Goodlife Community Church

This week we farewell Nic, V and the Gilmour family as they finish up their season of leadership here at Goodlife. Nic finishes off our The Way of the King series with a message based on Matthew 10:1-8 encouraging us to be ambassadors for Jesus. ------- 🔹 Watch sermons + access notes on the teachings page of our website: https://www.goodlife.org.au/teachings 🔹 Join us on the YouVersion Bible App...

This week Laura is unpacking stories from Matthew 9: 18-38 the interlinked stories of Jairus seeking healing for his daughter and the bleeding women who was healed by touching Jesus' cloak. Laura reflects on the desperation that motivated them. Generally when we talk about desperation it is not a good thing, often desperation is associated with anxiety or addiction, when you so desperately want or...

Jesus is a different kind of King to any other the world has known. He invites unlikely people to His table — humble sinners. This week Joren unpacks the story of Matthew in Matthew 9: 9-13. These verses reveal how Jesus sees value and potential in people that the world has written off or would consider unworthy. 1:05 Message begins 🔹 Watch sermons + access notes on the teachings page of our webs...

This Father's Day one of the founding fathers of Goodlife, Mike Jeffs brings us an encouraging message of the amazing love our Father God has for each of us. We also hosted a panel discussion, bringing together different perspectives on fatherhood, the joys, responsibilities and challenges. Whether you are a dad, a mentor, or someone looking for guidance on Christian fatherhood, this conversation...

Where in life do you feel stuck? Jesus used his authority to get people unstuck, out of unhealthy ways, habits and beliefs. To see people healed physically, emotionally, spiritually. 3:45 The Message begins Today Joren's aim is to bring us a fresh perspective on three healing stories in Matthew 8. He explains that the three stories are grouped together to highlight the great truth that Jesus is th...

This week Julie explains how Matthew highlights Jesus teaching of scripture as something that goes deeper and requires a change of heart, to not just obey the letter of the law, but the heart and purpose behind the law. She challenges us to consider are we obeying the heart behind Jesus' teachings and allowing it to change us and shape how we live. 3:45 The message begins 🔹 Watch sermons + access...

Our new series begins today, following on from the King's Kingdom series, we return to the book of Matthew to investigate what kind of King Jesus is. Joren begins by recognising that Jesus always gives us a choice, he doesn't demand obedience he invites us to follow in his ways. We look at Matthew 7 : 13-20 where Jesus describes two different roads we can take in life, the wide and broad path or t...

Nic, gave a thoughtful and timely encouragement to shift how we reflect on our letdowns in life. Sometimes letdowns are because of our sin. Sometimes letdowns are because God is doing something in us. Even when it seems like it conflicts God is using it! He lead us through Nehemiah 13 asking ourselves "where is our sufficiency and security?" and being honest with our answers. We all can feel letdo...

Our guest speaker, Brendan Edwards from The Send, challenged us this week with an important question: What is an appropriate response to God’s faithfulness? The Bible shows us that God is faithful. But Brendan encouraged us to consider what a response to God’s faithfulness sounds like (confession), thinks like (repentance), and looks like (prayer). He challenged us to reflect on what might be gett...

Lotty brings us a challenge, when I know God's plan, I can know God's plan for me. In this message he shows from scripture how God's plan is that we his people bring an experience of heaven to earth, we are to be salt and light. What God is looking for is a heart willing to be moved and hands that are willing to be used. He gives us two key patterns in scripture * What moves you * God shows up in...

This week V looks at Nehemiah chapter 8. The people have left homes, friends, family to return to Jerusalem. They have re-built the temple, re-built the wall… but why… who is it all for? V explains the different names for God in old testament scripture, how they reveal part of God's character. She asks each of us to consider what is our big why? The core belief that drives our actions? 🔹 Watch se...

Julie begins this week by reminding us the theme of the last few weeks is asking God "Is there something you want us to do and how do we get ready for it?". Julie looks at Nehemiah 6:1-9 and reflects that he had the right foundation to sustain him through the challenges he faced. If your wondering if you have the right foundations then ask yourself the following questions: * Do you have the fear o...

This is the third week in our Nehemiah series, Nic reflects on how Nehemiah brought people together and the incredible community effort behind the rebuilding of the wall. Together we consider those attitudes and habits that block community and those that help build and facilitate the development of healthy faith community. ----- 🔹 Watch sermons + access notes on the teachings page of our website:...

As we continue our series through the book of Nehemiah, Stephen picks up where Joren left off last week, exploring God's invitation for each of us to partner with Him in the good works He has prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10 ). Whether you're stepping into a new job, ministry, project, or season of life, this message offers practical biblical encouragement for the journey ahead. Drawing from Nehemi...

As we begin our new series, Re-Construction, Joren takes us into the opening chapter of Nehemiah and challenges us to reconsider what true greatness looks like. When faced with the brokenness of the world, it's easy to drift toward either strategy, trying to fix everything ourselves, or apathy, believing nothing can change. Yet Nehemiah shows us a different response. Before making a plan, he turns...

The past nine weeks we have been exploring The Path, practical teachings for following in the ways of Jesus. This week as we wrap up the series Nic challenges us on what practical steps we want to take as we walk the path. Eric Liddell, in his book The Disciplines of the Christian Life said “You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.” Want to kn...

This week V unpacks Romans 12: 1-8. We are empowered with different gifts but each of us is called to fulfil Jesus’ command to “Go and make disciples of all nations”. Want to know more? Weekly teaching notes and discussion questions are available on the website link below for this message and others in this series. If this message has brought up questions or if you would like prayer or counsel, pl...

This week, Laura Berry explores the topic of evangelism and what it means to share the good news of Jesus in our everyday lives. While evangelism can often feel intimidating or reserved for a select few, Laura reminds us that at its heart, evangelism is simply sharing the good news of what Jesus has done in our lives. This message also includes a panel discussion featuring members of our church co...

Welcome to week 7 of The Path, we have Ryan Smith joining us from Compassion Australia, he is sharing more about Compassion and a new project we are partnering with them to establish care for children on the Thai/Myanmar boarder. Ryan also continues our series on The Path sharing a message on Selfless Service, following the example of Jesus. 4:30 The Message begins If your interested in supporting...

This is our sixth week of our current series The Path, looking at practical application of what it means to follow Jesus and experience the adventure of faith in community. This week Nic explores the overflowing generosity that is central to Jesus' teaching. We look at some of the wisdom found in the bible and Nic challenges us to consider do we have a healthy relationship with money and possessio...

This is our fifth week in the series of The Path, looking at practical application of what it means to follow Jesus and experience the adventure of faith in community. This week Nic explores 1 John 3:16, the example of radical devotion in the early church who were rich in community and committed to the transformation of the world around them. 4:45 The Message begins Want to know more? Weekly teach...

This is our fourth week in the series of The Path, looking at practical application of what it means to follow Jesus and experience the adventure of faith in community. This week V brings us a teaching on Prayer, uncovering how prayer is how we build relationship and connection with God. Prayer is a skill we can build, the practice of consciously entering into His presence. This week we begin by h...

Forget traditional ideas of meditation. Joren explains the significance of reading the Bible and how meditating on scripture results in the core goal of the Bible, which is: formation not information. Other forms of meditation are aiming to dismiss the mind and achieve nothingness, biblical Mediation is different because we are engaging our mind, considering how we change our physical and mental h...

This week Jono introduces the first of our series on the spiritual disciplines that together provide a path to following Jesus. The week we are focusing on worship as is found in Romans 12:1 "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship." Jono unpacks worship not just a...

What does it mean to wholeheartedly follow Jesus, and make him the Lord of our lives? Today, Nic shares a message introducing our new series The Path. Over the following weeks we are discovering what it means to be a disciple - A person who lives a life shaped by the spiritual disciplines of Jesus; and who disciples other disciples. We're looking at Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and learning how to love God w...