Portico Church

In this message from Luke 19:45–48, Paddy explores the story of Jesus cleansing the temple, and challenges us to consider where religious activity has replaced intimacy with Jesus, why consecration flows from His presence, and how we can recognise what God is doing today. What tables need overturned in our lives so we can make room for His presence and become people through whom others encounter H...

In this message Gregg unpacks Joshua 3, exploring five key elements to help position us to step further into the fulfilment of the Father’s prophetic promise.

In this prophetic message Gregg calls us to be awakened, and to posture our hearts in hunger and surrender, to receive King Jesus and the fullness of His Kingdom.

The crowd welcomes Jesus into Jerusalem as He rides in on a donkey. This moment is so much more significant than it seems at first glance. In this moment, Jesus is fulfilling a prophesy that was given many years earlier, and through the fulfilling of that prophesy, God was ushering in a brand new Kingdom reality for the world: something that none of them could have ever imagined in that moment. As...

In Luke 19:11–27, Jesus tells the Parable of the Ten Minas to reveal how we are called to live between the coming of the King and His return. This message explores three responses to Jesus: the Faithful Stewards who multiply what has been entrusted to them, the Religious Servant whose fear causes him to bury what he has received, and the Conspiring Adversaries who resist the reign of the King. Thi...

In this message Gregg teaches about the power of testimony - that when we share what Jesus has done in our lives it is an invitation for others to encounter Jesus in the same way.

In Luke 19:1-10, Zacchaeus climbs a tree hoping to catch a glimpse of Jesus, only to discover that Jesus has been seeking him all along. In this message, Paddy explores how the supernatural kindness of Jesus sees beyond reputation, calls out God-given identity, and moves towards people before they have changed. Through Zacchaeus’ encounter, we see how revelation and kindness can release joy, lead...

In this teaching from Mark 10:46-52 Gregg unpacks Bartimaeus’ response to Jesus passing by, encouraging us to ‘throw off our cloak’ and wholeheartedly surrender everything to come to Jesus. Gregg also explored how our revelation of who Jesus is sets our expectation for what Jesus will do.

In this teaching from Luke 18:18-27 Gregg explores Jesus’ interaction with the rich ruler, and His loving invitation to sell all of his possessions to inherit the Kingdom of God. We discover that it’s possible to live a life of obedience and fulfil all that faith and religion demands of us and still not have a heart that is fully devoted and surrendered to Jesus. Through this teaching Jesus invite...

What does it mean to receive the Kingdom like a child? In Luke 18:15-17, Jesus tells the children to come, not to be hindered, and tells us to receive the Kingdom like they do. Donna reflects on how our experiences can shape what we expect from God, some of the things that can get in the way of coming freely to Him, and what it means to come as we are; learning to receive from Him with renewed tru...

In Luke 18:9–14, Jesus tells the story of a Pharisee and a tax collector, revealing the danger of self-righteousness and spiritual blindness. Paddy explores how revelation is meant to be an entrustment rather than a source of elitism, why intimacy with Jesus must remain at the centre of everything we do, and how true Kingdom revelation should always lead us toward humility, transformation and serv...

In this message from Luke 18:1–8, Paddy explores Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow and the invitation to keep praying without losing heart. Looking at the contrast between the unjust judge and our righteous, compassionate Father, Jesus reveals that contending prayer is not about persuading a reluctant God, but remaining aligned to His nature and Kingdom, and continuing to walk forward faithfu...

In this teaching from Luke 17:11-19 Gregg unpacks the story of Jesus cleansing the ten lepers, identifying some key lessons for us as we pursue and respond to encountering the transformational power of Jesus in our lives.

Jesus answered the question, "When will the Kingdom of God come?" by pointing people to Himself - the King standing in their midst. In this message from Luke 17:20–21, Esther explores how God's Kingdom is already breaking into the world through Jesus, how we live in the "already but not yet," and what it means to recognise the King and live under His reign today.

In this teaching from Luke 17:5-6 Gregg explores the disciples request for more faith after Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness. We discover that faith is not added to us but activated within us, and how Jesus is inviting us to actively take the next step on the journey of forgiveness.

In this message Paddy explores the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus, as told by Jesus, where He peels back the curtain on eternity, and invites us to live a purpose-driven life on earth with an eternal mindset.

In today’s message, Neil unpacks Jesus’ teaching from Luke 17:1-4 . He reveals how forgiveness is not only a gateway to freedom for us personally, but also releases freedom and wholeness to those who’s actions have hurt us, and how forgiveness is like the tide of a Kingdom river that we are invited to surrender to.

In this message from Luke 16:18, we explore how Jesus confronts the Pharisees’ habit of using the Law to justify desires that were far from the heart of God. Moving from the margins to the middle, this message asks a question: what have I learned to justify that Jesus wants to heal? Through the stories of the Pharisees, Jonah and ultimately Jesus, we are invited into freedom, transformation, and a...

In this teaching Gregg addresses the culture of ‘keeping up appearances’ in the church, and how Jesus is inviting us to be set free from the spirit of religion. Gregg also shares some of his personal deliverance story, demonstrating that sometimes our struggles are actually strongholds.

In this message Paddy teaches from Matthew 21 and Jesus Cursing the Fig Tree, and how through Jesus, we should expect there to be Kingdom fruit no matter what season of life we find ourselves in.

This week Wendy explores seven different Hebrew words for praise and unpacks what they might look like in practice when we worship.

In this message, Paddy teaches from Luke 16:1-15, about the dishonest servant, and how Jesus calls us to be a people who align our priorities according to the Father's heart. There is a journey of breaking disordered partnerships and agreements, so that the Father can increase our capacity to receive all that He wants to release, for our sakes but also for the city and the nations.

In this teaching from Luke 15:25-32 Gregg unpacks the second part of Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, looking at the older son’s reaction to the younger son’s homecoming. He also looks at the difference between an identity of sonship and servanthood, and how we need to encounter a deeper revelation of the Father heart of God towards us!

In this teaching from Luke 15:11-20 Gregg unpacks the first part of Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, looking at the redemption and restoration of the younger son.

In this teaching from Jesus’ parable in Luke 15:8-10, Paddy shares how God doesn’t wait passively for people to find him, but he actively pursues that which is lost. We also examine how Celebration empowers the church for a greater measure of Kingdom advancement.