Breathe New Life Podcast

Steffy Hodgson brings this week’s message on ‘Peace.’ Steffy told us how Shalom in the old testament means to feel complete and whole. However, Isaiah spoke of a different kind of peace. (Isaiah 9:6-7). ‘Eirene’ is the peace spoken about in the New Testament, it means to be restored from brokenness to becoming complete and whole. To find peace we must be still, stop what we are doing and listen to...

Sara Jukes brings a message on 'joy' as part of our Christmas series. Joy is deeper than just a feeling of happiness. Joy can be taken through every season that we face in life. Joy is an attitude of heart because of the grace of Jesus Christ and God wants us to share the joy. In Luke 2:8-20, the shepherds saw the joy and shared the joy they had found with everyone. They realised that joy from Jes...

Rhi Davies brings a message on Baptism Sunday, In Matthew 3:16, God says of Jesus, “This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life.” In a similar way, we need to recognise who Jesus is and the best way to do that is to ask Him. We also need to realise what God says about us; we are God's sons and daughters and we belong to Him. Our earthly father cannot be compared to our heavenl...

Sara Jukes concludes the Foundations series with a message on talking and listening to God. Whilst in seasons and places in life that we do not want to be and many of us ask if God can hear us or if we talk to Him, will He answer? God knows the places that you don’t want to be in (e.g. jobs, meetings, challenging situations and relationships.) Sara draws from two people in the bible who found them...

Sara Jukes continues the series on, ' Foundations' and brings a message titled, 'Deep calls to Deep' (Psalm 42:1-11). God understands the depth of pain that many of us experience and there is a deeper place where God wants us to wander. God is a trailblazer during every circumstance that we face, because He has already walked and found a way through and even has the power to speak to the storm. Th...

Sara Jukes brings the first message on the series of 'Foundations' and shares the point: what foundations do we lay: security, knowledge, influence, power and relationships. A good foundation prevents stress and provides stability (Mathew 16:16-19). Jesus said, "I will build my church on this rock." Are you listening to God's voice and allowing it to affect the foundations that you are standing up...

To conclude our 'Stand Out' series, Ben Hodgson brings a message titled, 'I am not who I used to be.' Christianity and following God is not always easy and sometimes we forget who we are not. In the Bible, Jacob had a lot of promise in life; however, he felt the need to trick his twin brother Esau for his birth right, in return for a bowl of stew and to trick his father into giving him the blessin...

Rob Pitts continues the series on standing out. Using Ephesian 5:8-14, Rob shared about standing out with a missional mindset. In Rob's own words, 'Mission is a mindset and not a location.' Using an engineering illustration, Rob explained that our life must be patterned after Christ so that a cavity for Jesus can be created so that we can be filled with love and the Holy Spirit. God makes us citiz...

Senior Pastor Paul Jukes brings a message titled, 'Leaving a Legacy' as part of our 'Stand Out' series. The way we behave leaves an impression on those around us, and we can leave a good or bad mark. In John 14:13, Jesus says, "I will do whatever you ask in my name." God is above all things and if we ask in Jesus' name, He will be with us and will never abandon us. We all have access to the same a...

Tim Davies brings a message on 'Building for the Next Generations' as part of our ‘Stand Out’ series. As we get older times seems to go faster, and we can become so engrossed with life that we can forget about what is important. Tim talks about reflecting on what decisions we are making, and how they are impacting the next generation that God has entrusted to us. God gives each of us purpose, and...

Sara Jukes brings a message called, 'Raising the Best" based on Ephesians 2:10. God sees the good, the bad and the ugly and He wants to be a part of raising us up to be the best. Firstly, we must see the best in ourselves and within others. We are all Gods workmanship, and He sees each one of us as a magnificent piece of art that He has created. We must recognise our impact and value and recognise...

In a message titled, 'Follow me', Sara Jukes asks the question, how do we stand on God's promises when our circumstances don't always match? The answer is to follow Jesus! In the first part of the message Sara discusses 3 hang-ups that can stop us following Jesus. The first being, disagreements and beliefs. When disagreements occur, we need to unify with each other, just as Jesus did. To help us d...

Sara Jukes brings a message on standing in prayer and fasting. Ephesians 6 instructs us to take up the armour of God and stand firm and to spend time with God, even during challenging times or when we feel unmotivated. Much like in sport, we need to use the right ball for the right sport, we also need to use the right prayer for the right occasion. Firstly, we must turn our eyes towards Jesus in m...

In the first message of our autumn series recapping our vision for 2021, ‘Stand’, Paul Jukes talks about going 'Back to School'. In 2 Peter, chapter 1, Peter wrote to the church about recognising wrong teachings and discussed how we can relearn and overcome negative teaching, grow and lead a godly life. God equips us with everything we need to learn, if we leave all our baggage at the cross. We ne...

Today’s message is a story read by Steffy Hodgson as part of the family service and then Ben Hodgson brings a message on 'What a Beautiful Name-Jesus'. Jesus was there at the very beginning before the world began (John 1:1). We were all each hand-designed and chosen by God, and Jesus was pleased with His creation. Jesus came into human form and lived through the troubles that we experience. It doe...

As part of our summer Bible Characters series, Jonny Newbould brought a message on Peter with a message titled, 'Finding God in Failure.' God uses ordinary people and wants us to be willing to follow him. Peter changed from a half-hearted follower to a repentant disciple and in Jonny's own words, "it is better to be follower who fails than one who fails to follow." A faith like Peter is the core f...

Ethan Asplin brings a message on Thomas, one of Jesus' 12 disciples. Thomas was famous for doubting Jesus' resurrection. Thomas wasn't there when the resurrected Jesus first revealed himself to the disciples but as we read in John 20:26, a week later the disciples were in the house again but this time Thomas was there! Ethan's first point was that we need to 'Stay in the Room'. God asks that we st...

As part of our summer Bible Characters series, Summer Pass brings a message on Noah based on Genesis 6:9. Noah trusted God with everything and never hesitated. Summer encourages us to consider what God has entrusted us within our own lives. God cares about every detail of our life and no care for Him is too small. We can trust God and stand on His promise no matter what.

As part of our summer Bible Characters series, Ethan Barrett brought a message on 'The disciple whom Jesus loved'. The bible shows that John chose to focus his identity solely on the love of Jesus in his writing about himself, and chose the title, 'the Disciple whom Jesus loved' above using his own name. Focusing on the love of God is fundamental to our faith and identity, grounding ourselves in G...

As part of our summer Bible Characters series, Rejoice Mawire brought a message on the Apostle Paul. Rejoice explained how Paul started his journey as someone who was anti-Christ and then ended up writing and preaching for Jesus. He even struggled with speaking (2 Corinthians 11:6) and writing (2 Corinthians 10:10), but God used these things for his glory. Rejoice then shared her own story of how...

Ben Hodgson brings a message on ‘How to be a Champion.’ 1 Samuel 16:7 shows that “Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.” To defeat our Giant and be a Champion, we must first of all TURN up, even if we don't feel qualified or passed fit. Secondly, we must TRAIN up. To defeat Goliath, David took many steps that were not seen by others to prepare for defeating his Goliath....

In the final message of 'The Promises of God’ series, Sara Jukes brings a message on 'waiting'. Lamentations 3:25-26 says, "it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord." Without hope, we can miss the beauty of life whilst waiting and if we're not careful, our hopelessness can be contagious! Sara's message asks the question, 'how do we inspire hope?' Firstly, we can do acts of kindness...

In the penultimate message of the ‘The Promises of God’ series, Rob Pitts talks about the promise of peace. The antidote to being anxious is peace, and God’s heart desire is that we receive His peace; His perfect peace(Isaiah 26:3). Perfect peace is spiritual and flows from God to all other relationships, but first, we must have reconciliation and restoration with God. We can be steadfast and poss...

In the series, ‘The Promises of God’, Ben Hodgson talks about ‘The Promise of Grace’. Grace is defined as ‘undeserved favour’. We cannot earn it; it is an unconditional gift. Matthew 9:9-13 clearly shows that God was interested in people such as the tax collector and the sick and He showed grace to everyone whether they were rich or poor. The promise of grace is unconditional in that grace comes f...

In the series, ‘The Promises of God’, Steffy Hodgson talks about the provision of God. God cannot lie, He knows the end from the beginning, He does not have favourites and His promises are yes and amen. God perceives and experiences our needs before we even realise we have them and provides for us. Steff explains that God wants us to ask, seek Him and acknowledge that we need his help before he st...