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Vaughan shares his journey of how God has been highlighting the foundational piece of Father and Son. Lack of spiritual parenting has led to men losing their way as leaders in the family and particularly in the spiritual community. He gives an encouragement to find some brothers and rediscover the ways of fathering that God has intended.

It is for freedom that Christ set us free. Maturing in freedom means I am increasingly aware of the choices I have in every situation. The language of powerlessness is so insidious. I can’t always choose what happens to me, but I can choose my response. I can choose my stance in my circumstance. Tim finishes by praying for God to prompt us every time we use powerless language, and to make us aware...

It’s 2019, and Tim takes the first Sunday in Feb to set the prophetic direction for the year. Too often we go seeking a new word when we haven’t fulfilled the existing words, and while we took good ground in 2018, we haven’t finished with that word. In 2019, we’re still about taking ground. Tim unpacks 2 Cor 10:3-6 ... there are strongholds in our territory, but we have been given “God dynamite” t...

Too many of us, under the guise of surrender and obedience, live with a checked-out will. Tim shows the importance of our own will in terms of our authority on the earth, and then unpacks how, in response to pain and trauma, we make judgements and inner vows to protect ourselves from further pain. Because God is a good and healthy Father, He doesn’t violate our will, and as a result, these judgeme...

God defines Himself as love, so it’s imperative that we mature in love so that we represent Him accurately. Most heart issues come down to experiences of absent or distorted love especially in our formative years, and to how we interpret our strongest emotional events. In response, we tend to form inner vows and judgements to protect from further pain, but in the long term, these vows and judgemen...

Our mission is to show the world what love is, and the highest expression of love in a relationship is covenant. In this message, Tim looks at the example of David and Jonathan to unpack the core aspects of a covenant relationship, and invites us to be a covenant family.

Aimee Talbot talks about Maturing Love - a love that chooses depth of connection and Oneness within church family every day even when it costs. Using her personal testimony and convictions learned in the dark, Aimee challenges The Bride to reconsider the gift she is to people and to reconsider our value for corporateness.

Your Behaviour and Your Worth Aren’t Related! Tim reminds us that the foundation of all freedom and security lies in knowing your true worth, which comes from hearing the Father’s voice over you.

We explored Galatians 5 & 2 Corinthians 5: 14-18 in The Passion Translation. We discovered that we are completely & wonderfully free because our past with all it’s bondage to the law was crucified with Jesus. Our old self is dead & our new self is alive in Christ. We watched a short clip from the movie Moana. This showed us a great example of how powerful it is when we speak to the gold in each ot...

In this final message in The Practice of Corporate Presence series, Tim and Deb tag team. Tim looks at two of the outcomes of the fall - we became more conscious of ourselves than of Him, and we gained the ability to self-evaluate apart from the voice of God. In Christ that curse is broken, and it’s now our choice to cultivate that place where we are more aware of Him than of ourselves. Deb remind...

We've been looking at the importance of learning to receive from God. Rather than do another teaching, we want you to hear from three of our people, Hannah, Sarah, and Steve on how they learned to receive from and experience God, and how they access His presence at any time. You can see a full video version of this message on our website at www.i61.com.au/teaching

The religious spirit wants to keep you operating in one direction with God - from you to Him. The Kingdom is heaven to earth - Him to you. Learning to experience God is a core Kingdom discipleship discipline. Jesus’ first miracle, the birth of the Church/Bride, and the metaphors of the Bride in Song of Songs all involve wine. Learning to drink of the wine of heaven, and living out of “first love”...

In part 2 of this series, Deb goes deeper into the “assignments’ we receive in worship that empower us to take ground. As we worship bigger than the room we are taking ground well beyond the room we gather in. It’s part of who we are supposed to be as sons and daughters of God.

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Tim continues on the theme of sacrifice in worship. In this session he looks at presenting our bodies as living sacrifices, and what that looks like in the practice of corporate presence. True worship that breaks through in the spirit realm involves our whole selves - spirit, soul, AND body. It’s much more than just the words we say or sing. You can see a full video version of this message on our...

A great example of a corporate people taking ground together was Israel taking Jericho under the leadership of Joshua. If that was a modern day church service with the standard consumer mentality, that situation probably would have played out a little differently. Tim draws principles from this story on the role of leadership and our response, and the power of agreement to create a "critical mass"...

We're not meant to come to corporate worship randomly or unprepared. Paul said, "When you come together, each of you has a..." - each of you - not just those "on the roster". Fire falls on sacrifice, and as we all learn to step out of the consumer mentality and bring a sacrifice of praise, His fire falls and we ALL break through to a higher level in the spirit. You can see a full video version of...

Steve Frost shares his own journey around four shifts in worship and corporate presence, and encourages us, like a good Aussie BBQ, to always "bring a plate to share" when we come together.

In part 1 of this series, Tim explains that "it's different when we're together". We can't approach corporate presence the same way we approach our individual God time. 1 Corinthians 12 - 14 gives us the clearest instructions on how to do corporate presence in a way that raises the "water level" for everyone.

2018 has been prophesied as a year of taking ground. So far we have been focussed on taking ground IN us. Now Tim moves the focus to taking ground in the spirit, together as apostolic kingdom family. Worship is one of our primary weapons in taking ground, and it is our first and most important ministry. The invitation of this season is to upgrade our fire - our hunger levels. The church in Ephesus...

In preparation for this Sunday's LifeHubs, here's 3 questions to reflect on from this season. Come ready to share and pray for each other so we can all step into the full upgrade that's available. You can see a full video version of this message on our website at www.i61.com.au/teaching

You can download the worksheet HERE You can download the “Who Am I In Christ” Scriptures HERE

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There are some seasons where the decisions you make have a disproportionate impact compared to the rest. This is one of those seasons. The decisions we make in this season right now will determine the size of the territory we occupy in the next season. Tim unpacks the difference between living from convenience versus living from conviction. God wants to back us, but we need to give Him something t...