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Sunday 29 December 2019

'A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR'

Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

by Rev. Jonathan Griffiths                           
Senior Pastor, The Metropolitan Bible Church,  Ottawa, ON.
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PODCAST for Sunday, December 29th,  2019
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Broadcast Title:

  "A Prayer for the New Year"
 
Reference passage: Psalm 16   (NIV)

A miktam[a] of David.

Keep me safe, my God,
    for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    apart from you I have no good thing.”
I say of the holy people who are in the land,
    “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
    I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
    or take up their names on my lips.
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
    you make my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    surely I have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
    even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
    nor will you let your faithful[b] one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  2. Psalm 16:10 Or holy
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Rev. Jonathan Griffiths


2176 Prince of Wales Dr, Nepean, ON K2E 0A1

Phone: (613) 238-8182
www.metbiblechurch.ca/

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Sunday 22 December 2019

'A CHRISTMAS SERMON'

Rev. Jonathan Griffiths

by Rev. Jonathan Griffiths                           
Senior Pastor, The Metropolitan Bible Church,  Ottawa, ON.
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PODCAST for Sunday, December 22nd,  2019
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Broadcast Title:

  "A Christmas Sermon"
 
Reference passage: Luke 2:14   (NIV)

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
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Rev. Jonathan Griffiths


2176 Prince of Wales Dr, Nepean, ON K2E 0A1

Phone: (613) 238-8182
www.metbiblechurch.ca/

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Saturday 14 December 2019

'PRAYING IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair
by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           
 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday,   
December 15th, 2019 

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This week's broadcast is the sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah. 
The sermon was called "Better than Kharma" 
 It is part of my series, "The Story of Jonah"

"Praying in the belly of the fish"
  

Today’s Reading: Jonah 1:17-2:10  (ESV)

A Great Fish Swallows Jonah

17 [a] And the Lord appointed[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah's Prayer

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying,
“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
    and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
    and you heard my voice.
For you cast me into the deep,
    into the heart of the seas,
    and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
    passed over me.
Then I said, ‘I am driven away
    from your sight;
yet I shall again look
    upon your holy temple.’
The waters closed in over me to take my life;
    the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
    at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
    whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
    O Lord my God.
When my life was fainting away,
    I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
    into your holy temple.
Those who pay regard to vain idols
    forsake their hope of steadfast love.
But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.

Footnotes:

  1. Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  2. Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed
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 NOTES:



No Other: The Story of Jonah
Praying In the Belly of the Beast.
Jonah 1:17 - 2:10

  1. Because the Lord is God, there is no other god, hence there is no other, when it comes to people.
  2. Death swallowed Jonah, and the Lord had death spit Jonah out alive.
  3. Death swallowed Jonah, and the Lord had death spit Jonah out alive. Death swallowed Jesus, and the Lord spit death out dead.
  4. In Religion and spirituality, vows and sacrifices lead to “salvation.” With the Gospel, salvation leads to vows and sacrifices..
  5. Grace leads to faith and obedience. So your faith and obedience flow out of grace.

George Sinclair George is the Lead Pastor at Church of the Messiah.
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