Lord’s Day Message: Genesis 11-15
11 1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”
31 Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.
12 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.
10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.
13 1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the LORD.
Message Next Week: Special Topic: Abraham’s journey of faith (Combined meeting)
Bible Reading Schedule: Acts 7; Rom. 4; Gal. 3-4; Heb. 11
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
25/6 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
26/6 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 27/6 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s (7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 28/6 Wed. 10:00am, Lili’s (Normanhurst)
Yvonne’s (Chatswood)
Prayer Meeting: 28/6 Wed. 7:45pm, Meeting Hall
Pursuing of Words: 30/6 Fri. 8:00 pm, Cancelled
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
1/7 Sat. 7:30pm, Thomas & Lena’s
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- May the Lord keep strengthening all brothers and sisters to continue the group Bible reading. We also remind the brothers and sisters to mark the schedule on the white board so that all can be reminded and encouraged.
Please also noted that the schedule of Bible reading for the coming week are: Acts 7; Rom. 4; Gal. 3-4; and Heb. 11.
- From August 1 to 14 we have 10 young people (6 brothers and 4 sisters) from US visiting us. They will preach the gospel with our university students and there will be an English speaking gospel meeting on August 13.
If any family would like to open your home for hospitality, please contact Brother Yulin or Thomas.
<Reminder>
- For the 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 4 sisters: Vanessa Lu, Li Zhou, XiaChun Li & YuRong Liu). May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- Pray for those year 12 young people who are preparing HSC. May the Lord give them wisdom and abundant grace.
- May God bless the saints visiting Cleveland US for church training that they may receive the life supply in God’s words and bring the blessing back to our church.
- 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.
For the wife of Brother BanDe Liu, may the Lord heal and help her in her recovery after surgery.
Sister Lucy’s mother (mother in law for Brother Raymond Young) has passed away. May the Lord comfort them and their family.
Serving This Week: (June 25)
- Message: Patrick Li & Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Chuan Ma
- Serving Bread and Cup: Sam Li, Jason Wang, Sean Dong & Richard Cui
- Cleaning: Richard & Flora Family, Lydia, Olsen & Likun Family, Pauline Zhang
- Kitchen: Julie & Lili
- Children: Supervisor – John & Joe
Singing – David & Chris
Teachers – Vasya, Lian & Mandy
Serving Next Week: (July 2)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: TBA
- Serving Bread and Cup: TBA
- Cleaning: Richard & Flora Family, Lydia, Olsen & Likun Family, Pauline Zhang
- Kitchen: Lydia & Mandy
- Children: Supervisor – David & Flora
Singing – Christine & Vasya
Teachers – Betty, Berry & Leonie
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