Godfirst Cheltenham

This is a talk about the gospel being a moment and a process. We receive the gospel, grow strong roots and spread the gospel as a community of believers

This talk looks at the important role of the sabbath day, a day of rest, within our working lives. It goes onto look at practically applying the sabbath to our often very busy 21st century lives.

The talk looks into the fact that Christ redefines greatness in our modern era and that means Jesus must become greater and we must become less.

The talk looks at the early church's devotion to the word, to prayer and community. He goes onto talk about how Godfirst might follow the model and challenge described in Acts 2:42-47

A talk about working hard for the glory of God and how the gospel gives us an identity, value, purpose, and joy to be different within the workplace.

Guest speaker Sean Green begins his talk with a little update about his church in Reading and then goes onto to speak about what it means to really follow Jesus.

Guest speaker Ben Franks begins the talk with encouraging stories and news from Rhondda Valley, Hope Church in Wales before beginning (8minutes 42 seconds)his talk on trusting God in the midst of troubles. He goes onto to unpack how God is our shelter, strength and helper.

The second part of the series on 9 to 5 - God's plan for work and this talk unpicks how the way we think about work can transform how we do work. The talk goes onto describe how Ephesus was transformed by the gospel and how this then incredibly transformed their working lives!

This talk was on the day 2 families within in the church celebrated and asked God for help to parent the best they can. The talk goes onto unpack that the best way to parent is through knowing and living your life for Jesus

This is a preach with a twist. The talk unpacks the passage of Mark 4:26-29 in a bible study manner, line by line and word by word. However, instead of telling you all the answers straight away, you, can interact as you listen and think for yourself. This talk is packed with wisdom about spreading the gospel no matter where you are in life!

This talk unpacks that God created us to work and that from the beginning it was His design. We as humans are able to continue on in Gods work of creation. As a result, this allows our work to coincide and connect with Gods work. Not only this but, the gospel of Christ frees us from the need to achieve self-worth or satisfaction through work as we already have this in Christ.

This is a pumping packed message full of great truth surrounding Jesus' Ascension. The talk goes onto explain why the ascension is even important, how it impacts us and practically, how does it effect our lives.

This message discusses how Christianity has either everything to do with our lives or absolutely nothing to do with our lives. It can never be moderately important. The message goes on to talk about the evidence behind Jesus rising from the dead and as a result demonstrating that Christianity has everything to do with our lives!

A message about Jesus's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The talk unpacks the expectations people had of Jesus coming as the Messiah and how He might solve their needs. However, Jesus conquers the world but, not how people may have expected. This is relevant to our lives now as its worth asking, what kind of king are you expecting that is worthy of our lives? What kind of king are you living for?

A message about Gods justice and wrath being poured out on Jesus as He was on the cross. The anger, wrath and outrage that we deserved is substituted through Jesus for Gods glorious love and grace.

This talk looks at Jesus on the day of the last supper and his remarkable actions in pouring out himself onto the disciples by the washing of their feet. In this moment Jesus was teaching his disciples and us that it is far greater to serve and pour your life out to one and other than to try and meet our own needs.

The talk unpacks the stories of Jesus cursing a fig tree for its lack of fruit and Jesus overturning tables in the temple due to people thieving in the house of the Lord. From this we can challenge ourselves and reflect, are we fig trees baring fruit or fig trees of fruitlessness?

A message about pastoral care within the church family. The talk speaks of how its not just the "top" leaders that pastor but we all have the ability to rebuke, pastor and love one and other. The talk goes onto describe 4 gospel truths to pastor well.

A message about God being Love and how His overflow of Love spills out into our lives. Baring children, making a family and pouring our Love into them is a replication of how God poured his Love into us. The talk goes onto describe some vital and wise parenting tips!

A message about the church being compassionate toward the poor. The word "poor" or "poverty" appears 446 times in 384 separate verses in the Bible. Jesus was passionate about caring for the needs of the poor. This talk discusses why and how to care for the poor of Cheltenham.

A message about discipleship being a journey in becoming more like Jesus. It starts with saying no to the discipleship of the cultures and putting your faith in Jesus. The being continually discipled by other men and women speaking the truth in love. Gods plan of changing the world is through disicples!

A message about God being love, not just showing Love but, how He is inherently Love. Through this truth the christian community is transformed to displaying sacrificial cross shaped Love. Because of this, the christian community is where people see and believe the gospel!

A message about the Church being a missionary community, going out into the town of Cheltenham and beyond to share the irresistible good news of the gospel. The talk further unpacks the truth that the Church are a chosen people called to do God's works and speak out about Him.

The start of a new series at GodFirst Cheltenham called Everyday Church. The message was about being a Christian in the 21st Century. The talk unpacks how and why we should be ready to give a reason for the belief that Jesus is our Lord and Saviour.

A message about Jesus being the author and creator of all things, the rescuer and peacemaker and the restorer of the world. The talk unpacks the verses from Revelations 1 that describes Jesus as Him who was and is and is to come.