Grace Community Church NI

Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling like the kindness you received was just a little bit... hollow? We’ve all been there—on both the giving and receiving end of a love that feels more like a "pet project" or a heavy duty than a genuine heart connection. It’s easy to slip into a rhythm of pretending, but what if we stopped trying so hard to manufacture our own love? In this reflec...

Have you ever made a "dangerous prayer" and then watched in awe as God answered it in ways you never expected? Perhaps you’ve felt the tension between your own career dreams and a quiet, persistent tug on your heart to go somewhere completely new. In this conversation, Neville sits down with Neto (City Church Belfast), a journalist turned pastor who traded the sunny shores of Brazil for the street...

Have you ever felt like your faith is a strictly private journey, just between you and God? We often focus so much on our ​“personal” relationship with Jesus that we accidentally overlook the very thing He called us to be: a body. In this reflection, we dive into Romans 12 to challenge the modern habit of individualising our faith at the expense of the community. What if your unique gifts aren’t j...

Speaker: David McBride Have you ever felt like a "spare part" in the grand scheme of things? Perhaps you look at people with big, visible talents and wonder if your small contributions actually hold any weight. We’ve all been there—feeling a bit wobbly, like a half-built piece of flat-pack furniture, wondering if we’re missing the most important pieces. In this conversation, we dive into Romans 12...

Have you ever felt like a spare part in a machine that’s already running fine without you? It’s a common feeling, especially in large communities, but what if the very thing that makes you different is exactly what the ​“body” is missing? In this talk, we dive into the beautiful, messy reality of being ​“many parts but one body.” We explore how Jesus intentionally called a group of political and s...

Have you ever felt like you’re just another face in the crowd, wondering if what you have to offer actually matters? It’s a common feeling to think we’re either too unimportant to make a difference or so self-sufficient that we don’t need anyone else. But what if your specific ​“function” is the very thing keeping the people around you healthy? In this conversation, we dive into Romans 12 to explo...

Have you ever looked around your community and felt like a small, perhaps even replaceable, cog in a massive machine? It is easy to fall into the ​“comparison trap,” measuring your faith against those who seem to have it all worked out or who operate on a global scale. But what if your unique function is the very thing the people around you are missing? In this reflection on Romans 12, we explore...

Have you ever felt like your spiritual life is stuck in a "holding pattern," circling the runway while you wait for a clear sign from heaven? It’s a common feeling—this idea that we must uncover God’s "secret will" before we can truly start living. But what if the clarity you’re looking for is already hidden in plain sight? In this reflection on Romans 12, we dive into the tension of living in a w...

Have you ever felt like your faith is stuck in your head? We often treat Christianity as a set of ideas to believe or rules to follow, but what if it was meant to be something much more visceral? We are diving into Romans 12 to explore a powerful "hinge" in scripture that connects God’s overwhelming mercy to our daily reality. We look at what it truly means to offer our bodies as a "living sacrifi...

Fran, Wendy and Amy share their reflections on 2025 and their dreams for 2026. Have you ever felt like your faith is becoming a bit… hollow? Like you’re going through the motions of ​“being a Christian” but feeling increasingly disconnected from the world around you? It’s a subtle drift, often moving us away from the messy, beautiful reality of people and into a sterile, private version of spiritu...

Ronnie, Puma and William share their reflections on 2025 and their dreams for 2026. Have you ever felt like you’re just going through the motions, passing the ball back and forth in a routine that has become all too familiar? It’s easy to live life on autopilot, but what if in our hustle to get things done, we are suffering from a kind of ​“inattentive blindness” to the very things God is doing? I...

Have you ever noticed how fear can make you do the strangest things? Whether it’s a phobia of spiders or the paralyzing "what-ifs" of life, fear often drives us to make poor choices or, worse, to run away just when things are getting interesting. In this talk, we explore the moments where fear meets faith, specifically through the eyes of the shepherds on that first Christmas night. Imagine being...

Have you ever felt like just another face in the crowd, or perhaps just another name on a long list of people God is supposed to care about? It’s easy to hear that ​“God so loved the world” and feel like His love is a thin layer spread across billions of people — watered down and diluted just to make it reach everyone. But what if His love for the world doesn’t actually come at the expense of His...

Have you ever felt like you’re supposed to be ​“happy” because of your faith, yet life just feels heavy? We often use the words joy and happiness interchangeably, but what if they are actually worlds apart? While happiness is a fleeting reaction to our external circumstances, joy is a steady state of the soul that doesn’t rely on things going ​“right.” In this reflection, we explore the unique nat...

Have you ever looked at the state of the world—or the state of your own life—and wondered where the peace is? We often define peace as the absence of conflict or the end of our problems. But if that’s the standard, hope can feel impossible to find. In this talk, we challenge that definition. We explore the Hebrew concept of Shalom, discovering that it isn't about everything being quiet; it’s about...

Have you ever felt like your efforts are invisible? You show up, you do the right thing, and you pray, yet on the surface, nothing seems to change. It’s easy to wonder if God is actually at work or if you’re just wasting your time. In this talk, we open up Matthew 13 to look at one of Jesus' shortest but most shocking parables: the parable of the yeast. We explore why Jesus chose a symbol often as...

Have you ever felt like it is your specific job to set everyone else straight? We often mistake being the "salt of the earth" with a duty to act as the morality police or to fiercely guard religious traditions. But when we look closely at the life of Jesus, we see Him constantly turning those very traditions on their heads—not to be rebellious, but to reach the people on the margins. We explore th...

Have you ever felt a deep tension between the God of love you read about and the terrifying wrathful God you were taught to fear? For many of us, the idea of an ​“eternal conscious torment” has been a foundational, yet deeply troubling, part of our Christian upbringing. It creates a picture of God that seems impossible to reconcile with the one who calls us to love our enemies. What if the primary...

Have you ever found yourself, if you’re truly honest, dismissing someone? Maybe because of their reputation, what they’ve done, or the label the world has given them. It’s easy to categorize people as ​“outsiders” or ​“misfits.” We see in the gospels that the Pharisees did this all the time, but Jesus… he sat and ate with them, ​“treating them as old friends.” In this talk, we are diving into the...

Have you ever read a parable you thought you knew, only to discover you might have been missing the point? We all know the story of the lost sheep — a shepherd leaves 99 to find the one. But what if that story is teaching two very different lessons? We jump into both Matthew 18 and Luke 15, and it turns out why the sheep is lost, and who Jesus is talking to, changes everything. One version is a wa...

Have you been praying for a breakthrough? That feeling like you’re in a situation — addiction, depression, finances, just stuck—and you need God to move? We kick things off with a powerful, passionate call for a breakthrough in every area of our lives, drawing from the incredible promise in Isaiah 61 that the Spirit anoints us to proclaim freedom. But how do we get that breakthrough? It often come...

Speaker: David McBride Have you ever prayed for something for so long that you start to wonder if your prayers are being heard? You’ve prayed and waited, and yet, nothing seems to change. That waiting can weaken your faith. Jesus acknowledged this in a story about a persistent widow who refused to give up. We explore that parable to ask an important question: what if prayer isn’t about wearing God...

Ever stopped to think about what your words are truly producing? This conversation jumps into Jesus’ fascinating parables about vines and fig trees to explore a challenging idea: our words and actions are the ​“fruit” that shows what’s really going on inside our hearts. It’s a powerful look at why what we say matters so much, leading to a question you might just carry with you all week: are you a...

This discussion delves into the disruptive genius of Jesus’ parables — earthly stories designed not just to be heard, but to challenge our thinking and shape how we live. Using the powerful image of a farmer scattering seed, it explores how the condition of our hearts, like different types of soil, determines whether a message can take root and grow. The core invitation is to cultivate a receptive...

This series explores the parables of Jesus, revealing him as a playful, disruptive, and provocative storyteller. We’ll move beyond the search for simple formulas or one-line life lessons, which Jesus rarely offered. Instead, these discussions embrace how his stories challenge comfortable assumptions and invite us to think more deeply. The parables are designed to disrupt what we think we know, enc...