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Exodus 16.1-15 – God sustains us; we sustain each other
Exodus 12.1-14 – Salvation from Egypt
Exodus 1.8-2.10 – Choosing what is right
Exodus 3.1-15 – What’s in a name
Genesis 1.1-2.3 – The World His Temple
Matthew 1.18-25 – Joseph the Silent
Genesis 2.4-24 – High Priests in Gods Temple
Romans 5.1-5 – Peace with God
Exodus 12 (1) – Complete Salvation
How to make plans? (2 Cor. 1:12-2:4)
Genesis 3.1–24 – Fall of Mankind
Genesis 4 – Am I my brother’s keeper?
Genesis 5.1-5 – Image of God
Genesis 12 – Go and bless
1 Corinthians 1.1-17 – Messed up, but blessed
1 Corinthians 1.18-31 – The scandalous wisdom of the cross
Matthew 2.1-12 – Magi: Crazy happy
Matthew 2.13-23 – Exodus again
Galatians 3.23-25, 4.4-7 – The Joy of the Children of God
Luke 2:8-20 – Fact, Faith, Mission
Matthew 3.1-12 – The Straight Path (2)
Romans 5:12-19 – You will reign in life
Psalm 1 – Tree planted beside streams of water
Job 19.23-27a – The misery is tangible; so is the solution
Ephesians 1.11-23 – All Saints
Psalm 2 – Why do the nations rage?
Psalm 3 – A good night’s rest while problems abound
Psalm 8 – The Greatness of Man
Luke 2.1-20 – The Shepherds saw God’s Glory
Luke 3.1-6 – Repent
Luke 3.7-18 – Radical lifestyle
Luke 4.1-13 – Jesus tempted in the desert
Luke 6.27-38 – Love your enemies
Luke 9.51-62 – Following till the end
Luke 10.1-20 – Sheep, wolves, snakes, scorpions
Revelation to St John
1. God’s Self-revelation – 1:1-20
2. God’s Servants Worshipping on Earth and in Heaven – 2:1-5:14
a) Seven churches – 2:1-3:22
b) Heavenly worship – 4:1-5:14
3. Seven Seals – 6:1–8:5
a) Six seals – 6:1-17
b) Interval: Community of the saved 7:1-17 and Seventh seal – 8.1-5
4. Seven Trumpets – chapter 8:6-11:19
a) Six trumpets – 8:6-9:20
b) Interval: Little scroll and two witnesses – 10:1-11:14
5. War in Heaven and on Earth – 12:1-14:20
a) War in heaven: the woman and the dragon – 12:1-17
b) War on earth: The beasts from the Sea and the Earth – 13:1-18
c) Security of the saints – 14:1-5
d) Announcement of salvation and judgment – 14:6-20
6. Seven Bowls – 15:1-18:24
a) Six bowls – 15:1-16:16
b) The Seventh Bowl; The Prostitute and the Beast – 16.17-17.18
b) Seventh bowl- destruction of Babylon – 18.1-24
7. Joy of Victory – 19.1-22:21
a) Joy in heaven- destruction of Babylon – 19.1-21
b) Thousand years – 20.1-15
Romans 6:1-11 – Our Baptism points the way
John 14.23-29 – Love and peace are eternal
Rev 7.9-17 – Great crowd before the throne
Acts 9.1-20 – Small People Big Impact
Luke 10.38-42 – What is the best choice?
John 1.1-14 – The Word was God
Luke 12.32-40 – Where is your treasure
Three Words – Psalm 19
Luke 13.10-17 – Having our priorities right: people first
The Beauty of being Needy (2 Cor. 1:1-11)
Importance of the community (2 Cor. 2:5-11)
Luke 14.1, 7-14 – Who exalts himself will be humbled
Isaiah 2 – Living with a vision
Psalm 16 – Pleasures in God’s Presence
John 2.1-12 – Wedding in Cana
John 6.24-35 – The Bread that Lasts
Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 – The welcoming heart of God
Advent Studies
Luke 16.1-13 – Use money well
Luke 21.25-38 – Watch yourself and stay awake
Luke 24.1-12 – The power of his resurrection
1 Samuel 1.4-20; 2.1-10 – Thank God for the harvest
Mark 1.4-11 – Sermons He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
Christ is King (Rev 1:4-8)
Matthew 3.13-17 – Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3.1-12 – The Straight Path
Matthew 5.1-12 – Reformation, All Saints, All Souls
Matthew 5.13-20 – More righteous than the Pharisees
Matthew 5.38-48 – Go an extra mile
Matthew 5.13-26 – Christian community as fulfilment of the laws of God
Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21 – Ash Wednesday
The Mission of the Church
John 12.1-8 – True worship
Mark 1.9-15 – Kingdom Obedience
Mark 1.14-20 – Repent and believe
Psalm 22 – My God my God why have you forsaken me
Victory through suffering (2 Cor. 2:12-3:3)
Mark 1.21-28 – Authority of the Holy Spirit
Prophet Zechariah
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2 Corinthians 3.12-4.2 – Changed from glory to glory
Genesis 28.10-19 – Jacob’s Ladder
Glorious God in Jars of clay (2 Cor. 4:1-18)
Mark 2.23-3.6 – Priorities in our life
John 12.20-33 – We want to see Jesus
John 13.1-17 – Maundy Thursday
Luke 24.36-48 – Jesus eats broiled fish
Acts 8.26-40 – The Gospel is for all nations
Luke 24.50-53 – Ascension of Jesus
Visit Amsterdam April 2018
Overflow
In Dutch: Vraatzucht (2013)
Matthew 6.5-15 (7) – Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
Matthew 6.5-15 (1) Prayer: Your Father already knows
Matthew 6.5-15 (2) – “Our Father who art in heaven”
John 15.9-17 – I chose you
John 17.6-19 – United in Mission
John 20.1-18 – The grave is empty
Mark 5.21-43 – God our healer
Mark 6.30-34, 53-56 – Rest a while
Mark 8.31-38 – Following Jesus
Radical Anafora Desert Retreat 19-25 October 2019
We enjoyed a great Egypt Desert retreat in October 2018, and we aim for another retreat in a year’s time. Arrival date in Anafora: 19 October 2019.
Beginning of retreat program: Sunday morning 20 October 2019, 5.30am
End of the program: Friday 25 October 2019, ca. 1pm.
The retreat will be RADICAL… we will live the life of an Egyptian monk for a week. All the prayers! Starting 6am every morning, and then throughout the day. This will be hard – a meeting with God, and be prepared, also with yourself.
In between, we will visit some monasteries in Wadi Natrun. And you might even have a swim in Anafora… And the food in Anafora is great. Of course, we fast with the Coptic Church, but that will be a feast, I promise.
Though your spend many hours in prayers and readings of Holy Scriptures, as the monks have done for 17 centuries, we will also have plenty of time to interact with each other, to enjoy, to exchange experiences and ideas.
But I warn you: you must have guts… to meet with God and with yourself in the many hours of silence with Him.
The maximum number of participants is 12
So… reserve your place soon. The first people have signed up as our retreat in 2018 was truly a wonderful time.
Make sure that you have your place in this retreat by your downpayment of €100 before 31 August 2019.
Payments please (with comment: ‘down-payment Anafora Retreat 2019’) to:
Jos Strengholt
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This is what we offer:
During the retreat we will
- Meet with God and with ourself
- Pray the ancient prayers of the Coptic monks (in English)
- Visit some ancient monasteries
- Have time for personal meditation
- Meet with the Coptic Orthodox Bishop Thomas (the visionary who founded and leads Anafora)
- Participate in the common morning and evening prayers of Anafora
- Enjoy the green desert of Anafora
Total cost of this retreat: €575 (that includes the €100 downpayment)
Included in the price:
- Six nights in Anafora, including three meals per day.
- As much coffee, tea, water as you like
- The prayer books that the Coptic monks use, supplied as hard copy at the beginning of the retreat
- Transport from and to Cairo (the airport, if you like, or any other place in Cairo if you wish so) on 18 or 19 October and on 25 or 26 October (or other dates – details can be discussed)
- Visit to some monasteries in Wadi Natrun
Not included:
- Your ticket to and from Egypt. You can handle this by yourself.
- If you spend more nights in Anafora that the six nights that are part of our program, you pay 40 euros per night extra.
If you want to more information or if you want to register, contact me as soon as possible.