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Getaway 2021: Sunday Morning Session As a people who have been transformed by grace, how do we make God's grace visible to others? Jame Ayre explains from Acts 2:37-47 the ways that God makes His grace visible through how we love one another in our third and final session of Getaway 2021.

Getaway 2021: Saturday Afternoon Session So often, we struggle to leave our old life behind because we don't know how to walk in our new identity. We continue to see ourselves and live according to who we used to be, not who we are now in Christ. James Wong explains how grace changes us in the second session from Getaway 2021.

Our world is overly optimistic about human nature. We need a biblical anthropology in order to shape our thinking. Outside of Jesus, we are spiritually dead. But United to him we had been made alive!

We desperately need a fresh vision of God and what he has done for us, otherwise we will just manage the decline of the Church. Paul's prayer for the Ephesians gives us a radical and compelling view of God to lift our sight.

We can't really know ourselves by looking out to others, or into ourselves, but up to God. Ephesians 1 lists six identity statements that are your true reality. These are the most defining things about you!

As Mary weeps by the tomb of Jesus, what will become of her tears? Watch as she encounters the risen Jesus, who turns her weeping to joy, whose resurrection reverses death and darkness, bringing in a new age of life and light.

At the heart of the Easter story is a substitution. Jesus dies in our place. In the face of Barabbas we see ourselves. Our chains are gone, we are set free.

As Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday he receives a victorious, celebratory reception from the crowds. But what kind of victory does Jesus bring? What kind of king will he be? Tune in to find answers to these questions as James Wong unpacks John 12:12–19.

What does 'greatness' look like? Jesus tells us that the way up is down! This is his counter-cultural manifesto for incarnational, embodied service! 

Jesus flips the cultural script about where we find our worth and value. He doesn't want us hedging our bets but living in fullness, withholding nothing from him. 

Even the greatest doubted! How do we navigate seasons of doubt and come out with a stronger faith?

Come on a journey as a curious but confused rabbi encounters Jesus and have his soul quickened and life transformed!

As Jesus feeds a hungry crowd in John 6:1–15, we're confronted with our own experience of hunger and desire. Where can we find "bread that lasts"? Where can we find true and lasting satisfactions for the hungers of our hearts?

As a paralysed man encounters Jesus, why is it that Jesus would initially overlook the man's obvious need? Jesus responds to risky faith in a surprising way.

Happiness is elusive. We think "If I just had this, then I'd be happy". Jesus offers us a path to human happiness that doesn't depend on getting more, but embraces contentment with what we have.

Growing in your faith is not automatic, it requires effort and intention. What part do I play, and what part does God in our spiritual growth?

Relationships are at the heart of what it means to be human! In this message, James Wong shares two essential, practical principles that we should incorporate into our lives in order to experience successful, prosperous relationships.

Money makes a terrible master, but a good servant. As we live with Jesus as our Master, the principle of stewardship has the potential to revolutionise our finances in 2021!

Our generation is more aware of the brokenness in the world and within ourselves than ever before, leaving us overwhelmed and emotionally fractured. Jesus gives us the courage and curiosity to face our inner brokenness and pursue our restoration.

We're used to the photoshopped version of nativity scenes at Christmas. The reality is the first Christmas was a mess. Find out how God was and is at work in a messy and broken world.

Whatever you wait for will give shape to your life. In a year of acute despair, how does waiting for Jesus's return make us into a people of hope and faith?

More important than what God can do for you to end your waiting is what God is doing in you while you’re waiting. And this is what Advent is all about … about learning to wait for the LORD. Join us as the ancient prophet Isaiah guides us as we learn to wait for the King.

Advent helps us enter into the drama of history, waiting for God’s kingdom to bring a better world.

The Psalms take us on a journey from lament to praise. Psalm 150 climaxes in a rowdy, raucous and holy noise of praise! It reminds us that God is worthy of our praise!

We all desire to be known. But how can we feel safe to be real about our inner darkness?