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St Pauls Anglican Shellharbour

Locality: Shellharbour, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4295 1321

Address: 12 Towns Street 2529 Shellharbour, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.stpaulsanglican.com

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25.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ... the Lord be with you!! We continue today in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18, where Jesus addresses ‘acts of righteousness’ or religious practices specifically, giving to the needy, prayer and fasting. These are all good and helpful things but Jesus warns his followers of those who abuse these activities for public praise and adulation. Jesus teaches us that God detests disingenuous religion, calling those who do thes...e things for public show, hypocrites. There is something in the human heart that loves to be seen doing good by others. But Jesus wants these things to be secret, so that only God will see and so reward the genuine disciple. To whom do we perform? To the world, or to God? Our answer reveals who we love. And to know and understand love, we must be guided by the gospel and the cross of Jesus Christ, where God has shown how much he loves us a love the world can never emulate. May Christ’s love compel us to seek and know only God’s love that we would serve him wholeheartedly in truth, in love and in genuine faith. Your brother in Christ, Nigel See more

24.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, We begin Term 4 in a new series, ‘The Sermon on the Mount’, from Matthew’s gospel (today, 5:1-12). What Jesus reveals in this sermon are not secrets for the successful; rather he is preaching blessing for ‘the poor in spirit’ (v.3). At every point in this sermon we are meant to confess our spiritual poverty and to entrust ourselves wholly to the King. You see, we are not ‘up to’ the kingdom of heaven. No, the kingdom of heaven comes down to us, because the King has stooped. Jesus meets us where we are, and where we are is ‘poor in spirit’. Do you acknowledge that you are poor in spirit? Are you a spiritual no-hoper in desperate need of blessing? Then sister, brother, the King, and his Kingdom are for you. Your brother in Christ, Nigel

20.01.2022 For your edification, here's December's Southern Cross. God bless, Nigel

16.01.2022 CoVid-19 Update - re: Places of Worship (Bishop's Office) Friends, just an update from NSW Health and directives for gatherings...now... i. Keeping the 4m2 rule, church gatherings can be now up to 300. For the vast majority of our churches, maximum capacity is not changed, but it is an encouraging development.... ii. There is now no longer an expectation that masks be worn in church. Though still there can be no congregational singing. iii. Carols indoor up to 300 (subject to 4m2 capacity - i.e. unchanged). Outdoors up to 500, presently at 4m2, however there is a possibility the outdoor social distancing requirement may be reduced to 2m2. We're moving in the right direction!! I do add however that the most significant factors that affect our gatherings - still - is the indoor 4m2 rule and the 'no singing' rule. We will continue to uphold these directives, while and as there continue to be the possibility of community transmission, meaning we could face restrictions until a vaccine is fully engaged in our nation. Yours in Christ, Nigel

15.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, the Lord be with you! Today we come to Matthew 5:13-16, where Jesus tells his followers that they are ‘the salt of the earth’ and ‘the light of the world’ like a city on a hill that cannot be hidden. This is very challenging. Salt is a preservative that slows and stops degradation but it is also an important flavouring for food. Jesus calls us to be who we are that our word and conversation would bring challenge ‘salt’ to sinful ...behaviour. If there is no salt in us, then what are we good for? Similarly, Jesus calls us to be ‘light’ to live such good lives that are naturally luminescent, exposed and exposing. Such lives cannot be hidden like a light that pushes back darkness and brings light for vision and understanding so are lives are to be. Yes, challenging and hard questions come from what Jesus says. Is our conversation challenging (salty)? Do we hide our light, or do we shine in our lives with the gospel? For this is what Jesus calls true disciples to. How are you going in these things? Yours in Christ, Nigel

12.01.2022 Dear friends - the Lord be with you!! As we conclude our time in the book of Ruth ch.4 today we're going to be thinking about the extents of God's plan and the expense of our obedience and redemption. This book has been a great reminder of God's great providence as he works through all things, from the big events of the world to the small actions and choices of individuals, to be sovereignly at work in his plan of redemption. Today as we come to see the story of a few different redeemers we will also be reminded of the cost of our own obedience as well as the cost paid at the cross for our redemption. Yours in Christ, Nigel

11.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Today we continue in our series in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5:21-30. Hear we see how Jesus radicalizes the law, by taking its external prescriptions for behaviour and calling his followers to change their hearts and motives in their obedience. So not only must we not commit murder, but we must not be angry in our heart; not only must we not commit adultery, but we must also not lust with our eyes and fantasize in our hearts. Jes...us exhorts his followers to be holy in both action and thought, in behaviour and heart. And in this we know we cannot attain this perfection on our own, which brings us to see our need of grace and the hope we have in our saviour and deliverer, the new Moses, our Lord Jesus Christ. He will make his people holy by his blood that they may live righteous lives in both action and heart. SO we give thanks to God for his mercy and provision in our Lord Jesus Christ. Yours in Christ, Nigel See more

11.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ... the Lord be with you!! Today in our series in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:31-37 Jesus challenges us regarding divorce and oaths. Jesus is teaching us that God’s Law is to inhabit every part of our lives both in our actions and in our hearts and minds. The law was given to lead God’s people in holiness, that they would reflect God’s good purposes and will to the world. So in marriage, divorce is not acceptable, because God desi...gned marriage to be between a man and a woman for life. Moses’ concession in Deuteronomy 24 allowing divorce was given only because of the hardness of the hearts of people who failed God’s purposes in marriage. Jesus says divorce (which sometimes forced women to remarry to survive) actually drives divorcees to remarriage and so adultery. Jesus wants people to honour their commitment in marriage. So also with oaths be people of your word; do not swear by anything; let yes be yes, and no be no. In all this Jesus wants our lives to reflect God’s will lived in unblemished truth in both words and actions. He is calling us to be his children let’s obey our good Father with all our heart. Yours in Christ, Nigel

09.01.2022 Still feeling timid about church? This is a good word for us at this time.

07.01.2022 This is a short video featuring Archbishop Glenn davies giving thanks to God for the rain that has ended the drought in much of NSW

06.01.2022 This is an important response to a sad development in the Anglican Church of Australia. Nigel

02.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ - the Lord be with you!! Today in our series in the Sermon on the Mount we come to Jesus’ statement about the Law and the Prophets in Matthew 5:17-20. In this CoVid-19 year of rules, law enforcement and health directives, it is interesting to see Jesus’ attitude to God’s law and the prophets. And as we see Jesus is a stickler for the law he says he has not come to abolish it but fulfill it. Not a jot or tittle will pass away until all tha...t God has determined has been fulfilled. Challengingly, Jesus calls his followers to uphold the law fully he calls his people to a righteousness that far exceeds the pedantic Pharisees and teachers of the law. How can we do this we who are ‘poor in spirit’? Of course we can’t, but fortunately one far greater than Moses has come, who fills up the law with his good life and his good death that we may live under God’s law by his grace righteously, blessed and free and not cursed with the condemnation of our disobedience, failure and sin. Praise God for the new Moses Jesus! Yours in Christ, Nigel

01.01.2022 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ... the Lord be with you!! Today we hear from our CMS Missionary, Craig McCorkindale, who writes: Today we are in Matthew 5:38-48, in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus continues his great address and again he returns to Old Testament law. As before, he contrasts what has gone before with his teaching. He is the new and better Moses as he interprets the true heart of the law, showing the full extent of righteousness. As he intensifies teaching o...n murder and adultery, so he intensifies teaching on justice and love. While the Old Testament contained a just system in which love could be expressed, Jesus shows what true justice and love look like. This picture of love and justice is exemplified in his life and death. Thus in Jesus we see perfect justice combined with perfect love. Christians in the power of the Spirit are called to be perfect in their justice and love as God is. This is only achieved through Christ’s death and his indwelling Spirit. The law of Christ’s kingdom is a law of grace. Yours in Christ, Craig McCorkindale

01.01.2022 We're supporting Anglicare's Toys'n'Tucker Christmas Appeal this year... see the video here for details... Thanks, Nigel https://toysntucker.org.au/TNT_2017_Video.mp4