1. January 28, 2018

2. Gatherings Men’s Breakfast Potluck Saturday, January 27 @ 8:00am
Sunday, Feb. 12:00pm
AGM
Sunday, Feb. 12:00pm

3. Going Deeper in Matthew
Bible Study & Prayer
8:00 pm (men)
10:30 am
Video: The Gospel of Matthew
First section: Sunday, Jan. 12pm

4. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts,     as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from the evil one.’ For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen

5. Prayer
Requests & Thanksgiving

6. Offering
Online giving now available on website:
Parkdalechurch.ca

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

8. Matthew: Following the Teacher
5:1-16 – An Upside-Down World 5:17-48 – An Inside-Out Life 6:1-18 – An Audience of One

9. An Audience of One Mercenaries and Rewards

10. An Audience of One Mercenaries and Rewards

11. An Audience of One Mercenaries and Rewards
Just in it for the benefits?
Nominal Faith – for social respect
Philosophical – eternal cost/benefit
Consumeristic – the Divine source of material blessings

12. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do
Matthew 6:1
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them.  If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

13. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do
Romans 4:4-5
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation. However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

14. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do

15. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do

16. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do
Matthew 18:19-20
Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

17. An Audience of One Why we Do What we Do
Psalm 63:1
You, God, are my God,     earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you,     my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land     where there is no water.

18. An Audience of One The Father Who Sees
Matthew 6:4, 6, 18
“Your Father who sees in secret will reward you”

19. An Audience of One The Father Who Sees
Genesis 16:13
She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “ You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

20. An Audience of One The Father Who Sees
From the Jewish Quaddish:
Magnified and sanctified be His great Name in the world which He hath created according to His will; May He establish His kingdom during your life and during your days…

21. An Audience of One The Father Who Sees
Matthew 4:4
Jesus answered, “It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

23. An Audience of One Walking by Faith in God’s Reward
What we do in secret shows who we truly are and what we truly believe

25. An Audience of One Walking by Faith in God’s Reward
This week,
Try these secret acts of faith:
Look for an opportunity to give
Start the day with the Lord’s Prayer
Replace something with space for God