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Welcome to The Refinery. The Church The Body of Christ has been the theme for the last few Sunday’s. These messages are primarily based around Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Today we are discussing, The Peace Of The Church. I read a story recently of a pastor - evangelist who was holding meetings in a small rural town in Kentucky back in the 1940’s. He was in the home of one of the oldest familie...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Church The Body of Christ is the theme for the next few Sunday’s. These messages are primarily based around Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Today we are discussing, Christ, The Head Of The Church. Paul was concerned about making clear the relationship of Christ with His people. Sometimes his emphasis was on Christ’s people, His church, as His body. At other times, Paul...

Hey everyone and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. Todays message was recorded at The Garden of Eden/The Activation Station on Saturday 22nd of June Today we are discussing, The Role of the church in the coming days. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really want to encourage you to be diligent with your Bible study time, because God has so much more for us than we can get from just going t...

Welcome to The Refinery. Today we have James August from Christchurch New Zealand bringing us a message about "The Need for Parents." Exodus 17:8-13 NKJV Victory over the Amalekites 8 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Church The Body of Christ is the theme for the next few Sunday’s. These messages are primarily based around Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Today we are discussing, The Goal of the Church. Ephesians 4:7-16 NKJV Spiritual Gifts 7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.  8 Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led capti...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Church The Body of Christ is the theme for the next few Sunday’s. These messages are primarily based around Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Today we are discussing, Walking Worthily as a Church Member. Walking is often used in the bible as a figure of speech to describe a certain manner or way of life. This is true of the seven occurrences in Paul’s letter to the Ephes...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Church The Body of Christ is the theme for the next few Sunday’s. These messages are primarily based around Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Today we are discussing, The Church, The Body of Christ. Centuries ago the psalmist said in Psalm 139:14, I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very...

Welcome to The Refinery. Today we are discussing, What Apostles Do? Firstly Apostles are called by God  1 Corinthians 1:1  Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Apostles are recognised by the church. Acts 6:3  Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Master’s recipe for Effective Praying has been the theme for the last few Sunday’s and is a study of the petitions found in the Lord’s prayer. Today we are discussing, Deliver Us from Evil. Seven is the number for completeness in the Bible. It is of special interest that the Master of prayer gave us just seven petitions in the Model Prayer, This could indica...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Master’s recipe for Effective Praying is the theme for the next few Sunday’s and is a study of the petitions found in the Lord’s prayer. Today we are discussing, Lead Us Not Into Temptation. The battle with temptation is a continuing battle in all of life and is what prompted our petition for today “Lead us not into temptation.” Doubtlessly, the Teacher inte...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Master’s recipe for Effective Praying is the theme for the next few Sunday's and is a study of the petitions found in the Lord’s prayer. Today we are discussing, Forgive Us Our Debts. Jesus instructs us to make all our needs a matter of prayer. The needs of our body are to be a matter of prayer, which is why we pray, “Give is this day our daily bread.” B...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Master’s recipe for Effective Praying is the theme for the next few Sunday's and is a study of the petitions found in the Lord’s prayer. Today we are discussing, Our Daily Bread. Prayer begins with God ward concerns, but it does not end there. The first three petitions of the Lord's Prayer make petitions for the name, Kingdom, and the will of God. These must be...

Welcome to The Refinery. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about Thy Will Be Done. “It is God’s will.” These words are often used to interpret the tragedies of life. In legal language, “an act of God” is used to explain the great catastrophes that bring so much suffering and ruin. Yet Jesus instructed us to pray, “Thy will b...

Hey everyone and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about, Thy Kingdom Come. The gospel of Matthew presents Jesus is the King of the Jews. It is truly the Gospel of the kingdom. Jesus’ whole Sermon on the Mount is to be seen in this relationship. In the midst of this sermon, our Lord gave h...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about, Hallowed Be Thy Name. The Lord's prayer is a useful guide for disciples to follow in their prayer life.  It gives us some priorities by which to establish our prayer life.  Most of us have quoted this presence childhood, but we may not have full...

Hey everyone and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about Our Father. If we are to come boldly to the throne of grace to receive help in our time of need, we must know who sits on the throne. We must know who God is, and we must know what kind of person He is. We can learn a lot by consider...

Welcome to The Refinery. Today we are blessed to have Mark and Ana Johnson with us from The Academy of Light. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really want to encourage you to be diligent with your Bible study time, because God has so much more for us than we can get from just going to church once or twice a week and hearing someone else talk about the Word. When you spend time with God, you...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be right in our o...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in ou...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in ou...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be rig...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Delighting The Soul in Fatness. It is a great blessing to desire earnestly and to receive the things of the Spirit that God will give to those who ask. Three thi...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Rest Unto Your Souls. As Australians, our heritage has hardly prepared us for this beatitude. Our heritage is one that encourages contempt for what we understand...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the coming Sunday mornings This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Joy Comes in the Morning. If we have never fully understood all that it means to be a Christian, we have never fully appropriated the full blessedness of the Christ...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, The Poverty That Possesses. The person who is truly poor in spirit is blessed because such poverty enables that person to possess the supreme possession of all,...