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Last week we named the grind, the belief that a real connection with God takes more effort, more hustle, more doing. But what if that belief is quietly saying Jesus’ work on the cross wasn’t enough?
This week we sit in the tension every honest believer eventually hits: if we’re saved by grace, why does the Bible keep telling us to do good? The answer changes everything about how good works actually happen, and it starts with one word: abide.
Think of a person you admire. It is likely because of what they have done. In fact when we think of success it is usually determined by progress that comes as a result of effort, hustling, striving, grinding. Yet when it comes to our spiritual health, it's different; it's about being connected.
We started the series with a story about two brothers and a father who ran. We spent that first morning with the younger one - the one who left, lost everything, and found his way home. But there was always someone else in that story. Someone who never left, never wandered, did everything right - and still found himself standing outside the party, close enough to hear the music, unable to walk through the door.
This week we go back for him. Because it’s possible to be around something your whole life and never actually be in it - to be familiar without ever becoming family. This is where everything lands: the story, the framework, and the invitation that’s been open the whole time. The father is still in the yard. The music’s still playing. Don’t miss it.
Jesus told a story about a farmer who had a very good year, built bigger barns, and told himself to take life easy - and Luke records God’s one-word response.
We look at why comfort might be the most successful of the four things we all chase, why it’s the only one that never breaks you, and what it quietly costs: a life rich in only one direction.
Then a harder question than last week’s - not “where are you?” but “how long have you been there?”
Two weeks ago we introduced a map - stranger, acquaintance, mate, friend, family - and asked you to find yourself on it. This week we ask a harder question: why do people stop moving? For many of us, it's not that we don't want to go deeper. It's that we know what deeper costs. Some of us have paid it before, and it went badly. This week we're honest about that. We look at Joseph - a man betrayed by his own family, with every reason to self-protect forever - and the moment he chose to say "don't be afraid" to the very people who gave him his scars. Because here's the truth about the wounds you're carrying: they're not a warning sign. They're a sign you're stronger than what hurt you. Real belonging requires real risk. Don't be fooled into thinking safe is the same as protected.
An invitation arrives with your name on it. Someone wanted you there. And at the bottom, a little box: RSVP, respond, please. Here’s the thing about that box: it doesn’t fill itself in, and not replying is also a reply.
This week we introduce some shared language for the journey from stranger to family - five stages you already know instinctively - and meet a woman named Ruth, who was released from every obligation and chose the deepest reply anyone has ever given: your people will be my people.
The depth of community you experience is determined by the depth of community you choose. So - where are you, honestly? And what’s your next step?
Last week we heard a story about two brothers and a father who ran. This week we look at how the apostle Paul describes that same journey — and what it means for us.
In Ephesians 2, Paul gives us the language. No longer foreigners and strangers. Fellow citizens. Members of the household. It turns out the journey from stranger to family isn't just a nice idea — it's the theological destination of everything God has been doing. And it's the framework for everything LifeSwitch is trying to do.
This series is called Define the Relationship because you get to define it. But if we're going to move together - toward our mission, toward our vision, toward the kind of community we're called to be - we need a shared language to do it with. This week we find it.
In what I believe is the greatest story ever told we discover that Jesus wasn’t just telling a story about a son who came home. He was telling a story about two kinds of lostness, and a father who ran for both of them.
Whether you’ve never set foot in a church or you’ve been here for years, this story has a place for you in it. The only question is which character you recognise yourself in.
Seven ordinary people did what needed to be done in a moment of crisis — and it fuelled a movement that's still going almost 2000 years later. In this message, we walk through one of the most overlooked stories in Acts — a story about jail breaks, jealous priests, a food distribution problem, and a group of believers who simply said yes when something needed doing.
We also unpack a few more of the convictions that shape everything we do for the next generation, including why we anchor our faith in the resurrection rather than just the Bible, and why our goal has never been to raise believers — but followers. This is the week we make the ask. Will you inconvenience yourself for something greater than yourself?
While you’re sitting in the main service, something remarkable is happening just down the hall. A 3-year-old is hearing for the first time that God made them and loves them. A Year 8 is wrestling with who they really are — and whose they are. A Year 12 is being asked whether they’re putting others first.
In this opening message of the NEXT series, we pull back the curtain on what LifeSwitch is doing for the next generation — why we do it, what it costs, and why the Bible has been saying it matters long before any of us arrived. Because every young person deserves a person and a place. And you might just be the answer to someone’s prayer.
We live in the most connected generation in human history, and yet loneliness is at epidemic levels. We have hundreds of followers, thousands of contacts, and almost no one to call at 3am.
In this episode, Clint Craig explores what a vase full of balls, beads, and sand can teach us about the relational architecture we were actually built for — and why Jesus, the most compelling person who ever lived, started with three.
Drawing on the research of Oxford anthropologist Robin Dunbar and the relational model of Jesus himself, this conversation asks a confronting question: have you filled your vase with the wrong things first?
Because if you start with the crowd, you'll never fit the three. But start with the three — and there's room for everything.
Six weeks ago we started with a scene — lying in bed at eleven o'clock, scrolling through other people's lives, wondering why you felt so flat. We've spent five weeks naming what's underneath that moment: the loneliness, the hunger for approval, the exhausting performance of connection, the anxiety that kills presence, the conversations that never quite reach.
In this message we keep the promise that's been building the whole time. The good news of Jesus isn't a general announcement. It speaks directly into each specific place you're hurting — and it turns out the thing you've been reaching for all along was never in your feed. But it is available. Right now. To every person. Not as a reward. As a gift.
Picture two people at a cafe. One of them is talking — sharing something real, something they’ve been carrying. The other is listening. Except they’re not really listening. They’re already three sentences ahead, composing their reply, waiting for the gap.
In this fifth message of the OFFLINE series we get honest about what we’ve quietly lost in the digital age — the ability to have a real conversation. Not a transaction. Not a performance. A genuine, two-way, I-am-actually-interested-in-you conversation. Because the skill that turns presence into actual connection isn’t about saying the right things. It starts with how you listen.
God's Heart is not distant - it is fiercely protective, emotionally engaged and drawing people into belonging.
Jesus "How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings...".
Join us for a Mother's Day Special with Johanna Vannathy.
It’s easy for our digital online world, along with stress and hectic schedules, to distract us and interfere with our ability to connect with others.
How can I build stronger connections?
When we were kids, community happened by accident. Proximity, repetition, shared boredom. Then we became adults and discovered, quietly and a little embarrassingly, that we had no idea how to build it intentionally.
In this message we get honest about the difference between being liked and being known — and why most of us have spent so long curating how we appear that we've lost touch with how to just be.
Real community isn't the result of trying harder, it requires something underneath it that makes being known feel safe. And that something is more available than most of us have been told.
The problem isn't the phone. That might sound like a strange thing to say in a series called Offline — but stay with us. The phone is a tool. Tools don't create problems, they reveal them. The real question isn't why we use our phones too much. It's what we're using them to avoid.
In this second message of the OFFLINE series we pull back the curtain on what we're actually reaching for every time we pick up our screens — and why willpower alone will never be enough to put them down. Because the hunger underneath the scroll is real. And it deserves a real answer.
We are the most connected generation in human history. We are also, by measurable data, among the loneliest. So what's going wrong? In this opening message of the OFFLINE series, we name the paradox that most of us feel but rarely say out loud — that scrolling through other people's lives at 11pm leaves us emptier than before we started. We look at what the data tells us about the loneliness epidemic, what a researcher at MIT says we've traded away without realising it, and what an ancient text written long before smartphones says about why we're wired for connection in the first place. Because the ache you feel isn't a flaw. It might just be the most important signpost in your life right now.
On the night before the crucifixion, Jesus went to a garden to pray. He knew exactly what was coming — the betrayal, the arrest, the cross. He asked if there was another way. There wasn't. And then he got up and walked toward it. In this message we look at what happened in Gethsemane — the anguish, the decision, and the moment Jesus chose to stay. Because understanding why he didn't walk away changes everything about who he is and what he did for you.
On the night before the cross, Jesus sat down for a meal with the people who were about to fail him completely. One would hand him over. One would deny him three times. The rest would run. He knew all of it — and he broke bread with them anyway.
In this message, we explore what the Last Supper reveals about the kind of grace Jesus offers. It doesn't wait until you've got it together. It doesn't have a threshold. And it's the same grace that's on offer for you today.
Most of us spend our lives running from hard things. Jesus did the opposite. In this first message of the In Motion series, we trace the opening steps of Jesus' final journey - and discover that every one of them was deliberate. He knew what was coming. He chose it anyway.
What does it mean that the cross wasn't something that happened to Jesus - but something he walked toward? And what does that change about the way you face the hard things in your own life?
When we move buildings, we find out pretty quickly what we’re actually made of. This week, we look at how a change of location can be a great thing that could happen to a community — and what it really means to make a stranger feel like family.
Drawing from Ephesians 2:19, we explore the journey every person is on, from outsider to belonging, and the simple but profound role we get to play in that story.
What we believe about eternity shapes how we live now and with a right understanding of what God has promised to those who accept Jesus it can transform our lives to be filled with hope, purpose and motivation.
Life rarely meets our expectations. When there's a gap between what we expect and what we get, we have a choice: fill that gap with trust or fill it with suspicion. One opens doors, the other closes them. One builds relationships, the other destroys them. In this message, we discover how choosing trust over doubt can transform our relationships, our families, and our faith—not because people always deserve it, but because we've been trusted first.
We all have good intentions. We want healthy relationships, financial freedom, strong families, and a meaningful life. But good intentions aren't enough. There's often a gap between where we intend to go and where we're actually heading. In this message, we explore why smart people make dumb decisions and how to close the gap between intention and direction. Because the path you're on today is leading you somewhere tomorrow.
Life often asks us to choose between comfort and courage. Esther’s story is a powerful reminder of this. She was an ordinary young woman placed in an extraordinary position—as queen at a critical moment for her people. When faced with fear and uncertainty, she had a choice: stay safe in the palace, or step out boldly to speak up and act.
Courage didn’t come naturally to Esther—it was a decision she had to make. She had to choose to act, even when the outcome was uncertain, and even when the risk was personal. Yet she didn’t do it alone. She sought God’s guidance, prayed for strength, and moved forward with faith. Her story shows us that real courage means choosing to take brave steps, trusting God to walk with us every step of the way.
Just like Esther, we are often faced with moments where comfort tempts us, but courage calls. Choosing courage doesn’t mean we won’t feel fear—it means we decide to act anyway, knowing God is with us.
What if the problem isn’t the seed… but the soil?
In Part 2 of The Seed and the Soil, we turn Jesus’ parable inward. The seed is good. The sower is generous. So why does the same message produce such different results?
In this message, we explore the four soils Jesus describes — the hardened path, the shallow rocky ground, the thorn-filled soil, and the good soil — not as labels for “other people,” but as a diagnostic for our own hearts. This isn’t a challenge to try harder or be better. It’s an invitation to be honest about what’s happening beneath the surface.
We’ll unpack the cultural context of Jesus’ teaching, what ancient farming reveals about spiritual formation, and why growth doesn’t always mean fruit. Along the way, we’ll discover that good soil isn’t perfect soil — it’s tended soil.
If you’ve ever wondered why faith sometimes feels stalled, crowded, or short-lived, this message offers clarity, hope, and a way forward. God is still sowing. The question is: what kind of soil are we becoming?
What if 2026 could be different? Not because you tried harder, but because you scattered better?
In this New Year message, we dive into Jesus' famous parable of the sower - but with a twist. You're not just the soil waiting to receive. You're the sower, invited to scatter the most powerful seed in the universe: the gospel of Jesus.
We'll explore what it means to be recklessly generous with the good news - not just in words, but in actions, presence, and investment. Because when you scatter the seed of God's kingdom, you have no idea what might grow. One conversation. One act of kindness. One moment of truth. A hundredfold return.
This isn't about religious obligation or hitting a quota. It's about the incredible privilege of participating in something bigger than yourself. So what seed are you sowing in 2026?
Buckle up. This could change everything.
"I am the Lord's servant."
Five words. One teenage girl. A choice that changed everything.
When the angel appeared to Mary with an impossible invitation, she had every reason to say no. It would cost her reputation, possibly her relationship, maybe even her life. She didn't know how it would work. She couldn't see the full picture. But she said yes anyway.
In this final message of The Christmas Series, we explore what Mary's surrender teaches us about following Jesus. Because here's the thing: most of us have it backwards. We want God to serve us—to bless our plans, fix our problems, make our lives comfortable. But Mary understood something we often miss: God has already served us in the most incredible way. Now we have the privilege of serving Him.
Every surrender requires a personal sacrifice. Every surrender requires trust. But here's what we discover in Mary's story: surrendering to God isn't losing your life—it's finally finding it.
What is God asking you to say yes to?
What would change if you stopped asking God to serve your plans and started serving His?
"No room at the inn." The innkeeper wasn't evil—he was just full. Sound familiar?
Most of us aren't trying to keep Jesus out. We're just packed. Full calendars. Full schedules. Full minds. Full hearts. We're running but not working, busy but not purposeful.
In this Christmas message, we explore what it really means to make room for Jesus. What's clogging you up? What would it cost to clear it out? And what's holding you back from opening the door?
God doesn't wait for perfect conditions—He met us in a stable. But He does wait for a willing heart. The question 2000 years ago was: Is there room at the inn? The question today is: Is there room in your life?
You've heard the Christmas story. But have you really seen it?
In this message, we discover why the angel's announcement to the shepherds matters more than you might think. The message wasn't just informative—it was transformational: good news that brings great joy for all people.
If you don't think Christianity is good news, brings great joy, or is for all people—you haven't heard or understood the version Luke was writing about.
It unpacks what it means to be a "come sit with me" church in a world hungry for connection, meaning, and hope.
Featuring insights from recent research showing a surprising cultural shift with people being way more open to faith than previously, the importance of us being ‘sit with me people’ and a ‘sit me church’ is more important than ever.
The shepherds received an invitation, responded immediately, and became inviters themselves. What will you do with the good news that brings great joy to all people?
We've come a long way over the last four weeks of TRIGGERED. But here's the question everyone's asking: How do I make this last?
In this final message, we tackle the long game of transformation. Using Philippians 4:8 and the biblical framework of renewing your mind, we discover that lasting change doesn't come through willpower or quick fixes — it comes through consistent, Spirit-empowered practice over time.
We explore the neuroscience of rewiring: it takes 66 days on average to form a new habit, and up to 254 days for complex behavioral change to become truly automatic. That's months, not days. This isn't discouraging—it's liberating. Because when you understand the process, you can trust it.
We walk through Paul's six categories for renewed thinking from Philippians 4 true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable — with detailed examples of how to apply each one when you're triggered. These aren't just nice ideas; they're practical tools for redirecting your mind when it defaults to fear, revenge, or catastrophizing.
We address the critical distinction between self-improvement and gospel-empowered transformation. Self-help says "try harder." The gospel says "try hard AND the Spirit empowers you as you do." This isn't either/or—it's both/and. You work out your salvation because God works in you. Effort plus grace equals transformation.
This isn't about perfection. It's about progress. It's about partnering with the Spirit's power rather than relying on your own strength. And it's about trusting that God, who began a good work in you, will carry it on to completion.
You're not stuck. You're in process. And transformation is possible—not through quick fixes, but through the slow, steady, grace-filled work of rewiring your responses until they become your new default.
What do I do when I'm actually triggered? How do I choose my response instead of defaulting to my reaction?
In this message, we dive into Romans 12:2, where Paul isn't just suggesting behavior modification. He's inviting us into complete transformation through the power of Jesus' death and resurrection.
We discover that between every stimulus and response, there's a space. And in that space is your freedom. Your response-ability — the ability to choose your response.
We explore how the our natural pattern keeps us stuck: react immediately, protect yourself, get even, hold grudges, let emotions control you. But transformation offers something radically different: the power to pause, think, observe God's truth, and proceed with wisdom.
Through the STOP method, we learn practical steps for choosing our response in real-time. We see how Jesus modeled this perfectly at the cross—facing ultimate triggers without losing His identity because He was secure in the Father.
The gospel connection is powerful: The cross breaks the pattern's power over you. The resurrection gives you NEW power to change. You're not trying to transform through willpower—you're accessing resurrection power that's already yours through the Holy Spirit.
The last two weeks, we've gone deep—identifying our triggers, examining our false gods, and tracing our reactions back to childhood wounds and false beliefs. Heavy stuff. Important stuff.
But this week? We're talking about the triggers that aren't tied to trauma. The trivial things that still set us off: slow WiFi, traffic, plans changing, someone chewing loudly, technology failing at the worst moment.
Here's the uncomfortable truth: spiritual maturity isn't measured by what you know—it's revealed by how we respond to life's minor irritations. And right now, most of us are being controlled by things that don't matter.
We’ll discover that how we handle trivial frustrations reveals our true maturity. We explore why small things trigger us (we're maxed out, we've lost perspective, we're spiritually immature), and what it costs us when we let them control us—wasted energy, damaged relationships, and missed kingdom opportunities.
The gospel confronts our belief that we deserve comfort and convenience. Jesus endured the ultimate inconvenience—the cross—so we could be free. When we're secure in what Christ has done, trivial things lose their power because we're no longer looking to circumstances for peace, to convenience for security, or to control for safety.
In this second message of the TRIGGERED series, we explore the roots beneath our reactions. Because here's the truth: our biggest reactions are rarely about the present moment. The trigger is today, but the root? That's often decades old.
Using the story of Cain and Abel from Genesis 4, we discover that God doesn't shame us for our emotions—He invites us to examine their source. We learn how childhood wounds, unmet needs, core beliefs formed in pain, and family patterns create the roots that drive our present-day reactions.
Through powerful biblical examples like Jacob's sons, Saul's jealousy, and Joseph's response to his brothers, we see the difference between unexamined roots that lead to destruction and examined roots that lead to freedom.
We walk through four crucial questions to help you examine your own roots: When did I first feel this way? What did I learn to believe about myself? How is that belief still operating today? And what does the gospel say instead?
The good news? You're not a prisoner of your past. Yes, your past shaped you. Yes, it left wounds. But through Jesus, you can be healed. You can respond from wholeness instead of wounding.
You can't heal what you won't feel. And you can't change what you won't name. This week is about doing the soul work that brings lasting freedom.
Jesus didn’t just come to erase our past — He came to unlock our future. In Forgiven and Free, we’ll discover what it truly means to live in the freedom Christ purchased for us. Too often we accept forgiveness but still live bound by guilt, fear, or old habits. But Galatians 5:1 reminds us that “it is for freedom that Christ has set us free,” and John 10:10 promises us abundant life in Him. This message will challenge you to step out of bondage, stand firm in grace, and walk boldly in the full life Jesus came to give.
You know that moment when someone says that thing and suddenly you're angrier than the situation deserves? Or when a small comment ruins your entire day? We've all got them—those buttons that when pushed, turn us into people we don't want to be.
In this first message of the TRIGGERED series, we explore why we react the way we do. From lighthearted triggers like people who leave one square of toilet paper on the roll, to the heavier stuff like financial stress, broken trust, and feeling undervalued, we discover that our reactions reveal something deeper about what we truly look to for security.
We unpack the four unhealthy ways most of us respond when triggered: reactive, suppressive, blaming, and numbing. And we introduce a better way—being emotionally responsive, where we're first aware of our emotional state and then able to influence our behavior when emotions kick in.
Through Psalm 139, we learn that God designed us with emotions, and our capacity to feel deeply isn't a bug—it's a feature. We discover that our triggers reveal what we've made ultimate in life: control, approval, comfort, or success. These aren't just bad habits—they're spiritual issues pointing to what we're really looking to instead of God.
The good news? Jesus faced ultimate triggers without losing His identity because His identity was secure in the Father. Through Him, that same security is ours. When you're secure in Christ, your triggers lose their power—because what you're desperately trying to protect, Jesus already secured for you.
You're not broken. You're human. And understanding why you react is the first step to freedom.
You can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone. You can have a full social calendar and an empty heart. You can be in a relationship and still feel like nobody really knows you.
In this final message of the Shuffle series, we explore the loneliness epidemic using Red Hot Chili Peppers' iconic "Under the Bridge" and God's design for connection found in Genesis 2 and 3.
We discover that loneliness isn't a flaw - it's a design feature pointing us toward what we were made for: authentic connection. We learn that we were designed not just for any connection, but for deep connection where we're fully known and fully loved. And we see how sin entered the world and made that connection incredibly difficult to find.
Through the cross, Jesus defeated isolation and created a family where the lonely finally belong. Whether you're lonely in a crowd, isolated in your own home, or just tired of pretending you're fine, this message offers hope: You weren't made to do life alone, and you don't have to.
Life is finally good. You have the relationship, the job, the family, the health you've been praying for. So why can't you sleep? Why are you up at night thinking "I just might lose it all"?
In this message, we explore the paradox of being grateful for our blessings while being paralyzed by the fear of losing them. We discover why holding our beautiful things with clenched fists actually prevents us from enjoying them.
Using Benson Boone's viral hit "Beautiful Things" and the ancient story of Job, we learn that the one thing we can't lose is more valuable than everything we're afraid of losing.
Whether you're anxious about your relationships, your family, your health, or your future, this message offers a path from fear to freedom - showing how trusting the heart of the Giver allows us to hold beautiful things with open hands.
Ever felt that desperate anxiety when someone leaves you on read? Or find yourself constantly needing reassurance that someone really loves you? Or counting down the days until you can see them again?
In this message, we explore why we put so much pressure on human relationships to complete us - and why that pressure is crushing both us and the people we love.
Using Justin Bieber's vulnerable song "Daisies" and the story of a woman who went through five marriages searching for "the one", we discover that the love we're desperately seeking is actually seeking us.
Whether you're in a relationship, single, or it's complicated, this message offers a fresh perspective on why our longing for perfect love might be pointing us toward something - or someone - we've been missing.
We all have that one person who gives advice we know is right but really don’t want to hear. What happens when that person is God?
In this message, we explore why doing life “our way” isn’t working out as well as we thought, and why God’s way - even when it’s harder - actually leads to the life we’re really looking for.
Using the viral song “Your Way is Better” and the story of a successful young man who walked away from Jesus, we discover that God’s way isn’t better because it’s easier - it’s better because He sees what we can’t see.
What kind of gift would God give? Ephesians 2 helps us understand the qualities of God's perfect gift and the impact it can have on our lives.
Faith in Jesus and living by His teachings will provide unparalleled stability to enable you to build a strong foundation for a successful life.
To believe in Jesus might mean we feel outnumbered, be it in our family, our workplace or with our friends. Elijah was a prophet who was seriously outnumbered. What can we learn from his story that can help us hold firm to our belief even when the numbers are against us.
While we wish we could always get the miracles we want, surrendering into God’s will is what we need to do.
Jesus described John the Baptist as the GOAT. Yet not many people know how John’s story ends. By looking at John, we see how easy it is to doubt when our circumstances don’t line up with what we want or expect. And in Jesus’ response to John, we find the advice we need.
The tension we struggle with knowing God can bring a miracle but not seeing one isn’t new. In fact the early Christians faced the exact same challenege.
In this passage in Acts we see God both provide and withhold miracles yet through it all those followers hold firm to their faith.
Chances are you’ve asked for one, maybe even begged for one. We see them throughout the Old Testament and the New. Yet we don’t tend to see them as frequently as we’d like today.
So what is the relationship between Christianity and miracles?
Any worldview or religion worth adopting must be true and should therefore stand up to any scrutiny. This message looks at why Christianity is rational, true to how we see and experience the world and also has the ability to deal with our deepest longings.
Engaging in the political space can be fraught with danger. There are a lot of strong opinions out there and in our day and age the polarisation seems to be getting stronger. Yet loving others requires us to engage, so let’s explore how we can best do so.
It’s easy for people to use the line “God told me.” Yet the question needs to be asked, “did He really?”
This week we unpack a little about how to know if you’ve actually heard from God.
Jesus teaches us to love our enemies, yet in the Old Testament there are accounts of what is essentially genocide. Yet God never changes, so lets look at why we don't have to choose between God's justice and God's love. Because at the cross, we see them perfectly united.
When it comes to sexuality, Jesus taught us not to point fingers, but to look in the mirror. It isn't what is out there that should take our attention, but rather what is within.
Did you know Jesus' teaching around marriage and sexuality has always been, and will always be, controversial? Let’s explore why.
Jesus spoke incredibly difficult truths yet loved everyone around him. People were attracted to him and, if we do likewise, we should still be able to attract people to faith.
The idea that there is a good God who has prepared a good place for good people appeals to most people. But when we really think about it, the idea isn’t actually that good at all.
The most influential conversations you will ever have are the conversations with yourself. Using the example of David preparing to face Goliath, this message shows how replacing our self-talk with talking to God can help us overcome our greatest struggles.
Becoming a generous person requires intentionality. This week we look at how we can move from being spontaneously generous to structured in our generosity and then how we can scale our generosity.
Loving God has never been about religion, reciting prayers, or rules. We are supposed to love God through how we do our job, play sports, live our lives and love our neighbour.
Am I loving God and my neighbour when I walk past a homeless person asking for a dollar, or when kids at the school in my suburb go without lunch?
Jesus’ teaching on leadership and how he modelled; humility, servanthood, other-centredness, compassion and agape love runs so contrary
to the world’s view of leadership; power, authority, dominance, popularity, force and control.
Jesus teaches us to act in ways that are counterintuitive. We are told to love our enemies, pray for them, and even go so far as to bless them. Is this at all possible? We dive into ways to make the way of grace our reality, ultimately finding freedom in Jesus’ guide to grace.
John’s story didn’t finish once his gospel did. John went on to live a long and difficult life. Yet despite all the hardships he faced, he still would declare that God is love.
It was the resurrection of Jesus that confirmed John’s belief in Jesus as the son of God. It was why John wrote his book, so that we too would believe that Jesus and find life in Him.
Does God really care? When our circumstances suggest He doesn’t, how can we know that God does care? This sign helps us see how God is in control even when our circumsatnces suggest otherwise.
There are many products we buy, use, and put our confidence in without having all the information or fully understanding how they work. In the Gospel of John, we see a man begin to follow Jesus based on limited
information. This man, who was born blind, said he only knew one main thing—and that one thing was enough to make him curious about who Jesus really was.
Jesus fed more than 5,000 people, but he didn’t do it simply to show off or to be kind. He also did it to help us see that he is doing something much more long term and substantial than the here and now.
Just outside of Jerusalem, Jesus performed a miracle that changed a man’s life forever. For 38 years, this man was unable to walk. Yet this was more than a miricle, it was a sign that pointed to a God who would offer a way to find life, based on grace.
The first sign Jesus gave was at a celebration when he turned water into wine. The second sign happened in very different circumstances, where a father was begging Jesus to heal his son. Jesus’ response to the man left him with a decision to make, one we all have to make. Do we take Jesus at his word?
Beginning with first-century followers of Jesus, trusting in Jesus has been a response to evidence — not simply in hoping something is true. The gospel writer John referred to the miracles of Jesus as signs that give evidence of who Jesus was. The first sign John documents is when Jesus—with a nudge from his mother —attended a wedding and turned water into wine.
We live in a culture that has a fasination with speed. So we find ourselves living our lives in a rush. But what if there is a better way to live? One that is light and easy.
He was seeminglyindifferent to faith. Just an ordinary guy doing his work. But in this case, rather than speaking to him, it was what Paul did for the Jailer that caught his attention and lead to him finding faith.
She was a slave, demon possessed and had very few opportunities, yet Luke records the power of the gospel to transform her life in more ways than one.
Lydia was successful, she was a gentile worshipper of the Hebrew God yet when she met Paul by the river, and they talked, she discovered who Jesus was.
In this message we talk about something that has the power to transform lives. It's not complicated, but it is revolutionary. And here's what's fascinating - it's something Jesus modelled perfectly, but we often struggle to get right.
Between busy schedules and past hurts, it can be tempting to do life alone. But God created us to know one another and experience meaningful friendships. How do you do that? How do you find your people?
Let’s learn how to overcome loneliness together.
By coming from Heaven to Earth to dwell among us, Jesus provides the perfect example of someone who is willing to walk towards the complicated and the uncomfortable and He calls those who are His followers to do likewise.
Do you find the Christmas story unbelievable? Angels appearing, a virgin birth, a star guiding the way, it all seems well a little unbelievable. Yet, by looking at the people in the Christmas story you see that they too found it unbeliveable and they were in it.
We all want a sign to know that God is real and what He is like. Yet Jesus made it clear, there is no better place to look in order to know what God is like than to look directly at Him.
The Christmas season can be a bit messy. It’s always been a bit messy because we’re all a bit messy! In fact, our messiness is the reason there’s a Christmas in the first place.
This song gives music and voice to a fundamental part of the human experience - our fustration at how things are and our longing for them to be as they could.
There is something in us all that drives us to to be independent and this song highlights the fact that we can thrive in life without a significant other. Yet we do need each other.
This song is all about a hook up and highlights the hook up culture we live in. A culture that says sex is simply physical.
Yet Jesus and the New Testament authors show us sex isn’t simply physical and because it is so powerful, we need to be careful with it.
Jesus isn’t simply another person the Bible speaks of, Jesus is the central figure that everything points to. The closer you look, the more you will see how the Old Testament points to Jesus, foreshadowing His arrival, giving glimpses of His greatness, offering insight to God's ultimate plan to reconcile the world to Himself.
In this series we will look through a number of Old Testament accounts and hunt for the Man that everything points to. In doing so we will unpack principles that help us see the true nature of God, while instilling confidence in us as to how profoundly special the overall narrative of the Scriptures really is.
Jesus isn’t simply another person the Bible speaks of, Jesus is the central figure that everything points to. The closer you look, the more you will see how the Old Testament points to Jesus, foreshadowing His arrival, giving glimpses of His greatness, offering insight to God's ultimate plan to reconcile the world to Himself.
In this series we will look through a number of Old Testament accounts and hunt for the Man that everything points to. In doing so we will unpack principles that help us see the true nature of God, while instilling confidence in us as to how profoundly special the overall narrative of the Scriptures really is.
Jesus isn’t simply another person the Bible speaks of, Jesus is the central figure that everything points to. The closer you look, the more you will see how the Old Testament points to Jesus, foreshadowing His arrival, giving glimpses of His greatness, offering insight to God's ultimate plan to reconcile the world to Himself.
In this series we will look through a number of Old Testament accounts and hunt for the Man that everything points to. In doing so we will unpack principles that help us see the true nature of God, while instilling confidence in us as to how profoundly special the overall narrative of the Scriptures really is.
Jesus isn’t simply another person the Bible speaks of, Jesus is the central figure that everything points to. The closer you look, the more you will see how the Old Testament points to Jesus, foreshadowing His arrival, giving glimpses of His greatness, offering insight to God's ultimate plan to reconcile the world to Himself.
In this series we will look through a number of Old Testament accounts and hunt for the Man that everything points to. In doing so we will unpack principles that help us see the true nature of God, while instilling confidence in us as to how profoundly special the overall narrative of the Scriptures really is.
Most of us live trying to balance the demands of work with personal responsibilities as well as trying to have fun. But we tend to be left feeling overwhelmed, restless and stressed out. Yet what if God offers us a pattern that enables us to thrive?
As Christians we are called to live in a way that wins the respect of those outside of the faith. Unfortunately we are often found doing the very things that lose respect.
This message looks at the two things that are needed in the workplace for us to win the respect of those around us.
Culture tells us we should work ethically, not exploitatively. While this is a good thing what if we could work in an even better way? A way where we refuse to exploit people and places, where we are ethical but we take it a step further and are redemptive?
Seeing work within the context of the meta narrative of the Bible helps us see and understand how God uses our everyday work to bring renewal and redemption to his creation. The amazing thing is we can chose to partner with Him in this, and if we do, it helps us find meaning and value no matter what work we do.
Most people look at work as being either a necessity, something they have to do in order to live, or they make it an idol and define their life by their work. Yet what if there is a third way, a better way to see work. One that helps us bring our best to work no matter what that work is while keeping our work separate from our identity.
This week we conclude our Let there be Light series by exploring what it means for us to go and be people of the light. To bring hope in dark places because after all, if not us - then who?
God's clear desire was for us to live abundant free lives and yet we live in a world riddled with darkness.
This series explores the topic of trauma, our personal needs and our outward responses to others. Whilst also strongly painting a picture of the great hope we have in Jesus, the victorious light Jesus brings to the darkest of situations and the mandate we as the church have been given to be ‘people of the light’.
This series comes with a trigger warning on sensitive and vulnerable topics but we promise to layer in plenty of supports and offerings for the journey you are on.
The words that make up the Lords prayer are most likely the most repeated words of all time as the prayer is quoted verbatim on so many occasions.
Today we look at how this prayer provides a pattern we can use very time we pray.
Prayer is universal, if you look at all cultures, all people groups in every corner of the globe, you will see that people prayed. Yet prayer is something that many of us struggle with.
We open this series by looking at the two big reasons most of us fail to pray.
By comparing two accounts Luke provides we contrast someone who lacked public courage with someone who showed it. In doing so we realise we have both in us yet we also have the power to choose whose path we want to follow in the future.
What if there was one chapter of a book that could change your life. Over this series we are going to have a look at one chapter of the bible. A chapter that could be just that….life changing!
Over these two weeks, Mat is going to share some of his story, his heart and his prayer for the church and the amazing opportunity that exists for those who believe in Jesus.
What if there was one chapter of a book that could change your life. Over this series we are going to have a look at one chapter of the bible. A chapter that could be just that….life changing!
Over these two weeks, Mat is going to share some of his story, his heart and his prayer for the church and the amazing opportunity that exists for those who believe in Jesus.
The Bible is clear, and the science is strong - rest and recovery is a vital part of living well. We are designed to function best when we take time to rest and recover. Join Julia Grace as she shares the wonderful intersection of scripture and science on this topic, and how to apply that practically to our everyday lives. ‘Be Kind to Your Mind’ and live abundantly!
At LifeSwitch we want to make it easy for everyone to take a step (grow spiritually) and live on mission (live missionally), this message will show you how we go about it so that you can do so right now!
The life that we live determines our legacy. As we wrap up this series we look at how we can sow seed today that will leave a legacy by doing good and never giving up.
Our spiritual enemy has been using the same tactics for thousands of years to steal, kill and destroy us. Understanding his tactics will help us choose what we want most over what we want now.
Easter, more than anything else, enable us to hold on to hope. Because Easter doesn’t gloss over the reality that we live in a broken, hurting and sometimes evil world. Yet it also allows us to catch a glimpse of the beauty that is to come.
The events of Jesus’s death that would lead to the greatest display of love from his sentencing before Pilate to his burial.
The events that led to the arrest and betrayal of Jesus and the implications of Jesus' sacrifice. Starting with Mary anointing Jesus to his arrest in the garden of Gethsemane.
We are all called to impact our world, and if we do so, who knows we may even change the world. In this message we look at how we are all called to build influence and then leverage that influence. Getting really practical, you will see how you can make a difference right where you are.
The church is a body and we all have a part to play. When we all play our part, the body is able to thrive. And every part of the body is important.
In this message we look at four ways we can all play our part here at LifeSwitch.
Jesus was clear, so were the other writers in the New Testament, we are called to Love one another. In this message we will see why this is one of the four core purposes we have each been called to and also get some advice to help us actually love one another.
This week we look at the first of the four core purposes God has for each of our lives, to pursue Him personally. We look at what it really means and the three essential ingredients of any real relationship.
In our pursuit of Jesus there are 3 key foundations we must build on. This message explores our Bible Habits, Prayer Life and Thought & Emotional Life with practical recourses of how to grow in each.
Hunger & Thirst is about reigniting a passion for our pursuit of God that we might hunger & thirst after the things of Him as we set ourselves up for the new year.
Between the Old Testament and the New Testament there is 400 years where God was silent. But just because God was silent, doesn’t mean he was absent. History shows that during this period things were happening that lead to the optimal time for Jesus to come. In this message we explore those things and see how we too can have hope when God seems silent.
It is easy to have a head knowledge that God is always with us. Yet what if we lived with a conviction He was with us every minute of the day? Wouldn't we live such different, more fulfilling, purpose driven, meaningful lives?
We’re exploring the events leading up to the birth of Jesus that marks the first Christmas.
The scriptures are clear, we need to love one another. Yet we often fail to apply these and actually do so. In this message we explore why we struggle and identify three actions we can all take. We live in a world where loneliness runs rampant. Where we are often asking "who is there for me? Who cares for me?" Yet what if we flipped the questioned and asked "who am I caring for?" We might find that as we start to care for others, they will naturally care for us.
Fast car is a song that on the surface is all about hope, new beginnings and pursuing opportunity. Yet, when you actually take in the lyrics, the song is incredibly sad. Yet what we see in the story the song conveys is a girl who wants to take responsibility for her life.
Using Jesus’ parable of the talents as a guide, Clint encourages us to take full responsibility for our life.
Identifying what you are made for is a huge question and the purpose of life has been asked since the beginning of time.
In this message, as we scratch the surface, we identify the four key purposes we were made for. Even better, they are purposes we can make progress on daily.
When it comes to conflict there is a lot written about various approaches people can take to it. However there isn't a lot offered about the source of conflict.
Using the line 'It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me' from Anti Hero, we unpack one of the most powerful and profound relational principles found in all recorded literature.
It's powerful because it relates to us all as we all experience conflict. It's profound because it doesn't just identify an approach to conflict, but looks at the source of conflict.
This week we will look at what it looks like to say “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...” We will identify the various types of valleys that we might find ourselves walking through. That 'to walk' means we are doing something simple, repetitively over and over again, and most importantly, we are not walking alone because God is with us as we walk.
Money promises so much, security, status, approval, certainty and more. Yet it can’t deliver on these things. Unfortunately our culture pushes us to believe that money really can offer these things. Yet Jesus offers a better perspective. He helps us see money for what it really is. Enabling us to use it rather than to be controlled by it.
Identifying your spiritual pathway is incredible freeing, enabling and we encourage everyone to know there pathway. For more info please go to http://bit.ly/LifeSwitch06
A lot of people think Christianity is all about the do's and don'ts. But what if Christianity isn't about this at all. What if Christianity is much simpler than that. What if we are each called to our own unique journey. A Journey that starts with a simple invitation Jesus extended to those he encountered in the first century, and extends to us today - Follow me. Regardless of what you believe, regardless of how you behave, we are all offered the same invitation - follow me.
We can often make faith, life and Christianity so complicated when it doesn't have to be. In this mini-series we want to ensure we all keep the main thing the main thing - and know that it is All About Him.