His Life, Now! with David Hughes

The pursuit of trying to get and grow “bigger” faith seems necessary when I am trying to work out my plans with the Lord, while the simplicity of “mustard seed” faith is realized when I am trusting the faithfulness of the Lord to work out His plan in me. The pursuit of “bigger” faith actually begins with […]

We have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places and given all things that pertain to life and godliness – this is all found in Christ, so in essence the true blessing is CHRIST Himself! Life lived from this perspective truly changes everything!

One of the true marks of maturity is love – the apostle Paul encourages that above all we are to put on love. This is to be truly clothed in Christ when we allow His nature to be seen through us, His children. This can never be done in our own strength, but is the […]

Hebrews 10:24 says “Let us consider how we may encourage one another on toward love and good deeds.” Let is a word that denotes a choice on our part and consider means to contemplate or think over. May we allow the Holy Spirit to show us how to encourage one another in God’s love. His […]

Maturity comes from seeing Jesus and seeing who we are in Him. We need to realize that we have been chosen by Him – He picked us! And He calls us holy and beloved because of our wonderful union with Him. We are each set apart for Him and loved with an everlasting, unchanging love. […]

As believers, we are seated in heavenly places in Christ – that’s our reality! Unfortunately, there are times we may feel like we are wandering aimlessly in the wilderness – this is a false perception! So what is our hope? Jesus gives grace to the wilderness mindset and shows us our true reality in Him. […]

There is hope for the wave-tossed and wind-blown, those looking for recovery and restoration. The Lord has promised He will restore to us the joy of His salvation and sustain us with His Spirit. When life seems to be tossing us around the Holy Spirit brings us back to the realization of our reality in […]

According to Ephesians 4, as we go on to maturity we are to come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God. The word knowledge there is not just a general awareness or simply an intellectual head knowledge. No! It is a word meaning an intimate experiential knowing […]

How do you see Jesus? To answer this question do we just “parrot” back what others have said about Him or do we see him for ourselves. We each are invited to individually engage our hearts with the Lord in a truly intimate and personal relationship with Him! His mercies are new every morning and […]

As children of God, the Holy Spirit desires to lead us on to maturity in Christ. Maturity is not about us getting stronger in our own strength, but it’s about us leaning to trust and rest in God’s love for us in the midst of our weaknesses. And the truth is we don’t truly go […]

Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time … ALSO, He has set eternity in our hearts. You are here at just the right and appropriate time with eternity (Christ) dwelling on the inside. As a believer, eternity is not something way off in our future – it is […]

We are in union with Christ through the new birth and now share in His life within us. The heart of living by our identity is relational – it’s all about Jesus and the new life he has given us. We are joined to the Lord in spirit and that truly changes everything. Sometimes our […]

The life we live in Christ means everything, but the flesh/self will always seek to rob us of that experience.  Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:15-23 that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened to know 1) The hope of HIS calling 2) HIS glorious inheritance in the saints 3) HIS incomparably great power to […]

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, THE FIRST PART OF THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT RECORDED – WE APOLOGIZE  Jesus prayer in John 17 was “Do not take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil” – we are in the world, but not of the world.This does not mean that Jesus is not relevant […]

Jesus’ desire is that His joy may be made full [complete] in us! Happiness is connected to happenings and is a part of our geography, but joy is connected to Jesus and is a part of our identity. May we live in the joy of the Lord that uplifts our hearts and not according to […]

Colossians 3 says that we have been raised up with Christ and we are to set our mind and affections on things above, not on the things that are on earth. For we have died and our life is hidden with Christ in God … in fact, Christ is our life! To live out of […]

The Lord says that the time is … NOW! Hebrews tells us that He is looking for those that will call it “today”. This doesn’t mean that we can’t reflect on what the Lord has done in the past or have hope for what He will reveal and do in the future, but we can’t […]

Jesus has become the very identity of every believer through the Holy Spirit within us. The Song of Solomon 2:4 says that His banner over me is love! The word banner comes from a word that means to flaunt or be conspicuous. The Lord dwells in us through the Spirit and He has raised his flag […]

2 Corinthians 4:18 says to look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen – one is temporal the other is eternal. So do you want to live out of your geography or live out of your identity? – one is set in the earth and the other […]

Worship is proclaiming what you value – it comes from the ancient word “worthship”. Everything we do is worship – we live based on what we value and put worth in. The heart of true worship is love and a heart overflowing with love is a heart that overflows with worship to the Lord! Don’t […]

How we gaze into the scriptures has a bearing on what we will see. If we look into the bible for just information in an academic approach it becomes a mere text book or rule book. But if we look into the bible for a living, relational encounter with Jesus then it becomes a living […]

Times of solitude and silence were a part of Jesus’ walk on the earth. Jesus would often pull away to a secluded place to pray and commune with His heavenly Father.  Making time for these moments in our own walk with the Lord is so important for us also. It is not something we do […]

When it comes to our heavenly Father, what is His heart towards us, how does He deal with us … what is the Father’s way? John 3:16 gives us a glimpse into our heavenly Father’s heart – “For God so loved …” Love! That is the Father’s heart towards us and how He deals with […]

The Word of God is full of living memorials – that which puts us in remembrance.  The Lord Himself, His name, His works, His goodness, His deliverance … these are some of the living memorials given.  Memorials set out hearts and eyes on Jesus and are for us NOW and for the GENERATIONS TO COME!  […]

We never leave our seat at the table of the Lord, yet at the same time we are called to be servants to the world around us.  We are called to serve one another through love – not through guilt, condemnation, obligation, manipulation … but through love!  Jesus said that He did not come to […]

When we come to the table of the Lord we find that His goodness and grace are even greater than what we where told.  We can learn from the example of the queen of Sheba who heard a report about Solomon and doubted that it was even true, but after coming and seeing the truth […]

Lee Thompson shares a fresh look at Psalm 23 as a reflection of the new creation life we are given in Christ.  Many know this famous Psalm, but do we intimately know the Shepard? – that is the powerful invitation before us all!  True relationship and intimacy with the Lord brings us to a life […]

We continue our look at what is on the table of the Lord from Psalm 103, which says to, “Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name … and forget not ALL of His benefits.”  He redeems our life from the pit, crowns us with lovingkindness and […]

The table of the Lord is full of all that we need. Psalm 103 says to, “Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name … and forget not ALL of His benefits.”  He forgives ALL our iniquities and heals ALL our diseases – so forgiveness and healing […]

The Body of Christ is multi-generational and functions and is held together in love!  We are truly equipped in the body of Christ for the life He has called us to live – it’s HIS LIFE!  The older generations still have great riches in Christ to deposit into the younger generations because the love of […]

The word of the cross (the narrative … the story … the message) is the power of God!  The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus is literally three days and three nights that changed the world.  We are not just meant to be spectators of this redemptive work, but through faith in Jesus we are […]

The two disciples that encountered Jesus on the road to Emmaus on the morning of His resurrection had their eyes opened to who He really was when they sat with Him at the table and He began to break the bread.  So too will we have the eyes of our understanding opened to see Jesus […]

What God accomplished in Christ through redemption was not only a finished work, but a furnished work!  He has prepared a table before us in the presence of our enemies.  And His table for us is a place of rest, it is a place of complete supply and it is a place of security and […]

We have been qualified by grace, but how do we come to the table?  It’s simply by faith – trust in Jesus!  That is the work of the new covenant … faith.  It’s not by our works that we achieve or maintain a place at the table of the Lord and it’s not by our […]

Are you hungry and thirsty?  Isaiah 55 invites everyone who is thirsty and hungry to COME!  We don’t bring anything and we don’t pay for this meal, because it is served by Jesus at the table of grace!  Listen to the Lord’s word, eat what is good and delight yourself in abundance – you have […]

We can find ourselves in the story of Mephibosheth … he was born under the shadow of the house of Saul, lame in both feet, living in Lo-Debar (which means without pasture) which was on the wilderness side of the Jordan river and he viewed himself as worthless.  But David called him to come to […]

Our Heavenly Father is throwing a party and He has given a personal invitation to each one of us to come to His table and celebrate with Him.  He has invited the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind – no one is left out!  We will delve into questions such as… Why have […]

The writer of Psalm 42 says, “Why so downcast, oh my soul … put your hope in God!”  Those times we find out hearts heavy, burdened and discouraged we need to realize we are not without hope and we are not abandoned.  The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime and His song will […]

Without God’s love, nothing else truly matters.  When we learn more and more how to live loved it changes everything.  How we see the Lord, how we see others and how we see ourselves is drastically changed when seen through the eyes of love.  Faith works by love and without love we don’t have any […]

This is a very timely word from Dr. Lynn Hiles encouraging us to “tear off the roof” in a world of limitations to experience a life that flows from rest in Christ and to “shut the door” on all that would try to keep us from experiencing all that Jesus has provided through redemption.  Remember, […]

God does not give a false hope or a fleeting hope, but an everlasting hope!  And Christ Jesus is our living hope (1 Timothy 1:1) and the anchor of our soul (Hebrews 6:19).  Hope is a confident expectation of experiencing the realities of redemption now, through the power of the Holy Spirit!  

“By faith” is how we all live.  The issue is where do we put our faith – in ourselves, in others, in random fate … or in Jesus.  For a believer, Jesus is the author and finisher or our faith, so a true walk of faith is trusting and focusing on Jesus, not just trying […]

As a child we would speak, think and reason as a child – when we mature we do away with “childish things”.  In maturity we realize we are not on the outside trying to get into the presence of God, but the presence of God is on the inside of us desiring to come out!  […]

God knows the thoughts, plans, intentions, ways and means He has toward us (Jeremiah 29:11).  And He accomplished them all in sending Christ – His death, burial and resurrection brought into fruition all of this for “whosoever believes”.  Now as a child of God through faith in Jesus we are now complete in Him.  Our […]

The message is simple, but oh so profound and life-changing.  A baby … a manger … and God’s everlasting love!  The Christmas season reminds us of God’s greatest gift – may we allow the Holy Spirit to “unwrap” Christ in us today! The last 4 minutes is our Christmas Eve Communion celebration, we invite you […]

To celebrate the season we passed the microphone around to hear the living testimonies and stories of God’s love and grace in the lives of our local fellowship family.  We hope you are blessed by these encouraging words as we share with you our “Living Christmas Card”!  

We are to be ready (present for the moment) in season and out of season because the Word of God, the Spirit of God … Jesus – is always “in season”!  No matter the moment, no matter the time, no matter what’s happening, we can rest in knowing our saviour is relevant and present in […]

This message is led off by a powerful testimony from Warren Calkin (a veteran of several wars, including World War II) of God’s love, grace and forgiveness through 65 years of marriage – and still counting!   One of the greatest gifts we have ever received from the Lord through redemption is the gift of forgiveness!  […]

We all have been called and named so many things by circumstances, situations, the world around us and even our own minds, but it is God’s love alone that gives us our true identity.  May our hearts respond to the only true voice, the only true heart that knows who we really are in Christ […]

From the price paid for our redemption … to the great favor of God … to the awesome serendipity of Jesus in our life we see the value of a life in the eyes and heart of our Lord.  We are truly treasured by the lover of our soul – Jesus!  

Before we could ever respond to God and His love, His love was totally committed to us.  We find in the 2nd chapter of Hosea that He joins Himself to us in righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, compassion and faithfulness and this is all through Christ.  God loves us and He will never change His heart toward […]