11th April 2020 - "What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?" - Rev Johnson Makoti
Channel: Atherton Uniting Church
Date: 10/04/2020

Rev Johnson opens God's Word from 1 Peter 4:1-8 with a challenge,... will we live,... not by our human desires, but by the will of God?!  We were created for good works.  We should use the gifts God has given us to serve others.  Rev Johnson underscores this idea with the examples of Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, in John 19:38-42, who in an hour of crisis, rose to the challenge to take care of our Lord's body.  Finishing with Job 14:1-14, the essential question that arises is; if a man dies, can he live again?  The answer of course is YES!  If you are a servant of Jesus, then yes!  All the servants of Jesus have passed from death to life already, and their Lord will raise them up at the last day.

If you would enjoy some traditional worship songs to accompany this service, one of our members, A. McCosh has kindly recorded "And Can It Be That I Should Gain," "The Old Rugged Cross," and "When I Survey."  The words have been added to the music so that you can sing along.  You can find these songs in the following playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWfHuicyr_6Vo4nzVA2d6RsVL2ixNNR6a.

If you would enjoy some contemporary worship songs to accompany this service, the Uniting Church Queensland Synod has published a Spotify playlist for this purpose.  It can be found at:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1rbd6noTKJVmTRNqGoeQhB?si=5WtSmfTOSka8ZhgU4amDiA.

Contributors (in order of appearance):  Rev J. Makoti, G. Makoti.
Video recorded by:  B. Cooney.
Post production editing:  B. Cooney.
Publishing:  Pastor C. Guise