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Hidden Treasures in the Kingdom: Discover Desires Fulfilled

Explore biblical teachings on desires and fulfillment in a community event. Join us for Bible study, potluck, and more at Parkdale Church. Gain insights on redirecting desires towards God and a satisfying life.

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Hidden Treasures in the Kingdom: Discover Desires Fulfilled

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  1. March 11, 2018

  2. Gatherings Good Friday @ Pearkes Arena • Friday, Mar. 30 @ 10:00am • Gather at Parkdale @ 9:30 to carpool! Potluck (with new kitchen!) • Sunday, Apr. 8 @ 12:00pm

  3. Going Deeper in Matthew Matthew Video • Today – 30-60 minutes Bible Study • Thursdays @ 10:30am

  4. Serving Together Breakfast/Work-bee • Saturday, Mar. 24 @ 8:00am Potluck (picnic-style, no kitchen yet) • Sunday, Mar. 25 @ 12:00pm

  5. Prayer • Requests & Thanksgiving

  6. Isaiah 55 1“Come, all you who are thirsty,    come to the waters;and you who have no money,    come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milk    without money and without cost.

  7. Isaiah 55 2Why spend money on what is not bread,and your labor on what does not satisfy?Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,and you will delight in the richest of fare.3 Give ear and come to me;    listen, that you may live.

  8. Psalm 34:8-10 Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.Fear the Lord, you his holy people,    for those who fear him lack nothing.The lions may grow weak and hungry,  but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

  9. Offering • Online givingnow availableon website: Parkdalechurch.ca

  10. Kids’ Minute • Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old

  11. Missions Spotlight • Victoria Pregnancy Centre

  12. Matthew: Following the Teacher 9:35-10:15 – Reaping God’s Harvest 13:44-46 – What to do with Desire

  13. “The Kingdom is likea hidden treasure”

  14. What to Do with DesireStoics and Epicurians Acts 17:16-18 – While Paul was waiting for them in Athens…he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. 

  15. What to Do with DesireStoics and Epicurians Colossians 3:2 • Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Matthew 7:7 • “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

  16. What to Do with DesireThe Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure The Kingdom • Matthew 5 – a present reality • Matthew 6 – to be sought in this life • Matthew 7 – a trusting relationship • Matthew 10 – has come near

  17. What to Do with DesireThe Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure The Kingdom • Not just a destination, but a journey

  18. What to Do with DesireThe Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Hidden – not found by all Matthew 13:13, 51 • This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. • “Have you understood all these things?” Jesus asked. “Yes,” they replied.

  19. What to Do with DesireThe Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Hidden – not found by all Matthew 21:31 • Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

  20. What to Do with DesireThe Kingdom is a Hidden Treasure Matthew 11:25-26 • At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

  21. Treasure • The answer toyour desires • All you need • Worth all you have

  22. Unlike a Stoic/Deist • Jesus teaches that God fulfills our desires Unlike an Epicurian/Hedonist/Materialist • Jesus teaches that God fulfills our desires Our desires don’t need to be completely denied or indulged, but redirected to God

  23. What to Do with DesireA God-Shaped Hole

  24. What to Do with DesireA God-Shaped Hole

  25. What to Do with DesireA God-Shaped Hole TheGood News of the Kingdom • Doesn’t detach us from the world, but enables us to live in it with purpose • Doesn’t mean embracing the worldbut enables us to live freely, satisfied

  26. What to Do with DesireThis is No Sacrifice

  27. What to Do with DesireThis is No Sacrifice Psalm 34:8 • Taste and see that the Lord is good Psalm 37:4 • Take delight in the Lord,and he will give you the desires of your heart.

  28. What to Do with DesireThis is No Sacrifice • “The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become – because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be…It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own.” – C. S. Lewis

  29. This is No Sacrifice (Jason Upton) To you I give my life, not just the parts I want toTo you I sacrifice these dreams that I hold on to Your thoughts are higher than mineYour words are deeper than mineYour love is stronger than mineThis is no sacrificeHere's my life

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