tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44736768579161030272024-03-18T20:17:40.571+10:30Geoff Thompsons BlogGeoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.comBlogger1018125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-31445743371662735612024-03-08T12:44:00.004+10:302024-03-08T12:44:31.720+10:30Pentax Espio 120SW and other news<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Eoht_kUFejA?si=PGZDxb4DwpeKc9tG" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-9262407047030123712024-03-02T19:30:00.002+10:302024-03-06T09:52:32.191+10:30Very Few Christians Know THESE Facts About Dinosaurs<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/edNFe5SQH7Q?si=-1vafdZvte12pHmp" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-65664574008868591942024-02-27T21:10:00.004+10:302024-02-27T21:10:56.687+10:30The Cross | TV Special<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/y4eoW0JmZag?si=-Bk09iy1znIPfMiE" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-36199071584582959152024-02-27T19:40:00.004+10:302024-02-27T19:40:27.769+10:30Landsdowne's Birds of the Forest- A book review<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/9MmAeKBEsHg?si=MgjSpO2FNL5kycTH" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-53525495143709152992024-02-23T21:20:00.004+10:302024-02-23T21:20:19.969+10:30Glimpses of my Library<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/888xA0_xlOw?si=ENbm3YyciSUZ89T_" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-30678384719042252672024-02-20T13:40:00.004+10:302024-02-20T13:40:37.187+10:30Grote Street Church of Christ 133rd Anniversary<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/y4J_122e7EI?si=NjK8v5hupB-W3YEX" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-14933872360232806012024-01-26T09:23:00.000+10:302024-01-26T09:23:00.096+10:30A Day at the Cricket-Adelaide Oval. West Indies v Australia 17/1/24<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GDStW5lGGXE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/GDStW5lGGXE?si=NlvavmntQW57A1Vn" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-79768573799063770362024-01-06T16:57:00.006+10:302024-01-14T11:18:00.267+10:30Groups in the New Testament by Frank Hunting<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/LcJ4ivyWN40?si=Jr0sMo-XlmDo564H" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-86048638270418686492024-01-05T15:46:00.009+10:302024-01-06T10:29:32.788+10:30"Lord Teach me to Pray" by Frank Hunting<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/mmwdFdHuG7c?si=lNha8X4C0gqfW2T5" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-9775944690570211902024-01-02T18:09:00.007+10:302024-01-02T18:09:59.594+10:30An Introduction to C J Dennis<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/rX2M-U0qs6o?si=Q78RE1oSeqSJEoMn" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-4895338729686593102024-01-02T16:16:00.007+10:302024-02-09T16:25:17.944+10:30My current listings online including Pentax Mzs {Mzs is now no longer avaialble.}<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ABWWjScYgB8/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ABWWjScYgB8?si=bNJ-i6xkXSuUIQ-Z" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-77487042776717481602024-01-01T15:58:00.003+10:302024-01-01T15:58:54.239+10:30A New Year 2024<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/4-EGd79dPbA?si=IC-7qYUQFHry2dKY" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-27862199764357207512023-12-23T12:59:00.004+10:302023-12-23T12:59:29.753+10:30Christmas Greetings 2023<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/IXMBgBDb-yg?si=7h0KuzSsNJXCh9wJ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-50978955782422950852023-12-19T22:29:00.004+10:302023-12-19T22:29:43.293+10:30Evolutionists TWIST Incredible New Evidence<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-ws_HXpRAfI?si=GOUlui8eqh9ZgK-T" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-59577799947022145712023-12-02T17:18:00.001+10:302023-12-02T17:18:08.989+10:30Mary, Did You Know? - The Petersens (LIVE)<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/KqBaoaaPswI?si=tHMR7rOkD5_-xqSM" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-8182910563972365532023-11-24T15:11:00.001+10:302023-11-24T15:11:13.539+10:30A Night at the Opera-The Marriage of Figaro<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/mylOzlLs0_E?si=4-U1skIjxT9F41Gi" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-56244120827485045962023-11-18T10:29:00.003+10:302023-11-18T10:29:45.755+10:30This Is How Our Society Is ACTIVELY Rejecting God<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/oNWvNQmjbw4?si=Wq3m-VDqReU1PiB8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-3142154917422345632023-11-15T23:04:00.000+10:302023-11-15T23:04:32.124+10:30What is that to you? by Oswald Chambers
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“What Is That to You?”
By Oswald Chambers
Peter…said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said to him, "…what is that to you? You follow Me." —John 21:21-22
One of the hardest lessons to learn comes from our stubborn refusal to refrain from interfering in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the danger of being an amateur providence, that is, interfering with God’s plan for others. You see someone suffering and say, “He will not suffer, and I will make sure that he doesn’t.” You put your hand right in front of God’s permissive will to stop it, and then God says, “What is that to you?” Is there stagnation in your spiritual life? Don’t allow it to continue, but get into God’s presence and find out the reason for it. You will possibly find it is because you have been interfering in the life of another— proposing things you had no right to propose, or advising when you had no right to advise. When you do have to give advice to another person, God will advise through you with the direct understanding of His Spirit. Your part is to maintain the right relationship with God so that His discernment can come through you continually for the purpose of blessing someone else.
Most of us live only within the level of consciousness— consciously serving and consciously devoted to God. This shows immaturity and the fact that we’re not yet living the real Christian life. Maturity is produced in the life of a child of God on the unconscious level, until we become so totally surrendered to God that we are not even aware of being used by Him. When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured-out wine, we have yet another level to reach— a level where all awareness of ourselves and of what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint— a saint is consciously dependent on God.
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Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-77618595757063206352023-11-10T14:02:00.002+10:302023-11-10T14:02:37.635+10:30Go to Jesus by F.C.Hunting<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/_hgllcAC6bU?si=ajMztNBF8B2c1_WH" frameborder="0"></iframe>Geoff Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479984267585556066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4473676857916103027.post-22464149769867341692023-10-12T11:50:00.005+10:302023-10-13T16:00:53.352+10:30From the Wayside Chapel Kings Cross by Rev Jon OwenI am supporting the YES vote in the referundum coming up soon.I have copied this from the Wayside Chapel Newsletter
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Dear Inner Circle,
In 2007 we packed up our entire lives, including two toddlers into our Tarago to move from Melbourne to Sydney. We had a heart full of dreams for our next season in Mount Druitt, but there were no hard plans, no accommodation arranged, and just a few phone numbers scrawled on a piece of paper. If life is a daring adventure, then we were going by the seat of our pants, the only thing we were certain of was our trajectory. Fast forward a few months and we were moving into our very own home. It was a house marked for demolition after they couldn’t find anyone who wanted to live in it, but for us it was a sign of good things to come.
Doubt quickly morphed into a sense of certainty; I was convinced we were going to grow old here. Thankfully a wise mentor took me aside and set me straight, “Never be so arrogant as to think you’ll be here forever or that you hold all the answers to the questions on this community’s heart. Your only job for the first few years is to shut up, and just listen — to the cries, the pains, and the whispers of the spirit over this land. Discern the promises held for this place, and then work as hard as you can to inch those promises a little closer to fulfillment in the short time you have allotted. Know that you will not finish the task, but neither are you free to stand aside from it.”
What wisdom! Life around us flourishes when we find ourselves as necessary, significant but not central to it all. There is power in that, which seems like a paradox.
For over 65,000 years, the First Peoples of Australia have maintained an unbroken connection to this land, its stories, and its spirit. Yet our 122-year-old Constitution remains silent, not reflecting or recognising this ancient culture. Long before any of us called this place home there was a spirit over this land.
Australia's history, while rich, carries with it painful memories and moments of deep injustice. The scars from families torn apart and policies born out of prejudice are evident. However, the present moment offers us an opportunity to amend. A simple, yet profound request stands before us: to recognise First Nations’ people by saying YES to supporting their voice in the Constitution. The invaluable insights and deep wisdom of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will finally be used to advise on issues that impact their lives, leading to more informed government decisions.
There's an unfulfilled promise in our nation's story, a gap in our shared history. Right now, we have the chance to bridge it together. This Referendum is our moment – to listen, respect, and act on the Uluru Statement from the Heart that encapsulates years of hopes and desires.
It comes from the heart. Let it speak to your heart.
This Saturday, I urge each of you to choose love over hate. Say a resounding YES to the recognition and inclusion of the First Nations in our Constitution.
Together we can make history.
Thank you for being part of our Inner Circle,
Jon
Rev. Jon Owen
CEO & Pastor
Wayside Chapel
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