Port Macquarie Salvos Podcast

The sound of a life all fired up, sounds so inviting and engaging. It gives a sense of significance and purpose to our lives. The picture of fire is one that often associated with the Holy Spirit. A life lived and sold out to the power of the Holy Spirit is certainly one that is all fired up. In this episode, Peter explores Romans 8 and how to live a life empowered and surrendered to the Holy Spir...

Is it ok to have doubts? Does that work against faith or does it actually make your faith stronger? In this message, Peter explores the character of Thomas when he encounters the resurrected Jesus. Let's see how Jesus deals with Thomas' struggles and doubts and how Jesus deals with us in our own journey.

As we celebrate the victory of Jesus on Easter Sunday, Rodney shares with us a few encounters of the disciples with the risen Jesus. He encourages us to look at the power, strength and peace that can be found in the Unshakable Love of Jesus.

In today's message, Wendy shares with us on Good Friday the Unshakable Love of Jesus. We explore how this was a costly and precious gift of God towards us.

On this Palm Sunday, Ross takes us to that original day as Jesus rides into Jerusalem, giving us a perspective of this from the history and Jewish people of the day. Just like in that time, the challenge for us today is to consider who this Jesus is to us.

There would be no argument about prayer being vital for the person who is following the way of Jesus. It was such a key part of who he was and what he did. Rebecca takes us through the importance of prayer and challenges some of the ideas or ways we approach prayer in our own lives. Come join us in this pursuit of God in this way.

We have been exploring following Jesus as our way of life. This is who we are and what we do. This episode we look at what is most important to know about evangelism. Though it sounds scary it is amazing how our own experiences can make sharing our story with God seem not so hard. We also hear from 2 others as they share their stories of God working in their life.

"We're on a mission from God!" Have you ever wondered what God's mission really looks like? Does he want you to be part of it? Peter explores the idea of God's mission in the world and how it lives at the very core of who he is and how he operates. Hear how you can be part of that mission too.

How do you react to new things? Is it excitement or is it hesitation or even apprehension? When the new thing is from God should we lean into it? Rebecca shares in this message about how God is calling out to us for new things in our lives. Are we ready and willing for him to do that work in us?

Part of being human is to face struggle and difficulty. There is something that is going to shake us or bring us down. How we react to it is super important. In this message, Peter explores Paul's view on the struggles we face and how to look at our situations.

We all face giants in our lives in one form or another - things that come against us that are big, scary and intimidating. In this message from our cafe church service, Rebecca looks at the well-known story of David and Goliath and shows how we too can face those giants in our life. Tune in today and hear how you can have the faith to overcome.

Ever feel stuck? Ever feel like the way you have done things doesn't seem to be working? You are not alone. Rebecca takes us through a beautiful story of Jesus and his disciples. Come with us on this journey to find the answer you need.

Why would Paul choose Spiritual Warfare as the topic of his final words in this letter? What does that have to do with us today? How does this inform our spiritual identity. Well, one thing is for sure, we all face some struggles in life. Have you ever wondered why these "struggles" keep happening, for many and throughout history? In this message, Peter looks at how we can face these str...

In continuing our series through the book of Ephesians, we change tactics here and share the message between 3 people who were each given the task of doing a SOAP of the passage. SOAP is an acronym we use to read the bible and gain personal inspiration and revelation. S - stands for Scripture. This is where we note which part of the scripture stood out to us. O - is for Observation. Here, we look...

This week, the book Ephesians changes tone. Before now, there have been some big ideas and big themes. Now the writer gets much more practical. They start with sharing how we all have a calling from God. Peter helps us explore what that calling is and how we all have a part to play in that calling.

The book of Ephesians is filled many statements of identity - of who we are in Christ. Such as 'I am chosen, I am adopted, I am blessed, I am loved, I am God's masterpiece. When we take hold of these for ourselves, it impacts the way we live. In this series, 'Who Are You?', each week we will be reading through a chapter of the book of Ephesians, looking at our identity in Christ an...

The book of Ephesians is filled many statements of identity - of who we are in Christ. Such as 'I am chosen, I am adopted, I am blessed, I am loved, I am God's masterpiece. When we take hold of these for ourselves, it impacts the way we live. In this series, 'Who Are You?', each week we will be reading through a chapter of the book of Ephesians, looking at our identity in Christ an...

In our final installment of this series, Peter explores the themes that James finishes with—considering James' encouragement to listen to the Word and do what it says.

What has the number one place in your life? Rebecca takes us through James chapter 4 to see what he was trying to share with the early church. These things still ring true for us today.

What do your actions say about your faith? Peter explores this idea from James chapter 2. Continue with us as we journey through the letter of James to hear what God might be saying to us.

Peter kicks off this series on the book of James looking at the topic of finding joy in times of trial.

Rebecca walks us through the bible and explores the work of the Holy Spirit.

Peter explores the story of Jesus giving his keynote address about what his mission on earth is all about. This sets us up with this new series Empowered by... Empowered for... and gives us an idea of we are heading and even more of what us as his disciples and his church should be about.

Rebecca and Peter team up to share the vision for the Salvation Army in the Port Macquarie area for 2024. This is based on the verse from Acts 1:8 - You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. Learn what it looks like to be "powered up" by God.

Our guest this week is the NSW/ACT leader for The Salvation Army in Australia. She speaks on that interesting story from Acts 6 and how we as The Salvation Army need to keep the main things front and centre.