The India Gospel League are committed to seeing church planters around India be trained in the bible.

A unique link between this Indian organisation and evangelical Christians around Australia has formed. Through this partnership, Aussies head to India and teach Moore College correspondence courses to the pastors who can not afford to be trained in a formal setting in India.

Over two weeks we’ll be teaching different courses (Old Testament 1 and Ephesians) in two towns, training around 100 church planters and evangelists.

We’d love your support – both in prayer and financially!

If you would like to receive prayer updates from this team please send an email to following email address… enjoyji {at} hotmail(.)com (please note updates in India will be dependant on internet access).

BSB= 650 000  (Newcastle Permanent)

We need to raise a total of $13,175 for the trip.

The first $4400 of this is to cover registration and accommodation for the pastors attending the conferences – about $55 per pastor. The remainder is to cover in-country costs for the team – $75 per team member per day. (Team members have to pay their own travel expenses and incidental costs.)

The thermometer shows where we are up to so far.

photo credit: SuperFantastic

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Give up a coffee a week and support the training of the next generation of gospel workers.

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For more information click here.

Saturday 19th Feb

9:00 am

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Islington Baptist Church Hall

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New students will be streaming onto campus for O-week. Some will be Christian students, looking for a Christian student group. Others will be looking for friendly people, or even free food. All of them need to know Jesus.

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~ This is something so important it’s worth planning for! ~
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So many people come to know about NCS during O-week, and we only need to look at our own stories to be reminded of how beneficial the Bible talks, Small groups and WinterCons have been in moving us to love and treasure Jesus Christ as our only Rock and Redeemer.
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At Kickoff we’ll plan how to welcome them during O-week, and take care of them in the following weeks. We’ll fellowship around God’s word, enjoy some food together, and pray for those that Jesus will be entrusting to us for the most formative years of their faith!
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They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
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Don’t take your eyes off heaven! Come to Kickoff and get PUMPED to do a God-honouring job of welcoming all of your unknown brothers and sisters!

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In the final TNT Prayer Seminar (run by Geoff), NCSers shared practical ways of bolstering our prayer lives. Suggestions ranged from prayer diaries, using “pre-meal grace” as a reminder to pray for other things, and mobile phone prayer-alarms. These are all good, but none of them are the best. They’re 8′s, not 10′s. Bottom line – they’re handy, but they don’t include other Christians and breakfast now, do they? No, no they do not. However,

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FINAL PRAYER BREAKFAST for 2010!

this Thursday wk 13

7:45am @ 7K

call/sms me 0424 699 666 if you don’t know where this is

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Come get your prayer on!

photo credit: Napalm filled tires

In the last TNT for the year we’re thinking about what we should pray for. Is it wrong to pray for parking spaces, your sick rabbit, or your exam marks? Or is it wrong to neglect praying for these things? Come along and find out! 5:306:30pm this Wednesday (after NCS).

Next week we’re going to Jeso Park for a picnic after NCS!

photo credit: Carly & Art

“The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature.”

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Jesus’ words in the parable of the sower remind us of the many small things which can call on our attention, diverting our eyes from eternal glory. It’s interesting that the “good” things in life (riches and pleasures) can stop us from maturing, but around exam time I don’t think that riches and pleasures will be our main distraction! Most of us will be bunkering down for the next week or three, trying to cram in thirteen weeks worth of knowledge. Whilst it’s good to work hard, and we ought to be studying diligently in order to learn our various trades, we need to be careful that our study patterns don’t grow thorns. Don’t let them choke your life!

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Since lectures and tutes are over, you may have more time to decide upon your own routine. Why not use the next three weeks to develop a great quiet-time routine alongside your study patterns? Perhaps you could start each day by reading and reflecting on God’s Word, before opening up your textbook?

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On the other hand, if you’re one of those lucky student’s who has no exams, or you finish early, beware the pull and distraction of life’s pleasures. Enjoy your time off and use your holidays – make them a great time of refreshment, and a reminder of God’s great promises in Jesus.

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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

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photo credit: Tatters:)

I have great privilege of teaching two scripture classed each Tuesday. I just got home from them now. I love scripture. If you’re a Uni Student and have time to take a class I commend it to you highly. (Especially if you’re a teaching student, good GREAT practice!) This week I taught them about the establishment of the Israelite Monarchy from 1 Samuel. As I was prepping for it I came across an oddity. Let me explain.

The Prophet Samuel who has led Israel as God’s spokesman all his life is old and the people are afraid of what will happen after he dies. So they ask for a king. More like demand. They reject God as their rightful king and demand a king like all the other nations have… (1 Sam 8:5)

Surprisingly God gives them one even though they’re rejecting & replacing him.
This struck me as really strange. Why does God do that? Why does God give in to their demands? He gives them all the reasons why they don’t actually want a king (they”ll have to pay taxes, their sons will  have to join the army & work in his fields, their daughters will become his cooks and servants & the whole nation will end up being his slaves). But Israel don’t want to listen and so God gives in. He gives them what they want. WHY?

As I pondered this suddenly the AWEfull truth struck me. As Paul points out (Romans 1:24-28) sometimes when people reject God, he gives them what they want and all the consequences that go with it. In Israel’s case they wanted a human king and all the horrible things that will entail. So God gave them a king. And they had to live with it.

I can’t help but think how it’s just like today. All around our world people reject God and despise him. So God gives them what they want, a life without him. And he’ll continue giving them what they want for all eternity. That’s Hell. Life without God and all the good things he gives.

Father please protect us from sinfully demanding from you things that will harm us.
Father please do not grant our sinful requests.

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