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Thursday Story People meeting Jesus A story of salvation and healing We continue apace into the twentieth century and hear the story of salvation and healing coming to a house! Come on in, and listen to this amazing story about the relevancy of Jesus Christ to this woman's life. Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file~ You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site!

Wednesday Wisdom Proverbs 4 G’day! Welcome to Partakers and to Wednesday Wisdom, where we are listening to what the Bible has to say through the Wisdom literature of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. Come on in! Today it is Proverbs 4. Download this episode using this link 1 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honour, when You do embrace her. 9 She shall give to your head an ornament of gr

Think Spot 14 October 2023 25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. 27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:25-30) Jesus is strong enough and capable enough, to carry any burden that is laid upon Him. Jesus Christ gives a solid and sure foundation for all aspects of life, which will not fall or be destroyed. Indeed Jesus Christ will never fall or decay such is His imperishability as the everlasting God. Jesus

Alpha Talk - The Bible Click or tap here to save/download this talk as a MP3 file Aim: to discuss briefly the following things regarding the Bible. 1. What is the Bible? Bible can be used and abused Bible in history & society. Richard Dawkins & Dan Brown Other claims to be the Word of God - Koran, Book of Mormon 2. How did we get the Bible? 3. How did God give us the Bible? Revelation Inspiration Illumination 4. How to look up the Bible? 5. Why interact with the Bible? The Bible helps us know God more 6. How should we interact with the Bible? Keys to understanding the Bible · Read it Inerrant No explicit contradictions Context matters 7. Some practical interactions with the Bible! Public & private reading. Memorizing Meditating or thinking about it Obeying it! Preaching & teaching. Tap or click here to save/download this talk as a MP3 file Click on the appropriate link below to subscribe to this website

Saturday Story People meeting Jesus  The story of Jenny from Taiwan... We continue apace into the twentieth century and hear the story of Jenny from Taiwan. Let's look together at how and why she started her Christian journey and the relevancy of Jesus Christ to her life! Come and listen to her story of faith... Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file~ You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site!

This is an interview from 15 February 2009 that I did with Hope FM, a local radio station from the communities of Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch talking about Partakers Ministries, Podcasts and Virtual/Internet Church. Right mouse click or tap here to save this Podcast as a MP3.

Friday Prayers 11 October 2024 Order of Service! Opening prayer Praise time Prayers for those grieving and lonely Prayers for justice and peace Prayers for those facing challenging situations Prayers for churches and Christians worldwide Prayers for healing Time of silence for your own prayers Benediction   Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file ~ You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site!

Thursday Story People meeting Jesus Today we have the testimony of how Sharon, from China, met with Jesus Christ and started following Him. She converted to Christianity from Daoism/Buddhism... This is in Chinese and English...  Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file~ You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site!

Wednesday Wisdom Proverbs 3 G’day! Welcome to Partakers and to Wednesday Wisdom, where we are listening to what the Bible has to say through the Wisdom literature of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. Come on in! Today it is Proverbs 3. Download this episode using this link 1 My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the tablet of your heart: 4 So shall You find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones. 9 Honour the Lord with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So shall your barns be filled with plent

  Monday Think Spot Greatness and Love   To be great is to rely on your own strength, own power and own wiles with a self-serving self-seeking and self-important love. That is the wisdom of the world. But that is not true greatness. It isn’t even really love. So what is greatness? As ever Jesus overturns the wisdom of the world (including alas some in the church today!)... Matthew 20:26-28 "It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your servant; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” That is biblical greatness. That is biblical love in action. Go into this week determined to serve others selflessly so that others may see Jesus in however you serve other people. Right Mouse click to save this as an audio mp3 file

Partakers Bible Thought 29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.” (Acts 17:29-31) 8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. (2 Corinthians 7:8-10) I wonder what you know or think about the word “repentance”. The dictionary defines re

Walking with Jesus 4. Tender Today we glimpse together at the tenderness of Jesus. Come on in to hear what we say about this WOW about Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd - Matthew 9:35-36 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it - Luke 19:41 Jesus wept - John 11:35 Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file

  Walking with Jesus 3. Majestic Today we glimpse together at the majesty of Jesus: Come on in to hear what we say about this WOW about Jesus Christ of Nazareth For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eye-witnesses of his majesty. He received honour and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’ We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 2 Peter 1:16-18 (NIV) Click or Tap here to listen to or save this as an audio mp3 file~

Church Leadership Session 12: What can God do with a leadership team that is totally committed to Him? Welcome to the final session in this series on Church Leadership. I trust they have all been a blessing to you and helpful as you continue on in your walk with God. I want to end on a positive note and look at what God can do when leadership teams are totally committed to Him and united in their service for the Boss – the Head of the Church. In the book, The Trellis and the Vine (Marshall and Payne (Matthias Media 2009) – ISBN: 978 1 921441 58 5), the writers compare the work of planting, watering, fertilising and tending the vine to that of Christian ministry. ‘The basic work’, they continue, ‘of any Christian ministry is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of God’s Spirit, and to see people converted, changed and grow to maturity in that gospel’. However, they also acknowledge the essential need to tend and maintain some sort of framework to

Church Leadership Session 11: What happens when it all goes wrong? Welcome to session 11 – probably the most difficult of all to deal with. Sadly, there are, all too often, times when things go wrong in church and I want us to think about some of those today. This is never going to be a comprehensive treatise on these matters – but I hope it will be helpful to those leaders going through difficult times and for those in churches where leaders are causing problems.   There are two main areas that I want to consider – those where the leader has served to the best of his ability but things have not worked out or illness has been a part of the situation – and those where the leader has not acted in a way that befits their office and thus damaged their calling and brought the Name of Christ into disrepute.   I have taken some “case studies” that I have been involved with to illustrate some areas where things have not turned out well – either for the individ

Church Leadership Session 10: “What are the marks of a good leader?” Or “Is (s)he a leader worth following?” We look today at the marks of a good leader. Put another way, what leaders are worth following? In trying to answer this question, there is the danger of describing “Superman” or “Wonderwoman” – so I will hopefully keep to a few practical points that will help leaders to grow and those being led to follow wholeheartedly. And, as we have said in previous sessions, some leaders are gifted in certain ways and some in others – so, just because a leader is an exceptional teacher and preacher, (s)he may not excel in pastoral ministry or children’s work. Added to that, we are all fallible human beings and get things wrong from time to time – I’ll look at this in more detail next time. The first thing we need to emphasise is that those who lead in Church must be, to be effective, men and women of God. And what does that m

Church Leadership Session 9: “How do I know I am called to leadership?” Or: “Why would I want to be a leader?” Colin Buckland in his book Freedom to Lead says: “Calling, much like guidance, seems to be an elusive business. Most of us would wish that the writing was on the wall, but it isn't. We rely on a non-exact science, such as interpreting a Scripture passage, receiving the encouragement of others, hearing the inner voice and, for some, receiving a prophetic word.” If you are already in a leadership role in church, how was it for you? I know in my case I “fell into it” (as my wife describes it). My accounting skills were the driver for the other leaders of the church we were in at the time to ask me to become an Elder. I don’t think, at that time, I felt “called” – I felt more obliged to help them out! It seems to me, as I have talked to other leaders over the years, there is no simple “one size fits all” answer to this question. That doesn’t mean to say that God does not use our faltering

Church Leadership Session 8: What can we learn from Stephen – a member of the first team of deacons? Last time we looked at Timothy as an example of an effective church leader – today I want us to consider Stephen – one of the first cohort of deacons appointed in the early church. Please do read Acts 6 – and 7. We see from Acts 6 that there was a complaint (no surprises there, then – after all this was church!). Thankfully, this one led to a positive outcome – would it were so in every case? Stephen is one of seven chosen as “deacons” – or servants – but they too had to be full of the Holy Spirit. We don’t hear much more about the others (except Philip) – but they probably quietly got on with the job they were assigned to do. And there is a lesson for all of us in that – quietly serving God and His Church without becoming grumpy. As we read about Stephen – remember his role is as a deacon (a “waiter on tables

Church Leadership Session 7: “What can we learn from Timothy – a New Testament Church leader? Today I want to look at Timothy (whose name means “honouring God” or “precious to God”) and see what lessons we can learn from what we know about him and the counsel and support he received from his “father in the faith”, the Apostle Paul. Here are just a few high points about his life that we learn from the New Testament: Timothy was a teenager when he met Paul. His family lived in Lystra so he was a Galatian. His father was a Greek man; we know nothing of his faith. But Timothy’s mother and grandmother were faithful Jewish women who taught the Old Testament scriptures to their son/grandson (Acts 16:1; 2 Timothy 1:5). In Lystra, during Paul’s second missionary journey, he learned that Timothy had an exceptional reputation among the local Christians (Acts 16:1-2); Because he came from a mixed racial background, in which his mother was Jewish and his

Church Leadership Session 5: What does the New Testament tell us about what characteristics we should expect from a church leader” Part 2 We continue today to look at the characteristics we should expect from church leaders. Last time we focussed on elders (or bishops) – today we will look at deacons. We come across the concept of deacons first in the New Testament in Acts 6 when seven men were chosen to fulfil some of the practical aspects of church leadership, leaving the apostles free to “give [their] attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word” (Acts 6:4). These seven were to be those who were “known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom” (Acts 6:3). In 1 Timothy 3, Paul sets a standard for deacons which is similar to that for elders with a few variances (there is no ‘apt to teach’ for example). Again it is about being ‘worthy of respect’, which implies a bearing and lifestyle that is recognised by those inside and outside the church t