Believing God

Part 8 -  Misery to Mercy - Mark 5:1-20   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. The Lord Jesus sets the prisoners free. What a great joy!    

 Dealing with distress.   'A Guest Sermon' by Brother Muralee who is serves as a pastor and elder in his church and is involved in the church planing ministry. He has been in the Gospel for over 35 years. He is our dear brother and friend in the Lord. We were glad that he was able to visit us briefly while he travels abroad.  The sermon is based on 1 Samuel 30:1-21 with an emphasis on verse number...

Part 7 -  The call of Christ and challenges we face as Christians"   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   We may think that following Jesus is easy, but it is not. When we follow the Lord, we face the ideology, lies, and mockery of the world. There comes a new friction that we might not have anticipated in our lives. Following Jesus comes with a great cost. Sometimes, though, we may...

Part 6 - “A crisis of faith.”   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   Mark 4:35-41 Why did the disciple become fearful? Where was there faith when the big waves crashing into the boat? Why did Jesus rebuke them by saying that they lacked faith?  Let’s find out.  We too may lack faith at times. But the Lord Jesus tells us to be faithful in spite of challenging circumstances. 

Part 5 - Frustrated  With God   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   John 6:60-71 - Following Jesus for who He is and not just for what He gives.  This particular sermon again, is not based on the chapter of the book. But this frustration can be seen among professing Christians in local churches today.       

Part 4 - A Christian's Joy   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   We continue with our sermon series every Sunday.   Psalm 16:11 - "You make known to me the path of life;     in your presence there is fullness of joy;     at your right hand are pleasures for evermore."

Part 3 - "Understanding Salvation"   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   What is salvation and why it is important for the church to understand this! Mark 8:22-26 “And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spat on his eyes and laid his hands...

Part 2 - " A Firm Foundation"   Series: Spiritual Depression - Our Fight For Joy   Understanding the doctrine of Justification by Fatih is important. It is one of the the cures of our unhappiness as Christians.  Romans 3:28 - " For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law."   www.gcsouthall.org.uk  

Matthew 26:6-13   We decided to explore a passage that deals with the anointing of Jesus by an unknown woman for the preparation of His burial.    We continue to preach Christ crucified and Him resurrected.   Have a blessed Easter!   We have also started a new YouTube channel for our church. Here at video links.   Can I trust the Bible? -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1p7etCRuBo Can I trust Je...

Part 1 - Spiritual Depression - Our Fight for Joy - "Spiritual Depression" For the next few weeks we are going to be exploring the theme of Joy on Sunday mornings at Grace Church Southall ( www.gcsouthall.org.uk ) I have been reading the book "Spiritual Depression" written by late Dr Martin Llyod Jones to understand the cause of spiritual joylessness and how to rediscover the joy of the Christian...

A short devotion that I led at church from John 3:1-15 as we tend to get unbelievers attending our fellowship time to time.  We preach about the new birth because Jesus tells us to do so. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16 (ESV)

The Virtuous Woman - Proverbs 31:10-31   Sermon by Sonny Simak, Pastor at Grace Church Southall, preached on 15.02.26   https://youtu.be/QTiXjdFCbrQ    

At the beginning of this year, we decided to think through the wisdom literature section of the Old Testament. We may continue with this theme for a while.   Proverbs 30:7-9 YouTube: https://youtu.be/XcS5sgyhQKk

Proverbs 24:30-34   Preached this sermon at Grace Church Southall on 26th Jan 2026 as we continue to think through the book of Proverbs.   YouTube: https://youtu.be/K0x5AN9LtsM

I start every year with the reading of the book of Proverbs for my personal devotion time, so I decided to preach a few sermons from the book of Proverbs at my local church. Sorry for the background noise as the microphone was playing up a bit.  Proverbs 3:1-10 - True Prosperity Youtube: https://youtu.be/ErGHtWvQ88w

Romans 15:22-33   Thinking about our fellowship with one another. It is important to understand when the Lord comes in our life, He doesn’t come alone, He comes with His people in our life. We need to show affection and kindness to one another and serve the Lord together as we await the coming kingdom of Christ. Amen. Do check out our latest video of our time in Africa earlier this year. https://w...

Romans 15:14-33 Part 1    

Can anything good come out of our suffering?   We are told in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 that if we suffer it is not only for our pruning but also to the benefit of others as they see us suffer faithfully, not only they are encouraged by our testimony but also to grow in their faith in the Lord.   There are so many so called “faith-healers” in churches today. They don’t have any power to heal anyone, but...

How can we encourage those who may be going through suffering? The New Testament letters are full of the ‘One-Another’ statements. We are called to encourage one another for the sake of our Lord and Saviour – Jesus Christ. The Lord cares for His people, and one of the main ways of Him encouraging us is through His body on earth – the Church. The Apostle Paul encourages the Ephesians (Ephesians 5:1...

What does it mean to 'focus' on God during suffering? King David is one of the most prominent human characters in the Old Testament. We are familiar with his trials that are mentioned in the Bible. We are also familiar with Psalms of David. I am yet to meet a Christian that has never found Psalms to act like a soothing balm to their spiritual wounds. Kind David was a man in great distress in 1 Sam...

Why do 'good' people suffer? First of all, we need to realise that none of us are good (Mark 10:18), only God is good and this where we start to understand why we suffer in this fallen world. There was only ONE good man who ever lived on the face of this earth and His Name is Jesus Christ. He did not deserve to suffer but He suffered on our behalf so that we may become righteous in God's eyes.  We...

Does 'coming to Jesus' mean my problems will dissapear? We know this famous hymn that goes like this... "When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul." What do these opening lines mean? What are we to expect from the Lord when we face suffering in our lives? Sonny Simak tries to tackl...

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ਸਮਾਂ, ਯੋਗਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਪੈਸੇ ਦਾ ਦਾਨ  Our Giving of Time, Talents and Treasures    YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBSOSoI0DsM