Gud Först Talks: Recent Episodes
Gud Först
This year Chris Frost spoke at our weekend away about the life of Peter. This is a recording of his preach from our Saturday meeting - part 1 of 2.
Albin continues our new 'Kingdom Come' series. He helps us to look at prayer in the early church and encourages us to pursue and practice prayer in our day to day lives. This preach is in Swedish.
This week Roger Bye from Kings Church Cockermouth talked to us about the gift of grace.
We are back in the book of Acts! This week Aled talks about persecution and perseverance.
Maria concludes our series in John as she walks us though the last I AM statement - I am the true vine. Please note - this preach is in Swedish.
Cleyton shares with us from John 10 and helps us to understand how Jesus is 'the Good Shepherd'. We apologise for the low volume in this recording.
Easter Sunday 2024. Beccy walks us through the next 'I Am' statement in John's gospel - I Am the Resurrection and the Life. She helps us to consider what the words death, resurrection and life mean for Lazarus, for Jesus and for us.
Jobin continues our new series by walking us through who Jesus claims to be when He says 'I Am the Light of the World'.
Aled introduces our new sermon series, exploring the 'I AM' statements in the gospel of John. He invites us to ask the question 'Who is Jesus?' and explore how Jesus describes who He is through these statements, beginning with 'I am the bread of life'.
Albin concludes our series in 1 Corinthians by unpacking what the Bible says about the Resurrection. He helps us to consider what we can learn from this chapter and outlines the hope we have in the Resurrection. This preach is in Swedish.
Joshua and Nina share some of the practical things to remember about spiritual gifts in the church. They talk about prophecy, speaking in tongues, interpretation and the importance of working in a team.
Josh continues our series in 1 Corinthians by helping us to explore the question 'Why do we bother with Spiritual Gifts?'.
Josh unpacks the beginning of Mark chapter 2, where Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man. He outlines what we can learn about Jesus through this passage and how this gives us hope today. He encourages us to 'push past the crowd' to seek and encounter God - to 'taste and see that the Lord is good' (Psalm 34:8).
Cleyton continues our Advent series this week as he walks us through the story of Zacchaeus the Tex Collector as he encounters Jesus.
Beccy begins our new Advent series 'Stories of Hope' by unpacking the story of Jesus meeting the woman at the well. She reminds us of the eternal and life giving hope we have in Jesus.
Albin unpacks 1 Corinthians 7 and discusses singleness in the church. He helps us to consider both singleness and marriage as gifts from God - both with their benefits and difficulties - and encourages to remember as a church that we are all adopted into a new family in Christ. This preach is in Swedish.
Jobin unpacks the next 3 chapters of 1 Corinthians and helps us to consider Paul's teaching on marriage, sexual immorality and boasting.
Josh continues our new series in 1 Corinthians this week and invites us to look at the cross together.
Aled begins our new series in 1 Corinthians. He helps us to put the letter in context and consider some of the themes we may see as we read through the letter as a church.
We conclude our series on the Lord's Prayer today. Josh shares about both the big and obvious and the small and subtle forms of spiritual warfare and encourages us to remain alert to small temptations, battling against them in prayer and in the small everyday moments.
Jobin walks us through the next line of the Lord's Prayer. He encourages us to remember that in Christ, we have received forgiveness and from this place, we get to practice forgiveness - forgiving and ask for forgiveness from others.
This week Josh unpacks the question in the middle of the Lord's Prayer - Give us today our daily bread. He encourages us to pray to God in our times of need. We can pray with confidence because of Jesus' victory on the cross and we can boldly approach our Father with every prayer and request.
Aled unpacks the next line of the Lord's Prayer: Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven(Matthew 6:10)
Aled continues to unpack the Lord's Prayer this week as we explore the Holiness of God.
We begin our new series focusing on the Lord's Prayer by focusing on the first line - Our Father in Heaven. Josh encourages us to enjoy the presence of our loving Father, sitting with Him, resting at His feet and praising His goodness.We apologise for the loss of audio in the first section of this recording.
Josh walks us through the final chapters of the book of Daniel. He encourages us to look towards our future hope - through Jesus our inheritance is secured and one day we will see Him face to face.
Aled speaks from Daniel's prayer in chapter 9. He helps us to consider: - - Why Daniel prays- What Daniel prays- How Daniel prays
Maria speaks to us today from John chapter 6. She focuses on Peter's declaration at the end of the chapter: 68 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”Please note that this preach was shared in Swedish.
We continue our series in Daniel chapter 8. Josh unpacks Daniel's dream about the Ram and the Goat and encourages to consider how we can respond to suffering.
This week we hear from Roger Bye as we continue our series in Daniel. He encourages us to live faithfully in our daily walk with God, to look to Jesus in prayer and to remember the faithfulness of God, the One who has overcome.
Josh shares from Daniel chapter 5. He outlines some important truths about God as Judge and encourages us to look to Jesus, to remember His grace and victory and to take care with how we walk.
Albin encourages us in worship this morning. He outlines some important principles about worship and helps us to consider:- What is worship?- Who do we worship?- Why do we worship? Please note that this preach is in Swedish.
Nehemiah David Fellingham shares an encouragement from Nehemiah and calls us to arise and build in the church Jesus is building.
Daniel 4Nina shares from Daniel chapter 4 and unpacks the dreams and journey of King Nebuchadnezzar. We are encouraged to remember the sovereignty and reign of an almighty God and to look to Him first in all seasons of life.
Daniel 3Jobin continues our 'Faithful in Exile' series this week and shares from Daniel chapter 3. He reminds us of the faithfulness and sovereignty of God, who holds all of history in His hands, who stepped down into history and invites us in to His great redemption story.
Korset - Guds dåraktiga svar på människans djupaste behovPlease note that this preach was shared in Swedish. A brief outline in English is below. Jakob shares the gospel with us this Easter Sunday. He presents three different ways the cross (what Jesus did for us on the cross) is good news for us. 1 - Cleansing us2 - Redeeming us3 - Reconciling us to God
Daniel 2Josh unpacks King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel chapter 2. He points us to the hope we have in the everlasting, unshakeable God, who is high above it all and whose Kingdom will reign forevermore.
Daniel 1Aled continues our series in Daniel, encouraging us to live faithfully to what we believe in a culture that does not always share our beliefs. We are encouraged to 'dig in, stand firm and take courage'.
Daniel 1: 1-7The beginning of our new series 'Daniel: Faithful in Exile'. We are encouraged to continue looking to God, to remain faithful, even when circumstances look different to those we had hoped for or expected.
Genesis 3:1-7As we conclude our series in Genesis 1-3, we learn about the roles of two characters in Genesis 3 - the snake and the Saviour - and explore the origins of the first Gospel promise!
Genesis 3:1-13This week we are invited to consider the origins, realities and problems of sin.
Genesis 2-3This week Josh speaks about the Presence of God. We are invited to draw near to God, to fix our eyes on Him and to walk and rest in His presence.
Genesis 1: 27-29This week we are encouraged to consider the work God has given us to do in His creation and recognise His sovereignty over all aspects of human life. We apologise for the loss of audio at the end of this recording.
Genesis 1:26-27We continue our new series in Genesis by exploring how God created humanity in His own image.
Genesis 1;1 - 2;3We begin our new series 'Origins' by exploring the first chapter of Genesis, understanding God's creation, His intentionality and order in creation, His authority over creation and the goodness of His creation. We apologise for the loss of audio in the first section of this recording.
Ruth 4
Our lives are never as we expected them. This is a truth we see in the book of Ruth and in other stories in scripture. What we discover though is that we have a God who works through every decision made to bring about his purposes, to create beauty from Ashes.
This week we take a look at the character that Boaz shows and how that demonstrates and points forward to Jesus our redeemer.
Ruth chapter 2
This week the story hits a turning point as Ruth meets Boaz the families kinsman redeemer and as a result receives hope for the future.
Jeremy Simpkins from the Christ Central team speaks to us about being a people who are the building of God. 1 Cor 3:9, Heb 12:21-23, Matt 16:18
As we continue our series looking at the DNA of Gud Först we take a look at the foundational doctrine of grace. How have received grace and how we give grace to others.
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Aled continues our values series looking at the Gospel. What the Gospel actually is and how it is the foundation for our lives.
Jeremiah 29
As we continue our DNA series Josh takes a look at why God has put us in the city and what we are called to do.
We kick off our DNA value series looking at the greatest commandment - to be a people who love God with everything, and what that looks like in reality.
Alan Rose visits us from York City Church in the UK and looks at the reality of what is going on as Gods plans are worked out through his gathered people - the church.
Acts 6-7. This Sunday we take a closer look at Stephen and notice 4 remarkable things about Stephen. He is humble, empowered, rooted, and self-sacrificial.
*apologies - the first part of the recording was lost.
Acts 6:1-7. As the early church continues to grow some of the poor start to get left out of the daily distribution. This week we look at the priority the apostles had for making sure that did not happen.
Acts 5:12-42. This week we look at a good who heals and the implications of that for his Kingdom People.
Roger Bye speaks from 2 Timothy 1 where Paul tells Timothy to fan into flame the gift God has given him. God calls us to do the same!
This weeks scripture tackles to massive strongholds in our city - money and identity and how the Holy Spirit creates a community of generosity.
As Peter and John speak up trouble begins to brew. In this section we see how Peter responds boldly in this situation as he is filled with the Spirit.
Jobin opens up chapter 3 of Acts and looks at the question what does it mean to be blessed by God?
Roger continues our series Kingdom People looking at Peters preach after the Spirit is poured out at Pentecost
We continue our series in Acts looking at Pentecost, both the history of pentecost and how the release of the Spirit changes us today.
As we launch our new series in the book of Acts we see how God can use ordinary men and women to change the world through the power of the Spirit.
We finish our series in Alive in the book of Ephesians looking at the importance of prayer and reading scripture in the everyday life of a believer.
Ephesians 4:7-16
Roger joins us from the UK and focusses in on the 4 gifts to the Church that Paul introduces in chapter 4 and how they help equip the local church.
Ephesians 4:7-16
Paul continues to describe what the 'walk' of a Christian looks like. Zooming in on diversity and maturity, and how those characteristics bring unity to the body of Christ.
We continue our series in Ephesians looking at chapter 2:1-10. In it we see the terrible mess we were in without God, but then God stepped in. this incredible moment is what Lloyd jones calls 'the message of Christianity'.
Ephesians 1:15-23
Roger Bye joins us this week as we continue our Alive series in the book of Ephesians taking a closer look at the way Paul prays for the Ephesians and how we too can pray like that!
Aled gives us an overview and structure of the opening to Ephesians as we see the work of God the Father, God the Son, and Got the Holy Spirit.
Josh continues our series in Ephesians looking at the amazing truth that we are in Christ, and how that should affect our life in Gothenburg.
We take a pause from our family matters series to see what the Bible says about the events happening around the world today. Philippians 4:4-13
Note: Apologies for the poor sound quality, especially for the first few minutes.
Ola and Yvonne visit us to talk on the vital role parents and other adults have on raising kids that are passionate about Christ.
Ephesians 5:15-33
Josh and Nina take a practical look marriage according to Ephesians 5.
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Genesis 2 and 3
Josh begins our new series 'family matters' looking at a Biblical view of marriage.
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1 Corinthians 6:13-7:1
Aled continues our series on family matters looking at the subject of sex.
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Jeremy Simpkins continues the 'Pursuing His Presence' conference talking about being a people who are regularly filled with the Spirit.
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Graham Pyman kicks off our 'Pursuing His Presence' conference looking at the subject 'Living a supernatual life'.
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Roger visits us from the UK. This is part 2 of a mini series looking at the story of Caleb from Joshua 14. Listen and be encouraged!
Chris Frost (Leeds, UK) concludes are weekend away together looking at gifts of the Spirit. He speaks from John 4 about Jesus and the woman at the well
John Payne from Harrogate, UK kicks off our weekend with a look at Ephesians 5:15-21 encouraging us to be a people of the Spirit.
Courtney interviews Jakob about his journey with God through an extremely difficult time in his life. Josh then talks about the amazing news that Jesus is not dead, but alive!
As we continue our journey through John Josh picks up the end of chapter 18 and chapter 19 looking at Jesus. He is a different King, and we are part of a different Kingdom!
Josh continues looking at John 17. In this message two main themes are covered; that we are known by God and that God has sent us to tell others about him!
Ola and Yvonne speak about what life looks like when we choose to walk with God. Swedish with English translation.
Part 1 of a 2 part look at the prayer of Jesus in John 17. In this part we look at the intimacy Jesus has with the father, the aim of his glory, and what eternal life looks like!
Real life Sunday! Courtney interviews Nina about how God protected her in a high speed car crash, then Courtney explains the good news of the gospel - that Jesus has called us friends.
We continue our real Jesus series by looking at the importance of being a people devoted to prayer.
As we continue our series we take a look at the Helper. We are based in John chapter 16!
Aled speaks from John 14 looking at Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life. Focussing especially on Jesus' command to not let our hearts be troubled.
We begin 2019 looking at a subject close to the heart of the church - serving. Josh uses the story of the last supper in John 13 to do this.
Josh and Nina talk from John 12:37-50 and explore the question 'whose praise are we looking for?' A challenging and important topic as we live out the Christian life.
Aled speaks from John 12:20-26 and challenges us to see the Jesus of the Bible, not the making Jesus into someone who we think he should be.
Visiting speaker Ola continues are 'Real Jesus' series as we take a look together at the beginning of John 12. This talk is in Swedish, with English translation
Josh continues our series in John. He takes a look at chapter 11 where we see Jesus' timing is always perfect, even if it doesn't seem so and that Jesus really is the good shepherd who loves his sheep.
As we continue our Real Jesus series we take a look at the beginning of John 10 as we find out that Jesus is the good Shepherd.
Rob Horn speaks brilliantly about Jesus' love for the Church before challenging us to be a people who commit whole heartedly to being part of church. Rob serves on the Christ Central team that is led by Jeremy Simpkins.
Visiting friend Jo Horn speaks about the choice we all have to make. Taking us back to 1970 where Peter was sitting by his desk. Am I for God or against him?
Josh continues our series in John as he looks at the 2nd part of John 8. Focussing on 3 topics - real truth, real freedom, and real Jesus
Josh speaks from John 8:11-30 and looks at Jesus' famous words "I am the light of the world and what that means for us.
Aled speaks from John 7:53-8:11. Looking at why we can trust the Bible as well as the story of the woman caught in adultery.
Josh continues our series in John by looking at the words of Jesus found in chapter 7:37-39
Roger speaks to us from Isaiah 54. Encouraging Gud Först to stretch and strengthen looking to Jesus!
Overview of John 7. Jesus creates opinions, how does Jesus respond and what can we learn from this?
We take a pause in our 'Real Jesus' series and look at the grace of God in the remarkable story of Jonah.
Josh looks at the 2 miracles at the end of John 4 and the beginning of John 5 as he continues our series 'Real Jesus'
Pete addresses us from Philippians 2 looking at Christ's humility and how we can take lessons from that.
Second of two talks from Alan Rose at our 2018 weekend away. The scripture focussed on is Deuteronomy 1.
First of two talks from Alan Rose at our 2018 weekend away. The scripture focussed on is Deuteronomy 1.
Aled continues our Real Jesus series looking at John the Baptist and Jesus as the Lamb of God. John 1:19-37
We continue our new series looking through the gospel of John. This week we focus on John 1:1-18
Josh kicks off our new series 'Real Jesus' by looking at how the gospel of John and message of Jesus fits into the big story of scripture.
Galatians 6:11-18. Josh brings the book of Galatians to a close looking at who we should boast in.
Unfortunately we missed the first part of the preach - sorry!
Michael continues our freedom shout series as he guides us through the beginning of chapter 6.
Josh continues the freedom shout series. This week we take a look at one of the roles of the Spirit in the life of the believer. Galatians 5:16-24.
Nina shares the gospel on our real life Sunday. We hear the incredible story found in Acts 8:26-38.
Josh continues our series in Galatians entitled the freedom shout. This week we look at what we can do with our freedom. Galatians 5:13-15
Rob Horn, visiting Gud Först from Lancaster in England speaks on the Church. Acts 2:42-47
Ola, from Stockholm, continues are series in freedom shout and focuses on Galatians 4:6.