Preached by Pastor Tim Vink, interim pastor

Colossians 1:15-20; 2 Corinthians 5:18

Every Christian reconciled to God through Christ can participate in his global reconciliation movement.

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Pastor Tim Vink leads us for the next 6 weeks as interim pastor.

Text: Ephesians 3:14-21

Theme: God made you to love you. (Eph. 1:4-6)

l. God made you to love you. Christian family formed in the blood of Jesus’ atonement at the cross…new identity in our name/nature. Rooted and established in love, v. 17. Water of baptism thicker than blood of earthly families. Nature and Nurture by eternal design. Family name, family resemblance.

Romans 8:38: Filter all else through his inseparable love.

ll. Measuring the Immeasurable love of Jesus. Jesus has a superpower. Don’t resist (John 1:12)…Don’t settle (Romans 8:28)…Do receive! Alignment with his

superpower, become a super-receiver. 4 dimensions: wider, longer, higher, deeper. Force multiplying. Pray for power to grasp…to have and to hold from this day forward as a cherished bride. (Eph. 5) Agape love, creates value.

Flip all else with his supernatural love. (Romans 8:28 and verse 1; 38…no separation, no condemnation, no devastation.). “This is temporary”; Jesus’ love is eternal.

lll. Immeasurably More…. Our mind is not the measure of all things. His ways are higher, his thoughts are higher. And Jesus never stops thinking about us, his church, generation to generation. “Pleroma power” overflowing, cups running over. Not meant to be contained. Scarcity mentality or abundance? Rising expectations. Fill all else to overflowing. Glory in the church and in Christ Jesus.

Closing: Gordan MacDonald, Ordering Your Private World: “Let inward prayer be your last act before you go to sleep at night and your first act when you awake in the morning, and you will find in time as others have, that those who have the wind of the Holy Spirit go forward even while they sleep.”

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This is Pastor Paul’s final talk before sabbatical and retirement.

Placing oneself under the Lordship of Jesus (the Kingdom of God in me) means the complete denial of self and a total commitment to Christ. It begins with someone’s pursuit of something valuable—God’s Kingdom. Let us joyfully let go of all competing claims on our lives and make pursuing God and His Kingdom our greatest possession.

Matthew 13:45-46

We had a technical issue recording this week: the electricity in the church building blipped, and it took several minutes for our equipment to come back online. Apologies for the few minutes of talk that went unrecorded.

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