Massey Community Church Sermons

Hannah walks us through Psalm 55 (and parts of Psalm 88) as she shares, in a real way, how God's loving presence can be trusted in dark times; where our fears and failures have taken hold of us. She leaves us with these following practices to try. Practicing the Presence of God in Fearful Situations - For when you have a chunk of time: Pick a Psalm - possibly Psalm 12, Psalm 56, Psalm 69, Psalm 88...

We are emotional beings, made in God's image. Libby shares the importance of expressing our feelings - not just good the ones. To be real and responsible with our anger, otherwise it will just leak out anyway.

In an age of information overload, how do we take action - take the steps to follow the narrow path and live life with Jesus? Covering Matthew 7:13-29, Tina gives us part 2 of 2 of 'The Sermon Concludes' series - wrapping up Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Tina also leaves us with some practical steps for the week ahead: 'Your Rule of Life' Have a think about your current ‘rule of life’ – what habits...

It is not loving to “pick on people, jump on their failures, criticise their faults”. So how can we help guide or correct someone? And is it always appropriate to do? How do we honour God and each other when we mess up? And what does it take to ask another for correction or guidance in your own behaviour? Rod explores these questions with scripture and wisdom. Covering Matthew 7:1-6 (and Galatians...

Josh shares both practically and personally what to means to be good stewards of all that we have in service to God - to His will and His love for His children.

Through an array of stories and scriptures, Robin shares how God can be trusted to care about the little things and hold us through the big things - freeing us to be generous with our lives and with what we have.

Libby shares, using both scripture and personal experience, the great value in giving and receiving - being blessed to be a blessing.

Tony shares that the practice of Generosity comes out of willing hearts - those who love God and seek to imitate Him.

We asked the question this Easter, 'what are you looking for?' In this sermon, Tina suggests an answer centred around this verse in John: "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (John 17: 3 NIV) How would you describe your 'knowing' of God? Factual? Relational? Moving towards 'union' with him? After listening to Tina's sermon, allow...

This message looks at Injuries and Enemies in Mathew 5:38 – 48, but it also spends some time looking at our practice of prayer, and how Mathew 5 turned the assumptions of the day upside down, so that the glittering wealthy people were no longer in charge of God’s kingdom here on earth, but now the poor in spirit were being touched by God through Jesus. Based on this, how do we respond when we are...

In this message, Rod Edwards unpacks Jesus’ teachings on anger. He comments that these teachings point us to values and principles, as opposed to the letter of the law, and how much easier it is just to have a black and white checklist than to have to ponder our more hidden motivations and emotions. God, however, is interested in the heart. And in our hearts we can murder. We can murder when anger...

'Welcome to Life!' - as found in the kingdom of heaven (or heavens or skies or air), the space where God's purposes reside and are carried out. This kingdom has come near in the person and way of Jesus, and is open to all, not just those who seem 'blessed' by our culture’s standards. In fact those who seem more 'blessed' according to our culture are less likely to experience life in the kingdom ac...

Tina Teope (Discipleship Pastor), Libby Hunt (Community Pastor) and Hannah Plews (Children and Families Pastor) share their heart and vision for MCC 2025.

Libby talks about the walls that come up in our journey and how God's word leads and guides us in our struggle - where we must 'let go and let God'.

Faye shares a recent journey of healing and growth that the Lord has taken her on; where scriptural truths on forgiveness were woven throughout. *Please note: the beginning of Faye's pepeha unfortunately did not make it onto the recording.

Gratitude is a practice. The sermon concludes with this Thankfulness Practice that you can try: Write down or draw as many things as you can to be thankful for. Try to be as specific as possible. (e.g. Thank you Lord for your intervention in my mother’s life that in turn led me to you – vs – thank you God that I know you). Ideas: Your coming-to-faith story, your journey with God, Jesus, the charac...

Looking forward to embarking on a new year, Tony shares how the radical new covenant made through Jesus renews His follows from the inside out - to be saved for good works and not because of good works.

Through the story of Simeon and Anna, we learn that a life dependent on the Holy Spirit, is a life of worship - where hope and joy is found in spite of disappointments.

Zechariah's prayer of praise and thanks for what God has done, speaks to the Joy of a follower of Yahweh who, because of and in spite of circumstances, faithfully awaited the Messiah - the Saviour God.

Through Rod's retelling of the story of Mary, he demonstrates how God offers us Hope through His reassurances in times of waiting, and how we might respond as His servants.

Make being with God in love, and listening to Him, a part of your daily rhythm. Trust Him, invite Him in to make His home in your heart.

God speaks through many different ways; listening to God is about being attentive and recognising His voice.

Aaron walks us through the Lord's Prayer, and demonstrates "prayer isn't a magical wand, it doesn't fix everything - what it does, is tune our hearts to the will and love of our God".

We pray to our vast and holy God who also invites us into the intimacy of calling Him Abba, our Father.

Worship is God's invitation to us to place Him at the centre; affirming who He is and what He can do in our lives. God seeks worshippers.