LifeSpring Wolverhampton Messages

Pastor John Blackah explores the powerful story of Mary's extravagant worship in Matthew 26 and John 12, asking a challenging question: what does true devotion to Jesus look like? While Martha served and Lazarus sat at the table, Mary positioned herself at Jesus' feet; the place where she is consistently found throughout the Gospels. When others misunderstood Jesus' words about His dea...

On the back of Mattheus' message from our first service, Papa Ché Ahn brings a powerful word on hearing the voice of God and discovering your place in His purpose. Drawing from John 15:7, Ché explains that sensitivity to God's voice is developed over time. Just as we can become so familiar with an alarm clock that we wake before it sounds, we can learn to recognise and respond to the promp...

Fresh from Reclaim26, Mattheus Van Der Steen brings a timely and challenging message about focus, purpose, and the call to rebuild. Drawing from Colossians 3:2 and the story of Nehemiah, Mattheus reminds us that whenever God begins something new, opposition often follows. The storms we face are not always signs that we've missed God's will, sometimes they are evidence that we're walkin...

Pastor Tony Wastall shares practical and biblical wisdom on building strong, lasting relationships as he celebrates 40 years of marriage with Ursula this Sunday. Drawing from Proverbs 24:3, Tony explores the principles that underpin healthy marriages, families, friendships, and every meaningful relationship in our lives. Just as a house requires careful planning and a solid foundation, relationshi...

What do you do when life takes an unexpected turn and you're faced with pain, uncertainty, and trials? In this powerful message, Pastor Karla shares a deeply personal testimony of faith in the middle of suffering. After attending her sister-in-law's wedding, she was awakened in the middle of the night with excruciating pain and misdiagnosed before undertaking emergency surgery almost a wee...

Pastor John Blackah brings a challenging message exploring the warning found in Hebrews 12:14 - 16. Using the example of Esau, who traded his birthright for a moment of temporary satisfaction, John examines how disappointment, offence, and bitterness can quietly take root in our hearts. When life doesn't unfold as we hoped, it's easy to become bitter towards our circumstances - or even towards God...

In this encouraging message, John Blackah explores the powerful biblical meaning of hope through Romans 15:13. While society often defines hope as wishful thinking or fleeting optimism, Scripture presents hope as something far deeper; a joyful anticipation rooted in God's promises and presence. John unpacks how biblical hope is active rather than passive, producing strength, perseverance, and...

Delmar Brown brings an encouraging message on the God who hears, delivers, and makes a way through every storm. Looking at Mark 4:36–39, where Jesus rebukes the wind and waves, Del reminds us that the way we position ourselves in the middle of the storm will shape how we come out of it. Like the disciples, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by fear when life feels uncertain, when we need breakthrough...

Pastor Tony Wastall shares a powerful message on discovering purpose in the pain. Life brings moments of difficulty, disappointment, and adversity, but even in our hardest valleys, God is still at work. Looking at Hosea 2:14 and the story of the Valley of Achor, Tony explores how a place once marked by failure, shame, and defeat became known as a door of hope. After Israel’s victory at Jericho, Ac...

Pastor John uses Mark 9:17-29, the parable of the seed and soil to explore how the condition of our hearts affects the fruitfulness of God’s Word in our lives. The seed is always good, but when it fails to bear fruit, the issue is not the seed but rather the condition of the soil. This teaching unpacks how distractions, worries, and competing influences can slowly take root when we do not continua...

In this message from Judges 14, Pastor Tony shares a powerful and honest look at how God works through the battles we face in life. Using the story of Samson, we see how what looks like conflict, confusion, or even chaos can actually be part of God’s greater purpose. When Samson is attacked by a lion, the Spirit of the Lord empowers him to overcome but the story doesn’t end there. Later, from the...

What if your life is shaped by a vision from heaven? In this message, Pastor Tony shares three powerful principles that can transform the way you live, starting with the power of a heavenly vision. Looking at Acts 26:19, we see Paul recounting his encounter with Jesus before King Agrippa. It was this moment that gave his life direction, purpose, and unshakable conviction. God has a purpose for you...

What is the will of God for your life? Where should we serve? What should we do? Pastor John explores 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and the three simple but powerful commands: rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances - for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Storms in life are unavoidable, but we can choose how we position ourselves within them. How can we remai...

We all face storms and trials in life but what if some of them are part of how Jesus grows us? Pastor John explores Matthew 14:22-33, where Jesus turns away from a moment of public acclaim after feeding the 5,000. Instead of embracing the crowd’s desire to make Him king, He sends His disciples ahead in a boat and withdraws to pray. Why would Jesus send His followers into a storm and what does it m...

In our Easter Sunday Family Service this week, Pastor Tony Wastall explores Luke 24, where Jesus walks alongside two travellers leaving Jerusalem, their hearts heavy with sadness after His death. At the end of the day, as they sit down to eat, Jesus reveals Himself to them and everything changes. Filled with joy, they rush back to Jerusalem to share the good news. Rediscover the hope and joy of th...

Delmar continues our financial stewardship series with a message on what it means to faithfully steward what God has entrusted to us. At the heart of it all is a simple truth: everything belongs to God, and we are called to manage His resources well. How can we align our perspective with what the Bible teaches? Listen now to discover how to live with a truly God-centred view of stewardship.

Pastor Tony Wastall kicks off our series on financial stewardship with a message on finding joy in the face of hardship. Focusing on 2 Corinthians 8:1 - 7, he explores Paul’s words about believers who, despite severe trials and poverty, overflowed with generosity. How can joy lead to generosity even in difficult circumstances? And what does that look like for us today? Listen now to discover how t...

Pastor Stephen Eaves from Ark Community Church in Sutton Coldfield joins us this week with a powerful message about testing and perseverance. After surviving a serious car accident when his son was just nine months old, Steve’s instinct was immediate; rescue, protect, and get his family to safety. It’s a reminder of something deeply human: Our instinct to protect the ones we love, especially our c...

God wants us all to stretch and grow our trust in Him. Pastor John brings a word focused on two stories from the Bible: Of Abraham & Isaac in Genesis 22, and of the rich young ruler from Mark 10:17 to explain how delayed obedience is still disobedience.

Pastor Tony takes a look at how important praise is in our lives by taking a look at the story of Paul and Silas in prison in Acts 16. Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God at midnight and all the doors in the prison were opened. The Roman prison guard who saw the power of God in this moment was terrified he'd be in trouble but Paul and Silas reassured him. Praise sometimes be...

'Worship' has become a music genre and an industry; something to monetise and make a career out of, but the Bible says different. Pastor John continues his series on worship with a look at multiple verses throughout scripture to find out what God really wants our worship to look like.

What is true worship and how do we protect it? Worship has become a music genre and more about us than it is about God. Recently an AI-generated song made it to the top of the charts in the 'worship' category for 2 weeks! We have become removed from the heart of what God meant worship to be. Pastor John Blackah brings a message from Genesis 22 where the first mention of the word 'worsh...

Pastor Tony Wastall brings a message on the power of prayer this week with a focus on Luke 6:12, and Luke 18. Jesus still does the same things today that he did when he walked the earth. There's no drug or alcohol addiction, physical or mental illness, ailment or otherwise that is too big for Jesus. We struggle with prayer, because we often cannot see results in the physical realm until we prevail...

Life can feel overwhelming with family, jobs, finances and everything else we've got going on. Pastor John Blackah brings a message focusing on the story of King Hezekiah from Isaiah 36 & 37 to help us understand how to position and posture ourselves in order to receive our breakthrough.

Pastor Karla Blackah digs into John 15:4-8 this week to explain how Father God is the gardener, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. We can thrive when we are connected to Jesus as the vine and just as a branch needs a vine for life, we need to be fully dependant on Him. Abiding means to stay, to dwell or to remain. Learn how to enjoy the presence of God in your life and press deeper into al...