Living Word Macclesfield: Recent Episodes
Darryl Stott
From the first sin God's heart was broken that his special creation rejected Him, but He had a plan to fix it!
B - Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve one another
S - Share your story
Today Pastor Brenton concludes our series.
B - Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve one another
S - Share your story
Today Pastor Brenton is speaking about the second 'S' in the series - Share your story.
Anne shares about a mother that we hear very little of in the Bible, but who was very influential in the lives of her children.
B - Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve one another
S - Share your story
Today Pastor Brenton is speaking about the first 'S' in the series - Serving one another.
A big part of Jesus' ministry was eating with people.
B - Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve one another
S - Share your story
The psalmist who wrote Psalm 42 is struggling with life. Listen to his honest prayer to God.
B - Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve your neighbour
S - Share your story
B- Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve
S - Share your story
B- Begin with prayer
L - Listen without judgement
E - Eat together
S - Serve
S - Share your story
Everyone worships. We were created to worship and we all worship someone or something. Why should it be Jesus?
Sometimes God seems to be so slow - Slow to answer my prayers, slow to change people, slow to change me! Sometimes we like it that God is slow and sometimes we don't.
Who is this child that we celebrate at Christmas?
Please note. The video clip referred to can be found here https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hLfQ4WnChdg
Do you feel inadequate when it comes to talking to people about Jesus? Anne shares some of her journey and what she is learning about the way Jesus related to people.
Where do you like to be? Living in God's presence is the best place - better than any other.
What do you do when things get tough? Fiona has some encouraging advice for dark times.
Elijah saw many amazing miracles during his ministry, but he also suffered from discouragement. Listen today to hear how God spoke to Elijah in his time of discouragement.
During his recent trip to visit family in Wales, Alex was again remined of the great revivals that have happened in that country. He shares with us some of the stories of God's mercy and power as it was poured out then, and challenges us to look again to see God move in our time and out country.
Jesus came to earth, not only to die for us, but also to show us what God the Father is like.
Do you keep your promises? None of us do that perfectly, but God always keeps His promises.
Who was Jesus? Jesus was an amazing person of many talents but Alex tells us today about Jesus the preacher.
Pastor Brenton explores worshipping in truth. God is truth but there is an error in truth alone.
Jesus is the one who went before us and suffered and died to make our way safe and secure.
So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?
Following out theme of 'Love' that we have been exploring recently, Alex looks at an aspect of love that we don't always like to think about!
Things may not always go as we want them to. Pastor Brenton shares some insights into what to do when this happens.
It was Valentines day this week. What else should one speak about but God's amazing love for us?
Please note - the video that Brenton shared can be found on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTeR8N8p-U.
Is truth something we can decide for ourselves? Is there any absolute truth or is all 'truth' just whatever we want to make it?
Our theme for this year is 'Love, know, grow'.
Brenton begins to look at love - God's love for us and our love for Him.
Where does faith come from? How does it grow? Why do we need faith? Listen to Brenton explore these questions.
Pastor Ray shared with us the many wonderful things that result from a lifestyle of gratitude.
Jesus said we only need a tiny bit of faith (the size of a mustard seed) to move mountains. A little bit of faith in a big God. Anne shares some great testimonies of faith to encourage you to use your believing power in the right way, today.
There are many of us that are willing to do great things for God, but few of us are willing to do the little things!
Jesus commission to his followers was to love God with everything you've got and to love others.
We hear this statement often in church. We say it, sing it, hear it often, but what do we mean by it?
The presence of God is a wonderful place to be. Brenton encourages us to seek His presence and His kingdom.
Jesus said, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Are we intimidated by the kingdom of darkness or are we intimidators?
Listen to Jim sharing about the wonderful presence of God and the joy of being present with God.
When God speaks there is great authority in what He says. When we believe that, we will see the power of His Word in our lives.
Ben shares from his own experience of adoption what it means to be adopted into God's family.
Are you someone who makes assumptions? We all tend to do that. In this message Brenton challenges some of out assumptions.
Pastor Barry shows us from the second letter of Peter how God is wanting to keep his many amazing promises to us.
As Christians we have been made into new people and given delegated authority to act on Jesus' behalf.
Listen as Anne Explores what the Bible says about this amazing truth.
Julia shares the wonderful opportunities that have opened up in Burkina Faso (In West Africa) and their urgent need for our help.
What is the difference between the law of the Old Testament and the Grace that the New Testament talks about?
What does the Bible mean when it says " If anyone belongs to Christ, he is a new creation?"
The Holy Spirit came with power on the day of Pentecost. Listen to Pastor Ray's message about how you can see that power in your life.
Pastor Brenton shares about some of the great gifts that God has given to his children.
One of the Holy Spirit's passions is to bring order to a chaotic world. Listen as Pastor Jim expands this wonderful truth.
The Holy Spirit brings radical freedom! As we look into Jesus' face we become more and more like Him.
As we look at what happened to Peter and John after Pentecost, we see the vital role that the Holy Spirit played then and how we still need Him to work in our lives today.
God never stops loving us but sometimes we do things that break our fellowship with Him.
King David wanted to get the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. His Psalms often talk about his longing for the presence of God. What was he talking about and why was it so important to him?
The great paradox of our relationship with God is that when we pursue Him, we find him but there is always more to find and our hunger only increases with the finding.
Pastor Hans reflects on our first five years as a church and encourages us to not just see with our physical eyes but also with our spiritual eyes.
Have you ever been really hungry? Brenton shares about being spiritually hungry as well as physically hungry.
The beginning of the year is a good time to look at our homes, both physical and spiritual, and clean out anything that is not honouring to our wonderful God.
If you are a Christian, Holy spirit lives in you. Today we explore some of the implications of that wonderful privilege.
Pastor Paul shared with us the qualities Joseph had as the man who was given the responsibility of caring for Jesus as a child.
Pastor Brenton shared with us some of his insights into what it takes to make pottery from his time studying.
Pastor Hans encourages us that when we do the little that we can in the strength that God gives us, He will do what He can which is a powerful thing.
Alicia shared with us a heartfelt message about some of the things that God has helped her to understand as she journeyed through her wilderness experience.
Brenton shares a little of his journey to a place of surrender to the Master Potter's hand.
God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings. He has provided so much for us. Pastor Brenton was challenging us to take hold of all that God has for us.
God gives us Living water to quench our inner thirst but Living Water will overflow from us to others.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 What does it mean to be meek?
God's word says that we should be holy. What does this really mean? How can God expect me to be holy?
On the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous speech Brenton shared on the significance of that speech for us as Christians today.
As a church, as we work together in unity, we will see God move to achieve His purposes.
Pastor Barry had some wonderful encouragement for us all and some great practical examples to help us to step out in faith. When we step out - God steps in.
Alicia knows a bit about what happens when a house doesn't have a firm foundation! she shared how we can build our spiritual house on a firm foundation.
What does it mean to wait on God? Pastor Brenton encouraged us to explore this idea of waiting.
Pastor Hans shares about what to do when we are faced with change that we may not have wanted.
What happens when we praise God? Why does the Bible continually tell us to be thankful?
Please note: the recording of the musical sections are not real great due to the microphones not all being balanced for recording, but all the speaking is quite clear.
A celebration of our Mothers and of the life of our Pastor who went home to be with Jesus this week.
Sometimes things come into our lives that seem to be interrupting what we see as our purpose and direction. Could it be that these things are sent by a divine hand for our good?
We all want to see God moving but sometimes he seems to be very slow. How do things get done in God's upside-down Kingdom?
The world around us tells us that we do not have enough. Enough money, enough stuff. It tells us that we are not enough. Not clever enough, popular enough, fit enough, cool enough. Will I ever be enough?
As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, Pastor Darryl reminds us why Easter is the greatest love story ever told.
Palm Sunday sees Jesus travelling to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. He is proclaimed a King by the crowds along the way who want him to be a king who rescues them from the Roman oppression. Jesus is establishing a new Kingdom but not the kind they are expecting.
Alicia shares with us how God made man to have a body, a mind and a spirit and what happens to each when we are born again.
Anne shared how Jesus used this parable to encourage us that He is the one who makes the seed grow. We are to sow the seed but it is only that embryo of life in the Living Word of God that will enable the seed to grow.
Pastor Barry encourages us to dress in our best with our spiritual clothes as well as our physical ones.
Jesus is the King of Kings and we are soldiers in his army. Alicia explores what it means to be a good soldier.
Our spiritual lives are like our gardens. Anne shares that, like a garden, we need to look at how we went last year and tend our spiritual life so that it produces fruit.
Why do we celebrate Christmas? What is it we are celebrating with feasting and gift giving?
The Word of God is not just a wonderful piece of literature, it is living and powerful.
Paul likens our relationship with Jesus to a marriage. Jesus is the bridegroom and we, the church, are His bride.
Samuel was the last of the judges and the first of the prophets. He oversaw the transition from Israel being led by Judges to being ruled by Kings. He was not the main character in most of the stories where he appears but he was faithful to his calling all of his life.
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Pastor Darryl shared how Ezekiel's vision of God reveals different aspects of His nature.
Rob encouraged us all to explore the wonderful gifts the Holy Spirit enables His children to use to bless others.
What is glory? We look together at some of variations of meaning the Bible reveals about the glory of God and how we, as God's children, get to share in his glory.
Joseph had some bad things happen in his life but God was able to turn things around and use Joseph as part of his amazing plan.
Honour can only be given not demanded. Pastor Hans challenged us to create a culture of honour in our lives.
Leith shares from the story of Joseph, how that every adversity has a seed of potential equal to, or greater than the adversity.
Arnold and Ernest formed a partnership and invented a new product at the World Fair in 1904. What is a partnership? What does God have to say about partnerships? Listen to the message to hear.
Mark shares from Colossians chapter three about the change that Jesus makes in our lives.
Life can be like a rollercoaster, with unexpected twists and turns. What do we do when things are getting out of control?
Pastor Ray shared some of the disappointments he has had in his own life and what he has learned about dealing with them.
Fiona shared the power of our words to build up or tear down, with some challenging stories.
God wants to change this messed up world and he gives us the privilege of working with him to do it. Gideon wasn't a go-getter but God can use all kinds of people, even the nervous ones.
What should the ministry of the church look like? The time of the Lord's favour has come and the year of Jubilee and it is time to return everything to God!
The Apostle Paul talks about the Foolishness of the Cross. Pastor Barry helps us to understand what this means and the significance of the Cross in our lives today.
Brenton challenges us to think about how far we will go, both in allowing the enemy to distract us and in wholeheartedly following Jesus.
Ray shares stories from his own life about how God has helped him to love his enemies. 19 June 2022
The local Church is God's "Safe House" where people can receive help in times of trouble. May 29th 2022.