Sermons by Steve Bates (Page 2)

Sermons by Steve Bates (Page 2)

Shepherd Jesus, Hooray!

Shepherd Jesus, Hooray! Click Download below to get a printable colouring sheet 12 Let me ask you this. What would you do if you had a hundred sheep and one of them wandered off? Wouldn’t you leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go look for the one that had wandered away? 13 I am sure that finding it would make you happier than having the ninety-nine that never wandered off. 14 That’s how it is with your Father in heaven. He doesn’t…

Kids’ Spot – Rules, Rules!

Kids’ Spot – Rules, Rules! 37 Jesus replied: ‘“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Matthew 22:37-39 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Golden Years

Golden Years – Genesis chapters 49 and 50 GATHERED UP Beyond all father Jacob’s hopes and fears, his beloved son Joseph is alive and well, Ruler of mighty Egypt, 2nd only to Pharaoh. Now begin Jacob’s last and GOLDEN YEARS. 17 blessed years of peace with his family around him in comfort and safety. The years of loneliness are past. “Surely, God is good to Israel” Psalm 73:1 (Israel is Jacob’s other name). Old Jacob DIES – 147 years old.…

11 – God mightier than warlords

God mightier than warlords Daniel chapter 11 God is the God of History – vERSES 1-35 Man’s History is a history of Wars – bullfrogs and tyrants! The War-Lords have an end – v36-45 Don’t be …

2 – God Rules and God Reveals

God Rules and God Reveals. The Book of the prophet Daniel, chapter 2. King Nebuchadnezzar’s dreadful dream. A weaver has 2 sets of threads, WARP and WEFT, with which she weaves a pattern. The twin threads of God Rules and God Reveals are woven together here, just as the warp and weft that make up the rug. What the King saw. The dream explained About the King,the kingdoms to follow his, and the kingdom that will last forever.

1 – God’s People Are Never Alone (Even In a Hostile World)

God’s People Are Never Alone (Even In a Hostile World). The Book of the Prophet Daniel, chapter 1. The story of Daniel and friends, prisoners and exiles in Babylon the Great. A Real Life Drama in 3 Scenes! Scene 1 – v1-7 God is NOT defeated! That is, He is omnipotent, all powerful. The Babylonians did not conquer Israel because Israel’s God was not able to help them, but because God gave victory to Babylon as a judgement on His…