Tyrrell Baptist Church

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
A.W.Tozer

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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.
Augustine of Hippo

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From the Pastors desk...Thoughts that may make it into the sermon on Sunday
I wonder if you have read those threads where a person tells of how they received
compassion or generosity from an unlikely source? We perhaps have examples ourselves
where someone who seemed not to like us, relate to us, or was generally grumpy surprised
us with a gift or some other form of encouragement? I thought of such situations as I was
reading Matthew 7 in preparation for our service on Sunday. We at TBC are hoping to enjoy
the service outside and have a BBQ pot luck together so as its all going to be a bit informal I
thought I might lay aside our journey through the Lords Prayer for a week and see what else
Jesus says about prayer, food and fathers. This is the phrase that keeps coming back to me
"How much more." Three simple words.
If an imperfect parent can be patient, how much more is God patient? If an imperfect person
can forgive, how much more does God forgive? If ordinary people can show generosity,
kindness, and compassion, how much more can we trust the One who is the source of all
goodness? Jesus built an entire invitation to prayer on those three words.
Maybe faith begins there—not with having all the answers, but with daring to believe that God
is better than we imagine.
None of us love perfectly, yet every day we catch glimpses of generosity, compassion, and
grace. Jesus noticed this too. He said that if ordinary fathers know how to give good gifts, how
much more does God? What if the best moments of human kindness are not the destination,
but signposts? What if every act of love points beyond itself to the One from whom love
comes?
You are welcome to join us on Sunday at 10.30 for a service and BBQ outside TBC.

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“God certainly gives daily bread to everyone… but we pray in this petition that He would lead
us to realize this.” Luther

Musings from the Pastor’s desk: Thoughts that may well make it into the sermon next
Sunday.
This Sunday we come to what should be one of the simplest lines in the Lord’s Prayer:
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
Simple words…but perhaps one of the hardest prayers to mean, because many of us are
quite sure that I need to provide for me. We live in a world that teaches us to rely on
ourselves, to plan for the future, to insulate ourselves against every eventuality....its a religion
for some! But Jesus teaches us daily trust. Daily dependence. Daily grace.
To receive life (and bread) as gift from God I have to come with open hands rather than my
achievements. I am beginning to think that the “Us” in this petition is part of the key and helps
us unlock how to live this prayer. And so it is wonderful that this Sunday we have communion
at Tyrrell because communion reminds us that we come to God hungry, not self-sufficient.
Join us this Sunday as we continue our Lord’s Prayer series together around Scripture,
Communion, and community.
Coffee, tea, and an Alpha preview video will follow the service.

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“The will of god is exactly what we would choose if we knew what God knows.” N. DeMoss

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