Am I At Odds With The World?

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Update From Your Pastors

Dear Welling Church family,

As a leadership, we are so excited to be able to reopen our church building once again on 6 September for in-person Sunday services. Please stayed tuned as we will be giving more information on what the service will be like and what will be or won’t be offered for creche, kids, and teens in the coming weeks.

On 23 and 30 August we will host 2 live in-person trial Sundays at the church building at 11:00 which will be comprised of volunteers only. If you would like to be a part of these trail Sundays, please contact Justin to let him know you would like to help (07375 700198). For those unable to come or do not feel comfortable coming to a live service, we will still be providing a livestream option via Facebook and YouTube.

We require that all volunteers read our risk assessment and be kept up to date on the guidance contained within it (click below for updated version). We will also ask that all volunteers wear a mask or appropriate face covering as detailed in the risk assessment and Government guidance.

The Elders:
Tarl Reeves, Justin Rhoades & Joshua Bell

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Prayer Points

  1. Steve has been finding it harder to cope with his COPD during the warmer weather.

  2. Debbie asks for prayer for her friends son Jay, who is suffering in hospital with mental health issues.

  3. Sarah’s brother James is starting a new job this week.

 

Ministry Opportunity

We will be opening the church building for a special goodbye celebration for the Davis family 23 August at 5PM. We pray that you will be able to attend and show your support for this lovely family. We also would like to give them a personal gift as a thank you from our church for all the time they spent ministering in Welling. If you would like to contribute, you can do so by giving online through Welling Church. Please feel free to give any amount, but if possible, would you consider contributing £20 - £50 or more to be a blessing to them? Please do so by 16 August, so we can collect it in time for the goodbye celebration.

If you wish to contribute to the Davis family, please give via the church at:

Welling Church (HSBC)
Sort Code: 40-19-04 
Account Number: 02171236
Memo: Davis Family

 

Weekly Devotional

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Vital Signs of Saving Faith

Question 5: Am I at odds with the world?

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides for ever. 1 John 2: 15-17

The Christian in pursuit of personal holiness will run head on into the world. The light of the believer's life exposes the wickedness of the sinful world, which then creates tremendous tension. A Christian will set his eyes on God, ground his deeds in the Word, and his life on the righteous path.

1. The World Defined

John 15:18-20

18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

  1. The Ground - PHYSICAL 

  2. Humanity - FLESH 

  3. A Sphere of Activity - SPIRITUAL

    • The invisible spiritual system of evil dominated by Satan

    • This world only offers opposition to God, His Word, and His People

2. What Do You Love? v.15

15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  1. A Christian’s Loves by Obeying God’s Word (James 4:1-10)

  2. Am Unbeliever Hates by Disobeying God’s Word (2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:1-3)

3. The World is Not of God v.16

16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.

  1. The World Desires What it Cannot Have (Gen. 3:6; Josh. 7:20, 21; 2 Sam. 11:2)

  2. The World Thinks to Highly of Itself (Prov. 16:18)

4. Hold Onto What is Eternal v.17

17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides for ever.

  1. The World is Temporary (Rom. 8:13-25)

  2. The Things of God Last Forever (Rom. 8:31-39)

Questions:

  1. Are your priorities proving what you love?

  2. Is the object of your worldly or Godly?

  3. Are you investing in what will last?