LifeLine Church Weekly Talks

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God is looking for leaders who willingly give themselves, in faith, arising to what and how God calls them at the time – not looking at the situation or the surroundings because God is much bigger than that. But looking at Him. To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include: LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekly broadcast of the message from...

All of us get into trouble in during our life, get things wrong, do things we wish we hadn’t. We’re told that doing things our own way is a good thing, but others get hurt…we get hurt – there are consequences. We need rescuing. And that’s what Jesus did. He paid the ransom, with his own life, to set us free from living life our own way, and all the consequences of tha...

In this episode we look at chapter 18 in the book of Acts.

The second half of this chapter shows us how wherever the apostle Paul finds himself, he takes time to see and understand where people are at. He uses his understanding of the scriptures, along with the clarity of the impact of Jesus death and resurrection, to reach people. But he also uses words, culture and prevailing philosophies to show the religious leaders that their own world view is confus...

This is the story of Hannah, a woman who couldn’t have children (a cultural and economic issue) and was bullied by her contemporaries as a result. She faces profound difficulty, but God hears her cry, and answers her honest distress. We can’t always understand why God allows things to work out in a particular way. But God uses this time to shape something in Hannah that will affect a wider g...

Joel Guido, from Cuenca, Ecuador, part of AIM Alliance International Ministries talks about three waves of the Holy Spirit which God has released on the global church. The first two have already been released, the third is current: 1) The Jesus Movement 2) Charismatic Renewal 3) Awakening to Sonship To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include: LifeLine Ch...

Chapter 16 includes the incredible account of Paul and Silas being thrown into jail, without trial and on the basis of a false ‘crowd’ conviction followed by a beating from the magistrates. Their response is to pray and sing praises to God whilst being held in the stocks! This leads to an earthquake, and they’re miraculously released from the stocks, but instead of walking away,...

The message Hugh Osgood brought to us last weekend indicated that God is doing a new thing. Today, Daniel Jones explores the heart change that God is inviting each of us into that will align us with God’s intent. Using the first half of Acts 16, he explores two key points: 1) Salvation for those around us: we have to recognise that it’s only God who opens hearts to change – our r...

Hugh Osgood was with us on Sunday 9th February – a couple of weeks after the sudden and unexpected passing of John Singleton, father of LifeLine and brother to many. John passed away in the early hours of 28th January, surrounded by his family. We are giving God thanks for John’s life, well-lived, which flowed from a deep relationship with Jesus, enabling him to minister to others righ...

When we make mistakes, feel embarrassed by something, or feel like people are laughing at us, or judging us it can cause pain – making it feel easier to withdraw and ‘lick our wounds’. But this gives the enemy space to bring division – disunity among us. By pressing into God we can go beyond our human understanding, and discover how to operate in humility, out of God’...

Romans 8:18-21 NIV I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. [19] For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. [20] For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope [21] that the creation itself will be liberated from its...

Acts 15:1-11,22-29 NIV Depending on Christ for His grace… 1) Liberty – the gospel starts by removing burdens from us. We are unburdened and saved by grace! 2) Community – we’re equipped to live in unity with one another; those little irritations no longer have the power to divide us… 3) Purity – God has designed us for intimacy with Him, for dependence on Him. P...

Our culture dictates that pain and suffering are bad things – to be avoided and much of our time is spent trying to find things that make us feel good. The trouble is, it doesn’t work! God’s invitation is to turn to Him, and allow Him, the living God, to be our satisfaction. ‘We must go through many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God’. Are we willing to take a fres...

Sometimes we can find ourselves wanting the experience that receiving a touch from God brings… rather than God Himself. Life’s experiences can leave us feeling disappointed, and we end up looking for a way out – an experience that makes us feel better. We end up tying God’s hands… To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include:...

Goliath and the Philistines acted like they owned the joint! But they didn’t… God had other plans, which David fulfilled, because he’d spent years, on his own with the sheep, worshipping God, learning to hear his voice, and honing his craft with the slingshot. He’d learned how to defeat the enemy in private, so that when it came to a public showdown, he wasn’t intimid...

God has sent us into the world! The church in 46AD wasn’t so different to today’s church. It was full of lots of different kinds of people, joined together by God. They had previously been involved in all kinds of competing things – yet now, united by Jesus, they were worshipping together. As they worshipped, the prophetic word of God emerged, was weighed by the apostles, and dev...

Do we understand that we need a deeper relationship with God in order to receive a second touch from Him? Do I feel like a should be in a deeper relationship with God? A place where the power of God transforms my life – More than simply coming to a church meeting? Jeremiah 33:1-3 NIV While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second ti...

This chapter covers Peter’s imprisonment by Herod, and subsequent miraculous escape; his return to the believers (and their unbelief at who they were seeing); and Herod meets his end. In this talk we’re challenged to think about: Who or what we rely on Our unbelief (what do we struggle to believe?) Who we exalt (is it ourselves, our ideas, friends, family, God….?) God is challeng...

God has called us to rule and reign – but the temptation as shown right at the beginning of Genesis through Satan’s leading of Adam and Eve into ‘greater knowledge’, is to grasp for things for ourselves that God intends to bring to us at the point He knows is right. The story of the tower of Babel tells of the time that people united together – but instead of using th...

God sends encouragers – those who perceive what God is up to, get excited and get on board with what He’s doing. They are really key people in His Kingdom! The Greek word for encouragement is much richer and deeper than the English version. It encompasses two aspects: -To be close beside -To call, point or direct How are we encouragers? Do we tend towards an over-sympathetic response,...

By giving us a common hunger By involving us By his Holy Spirit… This podcast is part of a series on the books of Acts which is supported by periodic ‘reflections’, which consider questions which have been submitted by members of LifeLine Church. To stay up to date with podcasts from LifeLine Church, please subscribe. Shows include: LifeLine Church Sunday Services – a weekl...

Acts 9 is where Saul has a revelation! Jesus saw his heart – saw that having studied God’s word, he wanted to do the right thing. There was a struggle between his heart and his mind – he was caught in religion. Jesus doesn’t focus on our mistakes – he focusses on our hearts. This podcast is part of a series on the books of Acts which is supported by periodic ‘re...

In Acts 1 Jesus said that his disciples would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and all the earth… we see the community going from house to house with gladness in their hearts. In this chapter Saul is introduced as a kind of puppet master – a nemesis to be reckoned with. He goes from house to house dragging men and women off to prison. Then Stephen’s murder follows… Immediately following...

Are we conduits or those who block the flow of God’s grace? Grace of God is His undeserved goodness to us. We get to show this grace to others Maybe I don’t realise I need God’s grace Maybe I’d rather trust myself Maybe I feel I don’t deserve it or haven’t earned it… Or maybe… I’m not willing to pass grace on because I judge that others aren’t deserv...