Hatfield Christian Church

When life happens and you’re questioning your identity, who decides who you are? Do others tell you? Do you decide? Join Neil Bester in how you can answer this core question of identity amidst the unexpected curveballs of life.

What kind of relationship do you have with money? Do you spend it as quickly as you get it? Do you hoard every cent? Jesus said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” So, this question of how we relate to money is rather important, and we invite you to dive more deeply into it with Pastor Louis.

What does it mean to have a mindset of abundance in the face of stories of scarcity? Or when the cost of living exceeds your budget, or you face unemployment? Join Pastor Louis in trusting God for your daily bread. Not just for you and yours but also for being someone through whom His generosity flows.

God invites you to come as you are. To step closer to Him, to step into community, and to step out in faith. What happens when you respond to this call? Pause with Pastor Sihle and accept God’s unique invitation to you and our community.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus in your home? For parents to enter into their children’s experiences with understanding and vice versa? God’s desire, after all, is for our hearts to be turned towards one another. Allow Neil Bester to help you get this conversation started in your family.

Guest speaker Madz Deyzel of EDIFY is passionate about helping Christians understand the link between theology and psychology. In this message, she encourages you to be aware of what you fix your thoughts on. Is it leading to health and life, or are your mindsets hurting you and others? You will not want to miss the invitation Madz extends based on God’s Word.

When Jesus inhabits our world to rescue us from sin and death, He embodies the Father’s heart toward us. The Father’s expressed desire is for us to be rescued and saved through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Our Father waits with open arms for the prodigal’s return home.

What comes to mind when you think of God as your Father? Is He angry, or is He gracious? Is He capricious or righteous? How we think of Father God impacts how we approach Him in prayer. Guest speaker Paul Benger asks you to consider how Jesus invited us to pray to our Father.

It’s hard to grasp the Father’s great love for us fully. In fact, Paul prays in the letter to the Ephesians for the power to understand how wide and long and high and deep God’s love is – this love that surpasses knowledge! So, pause to experience a greater sense of the Father’s complete love for you with Pastor Louis.

In life, we often struggle to find what is true and trustworthy. However, you can always trust Father God because He is always true. There is no shadow in Him, and in your relationship with Him, you can find what is good and life-giving. Join Neil Bester as he guides you through embracing our Father of truth.

God’s wisdom is infinite and simply beyond us. So, how incredible that our wise Father invites us to seek His wisdom and promises to show us His ways. Accept this generous invitation to ask for His wisdom with Pastor Letsholo.

We struggle to comprehend God’s majesty because it’s hard to compare Him to anyone or anything. Is He as majestic as the highest mountains and furthest galaxies? Yes! But so much more. Incredibly, you can also know Him personally – as your Father.

Our world and we are continually changing, but God the Father is a fixed, unchanging point on whom we can build a sure foundation of faith. Discover with Pastor Louis how, when we believe, we place our trust in an unchanging Father who provides us everlasting stability and security.

Ever wondered why Elisha tells Naaman to wash himself seven times in the Jordan? Why didn’t God just heal him on the spot from his leprosy? If you’ve ever felt you needed a miracle, but God invited you on a journey instead, this message from Pastor Letsholo is for you.

Lolly Daskal says, “Leadership is not only for a few people, leadership is for everyone and anyone who wants to lead.” So, how does God want you to lead in your specific context? Join Pastor Louis in considering your vision and values as you lead towards a better tomorrow in God’s kingdom.

The crown of thorns, intended to mock Jesus’ claims and increase His suffering, bears much significance. Though it was meant mockingly, the crown points to our true King. He went before us, faced an excruciating death and conquered the grave. He is our risen King!

Jesus, our suffering Servant, chose to become weak and allowed Himself to be killed on Good Friday. Jesus allowed us to see who we truly are in what we did to Him. Consider with Pastor Louis how Jesus showed us our great need for salvation and redemption through His suffering.

Jesus remains utterly dependent on the Father, even in death, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” What devotion Jesus showed both in life and death! How incredible that He does not ask you to do anything He was not willing to do Himself. Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-7_committal/

“It is finished.” What thoughts and emotions come to mind as you hear these words of Jesus? What love is revealed in Jesus seeing the crucifixion through to the end! Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-6_completion/

On the cross, Jesus remained fully God and fully human, stating simply, “I am thirsty.” Jesus’ very real suffering on your behalf allows you to drink freely and deeply from the waters of life. Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-5_suffering/

What depth is there to Jesus’ despair when He cries, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus knew what it meant to be utterly forsaken by God, so you need never experience the same. Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-4_foresakenness/

Our present Christian reality has been compared to D-Day in 1944, the day WWII was won, while VE-Day was on 8 May 1945. Similarly, Jesus has won, conquering death and the grave, but we still look forward to the fullness of His victory: the new heavens and the new earth. Join Pastor Louis in anticipating this reality while keeping your eyes fixed on Jesus.

It is hard to imagine the care Jesus takes under severe strain when He says to his mother, “Woman, here is your son,” and to John, “Here is your mother.” Jesus, even in His dying, helps you think differently about who your true family is when you choose Him. Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-3_relationship/

Imagine the criminal’s feelings and emotions when Jesus says, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” Jesus’ generous saving grace knows no bounds, and it is for the criminal, for you, for us all. Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-2_salvation/

Pause. Take a deep breath, and join Prof. Eleanor in unpacking the first of Jesus’ final words on the cross. Despite excruciating suffering, Jesus utters, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” What weight and significance Jesus attaches to the act of forgiveness with these words while being crucified! Transcript available here: https://www.hatfield.co.za/word-1_forgiveness/