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Worship

Everything we do, say and are becoming must reflect God’s glory and give glory to Him; worship is a way of life, lived through six days of labour and refreshingly highlighted on Sabbath rest. Worship is every thought brought into the subjection of Christ. Worship must be the foundation of every dream, the first response of our heart, and forms the basis of our community in Christ. In other words, God is highly esteemed. He created us, redeemed us from certain death, is moulding and shaping us, and for the faithful has promised us eternity.

John Klassek

Rebel Bikies

I normally reserve this space for gentler, perhaps more spiritual topics. And so I felt a little notorious by uploading a short video yesterday of the Rebels motorcycle club. All of a sudden, some 1000 bikies on their noisy Harley Davidsons came thundering through the wheatbelt town of Cunderdin where I was working. I was relieved to see a generous police escort.

These men are quite unique. They’re “family”. And while we may not agree with some of their activities, or feel a bit afraid when they walk into a tavern, they have something we all wish for: a great sense of brotherhood and belonging.

Ask yourself: How many good friends do you have? I don’t mean work mates or sporting buddies. What I mean are people you have a deep, deep (non-sexual) friendship with. How many of them can you implicitly trust? Most of us will probably admit that our good lifetime friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

You don’t have to ride a Harley Davidson, have a tattoo, or grow a long beard to identify with someone who’ll be a life-long trusting friend. Simply pause in prayer, and the one who longs to be your best friend will, in confidence, listen to your every word. His name is Jesus.

 

Love from Grandpa

NY Tropfest 2013 short film entry.

Perhaps one of our most ambitious short films yet, and perhaps also one of the most loved. Many thanks to Peter Cox and Samantha Zinner for their wonderful character portrayals. Thanks to Hannah Klassek for her cinematography, and all those who have helped, encouraged, and blessed us in the making of this film. Enjoy.

 

When good men do nothing.

I borrowed this quote because I think it speaks to all of us.

Is it true that so many times in life we fail to seize the day? We miss the moment and spend a lifetime regretting it!

Like the altercation I saw last week. It ended up as an assault. I hesitated before taking out the camera to film it, and missed the incident. Why did I hesitate? Because “I would have been conspicuous”.

Doing nothing is not an easy matter to forgive, in this life or the next. Because, Jesus says that there is no room in His Kingdom for cowards or the fearful.

Instead, we might learn from an ancient, embattled king, Hezekiah. Facing the prospect of a known enemy, Hezekiah said to those around him, as paraphrased in The Message:

“Be strong! Take courage! Don’t be intimidated by the king of Assyria and his troops–there are more on our side than on their side. He only has a bunch of mere men; we have our GOD to help us and fight for us!” Morale surged. Hezekiah’s words put steel in their spines. (2 Chronicles 32:7-8  MSG)

Good men are also courageous men.

– John Klassek

 

The Resurrection of Lazarus

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Things are about to heat up. Jesus knew what he had to do, and what was coming.

We see him among his closest friends; we’re privy to two sisters’ heart and soul; we see Jesus’ moistened eyes when weeping openly and, we’re astonished to see a certified dead man walking again.

John’s testimony is about to escalate. Like a novel that up until now has now set the stage, Chapter 11 of John’s gospel account is the fulcrum, the part of the book that you just can’t put down – because everything John has to tell us now hinges on what happened that week, some 2000 years ago.

Presented by John Klassek on behalf of Christian Educational Ministries