Breathe New Life Podcast

Sara Jukes - Revelation: Letters to the churches by Breathe New Life Church

Tim Davies - Perseverance and courage in difficult times by Breathe New Life Church

In the Apostle Paul's letter to Philemon, we read of Onesimus, the former slave and now fugitive who had escaped from his master Philemon but became a follower of Jesus whilst with Paul in Rome. This letter is Paul's appeal to Philemon to forgive and welcome back his former slave. In this message, Paul Jukes highlights 3 characteristics that define a son. Firstly, a true son must face his past in...

As part of our focus on the Persecuted Church, Ben shared a message about living with hope, even in the face of persecution, suffering and troubles. In Paul's second letter to the church in Corinth, he writes, "our light and momentary troubles" which are, "achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (2 Corinthians 4:17). Our suffering and the suffering of the persecuted church i...

Special guest, Dan from from Open Doors, shared a number of inspiring stories from the persecuted church around the world as part of his message titled, 'God of the Impossible'. Just like the first church in the book of Acts, the church of today continues to grow despite violent persecution. In Acts 12, we read about the death of James and Peter's miraculous escape from prison. Even in the face of...

What if the ordinary parts of your life could be transformed into something extraordinary? Jesus took ordinary water and transformed it into the best wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11). This transformation was birthed out of the obedience of the wedding servants who were instructed to follow Jesus' instructions. Jesus' kindness in saving the family from the shame of running out of wine, amp...

On the day of Pentecost, the disciples were all together and heard a sound like a violent wind from heaven, they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire, and all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (Acts 2). The disciples went from timid people to courageous people, from inward-looking people to outward looking and they were all empowered to speak. Finally, P...

In Luke 18, Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, ... for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." On Dedication Sunday, Sara Jukes looked at the hindrances to childlike faith and the qualities of kingdom children. We need to be Jesus centred rather than self-centred, rooted in God rather than shallow, together and dependent instead of egocentric, broad in faith rather than narrow...

With 2.4 billion Christians in the world, we are part of something amazing! One of the reasons that the Evangelical Alliance exists is because the world needs good news people in a bad news world. Guest speaker Phil Knox (Evangelical Alliance) shared about the characteristics of Good News People based on Colossians 1, verses 1-14. Good news, people are relational (verse 7), prayerful (verses 3 and...

When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised in the Jordan river too (Luke 3:21). When we get baptised today, we can know that Jesus is stood there with us, praying and identifying himself with us. Baptism is one way in which we can identify ourselves with Jesus and follow in His footsteps. As He was baptised, Jesus was announced as God's son. We too, can be born of God, if we choos...

What can we learn about prayer from Jesus? Jesus prayed at the start of the day and before doing anything or going to anyone else. He also prayed in the out-working and during the day-to-day activity of life. When life got busy and loud, Jesus woke up even earlier! He spent the night praying about the big decisions in life and prayed in the painful situations, such as hours before his crucifixion....

On Sunday 19th April we welcomed special guests Ian and Val Byrd (Lifelinks International). In his message titled, 'Run Your Race', Ian shared from Hebrews 12 about running the race marked out for us. Some people stop running because they grow weary and lose heart, whereas we are encouraged to stop lingering in our past and instead strain towards our destiny (Philippians 3:13). Failures and disapp...

Steff Hodgson takes us back to the original praying community in Acts who met in an upper room to pray and wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. On the day of Pentecost, the disciples became a community of power but it all started with prayer. A praying community obeys together, are one (united) together, grows together and waits together. -------- For more information about Bre...

On Easter Sunday, Paul Jukes identified three problems that Jesus' resurrection solved for us. The first problem is confusion which needs a Prophet to speak God's truth in order to direct our paths. When we feel lost or confused, we can call on Jesus, the greatest of all Prophets. The problem of separation and condemnation can be solved by the Priest. Jesus came to restore our peace with God by sa...

Concluding our Fulfilment series on the heart, head, hands and huddle, Paul Jukes shared a Palm Sunday message about 3 huddles or crowds that Jesus faced and how He overcame them. As Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the crowd shouted, "Hosanna", and yet the same crowd later called for His crucifixion. People are often moved by emotion, whereas faith is all about discipleship and steadfastness...

In this message, Ben Hodgson looked at the different uses of the word 'hands' in the old and new testaments, such as in Exodus 4 when God asked Moses, "what is that in your hand?" referring to his staff which would be used by God to perform incredible things. Just as Aaron was to be the hands and feet of Moses, Moses was to be the hands and feet of God. In the same way, we are called to be the han...

On Mothering Sunday 2026, Sara Jukes continued our Fulfilment series about heart, head, hands and huddle. In this message, Sara focused on the head and challenged us to fill our mind with Jesus. Negative thoughts inevitably come to us all, therefore, it is vitally important that we remember who we are by practicing mindfulness and gratitude, recognising and identifying what we are thinking about....

Sara Jukes asks the question, 'how is your heart?' in this message about the unfortunately named, 'woman with the issue of blood' (Mark 5). We all have issues that prevent us from coming to Jesus; however, like this woman, there are things that we can do in order to push through our personal crowd. For example, if we don't feel that we are good enough, we need to push through and believe that we a...

During our 9:15am and 11:15am services, Paul Jukes shared a message about fulfilment based on the creation account in Genesis. The God who fills was hovering over the waters in the beginning and is still with us in our chaos. Before God fills something, He forms it first. He formed the sky through separation in order to create the space for Him to fill. In the same way, He's forming each of us and...

On the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), the disciples heard the sound of a violent wind and saw what seemed to be tongues of fire as they began to speak in various languages as the Holy Spirit enabled them. From this moment on, the Church became a worldwide community, with the purpose of reaching the whole world with the message of Jesus. In his message, Ben unpacks what the church in Acts looked like a...

On Sunday 15th February, guest speaker Stephen Matthew shared a message about the conversation between Jesus and the Apostle Peter in John 21, in which Jesus reinstates Peter three times. Before Peter went on to do great things, there was still one subtle character flaw that needed to be addressed. Turning to the Apostle John, Peter asked Jesus, "What about him?" The human condition is to compare,...

On Sunday 8th February, we celebrated all of the many nations represented at Breathe New Life Church. Sara Jukes shared a message about God's global heart, based on chapters 3 and 4 in Acts. In the face of threats, imprisonment and persecution, the early church were a praying community. After they prayed (Acts 4:31), they were unified as one in heart and mind and became a caring community. As a re...

In his message on Offering Sunday 2026, Ps Paul Jukes challenged us to consider our motives when giving to God. In scripture, there are those who give to show off what they have, those who give with the expectation to be paid back and those who give to fulfil their religious duty. These types of givers will only ever receive short-term fulfilment. If we're looking for long-term fulfilment and eter...

On Vision Sunday, our Senior Pastors Paul and Sara Jukes unpacked our vision focus for the year; a year of Fulfilment. Based on Ephesians 1:22-23 which states that God placed everything under the feet of Jesus, appointed Him to be the head over His church, which is the body of Christ, the fulness of Him who fills everything in every way. As we grow in maturity individually, the church also grows i...

In this message on Review Sunday, Sara Jukes used the example of King David to model 3 things we can do in order to approach our past in a healthy way. Firstly to reflect, then to release and finally to renew. Our past experiences are important because they help to form us; however, we need to allow our past gratitude to shape our future attitude, and in order to grow beyond our yesterday, we shou...