Lent: Celebrating in the cost
March 25, 2019
This week Bjorn looks at the high cost of discipleship. However, this is something to celebrate as we pray and fast through lent.
Faith in the Opposite Spirit - Mark Sayers
March 18, 2019
As we fast and pray during Lent, the hunger of our body and spirit is for what is lost. We ache for Eden where God’s righteousness reigned. In Luke’s account of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, Jesus demonstrates how to walk in the opposite spirit when we are met with trials and temptations, even when we are at our most vulnerable. Mark encourages us to walk in the opposite spirit because it is not just about us as individuals but it is about interceding on behalf of our broken world.
Splitting the Atom - Joshua Butler
March 4, 2019
Drawing the four week series to a close, Joshua Butler reminds us that there is an 'organic unity to the human race', that we are not only created 'for one another but from one another'. When we pursue holiness, we invite the temple presence of God to return to humanity.
Living a Life of Overflow - Mark Sayers
February 25, 2019
The information we acquire, the experiences we gain, the things we consume, the people we are surrounded by, all fill the vessel of our inner lives. Whatever we fill our hearts with will overflow from us.
Mark shares Joel 2's image of lives overflowing with new wine and grain, enough to satisfy, which is poured out when God's people consecrate their lives to Him and His purposes. As we approach the season of Lent, the invitation is to seek the Spirit as the primary input in our lives through a posture of 'serious prayer' and fasting.
The power of praise in an era of distraction - Mark Sayers
February 18, 2019
In our time of countless distractions that can lead us to despair or destruction, the Word consistently points us to adopt a posture of praise. Mark reminds us that worship is focus. It demands our heart, mind and thoughts are all directed in praise to God. As our focus is reoriented to Christ in praise, we become more like He who we gaze upon.
Living and worshipping in the overlap between heaven and earth - Mark Sayers
February 11, 2019
Unpacking the current disconnect in Western society between the spiritual and physical, Mark reminds us of the message of 1 Peter 2 that we are 'living stones' being built into a 'spiritual house'. As the church and disciples of Jesus, we are invited to be living as a bridge between heaven and earth.
Vision Sunday AM - Ryan Wallis
February 4, 2019
AM service Pastor Ryan unpacks the propensity of the human heart to trust either in our own strength or on the tangible things of this world.
In looking ahead to what God has in store for 2019 - the encouragement is to focus only on God so we can experience a Church marked by followers of Jesus leading flourishing and meaningful lives.
Vision Sunday PM - Brittany White
February 4, 2019
God’s call for this generation to Come Alive!
Transformed by His love to be a people whose lives paint this city with colour, light, joy & hope, leaving Kingdom trails in their wake.
God’s imagination is bigger than your imagination - Mark Sayers
January 29, 2019
God saves us to change us. Sweeping us up into his plans to reshape us in Christlikeness. In this teaching Mark, through exploring the life of Moses, shows us how God works in our lives – changing and remaking us.
Entering the Psalms - Brittany White
January 21, 2019
Britt invites us to step into the Psalms, to dwell, seek and find wisdom for faith and life. Reclaiming and reminding us that the prayers, poems and songs found in those pages are designed to be our own as we proclaim God’s Kingdom, here and now, as the people of God have done for generations.
