Catch The Fire Auckland

Disappointment can be so powerful that it often puts you on a road you never intended to travel. When our hopes die and our plans fall apart we can easily find ourselves walking away from God's promises. In this message, Kath shows just how Jesus responds in these moments. He sneaks up behind two doubting disciples on a dusty road to Emmaus. He does not demand they turn around before He speaks...

Salvation happens when we open the front door. Transformation is the courage to open the rest of the house. In this message, Shannon looks at two incredible encounters with the exact same Jesus. The rich young ruler kept his comfort and walked away sad. Zacchaeus gladly surrendered his hiding place and found absolute joy. Jesus is far more interested in what has you than what you have. He is gentl...

When Jesus announced that the Kingdom of God had come near, He extended a radical invitation to stop pushing heaven away and start experiencing His reign right here on earth. His kingdom is where we truly thrive, find true abundance, and discover lasting fulfilment. Yet, stepping into it requires us to lay down our personal preferences and choose to build our lives on the unshakable bedrock of His...

Jesus is not a way. He is the way. Jesus is not one possible interpretation of truth among many. He is truth itself. Jesus does not merely offer a better version of life. Life in its fullness is found in Him. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6 (NIV) Notice how He does not simply say, “I know the truth.” His offer is not, “I will exp...

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to believe God's grace for other people but completely struggle to receive it for yourself? Many of us carry a quiet, ungodly belief that tells us we need to clean ourselves up before we can approach God. We try to distract Jesus by bringing Him all the shiny things in our lives. We show Him the parts we have put together while hiding our deepest, most sham...

Grace means you don’t have to prove yourself to God. So what do we do with good works? In this message Shannon unpacks “dead works” with practical clarity: routines without faith, presumption without fresh direction, and service driven by “should.” The invitation is into works that flow from identity, calling, and grace-fuelled freedom.

Failure is real. Uncomfortably real. But it is not the end. This message looks at Peter’s story, the garden of Gethsemane, and the power of Pentecost to remind us that Jesus does not ignore our failures, but He does not leave us stuck in them either. There is grace to repent, receive forgiveness, be filled again, and step into the future God still has for us.

On Sunday Shannon continued the message of grace and what it actually means for our relationship with sin. One of the big questions Paul asks in Romans 6 is this: if grace is truly free, then does it matter how we live? And Paul’s answer is clear. By no means. Grace is not permission to stay stuck. Grace changes who we are.

We are no longer under law, but under grace—but what does that actually mean for our daily walk with God? In this message, Shannon explores the journey many Christian's experience where we are first born again, we experience a "wonderful freedom" a lightness where the weight of sin, shame, and guilt is suddenly lifted. But for many of us, that freedom is quickly replaced by modern Christian checkl...

Jesus doesn't invite us into a system or a methodology; He invites us into a relationship. In this message, Stuart illustrates the radical difference between a servant and a son. Whether it’s the story of Zacchaeus or the calling of the first disciples, we see a consistent pattern: Jesus initiates, He accepts us exactly as we are, and that acceptance becomes the engine for true transformation....

What did Jesus really mean when he said, "Follow Me"? In this message, Shannon explores the radical and countercultural nature of Jesus's invitation. Unlike the rabbis of the first century, Jesus didn't wait for elite scholars to apply to his theological school. Instead, he walked right up to everyday workers and invited them into a relationship, rather than a strict ideology or a religion. Jesus...

What’s the difference between being a "fan" of Jesus and a true "follower"? In this message from our "Follow Me" series, Kath explores why Jesus isn't looking for a bigger crowd, but for hearts that are truly "all in." When we empty our hands of the things that have taken God's place on the throne of our hearts, He fills them with something far bette...

We often minimise what God has anointed in our lives, overlooking the small things we carry and underestimating what He can do through them. But God isn’t looking at our lack, He is looking from a place of abundance and all that He can give through us. In this message, Lynley shares from 2 Kings 4 and 1 Kings 17, exploring the stories of two widows who each had only a little oil in desperate situa...

Shannon opens up the invitation from Jesus: “If anyone would come after me…” An open-handed call into a daily walk. To take up your cross daily is to choose His way of life, again and again, in the real decisions we carry. It’s a journey of trust, of laying things down, of walking closely with Him. The cross becomes a daily rhythm, an ongoing experience of following Jesus.

When Jesus sees Matthew and says, “Follow me,” he offers acceptance, freedom, hope; everything Matthew’s own choices had taken from him. In this message, Andrea brings us into that moment, where Jesus calls and Matthew responds. Not after everything is sorted out. Not with a clear picture of what comes next. We follow first, then understanding comes. There are things we only come to know about Jes...

Nothing you will ever hold is more powerful, more alive, or more capable of changing your life than the Word of God. In this message, Kath walks through the wilderness moment where Jesus faced temptation and answered with three steady words: “It is written.” Kath explores the difference between reading Scripture and believing it, showing how truth becomes a living word that anchors the heart. When...

Through the stories of Balaam, Moses, and David, Stuart traces how the posture of the heart shapes the way people hear God. Experience, success, and even past faithfulness can begin to steer decisions when they replace a living, present conversation with God. Stuart walks through the subtle ways idols form in the heart and how comfort, familiarity, and past victories can blur discernment. Spiritua...

A Building For The House - Andrea Cocker

Shannon opens one of the most confronting passages in Scripture and sits with Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:21–23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven.” People who prophesied, cast out demons, and performed miracles still heard Him say, “I never knew you.” It’s possible to do the things of God and yet never truly walk with Jesus. Our lives can be full of signs...

In this message Andrea traces Jesus building a family out of opposites — a tax collector, a zealot, even a betrayer — and asks what it means to gather around him alone. Righteousness becomes more than personal morality, it’s about right relationship with God and one another. Jesus, be the center.

Some encouragement curls up beside you like a loyal house dog. Gentle, affectionate, always ready to affirm. But some encouragement snaps at your heels like a sheepdog, pushing you forward when you’d rather stay put. Shannon unpacks both sides: the soft companionship that comforts and the urgent nudge that corrects. Real growth needs both. Without the sheepdog, we risk staying where it's safe...

You were never meant to outsource the voice of God. Lynley unpacks how hearing, seeing, and perceiving spiritually isn’t reserved for a few prophetically gifted individuals, it’s woven into the identity of every son and daughter. We are designed to recognise His voice. God delights to speak, and we are made to listen

Shannon traces the apostolic gift from its roots in the New Testament, to its vital role in the Church today. Apostles build., teach, send, align, and make space for others to rise. This is why our apostolic foundation forms the base that supports the church we are becoming today.

To be a Christian is to be anointed. In the same way priests, kings, and prophets were anointed in Scripture, smeared with a holy anointing oil and set apart for purpose, we are filled with Holy Spirit and called to be Jesus’ representatives here on earth. Jesus is the Anointed One, the Christ; we are his little anointed ones, marked as dwelling places of His Spirit. When we gather together we lov...

In the swirl of scandal, uncertainty, and whispered rumours, Mary's quiet yes became the hinge point of history. All she had was a word from God and a choice to trust. Through her obedience came the light of the world. What might still be unfolding through your own yes? Because sometimes, God's greatest plans begin in the most unexpected places.