http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz en-us Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:58:01 +1300 Rocketspark http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/171254/the-posture-of-readiness-joy-prayer-and-gratitude-as-a-way-of-life/ Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.... Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:28 +1300 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post171254 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/170988/others-the-heart-of-christian-community/ Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other. Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all peo... Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:31:17 +1300 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post170988 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/170590/are-you-ready-living-alert-and-faithful-in-light-of-christs-return/ Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you. For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape. But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be... Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:59:10 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post170590 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/170063/what-do-you-see-the-question-that-reveals-everything/ When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.” But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.” So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there. The king of Aram became ve... Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:03:14 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post170063 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/169764/when-death-is-not-the-end-the-hope-of-the-rapture/ And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from h... Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:14:28 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post169764 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/169398/when-he-returns-living-as-people-of-hope/ Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe. And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God’s churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, t... Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:17:34 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post169398 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/169001/love-readiness-and-the-life-that-speaks/ But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another. Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more. Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to... Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:47:45 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post169001 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/168801/living-to-please-god-a-call-to-holiness-in-a-distracted-world/ Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.  For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.  Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor—  not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God ... Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:38:48 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post168801 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/168553/faith-love-and-the-hope-of-his-coming/ How we thank God for you! Because of you we have great joy as we enter God’s presence.  Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill the gaps in your faith. May God our Father and our Lord Jesus bring us to you very soon.  And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.  May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand befo... Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:37:35 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post168553 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/post/168204/the-deep-work-of-the-soul-why-emotional-health-is-the-key-to-spiritual-maturity/ Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.... Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:23:05 +1200 http://www.fairfieldbaptist.co.nz/blog/#post168204