Living Rock Podcast

As we break bread, we’re reminded that we can know and experience joy as we share in this amazing covenant meal.

God has given us all we need to thrive in life. It’s not all happy rainbows and warm hugs, though. There are baddies and boundaries around us which we need to know how to deal with in order to live in the fulness of all God has for us. We can learn a thing or two from what God says  in Numbers 33 just before His people entered the Promised Land.

As we come towards the end of our series on Numbers, Stephen shares from Numbers 33 about how we are on a journey, and God is with us! Even during difficult stages of the journey there is a provision and refreshing for us. God wants to fill every aspect of our lives whilst we are on this journey, and despite set backs and, sometimes, failures, we are called to press on and finish the race.

In Numbers 27, tantalisingly close to the Promised Land, we’re introduced to five sisters whose story has much to say to us about the characteristics of those who pursue and possess the promises of God. Step up Generation Faith!

In Numbers 27 we read of the instruction that God gave to Moses at the end of his life. We will be looking at how Moses responded to this instruction and what this teaches us about Moses’s character, about God’s faithfulness and the view that we can enjoy as we look out over God’s covenant promise to us.

This Sunday, as we look at Numbers 25, we’re going to discover the connection and correlation between danger, anger and zeal!

In Numbers 20 and Exodus 17 we find two similar, yet distinct incidents, at the beginning and toward the end of Israel’s wanderings in the desert. Both mark periods of testing, for God and for Israel, and become future reference points in the Scriptures, which demonstrate the dangers of testing God to prove Himself to us, and the reason why God allows us to go through periods of testing. As His wo...

In the old Testament we read of the Israelites who receive water that gives them life from a rock. In the new Testament Paul tells us that, that rock travelled with them on their journey and that rock was a spiritual rock, and that Rock was Christ! We will look together at the abundance of life in The Rock, poured out for everyone.

In the last part of our New Year trilogy, we see that when Jesus ascended on high and poured out His Spirit He was empowering His church for its mission (Acts 1:4-8): proclaiming and demonstrating the good news of the Kingdom everywhere - and so completing what Jesus had started and preparing the way for His second coming!  And we discover that the opening chapters of Acts show us in simple, pract...

In the second part of our New Year trilogy, we discover that Jesus is not only "the same, yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8) but is also enthroned as Head over "a Kingdom that is unshakeable” (Hebrews 12:28).  The Unchanging Person came into our world bringing the good news of an Unshakeable Kingdom!  This everlasting, ever-growing Kingdom is God’s total answer to mankind’s total need, a...

At the start of a year in which so much is changing and uncertain, the Bible assures us that "Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).  He is the Rock on which our lives and churches are built and we invite you to join us this Sunday for the first part of our New Year trilogy - Unchangeable, Unshakeable, Unstoppable!...

Numbers 11 helps us to understand that living in uncertainty can cause us to grasp for control. When we’re rooted in the certainty of who God is though, we can let go of control and lay hold of all God has for us. We can live in certain times.

Numbers 7 gives a detailed account of the offerings brought to the Lord on behalf of the people. It’s a passage that’s easy to skim over due to its repetitive nature, but it contains principles that are important for us to grasp as we prepare to gather around The Lord’s Table this morning.   

The book of Numbers is a powerful reminder of the vital need for the church to embrace her true identity and enter in to all God has planned and promised for us.  In this message, and against the backdrop of Numbers chapter 1, David outlines ten vital attributes and characteristics that we can and must embrace if our amazing church is to thrive and fulfil our great calling in these days!...

As the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness on their way to Canaan they had the best local guide you could think of - The Presence of God. Although they went the long way round to reach their destination, their journey was an important experience for them to go through and a necessary preparation. As believers in 2020 we can know that the presence of God is no longer restricted to a tent, o...

The book of Numbers is a story of wanderings. A people on a pilgrimage through the wilderness, called to a promised land flowing with milk and honey. However, not yet ready to take hold of it, they became nomads instead of pilgrims. God has a plan and purpose for each of us as well. A journey which should have taken weeks for the Israelites, instead took them years, with a whole generation dying o...

The opening chapter of Numbers describes the census taken to count Israel’s army, before they began their journey to the promised land.  And as we read the story in its context we find several features relevant to our day.  Everyone was “counted by name”, a reminder that we're known and loved by God.  Everyone was “qualified to serve”, a reminder that all of us have a vital part to play.  But - tr...

Mike continues in our new series in the book of Numbers and will be sharing about how we all have a part to play in outworking the mission of the church, no matter who you are or what's going on around us!

Luke 23:32-43 – As we close our 'Gospel Encounters' series, we consider the last encounter, thankfully recorded for us by Luke. This one takes place between the innocent Son of God and the convicted criminal, during the final moments of both their lives. The intensity of this last encounter is obvious, and shows us that at its heart, the gospel message is about injustice, brutality, divisiveness,...

God’s word has a lot to say about ‘heaven’ yet as believers we rarely seem to talk about it. In today’s message, we look as what we have already been told about heaven and the age to come, asking ourselves ‘how then should we live?’.

Being a Christian isn’t all about sitting in pews while waiting to go to Heaven. In fact, not at all. We’re called to play a very active part in restoring all things! How? By being the salt of the earth: enhancing flavour, enabling wholeness and embodying holiness.

Paul's prayer for the Colossians is that they might be "strengthened with all power” (Col 1:11) and that's our prayer for our church at this time. Paul goes on to set forth many reasons for them to be strong, culminating in his sensational revelation of Jesus, who is Lord of all things! As we look together at these great truths it’s our prayer that we too will be really strengthened and really enc...

Let’s Pray!… During August we will be posting a series of short prayers on our YouTube channel.  Each of them is a prayer for our church: that we would be people of Faith, Hope, and Peace; a Source of Blessing, with a Good Confession; expressing Kindness and Generosity, and Ready for the Return of Jesus! We encourage you: firstly, to listen, receive and embrace these prayers over your own life; an...

Let’s Pray!… During August we will be posting a series of short prayers on our YouTube channel.  Each of them is a prayer for our church: that we would be people of Faith, Hope, and Peace; a Source of Blessing, with a Good Confession; expressing Kindness and Generosity, and Ready for the Return of Jesus! We encourage you: firstly, to listen, receive and embrace these prayers over your own life; an...

Let’s Pray!… During August we will be posting a series of short prayers on our YouTube channel.  Each of them is a prayer for our church: that we would be people of Faith, Hope, and Peace; a Source of Blessing, with a Good Confession; expressing Kindness and Generosity, and Ready for the Return of Jesus! We encourage you: firstly, to listen, receive and embrace these prayers over your own life; an...