Continuing in our series Follow Me: the Way of the Spirit, Mark looks at how the ministry of the Holy Spirit throughout the Old Testament points to the ways that the Spirit is at work among God's people today.
Romans 8 outlines one of the biggest challenges in following the way of the Spirit: the battle between Spirit and flesh. While the mind governed by the flesh is death, the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. Sarah shares personally her experience of this battle, and how the Spirit is overcoming perfectionism and control (fruits of the flesh) in her own life.
One of the biggest challenges we face is discerning between the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom of the age. Mark introduces the next part of our Follow Me series looking at the way of the Spirit, and this week opens 1 Corinthians 2 to explore how we can recognise the way of the Spirit and actively follow it.
Discipleship is about following Jesus, but it's also about being with Jesus. How do we answer Jesus' question, 'who do you say I am?' Knowing Jesus is foundational to following him as disciples.
As disciples, the difference between a solid foundation and one of sand is putting into practice what you have heard. Sharing your faith is a powerful way of activating what God has been building internally, and is central to the life of the disciple, since God has 'committed to us the message of reconciliation... as though making His appeal through us' (1 Cor 5:19-20).
As we celebrate the risen Jesus on Easter Sunday, Mark preaches from Luke 24 to look how we as disciples encounter and follow the living, present Jesus.
On Palm Sunday we look at Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As followers of Jesus we declare him King, and his Kingdom's reign - what does it look like to give up other 'kingdoms' for Christ's?
Sarah looks at the remainder of the prayer that Jesus teaches his disciples in Luke 11.
We continue our Lent series through Luke, looking at the prayer that Jesus teaches the disciples in Luke 11:1-4. Sarah highlights Jesus' use of the words 'Father' and 'Kingdom' - drawing out the significance of these in a Jewish setting, and why, for us today, praying this prayer could be considered controversial.
Much has been said about the growing epidemic of entitlement in Western culture - how is this impacting our faith? Jesus talks about the hard-to-find narrow road that leads to life (Matthew 7:13-14). Bjorn encourages us in resisting entitlement in our faith and embracing the hard but life-giving way of Jesus.
