Songs of preparation: The Lord God Reigns! Let Earth Be Glad. Responsive call to worship: Praise: Blessed Be Your Name. Corporate Prayer of Confession: Song of assurance, confession of faith, doxology: Jesus, Your Blood And Righteousness; The Apostles’ Creed; Now To Him Who Loved Us. Consecutive reading: Hebrews 11:1-19 – Faith, as confidence of things …

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To the bemusement of many I usually describe a situation where expectation and reality don’t match up by invoking Genesis 29:25 “…behold, it was Leah!” J.D. Greear observes that it always is Leah, and that our expectations and disappointments reveal much about our character and trust in God. From the article: Everyone in the world …

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The annual late April/early May rugby league test match replaces the usual round of games in the NRL. Parammatta are doing some maths to revise their salary cap and the other teams preparing for the part of the season that focusses on State of Origin. Australia are always favourites for these games, even though New …

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