Family Church Waterlooville

Throughout this message we are encouraged to take responsibility for our own Jerusalem by recognising our mission field as the people who we interact with on a daily basis. We need to be intentional about reaching our world by 1) accepting the Great Commission 2) identifying those in our Jerusalem and 3) to be praying persistently in line with God's Word and will.

As ambassadors of Christ our lives are to align with ambassadorial principles and values: appointed by the King, called to represent the King and His Kingdom, committed to the state (Kingdom of God) and speak the governmental (Kingdom) position on all matters. Our lives are to be aligned with what the Kingdom says especially to those closest to us. 

As children of God, and members of His household, we have a responsibility (our response to an ability God has given to us)  to daily live a lifestyle of evangelism, and point others to Jesus. We are called to partner with God and to co-labour with Him in the Great Co-Mission. Much like Peter, John, Philip and Nathanael who were invited to "Come and See", our ONE which is defined as "Outreach...

The Power of the Cross is not to be held as a romantic notion or a religious icon, but rather as a reminder of what Jesus's death, burial and resurrection bought for us. The seed which fell to the ground, died and produced much grain in John 12 is an analogy of of Jesus producing after His own kind. We too are called to be disciples who make disciples by proclaiming the message and power of the cr...

There is no more important time in the life of the Believer than Easter, when we look to the Cross of Jesus. Whilst filled with gratitude for the Cross, we are not to be fixated with it as an object, but rather to focus on the achievement of it, and the incredible statement God made through it. He loves you and demonstrates it in the most extreme fashion. Now we are to live in what it achieved for...

God's original design for man is to be fruitful and multiply. In the Old Testament the focus was on one nation, Israel, whose mandate was to bring forth Messiah. They multiplied from one man, Abraham,into one family, into one nation and inherited a physical Promised Land. In the Great Commission we see Jesus extend that mandate to His disciples, to make disciples of all nations, and populate the K...

Looking amongst all the commandments that God gave to Joshua in order to possess the Promised Land (the WHAT), is a sliver of instruction on the HOW - by meditating on the Word day and night. As we apply this truth in our lives, a lifestyle of meditating on the Word of God will cause us to be prosperous and have good success. As we intentionally hunger for the Word, and much like a lion who g...

Ps Andy continues the series on Magnify & Multiply, this week with part 2 of "The Authority of God's Word". After summarizing the messages from previous weeks Ps Andy quotes Ecclesiastes 8:4 (AKJV) "Where the word of a king  is, there is  power". There is final authority in the word of King Jesus! When we speak the words of King Jesus, things begin to shift. We need to walk in the au...

The authority which the first Adam lost in the Garden, was taken back at the cross by the Last Adam, and given to us as disciples of Jesus Christ. We are to think and speak the words of the author of Life, words that contain authority, in our lives, prayers, and during times of temptation and accusation.

From the Parable of the Soil we learn that God's desire for us is to recognise the value of the seed of the Word of God, to hear it, accept it, receive it and allow it to produce a harvest of blessing in our lives.

Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ, from the Father in the Person of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. God's character is founded in all truth and all of His ways are mercy and truth. 

Two of the Greek words used throughout the New Testament for the Word, are Logos and Rhema. Logos is the logic of God revealed to mankind both through His Son, Jesus Christ, and also through the written Word of God. Rhema is the spoken Word of God which the Holy Spirit quickens to us, mostly for specific seasons. Both are equally important and we are encouraged to meditate on the Word and allow it...

The account of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20, is an Old Testament example of how to worship the Lord in the midst of a trial. Jehoshaphat first positioned himself individually before seeking the Lord through prayer and worship nationally. Chenee' then shared from her own personal walk with the Lord of how a lifestyle of worship has transformed and impacted her through many seasons of her life.&nb...

We are designed for worship and all have a pearl of great price. We are to worship God in His entirety and in the message we see Jesus being worshipped on earth: as a child, throughout His earthly ministry and at His resurrection and His ascension. Seeing Jesus being worshipped in Heaven as well as in the coming age inspires us to magnify Him in all seasons of our lives.

One of the key ways we magnify the Lord is through our worship, both corporately and individually. God is the One who initiates us into worship, and requires us to surrender to Him. We can only worship God in direct proportion to our knowledge of Him, and having a vision of Him, and as we do, we can worship Him in spirit and truth. 

Ps Chris shared the vision for FC Waterlooville and how it fits within the Global vision and mission of Family Church. We were encouraged to get vision for our personal lives and looked at some of the benefits of living with a God-centred vision. 

Ps Andy delivers a keynote message today regarding vision for the whole of Family Church during 2025. He explains how important it is for us to have a vision (Proverbs 29:18,  Where there is no vision, the people perish) and thanks all those who have contributed in any way to the outworking of the church vision the previous year. Ps Andy then concentrates his message around two words the Lord...

Today is the Tomorrow that I worried about Yesterday! And yet when we see what God says to us in His Word about our tomorrow, there is much to be looking forward to. God loves us perfectly and as His children, we are being transformed into His image. He alone is God, we are His creation, nevertheless, when we see Him, we shall be like Him.

We looked at walking in harmony with God, the Holy Spirit on a daily basis, yielding to His promptings according to His purpose. It's a journey of faith and our foundation text is 2 Corinthians 3:18 which provides us with a key to following His leading which is yield first, then receive the understanding.

We have history with God which goes back from before our conception and since the foundation of the world. God knows us, has called us, has a plan and a purpose for our lives, and has good works prepared in advance for us to live in. 

In this final message of this series, we learn about God's love which is steadfast and sacrificial and a love so committed that nothing can ever separate us from it. 

Looking at the life of Hannah, we follow her journey as she keeps hope alive while she's praying and crying out to God for a baby. Her hope was firmly established in WHO God was, and once she had a Word from God through the priest, Eli, her "natural" hope changed into Bible hope, which positioned her to receive the promised son.

Faith, hope and love are to always be deeply embedded and remain threaded throughout our lives, both corporately and personally. In this message we unpack how faith starts in our lives, by Jesus the Author, and how Jesus, the Finisher of our faith, matures our faith as we are saved by faith, walk by faith and live by faith.

The Christian life is a journey, from a life of separation and isolation from God to one of adoption and relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ. We are not spiritual orphans or servants motivated by duty or obligation but sons and heirs who are motivated by God's love and acceptance.

Nehemiah overcame his own personal fear by stepping out in faith, which fuelled his vision to repair the walls of Jerusalem. As we step outside of our comfort zones for a cause which is greater than ourselves, our faith is what fuels us, empowering us to overcome our own fears.