This past week two of our Bible school students baptized newly saved in their bathtub at home! Anders and Carlos were the happy baptisers and they now disciple their own disciples... So, we have already baptized four people this January and we are continuing towards the goal; to baptize 50 people during 2010! Hallelujah! The Book of Acts in Stockholm city!
Our celebration in SOS Church was just better than best yesterday! Lots of people, creative, fun - we laughed spontaneously and from the heart several times! The service was warm and full of Holy Spirit! Yesterday's theme for the message was; The Situation of the Poor in Stockholm and how we can exterminate poverty in the city both personally and as a church!
However, there should be no poor among you, for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you...
5 Deut 15:4
Here's a short summation for you that wasn't there, and repetition for you who were :).
How do we exterminate poverty practically?
1. Exterminate greed and guard the purity of your heart in regards to money. 1 Tim 6:10
2. Willingness, obedience and devotedness to the Great Comission. Is 1:17-19, Mark 10:29-30, 2 Tim 2:3-4
3. Save for the future. Deaut 28:8
4. Work hard. Prov 6:10-11, 10:4, 20:13
5. Give to the poor. Prov 14:31, 17:5, 28:27
2. Willingness, obedience and devotedness to the Great Comission. Is 1:17-19, Mark 10:29-30, 2 Tim 2:3-4
3. Save for the future. Deaut 28:8
4. Work hard. Prov 6:10-11, 10:4, 20:13
5. Give to the poor. Prov 14:31, 17:5, 28:27
The death of Jesus, the redemption on the cross of Calvary dealt with;
1) Spiritual death
2) Sickness
3) Poverty
2) Sickness
3) Poverty
In the New Testament we read;
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. .
2 Cor 8:9
And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:19
Today I slept in, had a great meat casserole and even had time to work out at my favorite gym in Flemingsberg together with my brother in arms and associate pastor Walter...
Tomorrow our Leadership Days start in SOS Church Stockholm with guests from all over Sweden and Norway and people are still signing up - sooo much fun! We are so glad to have speakers like Thomas Jonsson, Christian Center West, Daniel Viklund from the Salvation Army in Västerås and Tommy Lilja from the People's Church in Sölvesborg.
Parents! Don't forget to sign your kids up for Kids Camp 24 in our church this weekend, January 23-24!
See ya!
