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Living Hope Isle of Man
Ramsey sermon audio. Living Hope is a local church on the Isle of Man with a heart for nations. We are one family with multiple locations - Douglas, Port St. Mary, Castletown, Peel, St. Johns, Laxey & Ramsey. We have a growing congregation of around 600 attending celebrations each week, including a wide range of ages, cultures and backgrounds. Our mission is to reach unchurched people and lead them into a life changing ever growing relationship with Jesus.
Matt interviewed Nadine on her testimony. Listen to how passionate Nadine is for God and His kingdom!
Happy New Year! Lets listen to some testimonies from some of the congregation of what God has done in each other's lives in 2022.
Helen Edwards: "Today I pray we choose well. Choose who we serve. Choose God. Choose Jesus our Saviour, choose: Faith not fear; Love not hate; Peace not turmoil; To believe and not to doubt.
The remarkable thing is that it is not all about our choices but about a choice made for us."
Grab a drink, sit back and have a listen to Matt's latest preach on: A Growing Blessing!
Rob Harvie spoke about Mercy UK and the tile for today was "Flourishing when Life Sucks".
Speaking to Roy Porter after the service, this is what he took away from the service: "This morning I was twice blessed:
- Blessed first of all, because I have been able to come back into fellowship again after weeks of missing church, and secondly;
- Blessed through the precious Word of God shared by Helen
I thank God for the mindset that He has given me and everyone today, in Jesus name, Amen."
Listen to the latest message from Karen Macrae, as she talks about "Worship".
"A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears." Luke 7:37-38
Ian Rayner shares his incredible story of how God completely changed his life. Have a listen to what God could do for you too.
A few of the congregation from Four12 gave their testimonies. Some were for the first time, and some were hosts. Have a listen to some amazing testimonies of what God has been doing through going to the Four12 conference.
Lesedi Williams is from King & Country church in London. Listen to his exciting preach on Knowing God.
Have a listen to today's message from Matt where he talks around the scripture of Hebrews 4:14-16.
The latest message is now available to listen to when Matt talks about "The End Times: The End Time Church".
Hell, not the most popular topic of conversation, but something Jesus talked about quite a lot. How should we view it, and how can we catch God's heart in this? Something to be scared about, or our greatest motive to see the lost get saved?
When is Jesus coming back? We don't know, only the Father knows. But it's actually more important what we do before Jesus comes back. Are we sleeping, and letting Him come like a thief in the night? Or are we actively awaiting Him, guarding ourselves to be ready for when He comes?!
"The Father heart of God is not a quality within Him, it's not something He does well. Father is what He is, and every other attribute, excellency and glory stems forth from Him being a Father."
This week we start a New series looking at the end times, Week 1 asks are these the last times and looks at the signs Jesus gave of when he would come again... we do not know the hour but these signs show us the urgency of preaching the gospel and standing firm in our faith.
The stone is rolled away! Jesus has risen from the dead, and in His resurrection we are resurrected as well, not only for this life, but for eternity! But what does this new life look like? Do we put the God we follow in a box? Or do we let Him have free reign over us?
Caiaphas and Nicodemus, what a difference! Both powerful men, but one didn't t let his position and his tradition prohibit him from wanting to know Jesus, while the other chose the easy route, didn't want to know Him and even ended up convicting Him.
Using the story of Judas, Adrian gives us a clear picture of how the enemy works, how eventually Judas ended up betraying Jesus. We actually see that Judas's betrayal wasn't an act coming out of the blue, but actually had a bit of history leading up to it.
"Sometimes the situation isn't going from A to B, because God first wants our hearts to go from A to B." Steven speaks on how Hannah longed for a child, and in the shift of her heart, God gave her Samuel.
In the story of Rahab, we discover the redeeming power of God. As Rahab exercised faith and turned her allegiance from the gods of Canaan to the God of Israel, we see how God honoured her faith regardless of her history and sinful background. Hope for us all that God can rewrite our history with His story!
The A team always loved it when a plan came together and Baldric always had a cunning plan! But God has a plan to prosperous us... if we make Him number 1 in our lives! This week we look at God's plan for action against Jericho, and what happens if we deviate from the plan! Stick to the plan and seek first the Kingdom of heaven!
Courageous : this week we discover what it is like to walk in the presence of God. Just listen!!!!! and soak in Gods presence today as He ministers to us with the Harp (Georgie Graham). Let us know what God says to you through this recording.
In a world with so many challenges and battles, God gives us His word to defeat the enemy who wants to isolate us and lies to us! Jesus brings us into the community of believers and not only tells us the truth but is the truth!
Today we look at how to follow God's instruction regarding His word... to speak the word, to think the word and to do the word.
A life changing message to bring you victory in the battles of life.
What kind of person does God use? That was the title for today's courageous talk... Turns out God can use anyone in fact he even used a talking donkey once!!
God can use anyone but to be used by God means we need to be available and obedient.
Thie message looks at 3 ways we can make ourselves available to God like Joshua are courageous when we know we are weak and need God to step in, when we wait on God's timing and not rush in on our own strength. Great lessons to apply in being a person God could use!
Today, Arianna Walker of Mercy UK, shares how to be COURAGEOUS in stepping out of our comfort zones to experience the miracles of God. Be Adventurous!
As we start our new series "Courageous" we look at the Life of Joshua but stating this week by Walking into our inheritance ... strep by step through psalm 112 as we see Gods promises for each day! Our inheritance isn't just getting to heaven its walking into the promises God has for us today!
As we come to the end of our SHINE vision series, we end on the most important message of "E" - Engage with our community. This powerful message of mobilisation of the church is a must for each church member to hear as we enter 2022. Listen and hear our plans for building a bridge into our community.
John 4: 1 - 42. What's your story? Do you have one? The Samaritan woman's testimony (story) saved and transformed lives in the town of Sychar. That power is in you - Jesus lives in you, the Holy Spirit lives in and guides you, and you are a bold man and woman of God! When your story is told, will Jesus be at its centre?
EACH ONE BRING ONE!
A personal invite goes a long way to opening door for people to encounter jesus. As we shine our light in a dark world we discover the power of a positive invite . In this message we receive practical steps and opportunities to shine by taking an invite to a neighbour! Lets pray to God for a great return on these efforts!!
Hospitality is such a gift and so important that elders and deacons must have this gift to be appointed. For the saints God requires us to show hospitality to strangers i.e. those not yet in the house of God. This week we look at the power of hospitality to be a table for the lost, a door to bring reconciliation, a place for the broken and a place for the presence of Jesus!
As we launch a new series called SHINE about putting our lamp on a stand, we also launch our vision cast for the coming year Share your Story, offer Hospitality, Invite, Nurture and Engage with our community. The first 10 mins is our vision cast and then followed by the introductory message SHINE.
This message helps us to understand what it means to love God and aligns us to have this ONE LOVE for God that impacts all our relationships and circumstances. We learn to love God with an exclusive love, an obedient love and persevering love. To love God with all of our heart, all of our mind, all of our soul and all of our strength.
Hope in a Hopeless world: This message points us to God... who is hope! When things seem lost and all hope is gone Romans 15:13 is a great verse to fix our eyes on God in tough times as he is our Hope. a Game changer when applied!
We're called to have the mind of Christ but in order to do so we have a personal responsibility and accountability to apply the truth of God's word in partnership with the Holy Spirit. To change our minds and make different choices. Our personal pursuance of a healthy mind has an impact on the Body of Christ and how we can become of One Mind despite our differences. So let's look at how we apply the four "R's" to a healthy mind to move together as One in Him.
Every Church must be known as a House of Prayer (Matthew 21: 13). There is a time to pray alone, and other times we are called to come together and be ONE in prayer. The early church often met and prayed as one. Why not listen, as Thabani shares the importance of praying together - Matthew 18: 19 - 20
The church was never meant to be a cruise ship, but a rescue ship for the lost! This message explores the One Purpose that Jesus gave the church, to GO and Make Disciples of the nations.
This message of One heart looks at the benefits of becoming One in heart together as a church, but also looks at the Challenge of the condition of the human heart and the transformation Jesus can do in our hearts to allow us to share in this One heart!
This freedom Sunday, hear from Zoë Anderson about God's heart for justice and for us to be people that act justly, love mercy and walk humbly, as she shares inspiring stories from the frontline of International Justice Mission (IJM)'s work to end slavery.
In 1 Timothy 4:14, Paul instructs Timothy not to neglect his gift. Whether it's through fear, discouragement or ignorance, we need to be aware of the impact that neglecting our gift can have on others not just us. He has given us both natural and supernatural gifts to be used for His glory. But it's when we know the gift giver that we value the gift all the more.
This morning's message encourages us to "dust off" the gifts God has given, to use them wisely and to persevere so that we finish the race strong.
Holding the mystery of the faith is not for the esoteric (not only for the elders, bishops or deacons), it is for us all. This mystery was solved 2,000 years ago. Listen to the message as we consider what the Bible says on the mystery solved!
Sharing our faith is sharing our story and His story where they collided in you and I accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour... But this great message is not just for us! In this week's preach, we look at how we can effectively share this message as encouraged to do so in 1 Tim 2!
Matt Rees opens this new series for us as we look at 1 Timothy starting with chapter 1. Matt looks at who Timothy was and what we can learn from his calling and ministry.
This first week looks at Keeping the Faith as we are in such challenging times looking at Purity, a Clear Conscience and a Solid Faith! A very practical and equipping message for the church today!
In Life God alway provides opportunities for the Gospel and for good works that opens doors. In this Message Thabani directs us in three ways to Maximise the Moments... To Die Everyday, to do Good Everyday and to Preach the Gospel every day!
We all need a sabbath in our lives, we need to take one day off each week to rest your body, recharge your emotions and focus your spirit. Why is the sabbath vital for a Christ follower and what does it look like to have a sabbath?
In this message 'First Breath', we explore John 3 as Jesus meets Nicodemus and tells him (and us): "You must be born again!". The first breath of our spirit into life is when we are born again to begin a new life as a Christ follower. Some great testimonies from Marg and Jude of their stories of being born again.
We sing the great hymn: Amazing Grace, but this week we see how Grace came first! And that amazing grace gives us the power to live for Jesus in a very weary and broken world. Through the story of the prodigal son, we will explore how grace comes first in our relationship between God and you and then between you and others.
You wouldn’t think that anyone could improve on the masterpiece of michelangelo’s Sistine chapel painting. But Maybe me and a spray can could make it better? What do you think?
God’s greatest masterpiece in all creation I think was marriage and family! The marriage represents our relationship with Jesus as we are the bride of Christ what an awesome picture of that union.
and family is a wonderful picture of our God loves and cares for his children.
But society believes it can do better and has take a spraycan to the masterpiece that is Marriage and the family. But in the end it’s just vandalism.
This week we look at key ways that God can be first in the family as family is first in Gods plan. First with parents, children and the lost who can be adopted into Gods family.
Exodus 13 opens up an amazing principle found throughout scripture about the first fruits, so this week we look at the practical application of making God First in our finances not in our giving ... but in returning of the tithe to God.
The heart of Jesus is that families, friends and even fellow Christians are reconciled when relationships break down.
Check out this moving and life giving message from Jonathan, First Reconcile.
In life we can find that our time and energies can get swallowed up in the busyness of life. Before you know, we have filled our life with Netflix and Facebook, hobbies and projects but have neglected the things that really matter. Jesus said "seek first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you".
Over the next 6 months, we want to look at how we can intentionally put God first in our lives again starting with our First Love!
Today's message looks at how wide, how deep, how long and how high God's love is for us and as a result how we can respond in our lives to that love.
The walls were finished and the externals looked great in Jerusalem. Now God was working on the internals as the people came before God in response to the reading of His word. They confessed and repented and moved into worship!!! This sunday we look at how repentance leads us into times of refreshment as we are free from guilt and sin to encounter Jesus!!
Coming out of lockdown we are free to worship... but what does that look like as we gather again as a church family. Today we look at the Exodus as the Hebrews are brought out of lockdown/slavery into freedom and we see that as a church we are free to worship, free to serve and free from sin as we make Jesus Lord of our lives.
Every day we face Giants in our lives, they cause us to fear, to run and to doubt! This message really exposes who is behind these giants and how by Prayer, The Word of God and the Armour of God we can be overcomers! Only got to point one so lots of homework to do on your own!
This morning we discover that in pursuit of God's Heart we find that worshipping God ushers in His presence! Here are a few handles for us to position ourselves to encounter God afresh and fall in love with Him all over again.
As we say goodbye to 2020; what a better way to start off the New Year but with testimonies from people in the church! Why not take some timeout of your day and listen to the goodness of what God has done in these people's lives?
Come and Join the celebration, when the skies were filled with angels celebrating the birth of the Saviour! Today we see in the life of Jesus what he celebrated in us. He was celebrating Radical Generosity, Radical Faith and Radical Transformation. Again we see the Angels celebrating as one person encounters Jesus and is saved!. Praying you find this Radical Love of Jesus this Christmas.
What a year 2020 has been and whether we realise or not, we're impacted with unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and pressure. There are so many challenges in families, marriages, finances and health. In this message "Praying for Breakthrough" through the life and experience of Elijah; Jonathan shares key lessons from his prayer life so that we too might see breakthrough on our situations.
Do you have any friends? Or do they only come around you when things are well? Why not listen to this message and learn about the friend in the Bible called Prayer! Thabani preaches from Mark 2: 1 -12, as our friend called Prayer takes us from paralysis to being mobilised!
So many things can extinguish our passions they come against us. So this morning we want to identify what robs us of our fervour and ensure that we keep the fire burning strong. Relight our Fire!
As we begin our devos this week on the Lords prayer we spend today looking at the names of God revealed in scripture... Hallowed be you Name. The name of God is powerful and when invoked in prayer God is our Healer, our Peace, and our Provider! There is power in Name of God when we declare him over our circumstances!
This week we start our new series in conjunction with our 40 days of prayer by looking at the Power of God released when we pray together as a corporate people. In computing there is a IF, THEN, ELSE programming and i scripture we see Gods - If then else statement in 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 If my people, then i will, ... let's align our hearts in unity with Gods purposes and see him move in power to ... heal our land.
Devotion... The ethnic of the first followers of Jesus "And they devoted themselves to the apostle's teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers." Acts 2:42
What does it look like to live as fully devoted followers of Jesus today? Jonathan brings a life giving and challenging word in this message.
The church should be 'tasting the powers of the age to come". Hebrews 6:5 Salvations, miracles, signs and wonders are the normal Christian experience. In this message Jonathan unpacks how we can position ourselves to increasingly taste the powers of the Kingdom, right here and now.
STAY AWAKE!!!! (read Matthew 25:1-13) The King is coming soon. As Jonathan preaches on the parable of the 10 virgins he gives key insights on how we can be wide awake when Jesus returns. Don't miss this message!
Seek first the kingdom of God... what does that look like? and what are the things that are added on? This is what we are looking into today as we desire to get rid of all the distraction in our lives to enable us to truly seek first the kingdom of God and His Righteousness. Great message to turn our kingdom upside down the right way up.
We, the Church of Jesus Christ need to live with eternity in mind! Of the 10 virgins, only 5 were wise - that represents 50%. Where do you stand? Are you wise or are you foolish? King Jesus is returning, are you ready? Do you have the Lamp (Word) AND oil (Spirit)? Why not take time and listen to this message (again), as Thabani challenges and encourages the Church to live lives that are ready for the return of the King! Matthew 25: 1 - 13
The King is coming!!! It shouldn't take us by surprise, we should live expecting the return of the king. Jesus gave us several signs to look for as the time approaches but in it all he tells us... Don't be distressed, don't give up and most of all, don't be left behind.
When Jesus came to earth he demonstrated His power, His Messianic power, His Kingdom power, His authority that was different to any person that had gone before Him
Jesus asked his disciples 'Who do people say i am? ' This message develops this question as we discover who Jesus really is and how we can fall in love with him all over again.
Discover four ways the Holy Spirit seeks to meet us in our lives each day with power in this life giving message from Jonathan Stanfield
In John 5 we read about Jesus ask a disabled man if he wanted to be healed , you would think that would be a crazy question to ask a sick man! But sadly he could not see Jesus as the source of His healing... but Jesus healed him anyway! This message explores the compassion of Jesus and the hopelessness of the sick man, It also looks at the power of healing and how that is for us all today... and then Jesus taught us about our need of forgiveness... you can be healed but still loose your soul! This message was recoded in PSM in the PM congregation as the recorder did not work in Ramsey.
How do you put a smile on the face of God? This message explores how Gods heart responds and smiles over us as we seek his face in Obedience and Faith. I pray that this message stirs up in you something in you that pursues the smile of God over your life in favour and blessing!
What a Sunday! Teaching on a Holy Spirit Make over in the midst of a Holy Spirit Make over!!! The plan went to the wall as the spirit moved in power... the preach looks at the manifest presence of God at work in us as we get in to the secret place and move into the Holy Space! Praise God for the power and presence of His Holy Spirit.
This week we finish off our mini series on unpacking the fruit of the Holy Spirit by looking at faithfulness, gentleness and self control! God has giving us everything we need to live a holy life but we must play our part by remaining faithful to our calling, being gentle with our words and life to win people to Jesus and controlling self by crucifying our old nature to the cross! Great outcome of applying this message to walking in the Spirit.
This week we looked at Goodness, Kindness and Longsuffering - fruit of the Spirit! Thabani reminded, encouraged and challenged us to be watered and nourished by the Holy Spirit, so that the fruit is manifest (evident) in our lives, primarily to please God and secondly to save lives and impact God's Kingdom.
This week we looked at 3 segments of the fruit of the Spirit! Love, Joy and Peace. Listen to God's desire for us to overflow with these as we walk in the Spirit. Praise God that His word is so practical!
As Spirit led and filled Christians, we desire everyday to walk by the Spirit but something keeps tripping us up or even worse, robbing us of our faith walk! This is not an external force, but the internal battle between the old nature and the new spirit nature we are becoming. This week we look at this battle, and see what we must do to put to death the old nature completely!
When Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team won the gold medal in the London olympics in 2012, it wasn't crossing the line that made them winners it was that they successfully passed on the baton! Imagine they crossed the line the fastest but without the baton. In the Christian faith our desire and purpose is to pass on the baton of faith to the next generation. In this message Thabani clearly lays out the importance and the steps to ensure as individuals and as a church we are running strong but also passing on the baton to an upcoming generation and to our church family.
Timothy was a faithful spiritual son to Paul. He said of Timothy, 'I have no one like him'. We all want people like that in our lives but rather than searching for them why don't we become such people. In this message Jonathan teaches us how yo be faithful like Timothy, a man who lived like Jesus.
God wants us to be Generous! This week we look at what it means to reflect Gods generosity and become generous ourselves using the bible Character Barnabas to explore what it means to be Generous with our finances, our gifts and talents, and our time! Listen to hear how when Barnabas passed the Treasure Generosity test it opened up his destiny in the church... preacher, teacher, miracle worker, evangelist, prophet and Apostle!!!
Jonah is a picture of the church! a message tase been given by God to take to the nations, but the church of today has gone in the opposite direction and is fast asleep in the midst of the storms of this life! The world has questions... but the church is asleep. Therefore the world has thrown the church out of the boat as it has become irrelevant and relic. But Jonah is also a picture of us as individuals hiding our light under a bowl and running away! God calls us to do the things we don't always want to do, to repent of our running away and return to the things we once did at first!
A Life boat has one purpose! its not a cruise ship, a freighter or a pleasure cruiser it exists to rescue the lost! The church has a purpose and when all the church family are Have that one purpose the church will grow and become healthy... learn what the ONE purpose of the church is and how we grow healthy churches around the ONE purpose.
We will all experience an eternal existence, but the quality of that existence is what matters.
In this series we are looking at people who encountered Jesus and from that encounter we can see What would Jesus say to.... and this week we look at a WORKER, through an encounter with the disciples on a boat engaged on their day to day work and they were never the same again!
In the beginning was the Word.... the Word of God is powerful, it achieves what he intended it to and it has the power of a two-edged sword.
As we develop a culture of biblical New Testament Worship in the church, this message takes us a journey through the old testament terms and verses regarding worship! Why is worship so important to God? and Why is it importance for us in our private and public acts of worship!
Loving the Bride is a series looking at how we can love the church as Christ loved the church... He gave His life for the church.
Week one looks at the marriage vow 'All that i have i give to you' and we look it what it means to lay down your life, firstly to Jesus and then for the church!
Rod speaking on the good life... what it truly means to live for God with Him in the centre.
As a prelude to the resurrection Jesus bring Lazarus back to life calling him out of a tomb that had held him for 4 days. This miracle was a the last straw for the religious elite as they now saw Jesus as the number one threat to the Nation's future. Today we want to look at how the resurrection of Lazarus has an impact on our lives today as we realise we too are spiritual dead without Christ, that He calls us be name and that we have to respond to His call and finally like Lazarus need to remove all the burial clothes that we still card from our old life. A transformation message that introduces Jesus as The resurrection and the life for us today.
God commands us to be Holy, but how do we do that in a sinful and broken world where we constanly face sin, temptation and our old nature every day. The answer is that God gives us the power to overcome evil! the answer is Grace... Grace is the fuel needed to get us living the christian life but we need to keep short accounts with God on the sin we encounter every day. This message will give us many keys to living a Holy Life for God.
Above loving ourselves and others, we are called primarily to love God with all we are.