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The Purpose of the Law (Galatians 3:19-25)

It is common to start the Christian life simply believing. Looking only at Jesus. Then as we go on to look within ourselves at our own human effort. Following conditions and requirements to get somewhere with God or get something from God. That drift is what Paul is countering.

The gospel is not just about a legal thing, a not guilty verdict. It's the doorway into a Spirit filled, Spirit led, Spirit sustained, Spirit empowered life. There's a beautiful experiential dimension.

The heart is a complex thing. We can agree with the truth, sing about the truth, even teach the truth — and still, when fear creeps in, reach for rules instead of trusting the gospel that God loves me. We often think legalism is just insecurity between us and God. Galatians 2 shows that our relationships with people reveal places where the gospel is believed but not yet fully trusted.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free

Imagine if our unity could ACTUALLY be heard? Right now, in SE18. One Accord. Complete harmony. It's like an orchestra. Different instruments, different sounds, yet unified.

Grace qualifies us without denying our past, activates us without replacing our effort, and sustains us so we never stop depending on God.

Most of us don't struggle with believing in the idea of GRACE. We struggle with living changed lives. How grace actually works. This talk how God's power works through His promises.

Grace is like the wind filling the sails of a boat. You didn't create the wind—but you still have to raise the sails. Grace does the heavy lifting, but we are invited to respond, participate, and cooperate.

When we hold a vivid image of the future, we are reminded that our patience is not wasted, our courage is not pointless, and our faithfulness is leading somewhere worthwhile.

“We don't realise we're living in the dark until the light shines — and when it does, we finally see ourselves, our lives, and God as He really is.”

Advent is a season to be reminded of the power and vital place of looking back in gratitude and living with expectant waiting. Celebrating Jesus' birth and looking forward to his second coming.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn't. John Piper

Abiding is believing, receiving from and trusting Jesus - A completely dependant posture. Thirsting for, attaching to, connected to Jesus. Jesus' life flowing into us like a life giving sap.

Singing truth to God about God has a special/unique capacity/power to awaken/create/stir strong affections and excitement within us and in the ONE ANOTHER. We get touched and changed by truth on fire. The message/person of Jesus is invited to have the run of the house through SINGING.

Worship as expressing our thanks and love for God to give him glory. Worship has a sound? It should be fresh, sincere- It should be prophetic, we expect God to reveal himself: as we worship him as he dwells among us. It cannot be boxed in.

Out of this thriving, worshipping, Generous, Antioch church, the Holy Spirit called Barnabas and Saul to be sent out — turning a local work of God into a global mission sending church.

Acts 16:25, Paul and Silas are described as praying and singing hymns to God in prison at midnight, while the other prisoners listened. This act of worship, even in their di?cult circumstances, led to a miraculous earthquake that broke their chains and opened the prison doors. Time, money, attention, gifts, work. True worship often involves sacrifice. Worship in su?ering reveals our trust and surrender. David: “I will not o?er to the Lord that which costs me nothing.”

Jesus reframes worship around intimacy, not location. Spirit = heart and authenticity ignited by Holy Spirir. Truth = aligned with who God truly is.

True worship starts with offering ourselves. Worship is a lifestyle, not a slot on a Sunday. Love for God is what sets mission into motion. Worship the fuel of obedience. To lay prostrate, bow, bow head below the heart to agree with God. Come into agreement, alignment with God, what he says, to take logic and reason and submit it to God. 24/7 worship is a week of agreeing with God. To say 'yes' unconditionally and offer ourselves. When ordinary people are willing to let God do what he wants to do, that's ho

To walk with signifies an exceptionally deep and intimate relationship with God. Characterised by faith, obedience, and continuous communion.

Vision transforms ordinary choices - into meaningful ones, turns sacrifice into joy, and sustains us when the work seems hard. A family - We don't want to be a crowd, or even a group of friends but a family. People who will lay their lives down for one another. Full of life, energy, and enthusiasm. Believers who are hope and joy filled. Transformation happening through Holy Spirit's love, power, revelation. Overflowing the reality of Jesus' Kingdom in our everyday life.

Life is ultimately about the attitude we have whilst we are living it. Discovering moment by moment what it looks like for Jesus to be the main thing.

David desired one thing: to gaze upon the Lord. Worship is about God's worth.. Heaven gives us a picture of who we worship: holy, powerful, merciful

This series dignifies the ordinary stuff of life, focuses us on our first calling (to be with Jesus), and explores how worship is the greenhouse and incubator for a truly apostolic people. MOMENTS WITH HIM BECOME MOVEMENTS.

The goal isn't to escape the valley, remove every enemy, or finally “arrive.” The goal is to be at the table with the Shepherd, whatever the circumstances enjoying being loved, honoured, and overflowing.

God provides, leads, and restores. This is about trust—learning to rest in God's provision and pace.Theme: From striving to resting.

Be patient. Don't be too quick to judge. If this is just human, it will fade out. But if it's God, it's unstoppable. You don't want to find yourself fighting God.

Act 3:1-10 is a contrast between spiritual resources and wealth and human resources. Peter is dependant upon the person and the power, and Peter recognises what he has in Christ.

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We need truth-speakers in our lives. Jesus is the ultimate one. His voice should define our conclusions.

Love is the greatest gif, when you look for evidence of God's activity - you should see LOVE

Grace doesn't just forgive—it qualifies. It's not just mercy, it's activating grace. It doesn't just release from judgment. It redeems, restores, and removes the barriers that should have disqualified him. GRACE QUALIFIED PAUL. Grace rewrites our STORY.

Before coming to Christ Paul had many strengths and privileges. Educational, achievement, opportunities, people's applause, top-table dinning, and religious status. Compared to Christ, he concludes that things that once elevated him are comparatively rubbish

A talk that invites us to ask this question - "Jesus what would my life look like and what would I do differently if I learnt the secret of being content because I know you?"

Let's know our weaknesses and our confidence be in God not our human strength/capability- we stay on assignment, humbled by his presence and his mercy

Many treat weakness and failure as a liability. Postponing living, until everything is resolved. BUT Paul delighted in and boasted in his weaknesses. How did he gain this RADICALLY freeing perspective?

Jesus' death is the most radical expression of complete trust, dependence and surrender.

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus' raw humanity is on display. Jesus is agonised and sorrowful. Gethsemane was the place of an incredible battle.

Jesus says I tell you the truth I'm telling you straight I can do nothing on my own. Not a single thing. Without dependence upon the Father, I would make no progress. I am incapable of anything. This isn't just an intellectual idea but a lived-out reality. Perfect synchronisation. The Son doesn't and indeed the Son can't—go his own way but stays in perfect step with the Father: “When the Father acts, Jesus acts.

A personal story abou the living faith of mothers and grandmothers.

The three temptations are about our physical needs (satisfaction of the body) and desires (egotistic, materialistic, power) Quoting Scripture is not enough- the Devil can do it too: we need the Holy Spirit to write it in our Heart so that our minds and actions lines up with scriptures.

Fear and love come from two opposing kingdoms. Fear comes from the devil, who would like nothing more than to keep you permanently disconnected and isolated. Love comes from God, who is always working to heal and restore your connection with Himself and other people.

Many of us live with this thought “If I were just stronger, I could do so much more for God.” The Big Little Ones series is about dismantling this LIE. And replacing it with the TRUTH. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

The ending of the Lord's Prayer (not in every translation of the Bible) is like a worship song given to facilitate a worshipful, adoring response to God. Like a bookend to the prayer Jesus taught. Starts with who God is and His will and ends with the reality that it's God's kingdom and about His glory.

Shame is lethal. Shame is deadly, will crawl into every corner of our life and shape everything. How you see yourself, others, God. Guilt is I have DONE something wrong. I made a mistake. Made some poor choices/ decisions. Shame is I am wrong (Identity). I have failed to achieve an ideal and now I am bad. Shame undermines your identity.

In this section of the Lord's Prayer, we ask for God's grace and power to live in the freedom of the Kingdom of God.

Often we find it difficult to forgive genuinely and completely because we practice a form of forgiveness that is neither biblical nor healing.

This is as basic as it gets, asking God to provide food. Remember, Jesus' audience is filled with poor people, struggling to get by during the Roman occupation. And here, he invites them to join their ancestors (Exodus 16:4-5) in the wilderness, trusting God for provision each and every day.

An interactive vision Sunday exploring what it means when God comes to be with humans.

This is a prayer for the reunion of Heaven and Earth, and we're invited to participate. This is the battle cry of the believer