The Presence of God
The pattern of the presence of God The presence of God in the OT The presence of God in this time
Read MoreEphesians | Chapter 6 | Prepare for Battle
There is a war going on all around us, and we are not civilians, but soldiers. Paul describes the average Christian as a Roman soldier with a full armour always ready for combat. What is this fight about? Who is our enemy? And how should we prepare for battle?
Read MoreEphesians | Chapter 5 | Walk as Children of the Light
In Ephesians 5, Paul encourages us to confidently and boldly live life differently from the world around us. Paul specifically highlights three areas where he is inviting Christians to stand out to the world, as children of the light, to be radically different; sex, language and our relationship to possessions. But instead of pointing us to bad behaviour to avoid, Paul is helping us to focus on the life God has for us and points us to three counter practices of the Way of Jesus.
Read MoreEphesians | Chapter 4 | All, Together, Each
Ephesians | Chapter 3 | Let THAT sink in
There is something that needs to ‘sink in’ to the heart of every Christian.
If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel powerless to the struggles we face.
If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel shame over what we’ve done
If this doesn’t happen – we continue to feel guilt over that habits we just can’t shake.
If this doesn’t happen – we will always continue to feel unworthy, unloved and unwanted in the family of God.
What needs to sink in is simply that what the Bible says about us is actually true.
How God sees us – needs to become how we see ourselves.
What is theologically true about us, needs to become our experienced reality.
What we know needs to make that 10-inch drop from the head to the heart.
When this sinks in, a whole new world is in front of us.
If that never really sinks in, we will get stuck.
Ephesians | Chapter 2 | Grace and the Renewed People of God
In the letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul is working out the implications of grace. He wants us to understand what grace means and how we can live in response to to grace.
In today’s message, we will talk about how grace reforms us to live as the renewed people of God. And this works out on two levels; the individual level and at a communal level of the church.
This message will have one theme, but be in two parts. We are first going to work out how grace reforms you and me to live as the new humanity. And then, we will look at how that same grace reforms us at a communal level into the renewed people of God.
Read MoreEphesians | Chapter 1 | The Gift Of Grace
In the letter to the Ephesians, one of Paul’s purposes is to help the readers understand the huge implications of grace. You are saved by grace, not by works, but then, what are you saved for? In this first message, we are unpacking two big words: election and inheritance, and see how they relate to the purpose of our salvation.
Read MoreCalled to Come & Called to Go
In this message, we see in the stories of the prodigal son and the Ethiopian eunuch, God’s two-fold calling: to come to Him first because He is our loving Father, then to go out and preach Jesus as Philip did.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to walk in His unconditional and steadfast love on a daily basis?
We often talk about the importance of God’s love, but what does it mean to walk
in His unconditional and steadfast love on a daily basis? This sermon looks to the
books of Jeremiah and Lamentations to uncover the character of God and his
undying love for His people. We see that this love is not a currency to be given or
withdrawn based on behavior or belief. God doesn’t use it that way. He doesn’t
use HIMSELF that way. Because God gave Himself fully, because Jesus died for
our sins, freely we have received love and freely we can give love without fear of
aligning ourselves with sin. We don’t need to have all of the answers before we
are allowed to love.
Jesus’ Love Satisfies Our Souls
Zechariah 3 – Jesus’ love satisfies our soul. Invite our neighbor to sit under our vine and fig tree
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