Lord’s Day Message: The experiences to establish the faith (Mat. 14)
13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” 17 They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” 18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.” 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” 28 And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” 29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
Questions for Discussion
- The Lord Jesus has a bountiful supply. How can we experience it based on the revelation in verses 13-21?
- Peter walked on the sea for a few steps, but why did he sink? The waves of the sea could represent the difficulties in our life. What can we learn from the experience of Peter?
- From today’s message, is there any point that touched and helped you to strengthen your faith? Please share.
Message Next Week: Gospel Meeting
Bible Reading Schedule: Exo.38-42
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Meeting of Chinese Speaking Young People:
20/11 Mon. 7:30pm, Richard Cui’s (7:00 dinner)
Pursuing of Uni Students:
21/11 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s (7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 22/11 Wed. 10:00am, Hannah Dong’s
Prayer Meeting: 22/11 Wed. 7:45pm,
Lydia’s (Chatswood), David Tan’s (Warrawee)
Pursuing of Words: 24/11 Fri. 8:00 pm, Cancelled
Saturday Home Meeting：25/11 Sat. 7:30pm,
Young People & Parents: Joe & Lili’s
Gospel Group: Olsen & Likun’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.
- Next Lord’s Day (26) is the hymn singing gospel meeting. May all the brothers and sisters invite friends to enjoy our singing.
To all participants, please stay for rehearsal with piano, violin and flute after lunch.
The Lord Day’s breakfast on the 3/12 will also be moved to the 26/11 so everyone can come after 9 for breakfast and have some final preparation for the gospel meeting.
- The 2018 Gospel Calendar has arrived. We welcome all to purchase them. They are $5 dollars per copy. Please put the amount to offering box and write “Gospel Calendar” on the offering envelope. If you are willing, you can use this chance to offer more.
<Reminder>
- For the brothers and sisters, please come on time and 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 coming Gospel meeting with hymns. May the Lord bless each gospel friend who comes to our meeting so that through our singing, testimonies, and message they may be touched and would let the Lord enter into their heart.
- Pray for the new believers (6 brothers: Vincent Tai, YuMing Liang, Zylen Liang, Frank Wang, Stephen, and William as well as 10 sisters: Vanessa Lu, Li Zhou, XiaChun Li, YuRong Liu, Lili Chen, Jenny Zhu, Yun-Yue Lin, Li-Qin Wu, Yun Zhu, and Joies. May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- May the Lord bless the 9 brothers and sisters who plan to go to US for the church conference. May they receive abundant supply in the Lord as well as peace and joy in their travel.
- 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: (Nov. 19)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: Yulin Wang & Jason Wang
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Raymond & Lucy Family, Thomas & Lena, Joyce & Chris, Joe & Lili Family, Michael & Mandy Family, Margaret Yang
- Kitchen: Julie & Megan
- Children: Supervisor – Lydia
Singing – Chris & David
Teachers – Vasya & Sarah
Serving Next Week: (Nov. 26)
- Message: Yulin Wang
- Breaking the Bread: N/A
- Serving Bread and Cup: N/A
- Cleaning: Raymond & Lucy Family, Thomas & Lena, Joyce & Chris, Joe & Lili Family, Michael & Mandy Family, Margaret Yang
- Kitchen: Susan & Anne
- Children: Supervisor – Hengxin
Singing – Christine & Angela
Teachers – Christine & Mandy
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