Maranatha Community Church (Jozi SA)

Success is mostly selfish in its nature. Significance is mostly unselfish in its nature. But they sound almost the same? How can this be?

If you're a bottom-line kind of person, you've definitely asked that question before.Bottom-line people want to know – what's the bottom line, what am I supposed to do?What is God's bottom line, what does God want from us, what is our purpose? The answer is very simple...

Are you a believer but not a ‘belonger'?  Some people think they don't need church. They believe in Jesus but they don't belong to His church. Honestly they do not know what they are missing!

God never created us to look down on ourselves and to be negative about ourselves - that's the enemies job!

No one wants to really admit to being insecure, and yet we all face it at some stage. But unless we learn to identify it and overcome it, it will mess up our lives.

Have you ever felt that you're not good enough or you don't really have what it takes? Maybe you've compared yourself to someone who's better than you?You won't be alone feeling like that because I think we all face feelings of inferiority or insecurities at times.

Today we conclude the 3-part series on Dealing with Stress and learn the last few steps we can take to live stress-less lives. Bless you.

One of the main causes of stress is worry... and worry causes discouragement, which is disabling. Today we look at Elijah who struggled with worry and discouragement, and how he overcame.

Life has its ups and downs - its unavoidable. How can we cope better with the downs?

God blesses unity, whether it's in the sports world, the business world or even at home. How do we get there? We've got to pursue unity... make an effort.

The power of agreement is one of the most powerful tools God has given us and yet it's something we often battle with. In our homes, with friends, in the workplace... 

Communication is made up of two parts – talking and listening.Most people are pretty good at the first part, the talking part, but not that good at the listening part.If we want to become better at communication, we need to develop the art of listening. 

Do you know Jesus even loves the people you don't like? The moment you and I value others, it touches the heart of God. As Christians one of our goals is to become more Christ-like. If you want to become more Christ-like, then you've got to learn to value people just like Jesus did. Most of us have no problem valuing people, as long as it's the people we value. But what about the people we don't value, the people we don't like? What about the people who are not like us or who don't hold the same values we hold?

​What principles have you got implanted in your life and what principles have you adopted? Today we explore a childhood principle of Leonard's Family.

Today's Part 3 looks at a vital question in choosing good principles - Foolish or Wise? Listen to learn more.

What does it mean to live with principles? What are the advantages to having principles and are they important? Living by a set of principles is not a new idea, it is a biblical idea. Learn how to develop good, godly principles.

Do you live by Principle or Preference? What's the difference? And why does it matter? The difference is huge and it matters hugely. Listen and find out why.

Do you know they say we make an average of 3000 decisions a day?! You've heard it said, "Life is made up of a succession of decisions or choices. You make your choices and then your choices make you." In this new series we're looking at "making better decisions" practically. 

We all have certain expectations - of God, of others, of ourselves. The problem is when there is a gap between our expectations and reality - which leads to disappointment. Today we see how best to manage our own expectations for peace and happiness.

There's nothing God wants more than for His children to draw closer to Him. In this message we unpack what pursuing God looks like. 

Today guest speaker RD Kgatle from one of our network churches in Burgersfort brings us this powerful word - no matter what there is always HOPE!

In the case of emergency press the panic button - what's the panic button? Emergency Prayer! But that's not what prayer is meant to be used for. Let's see how prayer should feature in our day to day lives - and in times of emergency!

The central thought around this message, "some things have to end before better things can happen."

Always remember the past is a place to learn from, not to live in.

Part four of this series handles stepping out of your comfort zone, breaking bad habits, correcting negative attitudes and...pressing the PLAY button! 

This is part 3 in our series on Pressing Buttons - have you been pressing buttons in your life the last 2 weeks? How would you press PAUSE? Enjoy!

Why is Friday so Good? Listen to our Good Friday message, take communion with us & learn more about what His crucifixion means for us today.

Part 2 of this series handles how we allow the wrong mindset to hold us back. If we recognize how our wrong thinking holds us back, if we allow God to be God in our life & hit that 'delete button', we can live in the freedom he offers.

If something is niggling at you, don't ignore it. Because if you continue down that road, you may end up somewhere you don't want to be - that's where today's sermon comes in. Pressing Fast Forward in your life on occasion can help prevent heartache later. Take a few minutes to listen to this message, then consider where you are headed with the roads you are on.

If we're going to live a godly life, we have to make up our minds on what is right and wrong. Culture is shifting...God's Word never changes. Let His Word be your standard.

Does your inner life match your outer life?Are you the same person whether you are in your pajamas or standing before an audience?Today is about being authentic.

In God's Kingdom, the way to greatness is servanthood. This message is a  reminder that it's almost impossible to be selfish when we're serving. 

Our vision is sometimes clouded and not being able to see properly can lead to many mishaps. Obviously we are not referring only to physical sight. Mark helps us today to see what we might not be seeing.

Have you ever noticed, or wondered, why the Jewish people are often highly successful? Enjoy the testimony of a Jewish Business Man who explains how he has become wealthy by giving. Then Leonard wraps up and applies the principles in the testimony to our South African Christian context.

How much room do you have in your life for God's Word? How can you make more room? This, 3rd part in our series titled "The Word of God", continues to encourage us to delve deeper into The Precious Bible.Please like, share and subscribe - Be blessed!

This could be the best year of your life...if it is spiritually. We don't have to have everything go our way for it to be the best year, we just have to make sure we go His way.

Today we kick off a new series focusing on the Word of God - one of the fundamentals of being a believer in Jesus Christ. Come along on the journey with us to dive deeper into this incredible anointed book.

Creating a lifestyle of believing, expecting and living a Godly life. When you have a desire for more of God's favour upon your life, you will deal with the sin and the things that are not right.

One of the keys to experiencing the favour of God lies in our faith - not the size of it, but the size of the One in Whom we have faith - Jesus our Saviour, Who is incomparable.

Entering the new year with Hope is the best gift we can receive. Leonard reminds us today that as God's children we can receive blessing and favour from our Heavenly Father to take with us into 2024! Happy New Year everyone!

Take a look at just some of the lessons we can learn from the Christmas story. Wishing you a blessed Christmas from your Maranatha family.

Have you ever wondered what the anointing is? Who it's for or how to get it? This week we answer all these questions and more! 

​How often do you think God is trying to get your attention? Once a month? Once a year? Once a lifetime?We think He's constantly trying to get our attention because He wants to be a part of our lives, Listen to find out how.

Most people don't realize how important humility is to God and how much he hates pride. This week we talk about how to STAY humble.

Most of us would say we don't struggle with pride... Until you listen to today's sermon. Pride is something that can destroy you but Humility on the other hand unlocks God's blessings. Let's learn how to identify and deal with pride in our lives, and move closer towards habits of humility.

To put it simply; enabling is doing "good" things for people that is actually bad. This week, Mark gives us tools on how to stop enabling those around us and why this is so important.

The Last few weeks we've been looking at the Power of Prayer - today Leonard brings us the finale, the conclusion, the cherry on the cake. May your prayer life be blessed as never before!

Watch this week's sermon, as we wrap up this incredible series. Here we take a look at the 5th element to The Lord's Prayer - His Protection.

We have been justified by Christ and are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Do you understand what that means? Most of us don't fully - so let's learn and be encouraged together as we see how prayer forms an integral part of both.

We're busy with a series called The Power of Prayer.We started off looking at the prayer of Jabez and we learnt two veryimportant things – God wants to bless His children, and that we need toask for the blessing. James says, "you have not because you ask not."

Prayer is one of the most powerful and important things we can do on this earth. Amen! But if we really lived like we believed that, wouldn't we pray a lot more!? Be motivated today towards a deeper prayer life.