The little committee that could keeps working.
We’ve been helping the Australian Presbyterian Church relate constructively and formatively with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Timor Leste for over ten years. A Victorian ( transplanted from Darwin), some NSW folk and me. Our fellow committee member Brian phoned in from Western Australia because he couldn’t make the scheduling work.
No posing in the photo. It’s a working committee. (Robert Benn approved this photo for public release)
I’m traveling to Sydney for committee meetings of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and am due back Saturday.
Next month I’ll be attending standing committee meetings in Brisbane.
Margaret would have travelled to Brisbane with me and seen her parents for a couple of days.
At fairly late notice we decided she should go to Brisbane today instead so she can spend a longer time with them and them come home with me mid-February.
So, we spent a very early morning drive together to get to Adelaide airport, and now we go our separate ways for a while.
More Than Conquerors, from Trevor Hodge’s EP Once For All.
The lyrics:
Verse 1.
Almighty God, did not withhold his Son
For sinners he gave him up
Sacrificed once for all
So will not He graciously give all things
Mercies and sufferings for those he loves
PreChorus.
If our God is for us
Who then can stand against
If our God is for us
Who then can stand against
Chorus.
For in all these things
We are more than conquerors
Through the love of Christ
Raised from death to life
Yes, of this I’m sure
None can separate us now
From the love of God
That is ours in Jesus Christ our Lord
Verse 2
Who can bring charges against God’s child?
Who can condemn us now
Those he has justified
Christ who died, in victory raised to life
Intercedes for us now at God’s right side
PreChorus.
Chorus.
Bridge
Neither ocean’s depths
Nor mountain’s heights
Can separate us now
Neither demon’s lies nor angels lights
Can separate us now
Neither pasts regrets nor futures yet
Can separate us now
Neither life’s array nor death’s decay
Can separate us now
Repeat.
Chorus.
Words and music © Trevor Hodge 2017
Question 4
How and why did God create us?
Answer
God created us male and female in his own image to know him, love him, live with him, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to his glory.
This song covers the answers to both questions four and five.
