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Christmas Concert Photo Booth photos are up!

The photo booth photos are up!

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e-News December 2011

e-News November 2011

 

 

 

 

Special Combined Prayer Service 24th Aug (Wed) 7:30pm

Special Combined Prayer Service will be held on the 24th of August (Wednesday), 7:30pm, ICC Main Auditorium. Let us come with a united spirit to worship, pray and intercede for ICC. See you this Wednesday at 7:30pm.

Living in Harmony Concert

Living in Harmony concert is an all ages, alcohol free, multicultural concert and a talent show for students of all ages.

There are spaces available for students wanting to perform and a chance to win a $500 Myer voucher. To register, download and fill in the form below.

 

Genesis Lesson 5 Chapters 15-18

¢ God does not always impart His gifts immediately

—  He knows the best time for his benefits.

—  Abraham does not believe it possible at first -17:17

—  Sarah does not either – 18:12

—  They have to learn that nothing is too hard for the God of all power -18:14

 ¢ In these chapters Abraham was portrayed as someone

—  Who lacks faith at times

—  Who demonstrates serious impatience

—  But a man concerned about fellows -18:22

—  Also pleads with God for sinners like himself

 Similarly in our journey with God, we have to learn as God teaches us. Sometimes we learn the lessons quite speedily but at other times we appear to learn very slowly. In the main points I have jotted down – I said ‘lack of faith’ and ‘impatience’ This is best summarise by James 1:2-4

‘My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.’

‘Enjoy’ the trials by praising God that sooner or latter youwill be more than a conqueror

¢ How slow man learn his lesson

¢ Abraham makes the same mistake in chapter 20 as in chapter 12

¢ His desire for prayer is noted – 15:2, 18:22-33; 20:17

¢ Abraham is still on the scene, but of course, the focus is on Isaac – the promised son.

¢ The theme here is the UNDESERVED mercy of God.

¢ He is not only merciful in providing them with a son and thus fulfilling their dreams, but he is merciful to Hagar and her son 21:9-20

¢ He is merciful in providing a lamb at a time when Abraham’s faith was put to test

¢ He even provide a bride for Isaac 24:12 à ‘Show kindness’ and giving them children!

¢ Notice how easily the child can repeat the father’s sins 26:7 (Isaac and Rebecca) compare to (Abraham 12:13 at Egypt and 20:5 Abimelech)

¢ God:

—  Spared Isaac’s life 22

—  Provides Isaac’s partner 24

—  Answers Isaac’s prayer 25:21

¢ Parental example is a repeated theme in this section.

¢ Isaac commits the same sin as his father 26:7.

¢ Note it is Rebekah who leads her son Jacob astray 27:6-13

¢ Sin costs a heavy price.

¢ Rebekah’s action brings

—  grief to their home 27:41.

—  To her heart 27:46

—  Jacob becomes a self centred person like the mother 28:20 –’If …then…) Thinking only for his own gains

¢ The power of the spoken word is very important in Hebrew thought – once blessing is given it cannot be revoked 27:37

¢ The Picture of God’s Patience:

¢ His people are self seeking, unkind to one another, Greed (31:1-33), Lies (31:34), Strife (31:51), Fear (32:4-33), Deceit (34:13-15), Murder (34:24-31)Robbery (34:2), Idolatry (35:2)

¢ They are not happy chapters, but throughout it all God communes and pleads with his servant (28:13; 31:11) and is PATIENT with Jacob’s family.

 

¢ It’s thrilling to see how he triumphs over his unhappy family background.

¢ All the scheming of the previous chapters drops away.

¢ Here we have a story of:

¢ Holiness 39:9; 41:38; 50:15-21

¢ Heroism 39:20; 40:15

¢ Hope 50:24

¢ God is sovereign and his providential care is illustrated throughout the Joseph story 39:21, 23; 45:5-7

¢ Joseph sums it up magnificently:

¢ ‘You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good 50:20’

 

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Classes @ ICC

CLASSES@ICC

Time:7:00 to 9:15pm

Four Classes each week

• Lifetrack One (available in English and Chinese)—suitable for new believers
• Lifetrack Two (available in English and Chinese)—Suitable for those who have finished Lifetrack One
• Connect—for those who have done Lifetrack One and Two or all four previous Lifetracks but not in leadership positions.
• Leadership Track—for all existing leaders

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WEEK ONE (2/2)

Classes	Topic
Lifetrack One	New Relationship New Start	Understand who God is Understand what salvation by grace means
Lifetrack Two	Attitudes and Emotion Character development	How God shapes our attitudes and Character
Connect	Vision, Cultures, 4 Values	A snapshot of the ICC’s DNA
Leadership Track	Vision and Cultures	More indepth look at ICC’s vision

 

WEEK TWO (9/2)

Classes	Topic
Lifetrack One	New Priority	The basics of devotional life—prayer, reading the Bible and journalling
Lifetrack Two	Confident decision making Overcoming the devil	Understand how to make good decisions as Christians and how to overcome the devil
Connect	Strengths and Gifts	A fun workshop to find out your spiritual gifts, unique personality and where you should serve
Leadership Track	Multicultural	The Biblical basis and practical application of the multicultural vision

 

WEEK THREE(16/2)

Classes	Topic
Lifetrack One	New Lifestyle New Experience	An all important session about water baptism, Holy Spirit Baptism and worship
Lifetrack Two	Releasing hurts and conflict management	Mastering the key skill in positive relationship and getting unstuck from the past
Connect	Sonship	Understand the spirit of sonship
Leadership Track	Mission, Miracles and Ministry training	Understand these key values of ICC

WEEK THREE(23/2)

Classes	Topic
Lifetrack One	New Deal New Family	Answer all your questions about tithing and understand the importance of local church
Lifetrack Two	Communicate to connect and walking in faith	Master the keys in good communication
Connect	Four Gates	Understand the first four gates of development in being an effective servant of God
Leadership Track	Foundation of spiritual leadership	Key principles in being a Christian leader

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