March 11, 2018

Gatherings Good Friday @ Pearkes Arena Potluck (with new kitchen!) Friday, Mar. 30 @ 10:00am Gather at Parkdale @ 9:30 to carpool! Potluck (with new kitchen!) Sunday, Apr. 8 @ 12:00pm

Going Deeper in Matthew Matthew Video Today – 30-60 minutes Bible Study Thursdays @ 10:30am

Serving Together Breakfast/Work-bee Saturday, Mar. 24 @ 8:00am Potluck (picnic-style, no kitchen yet) Sunday, Mar. 25 @ 12:00pm

Prayer Requests & Thanksgiving

Isaiah 55 1 “Come, all you who are thirsty,     come to the waters; and you who have no money,     come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk     without money and without cost.

Isaiah 55 2 Why spend money on what is not bread,   and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,  and you will delight in the richest of fare. 3 Give ear and come to me;     listen, that you may live.

Psalm 34:8-10 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, you his holy people,     for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry,     but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Offering Online giving now available on website: Parkdalechurch.ca

Kids’ Minute Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old

Missions Spotlight Victoria Pregnancy Centre

Matthew: Following the Teacher 9:35-10:15 – Reaping God’s Harvest 13:44-46 – What to do with Desire

“The Kingdom is like a hidden treasure”

What to Do with Desire Stoics and Epicurians Acts 17:16-18 – While Paul was waiting for them in Athens…he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. 

What to Do with Desire Stoics and Epicurians Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

What to Do with Desire The Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Matthew 5 – a present reality Matthew 6 – to be sought in this life Matthew 7 – a trusting relationship Matthew 10 – has come near

What to Do with Desire The Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Not just a destination, but a journey

What to Do with Desire The Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Hidden – not found by all Matthew 13:13, 51 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.

What to Do with Desire The Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Hidden – not found by all Matthew 21:31 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

What to Do with Desire The Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Matthew 11:25-26 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. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

Treasure The answer to your desires All you need Worth all you have

Unlike an Epicurian/Hedonist/Materialist Unlike a Stoic/Deist Jesus teaches that God fulfills our desires Unlike an Epicurian/Hedonist/Materialist Our desires don’t need to be completely denied or indulged, but redirected to God

What to Do with Desire A God-Shaped Hole

What to Do with Desire A God-Shaped Hole

What to Do with Desire A God-Shaped Hole The Good News of the Kingdom Doesn’t detach us from the world, but enables us to live in it with purpose Doesn’t mean embracing the world but enables us to live freely, satisfied

What to Do with Desire This is No Sacrifice

What to Do with Desire This is No Sacrifice Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

What to Do with Desire This is No Sacrifice “The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become – because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be…It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own.” – C. S. Lewis

This is No Sacrifice (Jason Upton) To you I give my life, not just the parts I want to To you I sacrifice these dreams that I hold on to Your thoughts are higher than mine Your words are deeper than mine Your love is stronger than mine This is no sacrifice Here's my life