LifeLine Church Sunday Services: Recent Episodes
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A lot of people think they’re in control, but when you’ve given your live to Jesus it becomes all about surrender. Our lives get turned upside down when we meet Jesus. Plans get changed. Jesus is called King for a reason. His plans and ways are not ours, because the King is focussed on building His Kingdom…
Galatians 2:20 NIV ‘I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me…’
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Jack’s talk from Sunday 21st April unpacked. This podcast was originally designed to be watched. If you’d prefer to do so, please head to our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham. The episode is designed to prompt the listener to think through questions including:
- Do you want to experience God’s transforming and empowering love afresh today?
- “Love helps us endure mistreatment and difficult circumstances. Are you facing a mistreatment or difficult circumstances where you need the empowering, enduring love of God?”
- “We might be tempted to withdraw from such a world – but love keeps us in the harvest field. How might an injection of God’s love empower you to live in such chaos?
- “the Lord said, “the devil has held the people long enough and He is intent on setting us free” Ask the Holy Spirit if there is a lie He wants to set us free from right now”
- “How will you “put on God’s love”?
- What do you need to let go of?
- What do you need to embrace?
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Sunday 21st April 2024 was the culmination of a three day conference with Jack Little, one of the founding fathers of the Vineyard movement under John Wimber.
Jack has a ministry of equipping the church to minister out of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This Sunday he talked about the love of God – not just the knowledge that His love exists, but the way each of us can really know experientially, and embrace the transforming love of God in our lives.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Romans 9:1
It’s God who works within us both to create both the desire and ability to do His will. He enables us to turn from self effort (even to beating ourselves up) to flowing with Him.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Jabez cries out to God:
- Bless me
- Expand my territory
- Be with me in all that I do
- Keep me free from all trouble and pain
How do we apply the lessons of his prayer today?
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
But is it true, and what difference would it make to me if it was? Factual information, bible verses, personal stories all interweave in this exploration…
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Integrity! A life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions (Stephen Lovegrove)
or Wholeness of heart where our thoughts, reactions and actions genuinely reflect what we believe…
or Saying what we mean and meaning what we say…
It’s the simplicity of synchronicity – but some circumstances cause us to try to disguise our true beliefs or intent – why?
How do we recognise what’s happening and come out of the disguise?
Do we want Jesus to become the basis for our integrity?
How do I become a person of greater integrity?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
This is a complicated chapter with some killer lines!
Moral of the story being to pick your friends wisely. There’s a sense in this of ‘show me your friends and I’ll show you your future’.
The bible teaches us that we have a responsibility towards one another (Colossians 1:28 NIV He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.), so how do we become aware of each others strengths and weaknesses and step into proactively supporting one another? It’s not about telling each other what we want to hear (as the 400 prophets in this story were prone to do), but instead about drawing one another closer to God in order that we can each choose to hear Him AND then obey what He is saying…
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
King Ahab has previous experience of God giving him everything he needs when He assured him of victory in 1 Kings 20, saying ‘I will deliver this vast army into your hands and you will know that I am the Lord.’ So Ahab should have had a real sense of confidence…but he wants something more. Why?
Do we ever chase after things that aren’t necessarily what God has in mind for us to be able fulfil His purposes in our lives. Do we trust God – resting what He has said? Or do we chase after more.., whether it’s money, status, possessions and so on.
It’s not wrong to express our desires… but as the apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:12-13 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. [13] I can do all this through him who gives me strength…
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
If you give the enemy an inch, he’ll take a mile. Listen to Lydia ministering God’s word to us, which uses this passage to build on the word brought by Hugh Osgood on 12th February 2024 about identifying and dealing with the ‘mountains’ that loom large and prevent us from fulfilling the word of God. Mountains including fear, anxiety, intimidation, apathy…
Satan, the enemy, is a lier who constantly frames questions in an undermining way, asking ‘did God really say…?’ Our response needs to be a resounding ‘Yes! He did!’
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Elijah was a bit ‘out there’ – bold, audacious, cheeky, extremely confident…! And yet, following the amazing bold, confident moves described in the previous chapter, in this chapter we see a different side to him. He’s afraid and runs for his life.
How did it come to this? Elijah isn’t immune to the ‘fiery darts of the enemy’, so – what can we learn from this story? How do we know when we should move onto something new? How do we avoid falling into the trap of believing the voice of fear, shame or disbelief?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
God wants to see things coming to a place of completion…but how?
Zechariah 4: 6-10…‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit says the Lord’
1) We need to bring a spiritual challenge to the ‘mountain’ that’s before us
2) See the emergence of level ground
3) Look at what the foundations were that we’ve built on, and make sure that the capstone fits them
Dr Hugh Osgood is a senior UK church leader, accomplished Bible teacher and preacher, and is known for his thoroughness combined with strategic and practical insights. Hugh is passionate about equipping fellow leaders and for encouraging churches to engage with their communities
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives toda
- Kingdom Finance – Jesus talked more about money than about anything else. Why? How do we handle money correctly?
- Kingdom Relationships – Relationship is core to the character and nature of God…so what does real friendship look like for us?
access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifeLineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
The situation in Israel is dire, yet God doesn’t strike the nation down – instead He sends Elijah the prophet to show the way. It’s a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible. We mess up and He wades in. He never leaves or forsakes us. His commitment right from the very beginning was to be with mankind, and involve us in His purposes.
We live in uncertain times in the world right now. But He send each of us who have yielded our lives to Him, packed full of His Holy Spirit, to bring light in the darkness – just as He sent Elijah the prophet.
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @LifelineChurchDagenham where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
2 Timothy 1:7 NASBS: For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
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- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
A panel discussion revealing the journey of three people over the latter half of 2023
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Meditations on Psalm 118
In the Jewish tradition, Psalm 118 is used at Passover. Jesus would have been meditating on it on the day he was betrayed. It’s a psalm that describes getting through a time that isn’t so good, to a time that’s better…
Colossians 1:29 reminds us to strenuously contend with every ounce of energy that we have… but what are we contending for? Love for God is the commandment that drives us, leading to us to love one other. In times of pressure we do need to strenuously contend for this to be our focus – God wants us to have an intimate relationship with Him. That’s what took Jesus through Good Friday to Easter Sunday, and is what we can experience in times of trouble too.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
Jeroboam leads the 10 tribes in the North, under the banner of Israel, while Rehoboam leads the two tribes in the South, under the banner of Judah.
The chapter is also split – between what is happening in the north, followed by what is happening in the south.
In the north, a couple of chapters previously the prophet Ahijah has previously warned Jeroboam, but Jeroboam doesn’t heed the warning and decides to do his own thing. But in chapter 14, his son becomes ill, and suddenly he wants to hear from the prophet again. However, instead of going himself, he sends his wife.
- Why? He takes the cowards way out – how often are we more concerned with our own self-protection, rather than doing as God has given us to do?
- He also tells his wife to disguise herself – who is he trying to deceive? He tries to manipulate God’s power to suit himself.
- God had already told Ahijah what to expect – he was blind, but he hadn’t disqualified himself from doing what God had given him to do.
Meanwhile in the south Rehoboam was King.
- But his kingdom just blended in with the rest of the world – how often do we do that? Are we willing to stand out?
- Rehoboam seems to end up making a cheap replacement of what God has actually asked of him – are there areas in our lives where we have a tendency to do the same?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
In the south Rehoboam is King over Judah, while in the north Jeroboam is King over 10 tribes in Israel which is where Jeremy focusses his attention in this talk.
The passage has four key points:
A truth: God speaks, as long as He is speaking, there is hope.
A warning: We can miss God speaking to us.
A promise: He passionately pursues us.
An invitation: To trust his leadership; as we bow the knee, He makes each of us true priests in the Kingdom.
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
But, if we’re going to build relationship with God, and one another from that foundation of love, we also have to know why. Building Godly relationship is intentional. It’s based on covenant together, not a legislative contract. We end up joined together in purpose through intimacy with God, His word and the directing and power of the Holy Spirit.
Now is the time for us to be purposeful in building together and joining together.
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- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
God’s plan is for our hope to be in Him, not in our circumstances. Sometimes it can feel as if all our plans have been thwarted, and we’re the walking wounded. But our hope isn’t in our circumstances working out perfectly. It’s in God’s perfect plan.
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
The global situation we find ourselves in can produce fear. But we are God’s church, the bride for His son. This is a time where He is calling our personal lives into order, that we can be the church He has called us to be, recognising that we are simply ‘passing through’ the here and now. This is not our final destination.
God is speaking to:
– The pilgrims – 1 Peter 2:1-12 – the 20-30’s age group: Push back the boundaries, go to new territories
– The exiles – Jeremiah 29:4 – the 40’s-60’s age group. Jeremiah was chosen from his birth – a 70 year plan – what’s our 70 year plan being sown into those coming behind us. Building something for the kingdom…
– Ambassadors (2 cor 5:29) veterans who have sacrificed. They’re the ‘pedlers at the city gate’. Those who have stood with the leadership. Encouraging at the city gate.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
In chapter 11, Solomon’s weaknesses are totally exposed. God raises up enemies who are both internal and external to Solomon’s Kingdom. We see how ruthless God is when we don’t obey His commands. It’s quite terrifying – He’s a jealous God. But when He declares war, it’s not on us, but on the things we’re holding onto, or are holding onto us.
In this chapter we see that ignoring God’s warnings comes at our own peril. He warned Solomon to obey His commands, but Solomon’s heart was divided. Unlike his father, King David, he didn’t delight in the Lord, which left him vulnerable to other temptations. At the beginning of the chapter we learn that Solomon ‘clung’ to his foreign wives in love. The wives that God had warned him not to take because they would turn his heart.
What do we cling to? What or who do we turn to in moments of insecurity and doubt? Those are the things that become our idols, and divide our heart. The best way to get rid of my idols is to ask God to help me to delight in Him…
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
- LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from our Sunday meeting
- Evolution Revolution with LifeLine Church – an exploration of how foundational values can transition across generations
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
To access a range of resources and supporting material, series on specific topics including Kingdom finance and Kingdom relationships please visit lifelinechurch.co.uk
If you prefer to watch, please visit our YouTube channel @lifelinechurch2531 where we broadcast our Sunday meeting live at 10.30am. Playlists include:
- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2
- Sunday morning talks
- Testimonies
This chapter is a tale of two halves. All appears to be going well, on the surface… v1-13 tells us about Solomon’s wisdom, fame and fortune, but v14-29 reveals how Solomon had lost sight of God and was violating his law.
What is God saying to us through this?
We can consider for ourselves the contrast in Solomon as one with great gifting but poor character. Do we operate in the gifting that God has given us? How do we go about this? Do we fall into the same trap as Solomon, and use our gifting as a safety net to avoid fully relying on God? How do we partner with Him to both exercise and submit our gift, and develop character?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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In this chapter God promises that He will be faithful to Solomon’s prayers, and that His presence will fill the temple. But, the promise is conditional: Solomon’s request was that God would forgive the people’s sin and guide them. God’s answer was ‘if you walk with me in integrity of heart and godliness…and obey my commands, decrees and regulations, then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel for ever’.
We see this pattern throughout scripture. For example, Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give and you will receive.
Hebrews 11 shows that without faith it’s impossible to please God. But faith comes from hearing the word of God. Here we see that action is also necessary. It’s not enough simply to hear, we must also obey: John 14:15 says ‘if you love me, obey my commands. In 1 Kings 9: 6-7 God warns Solomon ‘if you disobey my commands and worship other gods, I’ll cut off Israel, reject the temple and make Israel a mockery in front of all nations.
In following chapters we’ll see that Solomon doesn’t treat what God has said to him seriously.
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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Psalm 84:5,7 NIV Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage… [7] They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
LifeLine Church’s senior leader, John Singleton, has spent his life living by this psalm. His focus can clearly be seen through his desire to be able to stand before God in Zion and relate to Him as Jesus taught us. Being in his later stages of life, he is keen to impart the values he has lived by – and that were forged in the fire of his encounters with God. Each one of us needs personal encounters with the living God, and as we also disciple one another into His character and purpose (rather than teaching or learning procedures and processes) we will also create space for fresh, relevant ways to express church to emerge.
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King Solomon followed his father, King David’s plan, but missed the purpose. King David loved the presence of God (Ps 27: 4 ‘The one thing I ask of the LORD- the thing I seek most- is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple…) – even dancing in the most un-Kingly manner when the ark was moved, causing Bathsheba to scoff at him.
King Solomon was different – you don’t get the same impression of joy in the presence of God. He seems more caught up in his own role in building the temple… The Spirit of God met with the congregation of LifeLine Church powerfully on this particular Sunday. Allow His presence to minister to you as you listen…
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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Solomon has set his government in place and completes the work of the temple. He builds a palace to house his officials. He’s been given this amazing gift of wisdom – yet his decisions don’t always seem to be good: He worships other gods He enslaves Israelites, who God had previously freed from slavery He makes dodgy alliances …while there is peace and a love for God, but there’s also an obvious love for luxury and pleasure… how do we avoid this in our own lives?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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Many people like the idea of community – but are we prepared to do what it takes to build it – such as serving one another? In common with many churches, LifeLine Church has a unique flavour – Daniel explores the revelation of relationship in our church and challenges what it takes to make community.
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Understand how God used the imagery of the temple to point back to the separation of man from God in the Garden of Eden, and forwards to the tearing of the curtain – when God allowed access to Himself once again through Jesus
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
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Solomon honours his father, King David, by choosing some of his father’s team to continue under his administration. In our context, it’s good to honour the wisdom and revelation that’s come before us. Solomon also brings in the sons and grandchildren of those who have gone before in recognition that they had wisdom and experience that had been passed to them. Who are we investing in, in the coming generations?
But God chooses to use people who don’t always make good decisions, and Solomon was one of those. For example, Solomon chooses to appoint someone who rules over forced labour – something which ultimately broke up the Kingdom.
Solomon got so much right, acting with great wisdom – and yet he still got so many things wrong. The same can be true of us…
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
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Solomon realises that he doesn’t know how to fulfill his calling, and so in verse 7 asks for God’s wisdom. How might this play out for us, in our own lives?
This podcast is part of a series on the books of Kings which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church.
To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:
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- Reflections on Kings 1 & 2 – applying the insights and lessons from these two old testament books to our lives today
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We can become too focused on ourselves in our praying - but Jesus intercedes for us constantly! Understanding this releases us in our ability to pray for others - Jesus is praying alongside us!
There have been a lot of studies into thankfulness showing that expressing and receiving gratitude causes our brains to release chemicals called dopamine and seratonin - the feel good chemicals for our brains. Studies have shown that deliberately practising thankfulness increases those neural pathways and makes it easier to give thanks, so that those chemicals can be released more often.
Prince Tommy Williams - the Director of LifeLine Nehemiah Projects in Sierra Leone (https://www.lifelinenehemiahprojects.org/) talks to LifeLine Church about keeping our eyes focussed on what God says, and not becoming distracted by the enemies' age-old techniques of raising irrelevant questions, or stirring up trouble.
Identity - our culture tells us to reach inside ourselves and see what we discover in order to identify who we are. But what does God say? I am who I am says I am... I might have lots of ideas of who I am - but He has more, and He's definitely thought about it more than we have! Psalm 139...
Jamie continues with the series 'getting sight of God' and expands on the idea of covenant renewal.
John talks about how compassion in our relationships can lead to enthusiasm in bringing them to God.
Elspeth and Jamie talk about God's heart of love, relationship and open handed generosity.
Neil discussing a fresh start with God, using anecdotes and Bible stories along the way.
Martin Smith breaking down and discussing the story in the Bible of the woman at the well.
Hugh talking about the promised land of the Father's church, and the opportunity this grants us, His people.
John coming back to to Spirit of Adventure and Harvest and Amanda on how blessed coffee shop customers have felt during lock down.
This week Hilton Albert describes the importance of using wisely the gifts that God has given us.
This week Anthony encourages us on the importance of sharing testimonies of what God has done. We then hear from Fatime about the amazing journey she has been on through her life and how God's intervention turned things upside down.
This week Charlotte takes us through the importance of placing our identity in who God says we are. She explores how what God says can differ vastly from what the world says.
This week Jeremy explores feasting on God's Word and how that can bring freedom when facing difficulties.
This week John takes us through the evidence of the presence of God we can see in our lives.
Avril brings this week's encouragement looking at what happens when we sacrifice control to God. She explains how this act of sacrifice leads to God being able to fulfil our lives and enable us to live life in abundance.
This week Neil unpacks and further explores the topic of serving. He looks at the heart behind serving, recognising that the 'why' and the 'who you're doing it for' is vastly more important than the act of actually doing something. Also explored is how we can serving is part of being a living sacrifice to God.
It is only in a family context that we can become our best. we are seen at our worst to become our best.
Neil speaks of battles and how victories aren't always what the result we expect or want. He unpacks the Psalm 23 'The Lord is our shepherd' song as well as using his own examples of his personal battles.
through his death (Jesus) he destroyed him that had the power of death and delivered them who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage
James 1:19-25. God want us to be word practitioner. he calls his word perfect law of liberty. and as we constantly look ourselves through it, we obtain supernatural ability that catapults us in doing what is required of us by the word.