John Chapter 19 - 20:1-22; Matthew 9:9, Hebrews 10:1-22 Celebrating Easter - the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ - our God restores us to Himself! All Christians are saints, sanctified.  I am what God has created me to be! -o0o-  What does sanctified mean?  (From The Free Dictionary ) sanc·ti·fy (s ngk t -f ) tr.v. sanc·ti·fied , sanc·ti·fy·ing , sanc·ti·fies 1. To set apart for sacred use; consecrate. 2. To make holy; purify. 3. To give religious sanction to, as with an oath or vow: sanctify a marriage. 4. To give social or moral sanction to. 5. To make productive of holiness or spiritual blessing.

Bible Ref: 1 John 3:16-24; John 14:23; Isaiah 40:28-31; Romans 8:14 A question posed – “If you lose everything will you still have your faith?” We can’t love in our strength – we will fail.   Putting our faith in Jesus Christ is what we need to do.   Our faith in Christ is a) Loving Christ first, b) love the brethren and then we can c) love the world.   When we are led by the Spirit we will show the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. We come together to celebrate God – He gives us the inspiration and restoration. In Isaiah 40, Isaiah takes the people to task for being without hope when their spirit is under affliction.   We are to be human beings NOT human doings.   This passage was written to inspire and arouse God’s people to have emotion – to be and not to do.

Bible Ref:   John13:35; 2 Peter 3:9; Acts 1:8; Matthew 24:14; Col. 2:19; Psalm 95:1-7 As Christians we are to meet others needs in love. We’re not their judge, maker or creator.   Church is to be a place where we can demonstrate John 13: 25 “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Even Christian is to be a minster.   Every Christian   is called to be in ministry.   Every task is worthwhile.   God uses ordinary people.   God has saved us, restored us, given us abilities.   The kingdom of God never stops growing.   On earth we can a) sin (that’s what all human beings do) and b) tell others about God and the message of salvation.   In heaven we do neither. God gives the resources and authority to His people.   We don’t have to go to Bible College to tell others about God’s message of Hope and the Good News of Salvation.   We are to be a spoken witness taking the Gospel to all men and women across the world.   He call all people of all nations a

Bible References:  1 Cor. 9:22-23; 1 Co. 1:10; Eph. 2:19; Gal: 3:26-29; Rom. 10:13 The Church: a special place to be a safe place where born again believers can learn, express love appropriately and talk about their faith so that they can be prepared when the go out into the world made up of people who are born again each of us have  a role in the family of God we exist as a Church because we have a common father - God our heavenly Father we exist to bring people into membership of God's family we exist to point people to Jesus so that they can meet Him and experience a life-changing personal relationship with their Lord and Saviour We don't change people (that's God's role) we do the accepting them as they are we exist as a Church to educate - teach people to read God's Word we exist so that glory is given to God's Name

The Covenant Players will be coming to Tolga and you are invited! Event:               Covenant Players Date:                Saturday 21 st April 2012                      Time:                6-9 pm (including a light supper) C ost:                    FREE (There will be a free-will offering taken up during the evening) H osted by :       Tolga Community Church For more information and RSVP: tolgacommunitychurch@gmail.com     or phone     0427953145. Some information on Covenant Players: The greatest message one can communicate is the love of God and the Good News of Jesus Christ; and there is perhaps no more powerful way to communicate that message than through the medium of drama. Since 1963, Covenant Players has pioneered the modern use of live drama as a communications resource for the church. With over 3,000 plays in the Covenant Players' repertoire, we can target almost any theme and can bring a life-changing message of hope to any age group. http://ww