Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 30 July 2023. ‘There are absolutely no adverse circumstances that can reduce us to permanent and eternal despair, once we have placed our trust in Him and have received His life. Even death holds no fears for us.’
Archives for July 2023
Trinity 7: Ordained of God and yet compromised in sin
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 July 2023. ‘We are seeing in vivid detail the groaning of creation as the whole of fallen humanity has its effect on it. Perhaps we need to look to the harvest of His message and pray for the workers to go into the fields for His purposes.’
Trinity 6: A new beginning and a new birth
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 16 July 2023. ‘Jesus is the vine and His Father is the gardener, looking for fruit and pruning the branches so as to improve the yield.’
Trinity 5: An invitation to all
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 July 2023. ‘Instead of compliance there is relationship. Instead of appearance and presentation, there is reality. Instead of spin, there is truth in the inward parts.’
Trinity 4: The Commonwealth of God in Jesus Christ
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 July 2023. ‘The question posed by our hymn Love Unknown asks: ‘Who am I that for my sake My Lord should take frail flesh and die?’ is answered by Jesus Himself: ‘You are mine. Nobody takes you out of My hand.’’
