The Haven East Kilbride: Recent Episodes
The Haven East Kilbirde
The Haven is a church plant in East Kilbride, Scotland. It's heart is to help people in need through the love and power of God and by leading them to become followers of Christ. It also has a passion to make those followers disciples of Christ and equipping them for service through the teaching of the word.
Here are the sermons and teachings that happen in The Haven each week. Hope you enjoy and are blessed by what you hear.
We continue in Philippians 1:27-30 and this morning we look more closely at verses 29-30. What is the sign Paul is refering to and how does it show to unbelievers that they will be destroyed? We tackle these questions today.
This week we are exploring the what the Gospel is and why it is so important. We mainly focus in Philippians 1:27-30 but also supporting scriptures to build a picture of why this message of God is 'Good News'.
This morning we look at Hebrews 6:4-6 and look at what the author meant when they wrote 'It is impossible for some one to be enlightened...but has fallen away to come back to repentance.' We ask the key question, can someone be enlightened and not be truely saved?
This week we look at what the bible says about separation from the world. In our overview text, Acts 2:37-40, Peter tells the crowd to 'save themselves from this wicked generation'. We maily look at Numbers 6 and Jeremiah 3 to help gain a context of separation and what it means to us today.
This week we look at baptism and what it means to God and therefore the believer. We explore the Great Commission of Jesus to His disciples and look see why Paul and Peter both refer to Old Testament analogies to help explain baptism.
This week we look at repentance and what the bible means by repentance. We look at various scriptures but mainly Romans 8, which paints the picture of the action required for repentace.
Today we look at how scripture views the word 'salvation' and how we optain it. In this first section, we look at how scripture explains salvation in three parts, BEFORE, IN and AFTER. We will see it is a broad term that we use for a specific moment, the point of .conversion. We also set the scene for the coming weeks using the first gospel sermon in Acts 2. We see the important markers of CONVICTION, REPENT, BAPTISE, HOLY SPIRIT, and SEPARATION. We will explore these markers in weeks to come.
This morning we start our mini section on the Gospel and Salvation. We begin in Philemon and see what Paul shares with his dear friend. We look at the importance of the gospel overflowing out of our heart and how heavily Paul viewed a brother in Christ.
This week we look at 1 Corinthians 13 and the importance of love in the believer. We look at why Paul holds love in the highest regard and why we must choose love over anything else, particularly the spiritual gifts.
We look at the final section of 1 Corinthians 14 and look at the issue of disorder when the church come together. This section throws light on many key issues that Christians have been debating for years. We aim to add clarity and context to Paul teaching here.
We move on 1 Corinthians 14 this week and look at how Paul continues his teaching on the gifts of the Spirit, in particular tongues and prophecy.
We continue 1 Corintians 12 and look at the issues and solutions Paul is outlining to the Corinthian church. These issues cause division, which is the wrong picture of Christ and God has arranged and combined the many parts to form unified body.
This week we continue to explore Corinthians 12. This morning we look to see what meant in verses 4-6 and explore the differences between the gifts, services and works of the trinity.
This week we begin to explore 1 Corinthians 12. Today we focus in on the context and reasons for what Paul is trying to teach. We also pin point some key passages on the purpose and use of the gifts.
This week we begin exploring the Spiritual gifts by laying the foundation on which they are to be used. The Corinthian church had no issues with believing they had gifts or using them but they were using them for themselves and not for the benefit of the body. We begin by look at chapters 8-11:2-16 as an overview and then dig deeper into 11:17-34.
This week we look at 1 Peter 4:7-11 and explore what Peter is guiding the church to do more and more as the 'End Times' approach. We particularly focus on how he encourages each person to use their gifts for the glory of God
This morning we look at John 13 and looking at the New Command Jesus sets His disciples. We explore what this means to live out and how John continues this theme in his letters.
This week we look at John 15 and explore the importance of Abiding in Christ and Christ Abiding in us. Jesus teaches two ways to help us do this that He has already touched on in this discourse in the upper room 1) remain in His word and 2) pray according to His will.
This week we look at how the Holy Spirit works in our life, in relation to sharing God's light in us and through us. We focus on Jesus' teaching to His disciples in John 14 & 16, while in the upper room.
We continuing exploring how the light dispels the darkness. This week we look at what scritpure says about us, the Body of Christ, reflecting Gods light into the world. We look at both the Old and New Testament examples and teachings.
This week we explore the importance of light in the darkness. We will look at how Gods purpose for light in the world, from Genesis 1 reflects His spiritual purpose of light through Jesus and His church. We will explkore the two main sources of this light, the first being through Gods word and the second through His people.
This week we continue in Matthew 10 and look at what it means to 'take up your cross and follow me' as well as exploring what Jesus meant when He said 'I have not come to bring peace but a sword'.
We continue in Matthew chapter 10 and begin to look at the instructions given by Jesus. We explore that the message and power are linked to one another and also how the message is also linked to the provision for the mission.
This week we look at Matthew 10 and what we can learn from Jesus sending out His disciples to minister to the Jews.
This week we look at the Cities of Refuge that God instructed the people of Israel to set aside for those who accidentally killed someone and need protection before their trial. We will see the parallels between these cities and Christ who is our refuge and our High Priest.
This week we look at Ezekiel 47 and see what we must do to experience God more and His plan for the future. This chapter is a vision of the river flowing from the temple that is built for Christ's millenial reign. We look at what we can take from it today.
This week we complete this section on Acts 2:41-47. Our focus is on 'the prayers' today and we see how this differs from just prayer in general. We see the importance og corporate prayer but also prayer built upon the actions of God and the manifestation of prayer when the body prays together.
This week we look at 'the breaking of bread'. We will see why the breaking of bread was so important to the early church that they devoted themselves to it. We also see how it is connected to previous two element of their devotion, apostles teaching and to the fellowship.
This week we continue to look at Acts 2:42 and focus on 'the fellowship'. We see how the early church devoted themselves to the fellowship and the impact it had on church. We also separate the context of the day, in order to see the core principles that remain for us to live out today.
We start this New Year with a series to build upon from last year and to prepare us for the year to come. Acts 2:42 is passage that brings vision and strategy for a new season in the life of followers of Christ. This week we explore the importance of Devotion as a follower and being devoted to the Apostle's Teaching.
In our final week of this series we look at the story of Joseph and Mary. We explore what we can learn from Joseph and how he shows us how to move a mountain of life through trusting in God. We also see Mary's heart and faith in accepting the plans of God. We also continue to shack up the 'traditional Nativity scene' a little bit more.
This week we explore the role that Caesar Augustus played in preparing for the birth of Christ. We will see how everything is under Gods control and how He uses, even unbelievers, to help bring about His plans and purposes. Through Augustus, God got the right people (Mary & Joseph), to the right place (Bethlehem) for the fulfillment of scripture.
In this unprecedented year of Corona Virus, we embark on a Christmas series that explores the unprecedented events that took place at the birth of Christ. We kick off with Zechariah and Elizabeth and see how they reacted to these events and what we can learn from them.
This morning we look at the story of Joseph and explore the amazing parallels between Joseph and Jesus, not just in ministry but in character and life also. There are over 75 links between them and we will explore some of them this morning
This morning we look at the end of Joshua 5 where the commander of the Lords army comes and meets with Joshua. Again, this is a manifestation of Christ who Joshua asks 'who side are you on'? The commanders answer is a powerful one and somethings that should challenge our thinking and keep us humble before the Lord.
This week we focus on the parallel between Noah and Jesus. We see how the story of Noah is pointer to the work of Jesus to come. We explore how Peter saw the example of Noah and the flood in relation to Jesus and the cross and how Jesus surpasses the work of Noah to bring something even greater.
In this series we explore where the second person of the Trinity (Jesus) features in the Old Testament. Over the course of the series we will split the features of Christ in three section; Christ Patterned, Christ Promised and Christ Present. This week, we look at all three of these sections in Genesis 22 with the story of Abraham being test by God to sacrifice Isaac.
In the final week of this series we take a look at the judgement God brings upon the Serpent, the Woman and the Man. We see differences between the serpent curse, the curse of Woman & Man and that of Cain. We also look at each part of the curses and what that means for us today.
We continue look at Genesis 3 in this current series. Today we look at eight things that took place as a result of Adam & Eve's sin. We also look at Gods initial response when He comes to them in the cool of day.
As we continue this series we begin to look at Genesis 3. This week we will explore the elements of the serpents tactics to shift Eve from knowing to doubting. We also look at Eve and her role as she responds to the enemy. As we will see, the enemy and our responses are the same today.
This morning we explore a particular phrase in this passage and look at how Paul overcame it. Paul states that 'Satan stopped us' from returning to Thessalonica. We look at what what Paul meant and explore what his answer was to this problem. We look at the importance of discernment, persistence and faith.
The Third person in this grouping is Korah and we look at his unfaithfulness to Gods appointed leader. We look at his attitude and heart towards Moses and Aaron as well as some pointers to how people oppose leaders. We also look at how God viewed this situation and the swift punishment He brings to all involved. We also look at how Moses and Aaron responded.
Today we look at lessons we can learn from Balaam. We focus on how he was unfaithful and false towards God as well as allowing his own desires to dictate his 'relationship' with God. Similar to Cain, we explore how we too are guilty of same principles, attitudes and desires, even though we are not extreme in our actions. However, in order to grow deeper with God these things need to be addressed.
In this series we will look at what we can learn from particular characters in the bible. This week we are looking at Cain. We can learn from Cain about how we are to come to God in worship and sacrifice, how important it is to accept Gods convictions and how if we reject them, how the enemy is waiting to devour us.
In the final chapter of Nehemiah we see that after 10 years or so the people have slipped back into their old ways. Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem, from returning to Babylon as promised in Chapter 1, and starts to bring reform back to the people. Many of the previous issues are at the forefront of this reform; Marriage, Giving and Sabbath rest.
This week we look at the people of Israel dedicating the walls. We explore the principles that took place; the heart of worship, purification of leaders, congregation and surroundings and giving onto the Lord.
Here we look at how the city of Jerusalem was populated after the building of the wall and spiritual reform. We see how the people's attitude reflected in their sacrifice.
This week look at the importance of renewing our covenant with God. We also look at the three promises the people of Israel made to God as part of the renewed commitment to God.
This week we explore the longest prayer in scripture. We look at what the remaining three principles for revival; Recognition of God's goodness, Recognition of our sinfulness & Renewing our commitment to obedience.
Today we look at the importance and the power of repentance. A word we normally has a negative stance in the church today yet, it is the most powerful thing that we can do to get closer to God. We see how the Spirit of God leads to people to gather once again to hear the word but this time gives them the heart to repent and therefore an opportunity to draw closer to God.
This week we look at how the people respond to the conviction of the word of God being read. However, Ezra and Nehemiah direct the people to not remain in conviction but to see that God is doing something good and holy instead.
Here we look at important factors for revival and renewal of heart. We see how the people of Israel desire the word of God and how they attentively listen to it. We also see how they respond to it after it has been read and how the leaders helped them to understand it. Revival starts with a renewal of heart in the believer.
Here we look at how the physical work affects and supports the spiritual work than needs to take place. We also look at the importance of remaining faithful to God and choosing Him even when it means uprooting to follow Him.
As we complete chapter 6, we look at the importance in completing Gods work and standing firm on the truth, despite what others may think. The moment the word spreads that the wall is complete, the enemy and other nations become afraid and lose their self-confidence. They are all aware that God has helped the work. Then we see how Nehemiah stands firm against the pleas of the Judah's nobles to acknowledge Tobiah's 'good deeds'.
We begin Chapter 6 and focus on the importance of discernment in every situation we face. Nehemiah faces two circumstances in this chapter, one from the enemy and one from a prophet that required discernment from God.
The beginning of this sermon, we briefly look at discernment as a whole before addressing the text.
As we continue Chapter 5, we see how Nehemiah again deals with the situation. We see how Nehemiah challenges the people to stop and put right their wrong and we also see how Nehemiah leads by example. He uses his witness/actions to show the people what they should be doing. We also learn of Nehemiah's generosity to the people and how he never takes up his right as a governor to collect money or food for himself for the sake of the people.
This chapter looks at how threats can come from within Gods people. This week we look at the reasons why the people were crying out against each other and how this threat actually prevented the work on the wall more than the schemes of the enemy.
This week we explore how we can build defenses against the enemies schemes and the importance of calling out for help when we are being attacked. We see how the people worked as one unit/body to complete Gods work.
In this section, we look at the battle of the mind and body. The wall is half built and the people still have half remaining and getting tired. At very same time that the people are 'giving out', the enemy surfaces again with a physical threat. We learn how Nehemiah encourages the people, builds them up and changes their focus again on Gods work.
This morning we look at how the enemy comes with verbal taunts to discourage Gods workers. We also look at Nehemiah's response, which is to leave his enemy in Gods hands. We also look at the importance of continuing Gods work, as this should be our focus and not the enemies taunts of distraction
This week look at chapter 3 and what lessons we can learn from the building of the wall. This chapter is one of the very best in linking the image of the Church in the Old Testament.
This week we look at the importance of moving/going/doing what God has asked us to do, which is often stumbling block to many of us. We also explore how Nehemiah guarded his heart to most people until the time was right and how, despite being full of heart, faith, vision and provision, Nehemiah waited for the right moment to tell the people of his plan.
Today we look at the character of Nehemiah and how that helped him to begin Gods work. We also explore how Nehemiah pushed past fear and moved straight into faith, as well as the importance of letting Gods stirring of heart lead us to action on the outside.