Sundar & Sarah Pinninty

The Gospels give us a brilliant picture of a compassionate and fearless teacher who was loved by many but made enough enemies to suffer an early death at their hands. Later, the apostle Paul wrote about him like this:

Colossians 1:15,17
He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation... and in him all things hold together.

These words give us a starting point for our new series, exploring JESUS in big letters, searching the Scriptures for as complete a picture of Him as we can find. But a picture only hangs on a wall and looks nice. The real JESUS is actually calling His followers to be like Him, not to be two-dimensional images looking nice, but 3D human beings, living like He did! That’s some challenge – but it is what we are being transformed into!

Romans 8:29
For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn, with many brothers and sisters. NLT 

2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. NIV

This month we hear stories of how ordinary people got involved in extraordinary exploits around the world! They include people from our own church as well as guest speakers. 

These four Sundays are not really for people who are interested in "missionary work", or international affairs - they are for everyone who wants to be a disciple of Jesus and learn from others some ways of finding God's call on their life, wherever that may take them! We discover some of the ways that God has called ordinary folk like us to serve Him in unlikely ways and places.

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