Our God is a God of grace.

My thanks to Rookie Preacher for these thoughts. “Grace is the love of God, spontaneous, beautiful, unearned, at work in Christ for the salvation of sinners.” The Lord Jesus died to save sinners and bore the punishment we deserve (Isaiah 53:4–6; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18). There is no place for pride or boasting in the Christian life - we owe everything to God. Have you considered what would happen to your life and the lives of those around you if you were gracious like the Lord Jesus? Here are some practical ways in which we can lead our culture in extending grace: Forgive Quickly Think about forgiveness and grace from God’s perspective. God grants anyone grace who has faith because of what Jesus did for humanity. That forgiveness is so powerful! But we as humans and church leaders we are not so quick to forgive. We want to make sure certain conditions are met, that the person is never going to do it again, that the person is “growing” or whatever it is we want before we forgive. Remember that You need grace as much as anyone When we remember that we also need grace extended to us-from Jesus and from those around us, it makes it so much easier to extend grace to someone who has hurt us or let us down. Help in Restoration If there is someone who has very badly messed up, maybe even very publicly messed up, we must aide in their restoration. We must do anything we can to help restore people from their moral shortcomings. We all have them; some are just made a lot more public than most. Intentionally Show Grace in Your Conversations Go out of your way in your conversations to extend grace to those around you. Actively look for stories of grace to share in your conversations and actively go out of your way to show others the grace you have been given and the grace you will likewise extend to them. Give out So Much Grace You Might Look Foolish Look, the world says if someone has let you down do not allow them to let you down again. How many times should you forgive someone? Well Jesus answered this question: “Seven times seventy times” or practise forgiveness endlessly. You know what happens when you endlessly forgive and extend grace as a Christian? You look foolish sometimes. Someone lets you down over and over again. Someone takes advantage of you more than once. Someone fails more than once. But that is okay; you honour Christ! Will you extend grace today?

2Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

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There are vacancies at Barkly Highway State School and Mount Isa School of the Air. These can be 2 day positions up to 5-day combined positions. 

School Chaplains work within the schools alongside other support people like guidance counsellors, youth support co-ordinators and admin staff. They run programs like weekly Breakfast programs, 1^st break activities, Religious Instruction help, Mother's Day activities, Chappy lounge after school for staff and parent support options, Bella girls program for Year 10 girls, student council support and multicultural event support. On top of this, they may do 1 on 1 student support, sit in classrooms to assist teachers with hard classrooms, and more. They are Jesus to the school, in the most holistic sense of the word. A light in the schools, a faith-filled member who students, staff, and parents can all utilise when they need someone to talk to. 

If you would like to know more about Tree of Life Pregnancy Support Services or how you can be involved, please speak with Gary Lewis or Danielle Cotterill. 

Alternatively, you can contact Tree of Life Pregnancy Support Services (TOLPSS) on their email: treeoflife.mtisa@gmail.com

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The SEPTEMBER GHI Newsletter is attached. 

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Are you in need of meals or know of anyone who could do with some home-cooked meals?
The Mary Marth ministry is ready to serve with a number of volunteers willing to cook a meal for you or someone you may know who is in need of a little help.

Please contact Holly Page if you are in need of this ministry. 

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A prayer request will be made each week for four of our church families. This is to encourage us to pray for our church family.

This week’s Families to pray for are:

• Roydon & Debbie Burns, Nathan, Nicole
• Trystan & Danielle Cotterill, Thomas, Samuel & Sophie
• Ross & Audrey Cullen, Simeon, Leo, Keziah & Peter
• Martin & Jann Dunn

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