Men’s Spiritual Retreat 200
24th
- 26th April, 2003
Theme:
Studying the Life Principles of:
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-- WHO IS INVITED? -- |
-- WHAT TO BRING -- |
-- SCHEDULE -- |
For More Information, and to Register, Contact
Bible
Baptist Church of Blarney
Meeting in the TA Hall, Station Road, Blarney, Cork
Post:
29
Westcourt Heights, Ballincollig, Cork
Tel:
(021) 4871234 Mob: 087-276-6764
Pastor Craig Ledbetter
-- WHO IS INVITED --
Any Man or Teenage boy aged 14 years and up (there are some exceptions, if you want a younger boy to attend, please contact Pastor Craig for any restrictions)
Whoever comes is just warned that they will be blessed!
-- WHAT TO BRING --
Your Bible (Authorized Version, King James Bible)
Pen and Notepad for note taking
Pillow,
sheets, and blankets
Bath
towel, washcloth, soap, shampoo
Torch
Camera,
Film
Any
Sports Equipment (Badmitten set, Frisbee, Soccer Ball, etc)
Change of clothes
-- SCHEDULE --
Time
Duration
Main Function
Support Function
THURSDAY
5:00pm
30min
Arrive at Camp, Unpack
5:30pm
1 hour
Prepare Dinner
6:30pm
1 hour
Dinner (Hamburgers, Crisps)
7:30pm
30min
Break
Clean-up
8:00pm
1 hour
First Session – Introduction
– Bro Craig Ledbetter
9:00pm
1 hour
Snack (Tea, Coffee, Sandwiches)
10:00pm
30min
Testimony Time, and Popcorn
Preaching
11:00pm
45min
Prayer Time
11:45am
7:45hrs
Sleep
Friday
7:30am
1:00hrs
Wake-Up, Read Bible & Take Shower
Prepare Breakfast
8:30am
45min
Breakfast (Eggs, Sausage, and
Cereal)
9:15am
15min
Break
Clean-up
9:30am
45min
Second Session – Behold the
Lamb of God – Bro Crabb
10:15am
30min
Prepare Bag Lunches
10:45am
45min
Testimony Time, and Popcorn
Preaching
11:30pm
5:00hrs
Hiking and Hill Walking (bag
lunch)
Prepare Dinner
4:30pm
30min
Break
5:00pm
1hour
Dinner (Roast Chicken)
6:00pm
30min
Break
Clean-Up
6:30pm
1 hour
Third Session – Biblical
Authority - Bro Pero
7:30pm
45min
Dessert, Tea and Coffee
8:15pm
1hour
Sports Time (Outdoor)
9:15pm
45min
Fourth Session –The
Profile of Christ in Ireland– Bro Monaghan
10:00pm
15min
Testimony Time
10:15pm
45min
Fifth Session - The Work
of Repentance – Bro Craig Ledbetter
11:00pm
30min
Prayer Time
11:30pm
1 hour
Walk to the Lake
12:30am
7:00hrs
Sleep
Saturday
7:30am
1:00hrs
Wake-up, Read Bible & Take Showers
Prepare Breakfast
8:30am
45min
Breakfast (Eggs, Porridge and
Cereal) - Share Devotions
9:15am
15min
Break
Clean-up
9:30am
45min
Sixth Session – Offences –
Bro Derry O’Sullivan
10:15am
1hr
Pondering the Principles
11:15pm
1hour
Sports Time (Outdoor)
12:15am
30min
Seventh Session – Rough
Preaching – Bro Craig Ledbetter
12:45pm
15min
Break
Prepare Lunch
1:00pm
45min
Lunch (Sandwiches)
1:45pm
15min
Testimony Time
2:00pm
45min
Eighth Session – He MUST
Increase – Bro Richard Fulton
2:45pm
Pack-up, Clean-up, Leave for Home
He must increase, but I must decrease,
What a sobering thought!
The Son of God,
Came into the world,
Sinners like me He sought!
On the cross,
He earned the right,
to govern this life of mine.
But the world cries out,
“It’s not Jesus we see,
As long as your pride shines bright!”
He must increase, but I must decrease,
What a troublesome task!
But, the more I yield, the more He reigns,
And, that’s what it’s all about!
Oh the more I yield, the more He reigns,
And that’s what it’s all about!
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John
3:30 He
must increase, but I must decrease. John
3:30 |
Luke
7:23 And
blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Luke
7:23 |
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John
1:29 The
next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb
of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John
1:29 |
Luke
3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Luke
3:7 |
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Proverbs
16:5 Every
one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD Proverbs
16:5 |
Acts
20:21 Testifying
both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts
20:21 |
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1
Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1
Corinthians 15:58 |
John
1:6,7 There
was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a
witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might
believe. John
1:6,7 |
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Isaiah
40:3 The
voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah
40:3 |
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1
Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 1
Peter 5:5 |
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Luke
1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Luke
1:17 |
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2
Corinthians 11:3 But
I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that
is in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:3 |
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A. That the men of Ireland would get the courage to do three things:
1. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation from hell
2. Surrender their lives over to Jesus Christ for Christian service – whatever God would call them to do
3. Take a stand in this wicked world as Christian Men, not wimps, reclaiming their families, their churches, and their communities for God
B. That Christian men here in Ireland would have a time of concentrated Christian fellowship and preaching about issues we all need dealt with
A. He is the second most important figure in the New Testament, next to Jesus Christ
1. Everything that the Apostle Paul preached about Jesus was built upon the work of John the Baptist in the hearts of the people
2. John was not a normal, run-of the-mill kind of guy: He was the promised forerunner of the Messiah
3. Everything that John did, will be done again, just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
4. Without John the Baptist, the people would never have received Jesus Christ at all
B. He is one of the most neglected figures studied in the Bible
1. Over-looked because his ministry was so short – 6-12 months
2. Yet his ministry was so short because it was so successful
3. Maybe because
C. This world needs a lot of John the Baptists today before more people will begin to get saved!