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Jesus is the 'light of the world' and for 2,000 years He has been illuminating lives. In this hope-filled message, Kris tracks the light from creation to this Christmas and highlights four areas the Holy Spirit wants to illuminate in every life this Christmas.
Have you ever experienced joy and peace overflowing in your heart when you enter the presence of Jesus? Just imagine what would happen if we took that into a world of pain and suffering this Christmas. Let's go out and share the warmth of Jesus with others this season.
We will soon be dust - but our souls are bound for eternity, and we often hardly think about it. Getting our sights on heaven causes the here and now to look so different, and our approach to it to feel so different too. What are you doing with the life that's been given to you?
Do you pursue God's glory? Rose Snowzell takes the principles of the mountain further to help us see what God is showing us through this continuous symbol. On the way, we learn that the mountain is an invitation to separation and revelation, for preparation.
Josh Snowzell leads up the beautiful slopes of this message on how the mountain moments with God are calling to us. We can't inhabit the mountain, but we need to go after them; that means it requires a climb. Then, God meets our pursuit with pursuit. We get a proper view of our circumstances from at the top.
Following on from last week, Pastor Gary reveals the potential in the risk factor. Sometimes we think we are wild but we're not, and it's fear that can be the puppet master of our lives. We can even start judging others for the way live their lives, but there's no time to make comments about others when you're stepping out of the boat onto the water! Your greatest potential lives outside of your boat.
Risk is an action that holds a chance of danger, loss or failure. That's the adventurous life God calls every believer into, just like Peter stepping out onto the water from the comfort of a boat. You could focus on the failure, or focus on the chance of a miraculous success with God at your side...
We all won't real joy, right? King David danced wildly in the street with no shame in his passion for God, but Michal sat watching from the window and cast judgement. Which one are we? Do we live and dance in fullness of joy or make comments about others from our window of social confinement?
Are you someone who likes comfort and avoids adventurer? Maybe you steer clear from risk whenever you can? That was the case for Rosie, and in some ways it sill is! That may be the case for you too right now - at least in the physical. Yet you were made by God to be an adventurous soul, like the wild man John the Baptist! DNA is not a personality type, it's about Jesus in you. It's your spiritual identity, and it needs releasing. Rosie shares beautifully about how you really are an adventurer, even if you don't feel it yet.
Waiting for something can be the biggest test. But how do we get better in the wait and know what God is trying to do in us?
Most of us have experienced something that didn't work out as we expected. But so did all the heroes of the faith! We can't change our circumstances, but we can change our response - so how do we win in the disappointment room?
Josh Snowzell shares how in the seasons we feel God is most quiet, we can tune into his frequency and hear his voice.
Failure can shape you to become humble, strong and persistent. You can even find greater joy through it. Dave Thomas explains how God does it...
God tests us. It doesn't sound great, does it!? But this message reveals how it's essential to unlocking our full potential - it's all out of love.
Pastor Heather unravels the parable of the talents and how God calls us to steward the gifts we've been given in life for the Kingdom's sake; for the sake of others.
Our hearts affect what we see. Too easy to settle for our preferences and not God's promises: half-hearts inherit only part.