2022 Sept - Obey the Word of God - St Ioannis GOC Parramatta
How can you Obey the word of God if you dont know the word of God - Read your Bible. Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
2022 Sept - Don't Worry Be Content.
1 Timothy 6:6-12 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Most first worders live in wealth without knowing and fall into temptation and traps and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge us into ruin and destruction. The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. We are eager for money, thinking it will give us happieness and wandered away from the faith and pierce ourselves with many griefs. We should flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. We must fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when we made your good confession to follow Christ.
Orthodox Mission & HADA FC Fight against Drugs and Promote God, Football & Education.
Orthodox Mission & HADA FC Fight against Drugs and Promote God, Football & Education.
God Gave Jesus to us!
For God So Loved the World
Joh 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2022 Sept - Give, and it will be given to you: GOC St George Brisbane
Give, and it will be given to you
2022 Bishop Themi - The Blood or Jesus is Conditional.
The Blood or Jesus is Conditional - All Saints Belmore Greek/English
2022 Bp Themi - You are rich but you don't know it, Be Happy, Be Content.
14th August - St Spyridon Church, Sydney, Australia
2022 AFRICAN CHILDS DAY Sierra Leone
Mr. Jerry Torres from Tampa Bay, Florida USA and Fr Roman Stergiou parish priest of Greek Orthodox Church of St Anna, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Both visit Bp Themi on the celebration of the African Childs day at KrooBay Sierra Leone.
2022 Bp Themi Sunday Sermon- The man born blind (John 9:1 – 31)
Today's gospel reading of the man born blind (John 9:1 – 31) raises a seminal question: can the sins of parents be visited upon the children, or, in other words, can a person be in sin for something they have never done? Certainly, the idea of inherited sin was not unknown in the old Testament. The book of Numbers (14:17 – 18) and Two Samuel (12:14) are but two examples of inherited sin. But the best known example is contained in the book of Genesis when the sin of Adam's disobedience was enough to cause humanity to be cast out from Paradise and thereby suffering death.
• Christ, in answering the question of whether it is the child or parent "who sinned?" declares that neither sinned but rather that this man's blindness happened so that the works of God might be manifested in him. Now, within this proposition lays a further mystery: was the evil of this man's blindness predestined by God so that God could manifest Himself?
• Here's the thing: evil is a mystery which mystery, the truth of which, we are not prepared to accept. The theodicies we apply to God are merely human constructs for us to get an understanding as to why good people suffer evil in the face of evil men who seem to prosper. We humans are an inquisitive lot always seeking to get to the bottom of something through our intellect. We are not prepared to let go of a conundrum – we will find an answer!. It is in our stubbornness that our hubris finds fertile ground. Thus by seeking God we become, paradoxically, alienated from God.
• So we cannot rely upon ourselves to arrive at sensible answer. Yet an answer there must be – and there is!. Whilst Christ is in the world he is the light of the world. While Christ is in our heart he enlightens the eye of our mind to see things clearly, and we will see things clearly if we trust in him. Therefore evil may swirl around us but it will not touch us for we have the armour of Christ. So the issue is not who sins but the issue rather is, in the face of sin, are you fortified in truth which is Christ or are you not. That is a question for each one of us to answer.
2022 - Orthodox u13 represent Sierra Leone
Orthodox FC u13 2021 Orange Champions are off to Morocco to compete against other nations. They will represent Sierra Leone and the Orthodox Church.
2022 - P4K-UK Director Visit to KrooBay School
George Tsiappourdhi, director of P4K-UK visits the KrooBay Christian Orthodox School. Since the opening in 2022, P4K-UK have undertaken a 2 year sponsorship of the schools operation and expenses. The school is free of charge to all the local children in the KrooBay Community.
2022 Easter Sermon Body & Spirit
It is your Spirit who makes you what you are!
The Good the Bad the Ugly.
2022 Easter Giving to the Poorest of the Poor
As the high rate of poverty in Sierra Leone has skyrocketed, the Missionary boys (Orthodox FC) has today 12th April, 2022 helped the poor with food as a way of charity .
The Orthodox Football Club is a Missionary Team of the Orthodox Church in Sierra Leone headed by Bishop Themi.
The boys went to Kissy road with rice to give to the needy.
The less privileged were elated as it's something remarkable to them because it's the third time they are receiving help from the boys.
The Team Manager of the Orthodox Football Club King David Kargbo told the needy that there is always an open room for them at the Orthodox Church.
2022 April Sierra Leone Mission Overview
Since arriving in 2008 Bp Themi has created a multi faceted church mission for the poor with Jesus as its center. From Kindy to Higer Education, from Orphans to Footbal, From Medical to Church.
2022 April Bp Themi Sermon
Jesus Heals the Fathers Son -MATTHEW 17:14-20 MARK 9:14-29 LUKE 9:37-43
When Jesus, Peter, James, and John descend from the mountain, they meet a large crowd. Something is wrong. Scribes are gathered around the disciples, arguing with them. The people are quite surprised to see Jesus, and they run to greet him. “What are you arguing about with them?” he asks.—Mark 9:16.
A man from the crowd kneels before Jesus and explains: “Teacher, I brought my son to you because he has a speechless spirit. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and loses his strength. I asked your disciples to expel it, but they were not able to do so.”—Mark 9:17, 18.
Apparently, the scribes are criticizing the disciples because of their failure to heal the boy, perhaps ridiculing their efforts. So instead of replying to the distraught father, Jesus addresses the crowd, saying: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long must I continue with you? How long must I put up with you?” These strong words certainly apply to the scribes who have been making trouble for his disciples in his absence. Turning to the distressed father, Jesus says: “Bring him here to me.”—Matthew 17:17.
As the boy approaches Jesus, the demon that possesses him knocks him to the ground and throws him into a violent convulsion. The boy keeps rolling on the ground, foaming at the mouth. “How long has this been happening to him?” Jesus asks the father. He answers: “From childhood on, and often it would throw him into the fire and also into the water to destroy him.” The man pleads: “If you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.”—Mark 9:21, 22.
The father is desperate, because even Jesus’ disciples have not been able to help. In response to the man’s desperate appeal, Jesus gives the encouraging assurance: “That expression, ‘If you can’! Why, all things are possible for the one who has faith.” Immediately the father cries out: “I have faith! Help me out where I need faith!”—Mark 9:23, 24.
Jesus healing a demon-possessed boy
Jesus notices the crowd running toward him. With all of these looking on, Jesus rebukes the demon: “You speechless and deaf spirit, I order you, get out of him and do not enter into him again!” In departing, the demon causes the boy to scream and have many convulsions. Then the boy lies there motionless. Seeing this, many people say: “He is dead!” (Mark 9:25, 26) But when Jesus takes the boy’s hand, he rises and is “cured from that hour.” (Matthew 17:18) Understandably, the people are astonished at what Jesus is doing.
Earlier, when Jesus sent the disciples forth to preach, they were able to expel demons. So now, privately in a house, they ask him: “Why could we not expel it?” Jesus explains that it was because of their lack of faith, saying: “This kind can come out only by prayer.” (Mark 9:28, 29) Strong faith along with prayer for God’s empowering help was needed to expel the powerful demon.
Jesus concludes: “Truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard grain, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20) How powerful faith can be!
Obstacles and difficulties that block progress in Jehovah’s service may seem to be as insurmountable and irremovable as a literal mountain. Yet, if we cultivate faith, we can overcome such mountainlike obstacles and difficulties.
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