the coming of the Lord and His judgment and rewards
- Children
- Obey your parents in the Lord
- Honour your parents because of God’s words and promise
- Parents
- Do not provoke your children to anger
- Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord
- Slaves
- Obeying and serving masters as you would serve Christ
- Serving not as people-pleasers but as doing the will of God from the heart
- Knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord
- Masters
- Do the same to them
- Stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven
Message Next Week: Eph. 6:10-24
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
14/5 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
15/5 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 16/5 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s
(7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 17/5 Wed. 10:00am, Lili’s
Prayer Meeting: 17/5 Wed. 8:00pm,
Meeting Hall (combined)
Pursuing of Words: 19/5 Fri. 8:00 pm, Yu-Lin’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
20/5 Sat. 7:30pm, Olsen & Likun’s (Gospel group)
Joe & Lili’s (YP & other adults)
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- Today is Mother’s Day and may the Lord bless every mother with a joyful heart. For lunch, brothers will prepare a BBQ and the young people will serve deserts. The brothers and young people will also do the cleaning after lunch.
- Today after the meeting, Sister Vanessa Lu will be baptized into the Lord’s family. All brothers and sisters please come to witness her testimony and support our sister with prayer, thanksgiving, and praises.
- On July 9-15 there is a Chinese speaking conference in Cleveland, USA. If any brothers and sisters are interested, please register with Brother Yulin Wang by June 4.
<Reminder>
- For brothers and sisters please bring your own Bible and hymn book for the Lord’s Day meeting.
- During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder/talk too loud in the kitchen.
- Please keep the play field and rooms tidy and put all equipments in place after use.
- When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts as someone may have food allergy.
Please refrain from bringing uncooked food for the love feast so we may lighten the work for the serving ones in the kitchen.
Intercession:
- May the Lord bless the gospel friends among us that they can know how precious the Lord is and are willing to believe in Him.
- Pray for the new believers (4 brothers: Vincent Tai, YuMing Liang, Zylen Liang and Frank Wang, and 3 sisters: Li Zhou, XiaChun Li & YuRong Liu). May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace.
Serving This Week: (May 14)
- Message: Patrick Li & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Richard Huang
- Serving Bread and Cup: Richard Cui, Jason Wang, Sam Li & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: All brothers and young people (Brett & Linda Family, Sean Dong & Wei Qiong Family, Jessie, John, & Peter, Lisa Tao Family, Bill & Christine Family)
- Kitchen: Anne & Susan
- Children: Supervisor – Terri & John
Singing – Nelson & Jono
Teachers – Betty, Berry & Grace
Serving Next Week: (May 21)
- Message: Benjamin Lim
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & John Ji
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Sean Dong, Patrick Li & Richard Cui
- Cleaning: Brett & Linda Family, Sean Dong & Wei Qiong Family, Jessie, John, & Peter, Lisa Tao Family, Bill & Christine Family
- Kitchen: Christine & Baoling
- Children: Supervisor – Flora & Jessie
Singing – David & Chris
Teachers – Angela, Tina & Jerry
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