St Paul's Auckland

In Ephesians 5, Paul calls us to live as dearly loved children, walking in love, light and wisdom. Our lives are to become a “fragrant offering”, carrying something of Christ into the world around us. Listen in as we unpack the question: What do people experience when they encounter us?

In chapter four of our Ephesians series, Paul shifts from his effusive praise of all that Christ has done for us, to a challenging invitation: “I…beg you to lead a live worthy of your calling.” It is an invitation that is only possible through the glory and the grace of the one who now indwells us! Sam shows a short clip from this video during his talk: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y71r-T98E2Q

Our world badly needs peace. Paul tells us that Christ is our peace, that Christ is the peace-maker. What is peace exactly? And how are we to ally with God in his peace-making ways? In this talk in our Wide Awake series, we are exploring the idea of remembering as the first step on the path of peace. We look at Ephesians 2 and 3.

Paul reminds us that we were spiritually dead, but God, because of His great love and mercy, has made us alive with Christ. Listen this week as we ask: Are we living from grace, or still trying to earn it? We are looking at Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV).

Ephesians invites us to wake up to the wonder of what God has done in Jesus - and to allow that reality to reshape who we are, how we live, and what we carry into the world. As we become increasingly awake to God’s grace, love and presence, our lives begin to carry the fragrance of Christ. This new series invites us into a faith that doesn't simply inform us but awakens us - a faith that can't hel...

Listen in as we close out our Teach Us to Pray series and focus on what it means to live in hope and what prayerful spiritual warfare looks like for us in our everyday lives.

We continue our Teach Us to Pray series by exploring the real and challenging experience of navigating prayer when God is silent, and what He might be doing in these seasons. Lamentations 3: 1-2, 7-9, 21-29

We continue our Teach Us to Pray series by exploring the very real and often challenging experience of unanswered prayer. Together we'll look at how we can trust God when prayers seem delayed, unanswered, or difficult to understand.  The video shown can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/8a0CWQrL060?si=q70OwF4_hCdoRKjK - from 3:45 through to 5:23.

We continue our Teach Us to Pray series, exploring the theme of adoration and how praying to 'Our Father' is a vital part of prayer. The video shown during the talk was from 24/7's The Prayer Course, Session 2 on Adoration: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=boklkec7NLE&t=5s

We are continuing our Teach Us to Pray series by exploring petition and intercession. We'll be looking at how prayer is about participating with God in His purposes to bring His Kingdom on Earth as it is in heaven. The first video that Rose showed can be watched here, she showed the first two minutes: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiPbzx55ajM&t=150s The song played at the end of Rose's talk can...

We're starting a new series, Teach Us To Pray. Over the next few weeks, we'll look at some of the rhythms of prayer and how to persist when heaven feels silent. This week, we're exploring Luke 11:1-13 and Ephesians 6:18, and laying the foundations for the series. Here's a link to the video shown: https://prayercourse.org/session/why-pray/

With this talk we finish up our series, Name Above All Names. We look at the names 'Alpha and Omega', exploring the idea that God is in control of all things from beginning to end. What does it mean for us living between those times? 

We continue our series, Name Above All Names, looking at some of the names for God in the Bible. This week, we will be looking at Adonai, which is Hebrew for 'Lord' or 'Master'. We'll focus on what that might mean for us today.

We continue our Name Above All Names series, looking at some of the names for God in the Bible. This week, we explore El-Roi - The God Who Sees - a name for God that hugely impacts our relationship with and following of Jesus today. Matt showed a video clip from The Chosen - The Woman at the Well, here is the extended video. Matt showed a short clip from 4:41-6.58 mins: https:// www.youtube.com/wa...

We continue our Name Above All Names series, looking at some of the names for God in the Bible. In this talk we'll be looking at the names El Shaddai and Jehovah Jireh, two covenantal names we find in Genesis within a few chapters of each other. 

We continue our current series, Name Above All Names, looking at some of the names for God in the Bible. This week, we will look at The Good Shepherd, an image that’s all through scripture, yet what does it mean for us today?

Lilian Dodza is the Regional Vice President and Regional Director at World Vision East Africa, and currently worships at Nairobi Chapel in Kenya. We're excited to have Lilian share some of her story and how we might join with the wider church in looking beyond our own circles, out into the world. 

We kick off our new series, Name Above All Names, looking at God's name 'I AM'.

Before the wind. Before the fire. Before the languages. There was waiting... Listen as we unpack who is the Holy Spirit and what does the Spirit do? We’ll ground ourselves in Acts 2 — not just to understand what happened then, but to ask: How might this speak into our lives now?

As we continue our series, we'll be looking at the power of confession and how to live a life of wholeness and transformation. 

In this talk, we turn to the Letter to the Hebrews. We look at what is tells us about who we are and where we find ourselves, and ask what it looks like to run the race with perseverance, despite difficulties. The passage (Heb 12:1-14 ESV) also offers encouragement and hope, as well as honesty, as we reflect on what this means for our lives.

As we continue our new series, we'll be looking at how we can bring all parts of ourselves into the healing presence of God.

How can we live more fully into the Resurrection story? By allowing the Spirit to transform every aspect of our lives - mind, body, soul and spirit. In this post-Easter series, we will be asking God to heal and renew us so that our lives might bring glory to His name, living out the Easter story with every fibre of our being and letting the resurrection seep into every area of our lives.

We are reflecting on our post-Easter season and suggesting that the resurrection often matters most in times of chaos and confusion.