St John’s Diamond Creek Talks
Episodes
Monday Feb 01, 2021
The Promised Land || Summer Stories || Deuteronomy 1:19-36
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
2020 brought challenges and plenty of lessons. Will we learn from those lessons, or just snap back to our lives from 2019?
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Fishing with Jesus || Summer Stories || John 21:1-14
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Julie leads us through a story about Jesus - a story of Jesus appearing to his followers after his death and resurrection and helping them find a haul of fish.
What stands out to you in this story from John 21?
What do you like about this story?
What does this story show us about Jesus?
What does this story show us about people?
Monday Jan 18, 2021
When Life Disappoints || Summer Stories || Mark 8:34 - 9:1
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
On New Years Eve, Tim and his family where holidaying. Spending time at the beach, shopping and hanging out. Then they got a call that the border between NSW and Victoria was closing. They needed to travel hundreds of kilometres on a moments' notice. They then needed to spend nearly two weeks in quarantine.
Life throws curveballs in our direction all the time - even beyond living through a global pandemic.
How does Jesus suggest we live with challenges and disappointments? He certainly doesn't say that by following him life will be all rosey.
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Blurry Vision || Summer Stories || Mark 8:22-33
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Spitting isn't great, socially. It's pretty gross, especially in a pandemic. But when Jesus spits in his hands and rubs it into a blind man's eyes, the blind man is healed - but only after a second attempt by Jesus. Initially, the man has blurry vision. What a weird story! Kirk explores how we also have a blurry view of Jesus.
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Jesus Meets Our Needs || Summer Stories || Mark 8:1-21
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Through 2020, we saw scenes that we may never have expected - supermarket shelves empty of food and toilet paper. In 2021, Tim encourages us to trust that Jesus will provide all our needs, just as he did for the 4000 people (and the 5000 in a previous chapter), with enough food for leftovers.
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Creating a Faith Based New Year's Resolution || Matthew 17:14-20
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
With a New Year upon us, you might've been asked: "Have you made any New Year's Resolutions?". Julie challenges us - if your resolution is something that could be achieved in your own strength and effort, think bigger! Rely on God for your New Year's Resolution, and trust in his strength to get it done!
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Fix Our Eyes on Jesus || Faith in the Dark || Hebrews 12:1-3
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
The finale of our Faith in the Dark series looks at the high point of the book of Hebrews - a challenge to fix our eyes on Jesus. After spending 10 chapters pumping up Jesus ("How Good is Jesus??") the author now encourages us to focus on Jesus, and run the race set out before us. Kirk explores how following Jesus is more of a marathon than a sprint.