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This week, continuing our series titled "Wisdom Builds the House", we surveyed the book of Proverbs, exploring how we can apply wisdom in our use of spiritual gifts. We read in Proverbs 1:7 that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction". "Fear" in this context would be best understood as deep respect and awe. Respecting God more than we respect our own opinion is a great first step when operating in the gifts! We also read Proverbs 3:5 which says "trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding". Here we are encouraged to submit all our thinking to God. We can't assume that we have it all figured out (1 Corinthians 13:9 again). We need to be prepared to press "pause" and take a moment to check-in with the Holy Spirit, before speaking or acting.
Proverbs 1 through to 8 introduces us to two voices: wisdom and folly. When we get to Proverbs 9 we are presented with a choice, two houses: the house of wisdom, and the house of folly. Which one will we choose?
Have you ever had an “if only” moment? A moment when you wished for circumstances to be difference, for life to be difference?
This week we had special guest Stacey Hillier from Neuma Church in Melbourne join us. The question we need to ask ourselves is, how do we respond to the presence of Jesus?
Luke 4:16-21 is what interpreters call 'Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon'. This was, and is, his purpose and His Messianic Mission. Jesus was announcing what the kingdom of God would be about and would look like.
This week, continuing our series titled "Things Jesus Did", we explored Luke 5:27-32, where Jesus is criticised by the Pharisees for eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners. We examined what it meant (at that time and in that context) to be called a "sinner", why the Tax Collectors were included as sinners, and why the Pharisees were upset with Jesus associating with such people.
What we learn from the gospels is that healing is central to Jesus’ mission, healing is central to His gospel, healing is central to His kingdom. Healing is not a secondary issue, it is primary. The word salvation in the original Greek language is the word sozo. It refers specifically to the forgiveness of sin, the healing of disease and the deliverance from torment. Healing is our inheritance just as much as forgiveness is.
Chances are all of us have personally experienced what it is like to be at the mercy of nature. Nature is a powerful and sometimes devastating force. One of the stories we are more familiar with in scripture puts Jesus and his disciples face to face with the force of nature.
We are all created for, and wired for, connection. One way in which we find connection is through physical touch. Touch is essential for human connection, bonding and health. Simply holding hands signals to another “I am with you”. Jesus Christ clothed Himself in humanity, He offered Himself as a bridge for connection between Heaven and Earth.
Prayer is not an obligation; Prayer is an invitation. All around us, if we are paying attention, the beautiful and broken things in our world are personal invitations into prayer. We believe in prayer, but we struggle to turn that belief into a rhythm. A rhythm we see active in Jesus when Luke tells us that “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed”.
Jesus is confronted by the devil after being led by the Spirit into the wilderness to complete a 40 day fast. The devil's first challenge ("If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread") was intended to tempt Jesus to prove his divine status by exercising supernatural power.
Jesus had so much to say about the words we speak, as does all of scripture. First…
Words are an overflow! Jesus said that “the mouth speaks what the heart is full of…” .
Words are a substance! “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.”
Words need to be weighed!
We live in a culture and time that would encourage us to unleash our words onto people and spaces with us much passion and fury as we deem necessary. However Jesus (John 14:10, John 6:63) demonstrates a life, a mouth, submitted to His Father. If Jesus weighed His words, how much more should we!?
What comes to mind when you hear the word “eternity”. If you really want to know what eternity is all about you have to take note of what Jesus says. In Mark 10 with the story of the rich young ruler we learn that eternal life, the Kingdom of God, and salvation are 3 different ways of saying the same thing. Meaning the word eternity doesn’t describe a place, a destination, it describes a LIFE.
In Matthew 6:25, Jesus says these words “Do not worry” and for most of us, our first reaction to this thing that Jesus said would be something along the lines of “impossible” or “unrealistic”. Living without worry sounds, to most of us, as impossible as living without breathing. Jesus wants to lead us from worry into wisdom.
As Ben Green kicks off our Things Jesus Said series, he digs into Jesus' parables.
God delights to reveal more to the hungry. This was the purpose of parables - to conceal the kingdom from those who misunderstood it AND did not want to understand. But to those who were hungry and seeking, the parables revealed the nature of the kingdom.
This week Ps Aaron wraps up our Ruin to Redemption series looking at Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. We learn about the culture of the father’s house as he welcomes, forgives and restores his lost son, celebrating his homecoming with a feast. The culture of our Father’s house is one we are called to replicate as we make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit (Ephesians 4:3).
Within each and everyone one of us, there is a deep desire to find home: a longing for far more than a roof and four walls. The story of the cross redeeming people is only part of the story: God's mission in this world is to redeem home, to make the world God’s “home” and the home of all God’s creation. God’s greatest desire is that He would be present among us, and present within each person.
This week we examined the lives of Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and Mary, the mother of Jesus. These women were all most likely present at the crucifixion of Jesus. Mary Magdalene being one of the women at the empty tomb and possibly the first to meet the risen Christ.
Ps Shaun Kicks off our 'Ruin to Redemption' series by looking at the life of Peter, following the many highs and lows of his journey. We see the faithfulness and grace of God, even after Peters failings, and what happens when Peter aligns himself with the will of God.
We conclude our vision series by reminding ourselves of our spiritual heritage as a church, and looking at the role our own hearts play in stewarding renewal and revival.
Jesus said in John 15 "I no longer call you servants, I call you friends". Friendship with Jesus is an invitation open to us all, yet few make the choice to push past familiarity, and surface level relationship, to experience intimate friendship with Him. It's in the place of intimate friendship that we are best positioned to not just receive from Jesus, but to partner with Him in His plans and purposes for our lives and for the lives of others.
This week we continue our vision series focusing in on how we can live our lives ordered around 'Jesus at the Centre'. As followers of Jesus we may find it easy to hold on to our belief in Jesus, but keeping Him at the centre of our lives is anything but easy. For that to happen, we have to let go of a lot of things and step into a lifestyle of repentance and re-visioning. Although it is a challenge, the promise is that it will release Times of Refreshing into our lives.
We kick off our vision series “Times of Refreshing”, and introduce what we believe God is calling us into as a church community. We believe that God is getting ready to breathe upon all that He has been building; that there is a time of refreshing being released, and rivers of healing for the nations. Are you ready?
Jesus said in John 5:17 "My Father is always at work to this very day, and I too am working". God is always at work in our world and we have the honour of being invited into His purposes. God's purpose for our life isn't something we strive for or chase after; purpose is unlocked through intimacy with the Father: Purpose flows.
We kick off our 21 Days of Love & Liturgy series learning how we can become more aware of God’s presence in our lives. Through the presence of the Holy Spirit, Jesus is constantly and fully present with us and with the presence of Jesus comes the presence of a completely different reality, the kingdom of God. How can we learn to be more aware of His presence so that we can live out of the resources of heaven?
We continue our Summer Series by asking the question, "What are you waiting for?". In Psalm 40 we learn from King David, who was a master at waiting on the Lord. Waiting on the Lord is worship, it is prayer, and in the place of waiting we exchange our weakness for His strength. No matter what challenges 2023 has for you, the key to overcoming will be in learning to wait on the Lord.
Guest speaker, Ps Wayne Williamson from Gateway Church, Newcastle, encourages us to allow love to move beyond knowledge to a lived reality. To do that, we have to learn and adjust to the pace and rhythm of love.
A brief excursion through 1 Cor 12-14 reveals the purpose and practice of the gift of prophecy, and how we are to “eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.”.
In today's message, Ben explores John 4 and the story of the royal official who came to Jesus seeking healing for his dying son. His obedience to Jesus' command, "Go...your son will live", demonstrates the type of faith which we are all called to - faith not on the basis of seeing something before believing, but rooted in the trustworthy character and words of God.
Ps Aaron wraps up our Christmas series revealing what it means that Jesus - The Light of The World, God with us has come.
We kick off our Christmas series, “This Glorious Light”, and explore the nature of Gods light at work in our world to bring beauty and revelation.
We continue our Love and Liturgy series this week, recapping the Grace Practices of Disengagement. In particular, the practice of Silence and Solitude is key to slowing down in our hurried world, to make external and internal space to become aware of who God is and all that He wants to be for us.
We continue our Love & Liturgy series this week looking at the question of what discipleship and formation actually are? In the gospel of John, Jesus asks, "What do you want?" or What do you desire. This points to a fundamental truth that we must come to understand if we are to embrace the journey of discipleship and formation... You Are What You Love.
We kick off our new series "Love & Liturgy" answering the question of why discipleship and formation are so important for us as a church. Jesus' first call to His church is to "come to Him", so that we can be "made into fishers of men". If we skip this step of discipleship and formation, we run the risk of pursuing the mission of Jesus through our default framework that we have inherited from secular culture.
This week Ps Peter McHugh from Stairway Church speaks to us about Friendship with God. Looking at Genesis 1 and 3 we ask ourselves: Are we living from a paradigm of 'Sin Consciousness' where relationships, with God and People, are built on performance, judgement, and condemnation? Or are we living from a paradigm of 'God Consciousness', where relationships are built on Grace, Surrender and Gratitude?
We kick off our new series, "Revival Looks Like Family" with a prophetic invitation, "It's time to get your breath back". We believe that Jesus is wanting to release the breath of His Spirit upon us to bring us to new levels of peace, purpose and power!!
In this, our last message in our 'For His Glory' series, we see that, as a People of Glory prepare a Place for His Glory, His glorious purpose will be released across the earth. Ps Aaron looks at the importance of imagination when it comes to understanding the gospel message, and how we as a people live on mission for His glorious purpose.
We continue our 'Prepare the Way' series looking at our call to prepare a Place for His Glory. The call to build a place, is a call to build an altar. While many see the place we meet as just a building, we know that it is much more than that: It is an altar built upon our worship, our unity, our boldness and our passion.
Ps Aaron kicks off our 'Prepare the Way' series. We are called to be a people of glory; To be a people who have laid down their own way of doing things and who, through humility, live out of Jesus’ vision of life and Kingdom. A people who see the world as God sees the world; a world filled with glory that is waiting to be revealed.
When we examine the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl, we see that the price is not the cost, and the cost is always "all you have”.
We kick off our new series "Parables". Jesus' parables are illustrations of wisdom, windows into the Kingdom of God, and a way of teaching to reimagine the Kingdom of God in a whole new way. In the parables of The Mustard Seed, and Leaven, we learn from Jesus that the Kingdom of God is not what you're expecting. It's different: It's better, It’s more beautiful… but it's different.
This week, off the back of our Young and New Adults Revivalist Conference, Guest Speaker Ps Russel Evans speaks into Having an Enlargement Mentality: Not settling for what has been, but instead having our Vision, Expectation and Capacity stretched to accomodate what God has planned for us.
This week Caitlin continues our 'Seek First' Series. We look at the prayer for Spiritual Wisdom Paul Prayed in Ephesians 1, which leads us into a deeper knowing of Him. Through the knowing of Him we are lead into Hope, and the Resurrection Power that He has made available to us.
Continuing our series “Seek First”, this message explores what the Bible says about praying for wisdom, and the benefits that flow from a life steeped in wisdom.
Ps Kristen continues our 'Seek First' series as we look at Paul’s prayer for the church in Colossians, and how perseverance in prayer leads us to a place of maturity and fruitfulness
This week in our series "Seek First" we look at the life of Jacob, and the two prayers he prayed that opened up the door for change and transformation in his life. We learn from Jacob that prayer is the place where we throw off the identity that the world would gave us, and receive our name from God as we come under His authority and take on His nature.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18, the Apostle Paul teaches us that when our intercession and petition are accompanied by rejoicing and thanksgiving, our prayers are in alignment with God’s will. Our ability to rejoice is dependant on a revelation of the beauty of Christ.
We kick off our new series "Seek First" looking at Pentecost and what it teaches us about prayer.
Biblical Hospitality requires an invitational outlook, free of judgement and rich in mercy, humility and love.
In 1 Peter 3 we are instructed to always be ready and prepared to give an answer for the hope that we have. But how do we do this? How do we have conversations with our neighbours that dig deeper than just pleasantries and generic topics such as the weather? And how do we do this in a world that is so often hostile towards the ways of Jesus and His Kingdom?
Scripture isn't silent on these issues. We can look at the life of Jesus, Paul & Peter to learn the art of conversation, on how to live with a provocative hope and see those in our world discipled in the gospel.
In order to be neighbours, and effective ministers of reconciliation to our world, we have to learn to reconcile the gap between our beliefs and our behaviours; learning to live out of all that Christ has established in our heart. We do this by engaging in grace practices that allow God's transformational power to be at work in our life and God's missional power to be at work through our life.
We kick off our new series "Won't You Be My Neighbour" looking at how, as followers of Christ, we are called to be a neighbour to humanity. The art of neighbouring isn't a life that happens by default, we must be intentional, we must design our life around God's story of redemption and reconciliation in order to bring the gospel to a thirsty world.
This Easter Sunday we continue our God's Good News series looking at how the Easter weekend is both a reminder of the power of resurrection at work in our life and world and also a call to re-enact resurrection in our life and world.
On Palm Sunday, we continue our "God's Good News" series in the lead up to easter by looking at how Jesus' triumphal entry speaks prophetically about what salvation looks like, how salvation comes and how we embrace it.
Since Jesus, being fully human in every way, suffered when he was tempted, he identifies with us in our troubles and extends grace and mercy to us when we suffer.
This week we conclude our vision series, "Here We Go", looking at how we are sent into the world to make disciples and bear witness to the kingdom of God. We look at the question of how we share the message and story of Christ in a compelling way that cuts through all the other competing narratives in our world.
Pastor Kristen continues our Vision Series, Here We Go, by looking at what we mean by 'HERE'. 'Here' is the place of our assignment and mission - therefore in a culture of distraction and instability, learning how to be anchored and present in where God has placed us is vital to us partnering with what God is wanting to do in and through our lives.
This week we kick off our Vision Series with Ps Aaron unpacking our vision for the year ahead, "Here.We.Go".
We conclude this series with a reflection on promises for renewal contained within Ezekiel 36:24-36
As Christians, our understanding of what worship is has to move beyond the songs that we sing on Sunday. Our expression of worship, our practice of worship, has to be enlarged to encompass our whole lives. We need to reframe worship; make it less about something that we do and more about the space in which we have been invited into; the atmosphere in which we must learn to live.
Renewal doesn't happen by accident: We sow the seeds of renewal by re-patterning our lives around His presence. In this message Ps Aaron teaches into the importance of re-patterning our lives around the word of God as both divine revelation and divine instruction.
Ps Shaun explains how God can redeploy joy to destroy the enemies fear and lies. As He supplies and baptise’ us in Joy.
According to Titus 2:11-12, grace equips and empowers us to learn the way of love. Embracing “learning to love” enables us to experience a renewal of love.
Rev. 2:4 reminds us of how essential it is to value and experience an ongoing renewal of love, both as an individual and also as a community.
This morning Ps Aaron kicks off our "Summer of Renewal" series. Many of us are ending 2021 with some level of exhaustion and weariness from this year. The good news is that scripture gives us a clear picture of how to transition well, how to turn God in prayer and allow him to lead us from disorientation to re-orientation, from grace to grace and glory to glory. At the end of this message Ps Aaron leaves us with 5 things we can do intentionally so that we can embrace a summer of renewal.
Ps Aaron wraps up our 'For God So Loved' series looking at 'Hope, Love, Joy and Peace', As represented in the Wreath of Advent.
As we continue our series "For God So Loved" we look at how Christ as the light of the world is at work in our world bringing life, revelation, invitation & transformation.
This Week Ps Russel Kicks off a new series 'For God So Loved', looking at what the Gospel, The Good News, is - more than a series of events, the Good News is the person of Jesus Christ, and fellowship with Him.
We live in a world that more and more is being understood and interpreted through a lens of suspicion. A suspicion that is fuelled by fear. This lens is fundamentally at odds with the Christian gospel, which calls us to understand and interpret our world though a lens of goodwill. In this message we seek to understand what is driving this lens of suspicion and how a revelation of Jesus Christ changes everything in how we see and live in this world.
We continue our series "From Crisis to Renewal" looking at how we live in this world in a such a way that brings change, renewal and reformation in the midst of a culture that is at odds with the ways of the kingdom. As a church we have a mission in this world, to be salt and light, bringing heaven to earth. It is important that as we go about doing the works of Jesus that we do this according to the way of Jesus.
We continue our "Unlocked" series with Ps Russell bringing a message on speaking in tongues . We examine 1 Cor. 12-14 in order to understand what the gift of speaking in tongues is all about, and answer the question “how are tongues a sign for unbelievers?”
Ps Aaron continues with our "Unlocked" series teaching into how we can grow in the gift of the prophetic both in our day to day lives and as a prophetic community.
We continue our "Unlocked" series with Ps Russell bringing a timely message on hearing the voice of God. Learning to hear God's voice is a crucial key if we are to unlock the power of God in our lives.
This week we kick off our brand new teaching series "Unlocked". Zechariah 4:6 calls us to be a people who rely upon His Spirit rather than our own strength and might. The greatest witness of the gospel is the people of God, living lives for God, empowered by God in front of the world.
Special guest Shane Willard joins us with his message "Blood in the Water". Hope is a theme that runs right throughout scripture and in times of suffering we must never forget that it is hope that gets the last word. We know you will be blessed by this timely word.
The Spirit empowers us to live a disciplined life. Much of that empowerment comes from our community.
This week we continue our "called to be" series looking at the fruit of kindness, goodness and gentleness and how they are God's redemptive power at work in and through our lives bringing restoration and healing to a broken world.
This morning Ps Kristen leads us into the fourth week of our "called to be" series as we look at how we cultivate a life of patience and faithfulness.
Called to Rejoice! We are called to express Heaven’s joy, and to reflect Heaven’s peace in the here and now.
This week we are continuing with our series “called to be” looking at how we are called to be a people of love. What does this look and how do live this out in a culture and time that is more concerned with self than it is with one another.
We are called to be free. We are called to be love. We are called to be light in the darkest of places. We are called to be a people in step with His Spirit, bearing the fruit of His Spirit. We are called to be distinct. This Sunday we kick off our new series “called to be” and we start by looking at how we are called to be distinct in this world, to be recognisably different that God might be proved holy through His church in the sight of the nations.
We conclude our 101 series teaching into a life that is empowered by grace. Grace empowers us in our weakness to live a life of power. A power that transforms us and a power that flows through us as we walk out the mission and call of Christ for our lives.
We kick off a two part teaching in the grace as God as we bring our 101 series to its conclusion. Grace is not just salvation and forgiveness, but a whole new order of life. Over the next two weeks we are going to see that there are 3 main aspects of grace. A grace that saves, grace that transforms and grace that empowers.
We kick-off our new series, “101”, looking at what makes Dayspring, Dayspring. This week Ps Aaron teaches on the priority of 'His Presence', and how we can cultivate a value for, and awareness of, His presence in our life.
We continue our ‘Formed’ series looking at the 7th Beatitude, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God”. What did it mean, culturally and biblically to be a peacemaker in Jesus’ time? . What does it look like for us, as a community, today? What does it look like for me personally? We look at what it means to be a peacemaker, by highlighting what a peacemaker is, and what it isn’t.
Continuing our series, 'Formed', we explore the Beatitudes “Blessed are the merciful”, and “Blessed are the pure in heart”. In this context, we view mercy as a love of God which manifests itself in an attitude of identification with others, that we might be tempted to exclude. We see purity as a singleness of heart, an honesty which has no hidden motive, no selfish interest - in other words, sincere devotion to God.
We continue our series, 'Formed', looking at the next beatitude, "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness". We look at how we need to approach our understanding of righteousness with humility, and that our level of hunger and thirst, as well as the objects of our appetites, will truly determine our experience of it.
We continue our new series, ‘Formed’, by looking at the first 3 Beatitudes that Jesus teaches. “Blessed are the poor in spirit”, “Blessed are those who mourn”, and “Blessed are the meek”. We look at the theme of humility and its significance, as Jesus launches His entire sermon on the mount from this idea of placing ourselves at the bottom, in order to be a servant of all.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new "formed" series where we look at Jesus' teaching in the beatitudes. The Beatitudes have the power and wisdom, to center us, to re-order our disordered desires in this cultural moment and bring the formation we are longing for, firstly in our own lives and then pushed through Christian community into our culture.
This week Ps Kristen wraps up our 'Found' series, looking at how we can take all that we have learned over the previous weeks, and have it outworked in our lives. We need to take up the challenge to accept and embrace the stretch of new relationships: the discomfort of allowing others to speak into our lives, and remember that it is all only possible through the empowering of the Holy Spirit.
We continue our 'Found' series, looking at The Vision and Mission that God calls us to live out of as the people of God. Jesus gives His people a clear vision of being an interconnected, loyal, stubbornly committed community, formed around a Covenantal, Cross-Shaped, Christ, kind of love for one another. But this vision comes with an equally clear mission: to be a people who are committed to practicing the way of Jesus together, for the renewal of the world.
Ps Aaron continues our series, “Found”, teaching from Psalm 133:
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity."
Community is not easy, but it is good: it is not conflict free, but it is pleasant.
We need to “make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit”, and allow the oneness of our God, to work oneness into us.
Description. God has a vision For the planet. He wants all his creation to kn ow him through Jesus. We are a part of that plan. He wants us to know who we are in his plan. Once we know who we are, we can discover what we can do to be a part of his vision.
Paul teaches us in 1 Cor. 8 that “knowledge puffs up while love builds up”. We must allow love to govern all our relationships.
This Resurrection Sunday, Ps Aaron wraps up our ‘Costly Love’ series, revealing the resurrection as a life- altering, world-changing moment from which we are called to live out our lives. What does it mean to see life through the resurrection?
Continuing our Costly Love series, Mike Gore, CEO of Open Doors, draws on lessons from the Persecuted Church to highlight our need for Resilience. Courageous Faith, and Costly Love, cannot be outworked, in the absence of resilience.
Ps. Aaron kicks off our Easter series “costly love” asking us the question: Who is defining what love looks like in our life?
PS Aaron continues our vision series, “found & formed” teaching into the need for disciples of Christ to live with hearts postured toward repentance. What does Jesus say about repentance? What does repentance look like in kingdom?
The Cross & The Towel Ps Aaron and Kristen continue our series on Found & Found with a message around the grace practice of service. As we look at the life Jesus lived we learn that the kingdom of God is carried upon servants. Jesus reveals to us that our God is a God of profound love and service, His is a Kingdom built upon love and service and so we, His people are called to be the expression of that truth.
Ps Aaron kicks off our vision series for 2021 "Found & Formed". Where are we finding home? The place you are found is the place you will find significance, identity and belonging and it is therefore the place that will form you. As disciples of Jesus our desires is to be found with Christ, so that we can be formed by Christ.
Taking hold of Colossians 3:12 (“... clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”) to represent Christ in an increasingly disconnected world.
Ps Kristen continues our theme: '21 Days of Focus'. This week we are focusing on the heart and how we posture ourselves to receive from Jesus. Jesus wants us to be able to trust Him, to let go of control in our own lives and approach with hearts wide open.
Ps Aaron kicks off our 21 days of Focus looking at Luke 22 and the Prayer of Relinquishment prayed by Jesus as He faced the cross. St Augustine says "True, whole prayer is nothing but love". The prayer of relinquishment is where God’s grace teaches us to release our will and flow into the will of the Father. It is from this place that our prayers are transformed into acts of love.
Ps Aaron concludes our series on "Seeing Jesus" teaching from Colossians 3 that "you have been raised with Christ". We have been invited into all that Christ has done and all that He is. Based on this truth we don't have to let our enemy cancel our confidence. Instead, let Christ be our confidence and the vision that we live out of in 2021.
As we enter into a new year Ps Aaron, continuing our series "Seeing Jesus" invites us into the promise that a vision of Jesus gives us. So much bigger than the opportunity that a new year brings… Jesus offers us a whole new life !! A new way of being human, relating to one another and to the world around us. Getting a vision of Jesus is giving Him permission to create beauty out of discordant parts of our life.
Ps Aaron finishes our Christmas series teaching from the passage in Luke 2, "today in Bethlehem a rescuer was born for you. He is the Lord Yahweh, the Messiah". The Christmas narrative is not telling you what you should do but what God has already done. In a world where peace is harder and harder to come by, a world filled with fear, anxiety and and political turmoil, Christmas tells us that we can’t save ourselves, but we can for ourselves find salvation.
Russell continues our series "Our Emmanuel" looking at God’s rescue plan for humanity and how at the point of the virgin conception, everything changed, both past, present and future .
Ps Aaron kicks off our Christmas series "Our Emmanuel" looking at the change that "God With Us" brings and the response that it requires of us.
Ps Aaron speaks from Ezekiel 36 unpacking what we feel God is up to in this season, moving from our heads and into our hearts, moving from an idea we believe in to a person we have given our whole lives to in order to become like Him in this world.
In closing out our series on "The Way of Jesus" our teaching team come together to answer your questions and recap the last 12 weeks of teaching.
In week 11 of our series "The Way of Jesus", Ps Russell brings a word on how the grace practices help us in learning to listen and discern the will of God in our lives.
In week 10 of our "The Way of Jesus" series Ps Aaron looks at the practice of study. The disciples said to Jesus, "where else would we go, You have the words of life".
The word of God is life giving and life transforming.
This week we are looking at the importance of the Word of God in our lives, how we are to approach it, some of the challenges we have when it comes to understanding it and applying it, but also the power that lies within it to bring life and transformation.
Ps Adam speaks on the power of simplicity. Jesus instructs us to "seek first the kingdom and His righteousness", letting us in on the power of living a focused life. Simplicity is key to living our lives as followers of Jesus.
Pastors Kristen and Bec dig into week 8 of our series "The Way of Jesus" teaching into the power of fellowship. As we look into how Jesus lived His life we see clearly the importance and the power of doing life in fellowship with others. As with all the "grace practices" this is something we have to be intentional about and Kristen and Bec give us some great keys on how to do just that.
In week 7 of our "The Way of Jesus" series we look at the grace practice of "Celebration". Jesus' whole life and ministry was framed by celebration & joy and we see this all throughout the gospels. Jesus also promises His disciples that they have access to His joy so that our joy may be full. But how do we access this joy and allow it to bring strength into our lives? That's what the practice of celebration is all about.
Ps Adam continues with week 5 of our series "The Way of Jesus". This week we are looking at the practice of generosity. We look at the generous nature of our Father and how we as His sons & daughters are called to be generous just like Him.
This week Ps Russell Bradley speaks into "The Way of Jesus" looking at the practice of worship in our lives and how it forms us into the image of Christ.
Ps Aaron continues with week 4 of our series "The Way of Jesus". This week we are looking at the practice of listening. We look at the importance of listening in the life of disciple but also what it actually means to listen and how we go about tuning into the voice of God in our lives.
Ps Aaron continues our series on "The Way of Jesus" looking at the practice of prayer. The call of every disciple is not just to pray but to become the prayers we pray. Prayer frees us from self-sufficiency and connects us to the heart of the Father and to His mission to bring the rule & reign of heaven here on earth.
Continuing with our series on The Way of Jesus we take a look at our first "grace practice" of Silence and Solitude. With the noise of the world around us only increasing this counter-cultural practice helps us to resist the noise and stay connected and present to God, ourselves and the world around us.
Our senior Leaders Aaron & Kristen kick off our new series "The Way of Jesus" reminding us all of the need for us to remain engaged & authentic as we grow into the image of Christ and live the life of resilient disciples.
Ps Russell encourages us on the importance of living as light, letting the light of Christ within us shine for all to see.
Ps Adam shares a timely message about the role of the Holy Spirit our need to be led by Him in our daily lives.
Ps Aaron closes out our series on The Way of the Kingdom looking at we are followers of Christ are to bring change into the world around us by loving with a cross-shaped love.
Ps Aaron continues our series on The Way of the Kingdom looking at how mercy looks past the issue, extends undeserved and unexpected love and triumphs over judgment to bring freedom, salvation and deliverance on earth as it is in heaven.
We continue our series on "The Way of the Kingdom" with Ps Russell digging into the story of the good samaritan where we learn the kingdom way of costly love.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series "The Way of the Kingdom", looking at the primary way the kingdom of God is encountered and released here on earth as it is in heaven.
Ps Aaron continues to speak into what we sense God is doing in us and through us during this time. 2 Timothy 1:6 Paul reminds Timothy of the need to "fan into flame" the gift of God in his life. We too need to fan into flame that gift of God that has been imparted into our lives.
Ps Bec Debenham brings a timely and practical word on how we can encounter God in the mundane moments of our every day. Are we expecting God to speak to us and meet us right where we are at? How can we tune our hearts towards hearing Him speak through everyday moments?
Ps Aaron speaks prophetically into what he sees God doing in this moment and what He is asking us to do. Across the world God is working to release His will, His Kingdom, on earth as it is heaven. This message will help us to understand what the part that God is asking us to play.
Hebrews chapter 2 teaches us that God testifies to salvation “by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit”. Prophecy points to God’s gracious out-working of salvation in our lives.
Ps Aaron concludes our series on the "The Way" with the second part of his message, "The Nature of Change". We look at the difference between trying and training in relation to practicing the way of Jesus and having Christ formed in our lives.
Ps Aaron continues our series on "The Way" looking at how we are disciples are formed into the image of Christ. Our journey of formation starts with a vision of Jesus, allowing that vision to shape our daily practices and habits.
Russell continues our series "The Way" teaching into the importance of listening. As disciples we need to learn to listen to the voice of God and to those around us that God has placed into our lives as spiritual fathers & mothers.
Ps Adam Debenham continues our series on "The Way" looking at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
Ps Aaron continues our series "The Way - Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty", looking at how as disciples are hearts and lives are formed around our worship.
Ps Aaron continues our series on "The Way" looking at what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We take a look at the life of Daniel and how with a resolved heart he was able to live a life of resiliency in a time of great uncertainty.
Ps Kristen takes us through "Issues of the Heart" looking 3 heart checks that God is asking us to engage in during this season.
Our senior team lead us in a panel discussion on discipleship as they launch our new series "The Way" - Resiliency in a Time of Uncertainty".
Ps Aaron takes us through Hebrews 4:14-16 looking at how we can come before the throne of Grace, into the presence of our Father just as we are with free and fearless confidence. There we find mercy and grace, well timed help in our time of need.
Abraham lived from the promises that God has spoken over him. He allowed himself to be shaped by what he had not yet received; he “only saw them and welcomed them from a distance” (Heb. 11:13).
Ps Aaron kicks off our easter series "Victory" looking at Jesus' teaching from John 15. A life of victory is found as we surrener into the life of abiding in Christ.
Russell shares on the power of hope and how we as a community are called to steward hope together.
Pastors Aaron & Kristen teach into what is happening around our world at the moment reminding us that we still have a race to run and that we are to fix our focus and hold our peace.
Ps Aaron concludes our vision series "This is For Freedom" looking at Galatians 5 and how we walk in freedom by living in step with the Spirit.
Ps Aaron continues our series "This is For Freedom" unpacking the truth of our new identity in Christ.
Ps Aaron continues our "This is for Freedom" series as we gather for our Strengthen Home Sunday. What does freedom look like? How are we using our freedom?
Ps Aaron speaks on Vision Sunday introducing our vision and focus for the year ahead. This Is For Freedom!
Special Guest Chris Gore from Bethel, Redding shares a powerful message on the Father's love.
Ps Aaron kicks off PUSH21 - 21 days of prayer & fasting with a message teaching us on the power of prayer and the need for us to respond according to what time it is in the Kingdom of God.
Youth pastors Shaun & Chelsea Offereins along with our Evangelism pastor Julee Jacobi preach on our foundations - His Presence, His People and His Purpose.
Ps Adam Debenham continues our summer series looking at both the call to be His people and the calling of His people.
Ps Adam Debenham kicks off our summer series as he teaches on how to find closure in your life and move on to take hold of the new things that God is wanting to birth in your life.
We continue with our Christmas series "Hope Resounds" with 3 of our young voices speaking into the foundations of our church His Presence, His People & His Purpose.
Ps Aaron looks back at the year and our theme for 2019 "Building a People" and asks the question "who are you becoming?".
Ps Aaron looks at the life of Elijah and how he was a man who knew who to stay present and engaged, waiting on God in the midst of doubt and confusion. We need to re-learn the art of being still and waiting on God.
Ps Adam Debenham looks at three aspects from scripture that builds us into a community of people living out this thing called church.
The biggest question the christian life asks us is "who are you becoming?". In this message Ps Aaron teaches about the role of the Holy Spirit in our life as our guide, guiding us into the pattern of Jesus Christ. Are you going to crowdsource the decisions of your life or follow the voice of your expert guide?
Ps Aaron continues our series on "Life in Rhythm" taking a look at how we follow the example of Christ and walk in the way of love.
Evangelism Pastor Alex Jacobi shares powerfully on what kingdom life looks like as family.
Paul explains in Romans 12 that we need our minds continually transformed in order to comprehend God’s will, and to live-out his will in community.
Ps Aaron speaks on Matthew 11 and the promise we have to enter into a life of REST. The key is living our lives according to Kingdom rhythm rather than being pulled out of rhythm by the culture of the world around us.
Pastors Aaron & Kristen conclude our Prepare the Way series for 2019 looking at the story of Nehemiah and how are all called to build with wisdom so as to run and finish well.
Ps Aaron continues our Prepare the Way series "FUTURE READY". We were created to take ground and as we live a life according to kingdom rhythm we will be empowered to take ground and step into our future.
Ps Aaron continues our Prepare the Way series "Future Ready" teaching us the importance of living a Kingdom rhythm life of receiving and giving.
Pastor Aaron launches our Prepare the Way series for 2019 teaching us how God has called us to live a "Future Ready" life, pulling the promises of God for our lives into reality.
Ps Russell concludes our FUTURE CHURCH series revealing how the early church turned society upside down, and how we can do the same today.
Adam Debenham continues our FUTURE CHURCH series giving a powerfully encouraging message from the life of King David and Gideon on how to get back up after life gets you down.
Ps Aaron continues our series FUTURE CHURCH. The church that Jesus is building is one based upon His nature and His way, He is building a people of excellence.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series FUTURE CHURCH looking at the foundations that Jesus is building His church upon, Revelation, Authority and Power.
Ps Kristen continues our series on prayer, "After They Prayed" speaking powerfully on Hope and how we can find ourselves back into a place of hope by putting His word in our mouth.
Ps Aaron speaks powerfully into the importance of prayer, calling us as a community into personal revival as we stir up the flames of His Spirit within us. Before heaven can invade earth, earth through passionate people of prayer must invade heaven.
Ps Aaron continues our series on Romans "This Glorious Gospel". In Romans 15 Paul prays two short prayers releasing endurance, encouragement, unity, joy, peace & overflowing hope over the body of Christ. All of this and more is available for us to step into NOW by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Russell continues our series on Romans, "This Glorious Gospel". Romans 3 teaches us that God’s plan is to restore you to family, cover you with his glory, and set you free from the power of sin.
Ps Aaron continues our series on Romans, "This Glorious Gospel", looking at what it means to "belong to another" and live a transformed life rather than being conformed to the pattern of this world.
Russell kicks off our Romans series teaching us on understanding the "Righteousness of God” as a relational concept. A brief study on Romans 1:16-17.
Ps Aaron concludes our series "From Death To Life" speaking about the Great Exchange that took place through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Ps Aaron continues our series "From Death To Life" with a powerful message on GRACE... When you add your YES to His grace, amazing happens!
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series in the lead up to easter "From Death To Life". In this message we look at how we overcome and silence shame in our lives... Because we are in Christ we have a promise to live a life that is unashamed !
Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 11 that we can consecrate ourselves as a community by including and loving one another.
Ps Eric Johnson from Bethel Church, Redding California brings a powerful message on faith.
Ps Aaron concludes our series "Building a People" looking at the sound that comes off of our lives when we are a people walking in connection and love for one another.
Our senior leaders, Aaron & Kristen share their heart around Strengthening Home and the importance of being a people who serve and love one another well.
Ps Kristen continues to unpack our focus for 2019, "Building a People". Looking at what it means to be a people that walk in the anointing of God.
Pastors Aaron and Kristen and our senior leadership team introduce our vision and focus for 2019 - Building a People.
Ps Aaron continues our summer series looking at how Jesus in Mark 6 & 8 was wanting to give his disciples a perspective upgrade, instructing them to take another look at the problems that were around them.
Russell continues our summer series taking us on an exploration of Luke 11:1-4 and reflecting on different aspects of prayer.
Ps Aaron Kicks off our Summer Series looking at how we are called to build our life and our new year upon all that Christ Has Done for us.
Ps Aaron finishes off our series 'This Great Design' and looks at who Jesus wants to be for us this coming year. He wants to come close, He wants to shine His transformational light and He wants to guide us in to perfect peace.
Ps Aaron continues our series 'This Great Design' looking at the life of Jesus and what His coming means to us as His people and to all humanity.
Ps Aaron continues our Christmas series 'This Great Design' looking at how the coming of Christ means we have now been empowered to live in freedom.
Russell kicks off our Christmas series "This Great Design" looking at the life of Jesus as a servant. We too can be like Jesus and live to serve because The Father has “horizoned” us.
Ps Aaron finishes our Naturally Supernatural series by taking a look at the life of Jesus. He is our model in every way and by looking to Him we not only see how to live a naturally supernatural lifestyle but we are empowered to do it!
Ps Aaron continues our Naturally Supernatural series speaking into what is happening in our nation with Awakening Australia and how to take a promise from seed through to strength.
This message is about sharing the gospel and understanding that when share the gospel, we are sowing seed that will produce a harvest. Where there is no seed sown, there is no harvest. Adam challenges us to be sharing the gospel every where we can, so we can see this country transformed by Jesus
Ps Kristen continues our Naturally Supernatural series with a powerful message on peace. She shares from her own personal journey over the last 6 months and the process that God has led her through.
What is true spirituality? What does it look like? Ps Aaron continues our "Naturally Supernatural" series answering this question looking at how the divine nature expresses itself through our everyday life.
Russell continues our series "Naturally Supernatural" looking at how prophecy practised within community creates courageous people.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series “Naturally Supernatural” with a powerful message on the pursuit of love.
Ps Aaron speaks on the power of prayer and the after effect it leaves in our lives and circumstances.
Engage with your priestly duty by offering spiritual sacrifices to God (1 Peter 2:5). Embrace all that inclusion into intimacy with God offers. Resist all temptations to allow someone else to be go there on your behalf.
Ps Aaron looks at what it means to walk in spiritual maturity in the Kingdom and how we walk handle the tension between our humanity and the divine nature that we are invited into.
We are called to walk confidently and expectantly in the goodness and faithfulness of a God who offers us a fresh identity, a renewed hope and an expectation for breakthrough.
Ephesians 1 speaks about those who believe in Jesus as having already begun their lives with full acceptance and full empowerment from the Father. We are fully equipped and fully enlightened by His Spirit right from the beginning. Good news indeed.
Special Guest Paul Yadao from Destiny Church, Philippines brings a powerful word on the story of Jacob.
Ps Aaron concludes our Prepare the Way series teaching into the prophetic identity and destiny of Dayspring church.
The Apostle Paul reminds us in Philippians that our citizenship is in heaven. We explore how citizenship was a complex personal issue for Paul, and how it can be complex for us as well.
Join us Sunday morning for a time of powerful worship and the word from Ps Aaron as he kicks off our new series Prepare the Way teaching into the power of choices and being led by what God has placed in our heart.
Ps Aaron concludes our Kingdom Culture series with a powerful message on the priority of the kingdom. Challenging us to 'seek first' the kingdom, see through a Kingdom lens and accept the kingdom assignment that all of us have been given.
Ps Aaron continues our Kingdom Culture series teaching on the value of 'generosity'. A revelation of God's goodness towards us empowers us to live a life of generosity towards those around us.
Russell Bradley continues our series on Kingdom Culture, powerfully teaching into how the Kingdom mindset is one of "redemption and restoration".
Ps Aaron continues our Kingdom Culture series, living an unshakeable life. This week we look at 'Honour' and its importance in establishing a Kingdom Culture.
Ps David Crone from The Mission church in Vacaville, California is our special guest at Dayspring bringing a powerful word on 'setting your heart'.
Ps Aaron continues our 'Kingdom Culture' series looking at what it means to 'serve God acceptably'. We are all called to serve as Kings & Priests in the Kingdom but how do we serve acceptably?
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series 'Kingdom Culture' defining what the Kingdom of God is and what happens when it meets the shakeable kingdom of this world.
Russell Bradley teaches into how the prophetic works under the new covenant. We no longer need a mediator or a 'go-between', we are all able to hear the voice of God.
Ps Aaron concludes our FOUNDATIONS series teaching into how we discover and walk out His purpose for our lives.
Ps Aaron continues our series on FOUNDATIONS looking at what it means to be His People. On the day of Pentecost being His People took on a whole new meaning as His people were clothed in His power.
Ps Narelle continues our series on foundations teaching in to how we are called to be a people of honour. A people who celebrate and a people of influence.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series on FOUNDATIONS speaking about the importance of keeping His Presence first in our life.
It takes courage to be a Christian and live according to our convictions, we do this best when we live in strong connection with a cheering and encouraging community.
Paul says that the unbelievers cannot accept the Gospel because they have been blinded by the “god of this age” (2 Cor 4). Paul also says that folk are made blind (heads and hearts veiled) by the reading of Moses or Law (2 Cor 3). Both blindnesses mean we cannot see Jesus and therefore cannot be transformed into His glory.
Ps Aaron concludes our series 'Killing Death With Life' with a powerful Resurrection Sunday message.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series 'Killing Death With Life'. Each of us carry the LIFE and LIGHT of Christ which works in us and through us to bring transformation and freedom.
Russell Bradley speaks on God's plans for your mountains. God told Zerubbabel that it would not be by human might or power, but by his Spirit his obstacles would be overcome.
Ps Aaron and Kristen share their hearts around Strengthening Home looking at how the Acts 2 church devoted themselves and stewarded the gift of Holy Spirit.
Ps Aaron continues our Strengthening Home series looking at the life of Paul and Moses and their endless pursuit to know more of God.
Ps Aaron continues our series on Strengthening Home speaking into the power of connection and community.
Ps Aaron continues our series on Strengthening Home unpacking what it means to know Jesus and how to live a life that makes Him known.
Ps Aaron shares Dayspring's vision for 2018 and beyond - Strengthening Home - Advancing together, One Path with One Passion.
Paul encourages us as a community in 1 Thes. 5 and 1 Cor. 12 to engage in corporate discernment in weighing up prophetic ministry.
Ps Aaron continues our summer series releasing a word over 2018, declaring this year will be a year of Restoration - lost things restored.
While ever Peter kept his focus on Jesus, he walked on water. Only when he turned to look at the storm and waves did fear overwhelm. Live 2018 in the supernatural environment of Jesus and see the impossible become your normal.
Ps Aaron kicks off our Summer Series with an encouraging message on allowing your life to become a powerful testimony that releases others into breakthrough.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series "A Merry Interruption", encouraging as to look for the "God Interruptions". Divine moments where He comes to interrupt our plans with His direction.
In this message Ps Narelle Crabtree shares how powerful testimony of healing. As she has shared this testimony in may places Narelle has seen many people healed from similar long term illness. God is using this testimony to release healing.
The Reformation gave us a readable Bible and a clear understanding of Grace. Freedom in God became a revolution.
Ps Narelle - To move into all God has for us, requires a confident
reliance on Him....a Big Trust...something He is willing to gift as we
lean into Him.
Ps Aaron continues our series on Hunger & Thirst looking at how a walk of humility is essential to living a life of hunger.
We examine three greek words that are used to describe worship in the New Testament. What does it mean to worship in Spirit and in Truth? What does it mean to offer your body as a living sacrifice? How is our ministry to the Lord and to each other a form of worship?
Special Guest, Kayle Mumby shares a powerful message on encounter and revival... It started with the "Burning Ones".
In a world where many sources vie for first place in influencing our thought-life, there IS a way of having God’s thoughts firmly in that place. Russell develops and explains the Scriptural view on this vital matter.
Ps Aaron continues our Prepare the Way series with a look at how Momentum works from a Kingdom perspective. Momentum has already been created for us, all we have to do is position ourselves to receive it.
What makes a prophetic word “good”? We examine the evidence from 1 Corinthians 14 and also chapter 2 to see what constitutes a “good” prophetic word.
Ps Aaron kicks off our new series 'Prepare the Way' looking at how God invites us to partake of His 'divine nature' so that we can carry and display His glory across the earth.
Reassured of love and reassured of provision, all through relationship with Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit
In the book of Hebrews we are encouraged to live life with our focus so on Jesus, so reminded of His faithfulness long term to us, that we are empowered and full of confidence to live each day, even when the issues of life swirl around us and threaten to overwhelm.
As we understand and align ourselves with God’s covenantal promises, the land (and our cities) will take on the DNA of God's people (Isaiah 62:4-5)
Ps Aaron concludes the series "Making Home With the Unknown" teaching how as an apostolic people we are called to release the rule and reign of heaven within us to the world around us.
When we keep our ministry within the boundaries of an authentic faith expression, the Spirit provides the amplification.
In 1 Cor 2 Paul asks the leading question "Who counsels God?" The answer is of course "Jesus". Then he says that because of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we have the mind of Christ. This therefore brings us into the realm of knowing the counsel of God. Incredible!
Don't settle for anything less than Jesus' expectation that we would live our lives in ongoing revelation and empowerment.
Ps Aaron continues with our series on Making Home With the Unknown looking at how we as a community are called to establish the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth... We are called to make the Unknown, Known.
We start off our new series "Making Home With The Unknown" with a powerfully prophetic message looking at the life of Abraham and his journey of faith into unknown territory where he learnt to embrace faith, embrace presence and embrace transformation.
In this blend of ministries of the Word, healing, prophetic words and heart - encouragement, Narelle shows us the recalculation of our worth: we are loved by God, and He has a plan for our lives.
Special Guest Randy Clark from Global Awakening preaches a powerful message from Acts 4.
Ps David speaks on Luke 8 (the Parable of the Sower) and explains that "good soil" is a listening ear and heart that tunes in to the voice of Jesus. The "seed" is the living word from God as articulated by the Holy Spirit. Whoever listens with accepting hearts produces a "bumper crop."
Ps Aaron concludes our series on CAUSE+EFFECT teaching on how Faith & Love work together to have great effect in our life and in the lives of those around us.
Russell continues our series on Cause+Effect. You are a word sent from His mouth. Before the foundations of the world, God unveiled the horizon of your adoption as sons and daughters.
Ps Kristen continues our series on Cause+Effect speaking on how wisdom works in our life by looking at the life of King Solomon and the effect and influence he had.
Ps Aaron continues our series CAUSE+EFFECT teaching on the love of Christ and how there is no greater cause and no cause has ever had a greater effect.
Ps Aaron launches our new series CAUSE+EFFECT... You have been given a CAUSE but how do we let it have the EFFECT it was intended to have?
Russell Bradley speaks on Hearing the Voice of God, teaching us that God communicates in the language of sonship.
Jesus has made it possible for us to live empowered and strong though His unfailing love. So much so, that even when everything around us is shaken, we remain anchored in His unshakable hope. Run in to His heart....
When we listen to God speaking to us, we hear an unequivocal message that He sees as as His masterpiece, holy and blameless. Religion tells us otherwise. Whose voice are we going to listen to?
Ps Aaron brings a powerful message on Resurrection Sunday as we take a look at the Strictly Inclusive nature of the Gospel and how we have all been invited to "Take Our Place" at the table.
Ps Aaron brings his first message as Senior Leader of DaySpring church. From the passage in Joshua 1 we see how even in the midst of change and transition some things remain unchangeable.
Ps David concludes our series, Hebrews 5:12 offers the challenge saying that "You’re like children still needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food." Spiritual maturity means that we "train ourselves for battle", and that we have already negotiated what our "fixed stars" are. We then live our lives with confident purpose.
Ps Aaron continues our series JESUS+nothing looking at just how much better we have it because of JESUS.
Ps Aaron continues our series JESUS+nothing looking at Hebrews 12 and the race of faith we are called to run in Christ.
Ps Narelle continues our series JEUSUS+nothing teaching how Jesus brings our faith alive when we discover that it is established and sustained by Him.
Ps David kicks off our new series JESUS+nothing. Hebrews is a powerful book about the assurance we have in Jesus. He is superior to all others and has given us access to the “throne of Grace”. We are encouraged to be totally assured about our salvation while at the same time urged to be motivated about our empowerment in Jesus and our invitation to work as He did.
Ps David - Hebrews is rather strong in pointing out that Jesus is altogether superior to all others. He is now the only avenue of revelation, the only High Priest and is the only One we should relate to. The Old Covenant (Mosaic Law) is useless and obsolete. An obsolete and useless law cannot be used to ‘balance’ Grace without neutralising the power of Grace.
Ps David - In 2 Cor 3, Paul is rather blunt about the Law being a ministry of death that causes hearts to be hardened and faces that are veiled so that we cannot see Jesus. He appeals to us to go to the Holy Spirit (the LORD) who will set us free to live in the fresh revelation of who we are in Jesus.
Ps Aaron brings teaches into the area of inheritance and how we unlock it and activate in our lives.
Russell speals a powerful message on revelation teaching us that revelation is influenced by our heart’s experience of God’s nature. You can only go with God where your heart has been previously.
Ps Narelle - Like the woman at the well who had an unexpected encounter, Jesus, is inviting you into an encounter with Him that will release you from past limitations and into His extravagant love. Not a casual, indifferent encounter, but one that will radically and wonderfully bless you (and the people around you) this year and beyond.
God has most definitely pulled out all stops to get us to Heaven. That’s Grace. Heaven’s environment is one of exquisite joy. That’s love! We are invited, urged even, to love well and create Heaven on earth.
Ps Aaron looks at the power of praise and thanksgiving in our lives and how it help us to keep the fire of His Spirit burning within us.
Ps Aaron brings a message that will release freedom into your life. You were never created to be “caged” in... Christ came to set us free!
Ps Kristen looks at the power of agreement in our life. We need to find ourselves in a place of agreement with God, it’s a place where we see things from His perspective.
Ps Aaron looks at the story of David and Goliath and the difference voices that David had to navigate in order to take down the giant.