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In a world that falsely promises light, life freedom, and truth through different religions, opinions, philosophies and ideologies, Jesus steps in and offers himself as the only one who can truly give those things.
What do you make of that?
In this preach, we’re diving into a powerful dialogue between Jesus and the Pharisees, where Jesus reveals the reality of our rejection of Him, and where Jesus invites us into belief.
Buddy Owen comes to share about the work of Tearfund, as well as to stir the church for the transformative power of the Gospel as the church reaches the physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs in the community.
On this baptism Sunday, Rob preaches on the resurrection and how we can know that it was true! Do you believe it?
Life is hard. We face discouragement, disappointment, and unanswered prayers. But what if our suffering isn't a sign that God has abandoned us? This week's preach from Psalm 77 challenges us to be honest with God about our pain, while also reminding ourselves of his unwavering faithfulness.
Russ preaches about evangelism, giving biblical and practical advice for how to share the Gospel effectively in the world.
Just as we are created to physically crave water to quench our thirst, we have thirsty souls that need satisfying. Where are you searching to satisfy? Jesus showed the woman at the well that He had exactly what she had been searching for, and that she had been looking in places that would only ever prove empty. True satisfaction is found in Christ.
How do we live in the way that God has called us to live, especially if we're feeling unequipped, anxious or lacking in some way? Matt shares that God provides what we need, when we need it, if we trust Him.
Peace making is at the heart of the Gospel and a value of the Kingdom of God. Rob preaches about how the God of peace (Jehovah Shalom) has given us a gospel of peace where we receive peace with God and are filled with the Spirit of peace. It is only by the Spirit of God that we can truly pursue the peace that God is looking for, since it is the God of Peace Himself who fills, empowers and enables us to be peacemakers out in our world, following the example of Jesus.
Andy Dykes lifts our gaze to Jesus in a way that leads us to a greater expression of worship. Listen, be blessed, and worship our King!
Geff encourages us to endure the difficult moments where God seems silent, to pursue repentance and faithful obedience and to look to the One who brings breakthrough, the Overcomer, the God of victory!
Guest speaker Josh Keiley leads us through the book of Jonah, helping us to see Jesus as the greater Jonah and leading us to deeper love for the Gospel and desire for the lost.
Guest speaker Josh Keiley leads us through the book of Jonah, helping us to see Jesus as the greater Jonah and leading us to deeper love for the Gospel and desire for the lost.
Guest speaker Josh Keiley leads us through the book of Jonah, helping us to see Jesus as the greater Jonah and leading us to deeper love for the Gospel and desire for the lost.
Guest speaker Josh Keiley leads us through the book of Jonah, helping us to see Jesus as the greater Jonah and leading us to deeper love for the Gospel and desire for the lost.
How do you respond when people hurt you, wound you, wrongs you? The way of Jesus surrenders all ideas of vengeance and instead pursues forgiveness. Rob explores how we can be people of deep forgiveness.
We welcome Matt Petch to share a word at Worship Nights all about what it means for our identity to be firmly rooted in Christ.
Do you have a true awareness of just how deeply God loves you? Rob preaches from Ephesians 3 on the deep love of Jesus for each of us individually, and how we can know that love personally.
Are you prepared for heaven? Too many Christians are neither ready nor truly excited for what Jesus is going to give us after death. Struggling to know where to start? Our prayer is that Geff's preach from 2 Corinthians 4 will bless you greatly and help you deeply.
Joel brings a word to us at Worship Nights, challenging us to step out of the boat towards Jesus in faith and leading us to a place of worshiping the Lord!
Morag delves into the story of Nathaniel's calling as a disciple of Jesus. Jesus chose ordinary, fallible individuals who would go on to follow Him as disciples, closely following Him in everything, surrendering their entire lives of His Kingdom's cause. Let your heart be warmed as you hear this message today.
Geff traces the story of Mary Magdalene - the one Jesus chose to reveal himself to first after His resurrection - to show the joy of resurrection life that is now ours in Him.
Matt preaches at our Good Friday gathering, showing us the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and helping us to reflect on how personal this event really is!
It's Palm Sunday and we remember Jesus' triumphal entry — the beginning of the journey to the cross, and ultimately, our redemption. “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Unpack the many names of God in the Old Testament and discover their powerful meanings! From Creator (Elohim) to our Peace (Yahweh Shalom), explore how these titles reveal God's character and his relationship with us as revealed in the Bible.
Rob preaches about living lives full of faith that goes beyond believing something to be true intellectually and into the realm of every day living.
Esther shares a powerful testimony of God's faithfulness, showing how God is always faithful and encouraging us to trust in Him always.
Our formed series comes to a close as we think about glorification - when we will be fully perfected and transformed!
Jesus makes a way for us to have a brand new life. Life abundant, life to the full in the power of the Holy Spirit. 🔥 Come explore what a transformed life in Christ looks like – it's more abundant and fulfilling than you can imagine!
Rob speaks about how, when we come to Christ, we take off the old life and put on the new life in Christ. Today, mortification, how we choose to surrender all, laying down our sinful desires and actions for the sake of growing in Christ.
Rob shares part two of our vision series about how we change, transform and go deeper in Christ, along with our vision for change.
Raising hands. We often overthink it and overcomplicate it, but why do we do it? What does the Bible have to say? Stephen Chesterman shares with us at Worship Nights.
We're not called only to be Christians by name but disciples by nature. It was Bonhoeffer who said that Christianity without Discipleship is Christianity without Christ. Today, Rob explores the life of discipleship we are called to as followers of Jesus!
Two of the most important questions you will ever have to answer are these: who is the One you will stand before on the last day, and did you get right with God? In the Gospel we find SUCH good news that, through Jesus, we can stand justified before God!
Regeneration. One of the most significant changes that instantly happens in your life when you become a Christian, but what actually is it?
Do you follow a secular version of 'Jesus', or the real Jesus? Jesus is an incredible moral teacher, but He is far more than that. He came not to help you make tweaks to your already good life, but to transform sinful hearts and make them new.
God wants to do a deep work of transformation in your heart, which overflows into your whole life. Will you resist Him or lean into Him today?
Rob launches our new vision series for Maitland Church, for the lost to be found and the found to be formed. Everyone is on a formation pathway, a journey of becoming. The question is who we are becoming.
Is Jesus your treasure, or to you is He trouble? We don't just mean the baby Jesus in the manger, but this Jesus as He really is - Messiah, King, Saviour, Lord, God with us.
Dave W speaks about how we can be preparing our hearts for Christmas, and the difference that the Lord Jesus makes to our lives.
Morag looks at different people we find in the Nativity story, and asks us to consider how we may relate to each of them.
Have you got that festive feeling? Maybe not quite the one everyone is talking about... In this sermon, we reflect on what it means to cling to Christ in a season which can so often be overwhelming.
With Christmas on the horizon, Russ shows us what advent points us towards - the coming of the Lord Jesus at the incarnation, the coming of the Lord Jesus into our lives, and the second coming that we as Christians await.
Rob rounds up our series on 1 Corinthians, reminding us that the way of Jesus is not simply to listen to Him, but to follow Him and do as He says.
The doubter. An unfortunate label given to Thomas. Join us as Russ shares about seasons of honest doubt, and how honest doubt can lead to greater depths of faith.
Becks shares at our Communion gathering about what it means to have hearts that are on fire for God.
Right now, death is doomed. One day, death will be done. Victory is ours through the Lord Jesus Christ! Discover the resurrection hope Christians have in Him today!
The exciting hope for the Christian is not just 'going to heaven when you die', but for what happened to Jesus to happen to us: the resurrection of the dead to eternal life!
The great hope we have as Christians is not some ethereal existence, it is the resurrection of the dead!
We welcome our guest speaker and Gospel minister Andy Dykes to preach in our Sunday Gathering, continuing our series in 1 Corinthians.
Reb shares with us from Hebrews 2 as we bring our focus to the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus.
The gifts are to be expressed in such a way where the heart of God and not the worldliness of our day is brightly on display.
Rob preaches from 1 Corinthians 14, continuing our series on things the Spirit does in the church.
God gives good gifts to be used in a good way for the building up of the church, with both spiritual practices and spiritual gifts being beneficial in our faith journey. Rob speaks from 1 Corinthians 14.
You may have heard the stories of Spiritual Gifts being misused or abused in the church. Maybe you experienced that first hand. For Spiritual Gifts to be used in the way that God desires, they must be saturated with love and used in a community of love.
The beauty of the church is found both its unity and diversity - unity as one body in Christ and diversity in the gifts of the Spirit that have been given to us to use for the common good.
Spiritual Gifts are good gifts from a good God, to be used in a good way. Rob shares how Paul wrote to correct the thinking and practice of the Corinthians, and how we can grow in the ministry of the Spirit as we are immersed in His Presence.
Rob preaches about the presence of God and how we can learn to be present, awake, and attentive to what the Lord wants to do in the church, and in our walk as believers.
Geff preaches from 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 about the Lord's Supper, stirring our hearts for the remembrance celebration that Jesus gave us.
We're celebrating baptisms this week at Maitland, the powerful visual demonstration of the miracle that God does in our hearts!
Well, we've made it to 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 - hold onto your hats. Rob shows us how we can apply the timeless principles across a difference in context to ensure that everyone of us, male and female, cultivate the creation of a church community where God is worshiped and honoured distraction-free.
Christ has set us free, but how do we use this freedom? Rob preaches from 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 about how our freedom is focussed by 4 things: Biblical mandate, personal conscience, the good of others, and the glory of God.
Dave speaks from 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, preaching about avoiding idolatry and keeping the Lord Jesus at the centre.
Rob teaches at our Discipleship Evening, looking at various of views Christians have around supernatural healing and how we can faithfully step forward in praying for the sick as a church, for the glory of God!
Scripture presents us with both assurance in Christ as well as warnings to the complacent and compromised Christian. Rob preaches about how we can learn from the shortcomings of Israel in the wilderness in order to live in such a way as to honour, glorify and love the Lord our God.
Josh speaks from Matthew 14:25-30 about where the Lord calls us when we face the trials in our lives. May the Lord Jesus speak to you through this today!
Where can we take the struggles, pain and difficulties we walk through in life, and what does the Lord want to say to us about that? Russ shares from Matthew 14, and we pray the Spirit would speak to you through this today.
Rob preaches from 1 Corinthians 9v24-27 about the call to run the Christian race with the prize in mind, pushing through the pain and disciplining the body.
Rob preaches from 1 Corinthians 9 about the mission every Christian has to reach the lost with the Gospel of Christ Crucified.
How often to we make Gospel decisions? Are we relentless in removing hindrances to the Gospel in our own lives and in our church? Rob preaches from 1 Corinthians 9 where Paul chooses to relinquish his rights for the sake of the Gospel.
Matt reintroduces our series in 1 Corinthians, about how in love we are to build one another up rather than to puff ourselves up.
In our concluding talk from the Weekend Away, Josh shares how there are many things in this world that attempt to block us from seeing Jesus as He shines, blocking our gaze. We can respond with 'Get out of my sun, I want to see the Lord Jesus'.
What kingdom are you living for? All earthly kingdoms will rise and fall, but the Kingdom of God will last forever.
Speaking from Daniel 1 and Daniel 6, Josh encourages us to draw a line in the sand in our discipleship to Jesus, not compromising on anything.
Daniel made, what seemed to be, a crazy decision to others, but to him it was a way of living for God. This weekend we will discover more.
Lawrence from Operation Mobilisation preaches on the great commission the Lord gave us - to make disciples of all nations.
Connor preaches from John 21 about casting your net in Jesus. We pray this blesses you today!
In a moment that was death-defeating, grave-conquering, Satan-crushing, sin-shattering, chain-breaking and entirely jaw dropping, Jesus rose victorious from the grave. Jesus is alive.
tetelestai. Paid in full. It is finished. Matt preaches on what Jesus accomplished on the cross, and how the price we could not pay has been paid in full on our behalf.
We may sometimes battle with the doubt: does God (or could God) really love me? The answer is a resounding yes. Dave shares from scripture with stories from His own walk with God to show us the astounding, abounding love of God.
We round up part two of our 1 Corinthians Series on Sex, Relationships and Singleness with a focus on singleness in the church. Where Christian singleness can be seen as second rate, God sees it as significant!
In a sex-obsessed society where all kinds of sexual gratification goes, we consider how to glorify God with our bodies and flee from sexual immorality.
Andy Dykes preaches on 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 as we continue our 1 Corinthians series, considering how powerful the Gospel is to transform everything, and how we live our lives together as a church as a result.
We continue our deep dive into 1 Corinthians 5 as the Apostle Paul challenges the church's tolerance of sin in our midst, and how we can and must come before the Lord Jesus with repentant hearts.
Josh preaches on how we can know the love of God personally, not only as a love that we can read about and know about, but as a love that we can personally know and experience through the cross of Christ, and by His Spirit.
Mark Saunders preaches and challenges us as to who we would say Jesus is compared with who the world would say He is. What we think of Jesus makes all the difference in the world. Do you know Him today?
There is an accuser who is firing his arrows of accusation your way. Are you ready for them? Join us as we discover how those fiery darts can be overcome.
Simon from True Freedom Trust preaches about how following Jesus is costly, counter-cultural but absolutely worth it, because the Gospel offers hope to all people.
In this teaching session, Rob offers an overview of healing in the Bible to form a foundation as we look to take a deep dive in this study together.
Geff preaches at our communion service, focussing in on the blood of the covenant, shed for the forgiveness of sins.
Preaching from Acts 4:23-31, Rob brings eight things that will be found in the church as we grow in being a House of Prayer.
Being a 'House of Prayer' means being saturated with prayer as we desire more of the heart and hand of God in our midst. More, Lord!
To truly find what you were made for, we must look to what Jesus came for. As we look to the cradle, we are drawn to the cross where Jesus Christ died that we might be brought back into relationship with God Himself!
Discover the plan and purpose behind the birth of Jesus and how they are different than the hopes and aspirations that parents have for their children, as Sue shares with us from Matthew 1.
Is your heart so deeply captivated by the baby lying in a manger? Are you in awe of the story of the nativity? Rob invites us to consider and receive the One who is called Wonderful (Isaiah 9:6), and to experience the overwhelming sense of wonder that comes from truly knowing Jesus and the reason He came.
In the often overwhelming busyness of the Christmas season, Dave reminds us that the truth of the coming of the Son of God should be what most captures the affections of our hearts.
Preaching from 1 Corinthians 4, Rob encourages the church to live to please God with a heart to be faithful to Him, and not to go 'beyond faithfulness' to worldly ways of gaining approval from others.
As the church is built, we deeply acknowledge that the gathered church is the temple of God, the place where His Spirit dwells. This totally changes how we live and minister together as believers!
Preaching from 1 Corinthians 3:1-15, Matt considers what really matters in our lives and in the church. Putting Jesus at the centre and building lives centred on Him will result in reward, and anything else will simply be a waste.
Russ shares from 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, how the wisdom of God cannot compare to the earthly wisdom, and how nobody can come into a knowledge of God through their own wisdom. We must simply trust in His wisdom alone, above our own.
**We apologise for the sound issues through this sermon, the piano had indigestion.
The cross is foolishness to the world but is the power of God to those who believe. Speaking from 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5, Rob shares how the message of the cross is foundational and irreplaceable if we are to truly be the church Jesus established us to be.
1 Corinthians 1:10-17
Jesus' desire for His church is that it is united. Unity and perfect peace in the church flows from knowing the union we have with Christ and the perfect peace we have with the Father through Him.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
The Lord wants for us to truly be all that he intends the church of Jesus Christ to be as we find ourselves immersed in 21st century society and western culture and all the worldviews, values, beliefs, norms and pressures that come with it. Rob preaches about what it truly means to be the church of Jesus in this world.
Preaching from 2 Corinthians 4:1-6, Geff shares with us the Gospel of Jesus Christ - both what it is and what it is not - motivating the church to share this Gospel.
Jesus + _______ is enough. How would you fill in the blank? Whatever you would add to the equation, know that it is only ever Jesus alone who could be enough - He is enough for salvation, He is enough in your everyday life, He is enough when you are not. Jesus is enough.
As we gear up for our upcoming Forgiven and Free Gospel Outreach Night, Mark Saunders from Saved and Sent Ministries shares a powerful message for the church about stepping out in the power of God to reach a lost world with the Gospel.
To be a faithful church means being true to the Scriptures and walking in step with the Spirit. Rob preaches from 2 Timothy 1:3-10 about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, encouraging the church to faithfully feed the flames of the gifts that God has given them rather than being afraid and neglecting the gifts of the Spirit. We do all this for the glory of Jesus Christ and the building up of His church!
As Christians, we all will carry burdens. Instead of hiding those burdens away from one another to keep up appearances or to simply not burden others, we are called to be humble enough to share our burdens and allow them to be carried as well as be ready to love one another like Christ loves us and be willing to self-sacrificially carry one another's burdens.
Passage: Galatians 6:1-5, 9-10
Speaking from Numbers 22, Russ challenges us as to whether our obedience to Christ is based on the personal benefits or whether it is simply grounded in who Jesus is as our Lord and Saviour.
In the world but not of the world.
We have all heard this phrase before but does it really reflect God's purpose for us here?
Whether we find ourself on to top of the mountain, or in the depths of the valley - He's still God!
Do you lean more of the side of grace or truth? How can we grow to be like God who is all grace and all truth all of the time?
What has God equipped you to do? Our experience and God's work in our lives mean we are all uniquely equipped for the perfect plans God has for us.
What is the Symphony of the Saviour God has composed for us from John 13? How can we follow His example?
Our welcome service for our new Pastor Rob. Join us as we celebrate and welcome him to Maitland Church.
A Sunday sermon from Pastor Mark Saunders at Maitland Church looking at End Times Prophesy
A Sunday sermon from Pastor Mark Saunders at Maitland Church on the fruits of the spirit
A Sunday sermon from Pastor Mark Saunders at Maitland Church on the fruits of the spirit