The King's Church International Audio Podcast

Today so many people are afraid for so many reasons. We may have fears about our health, our families, our finances and our future. And of course, we may fear many negative things that we see happening in the world around us.     But the Christmas story tells us that we do not have to fear. Instead, we can confidently put our trust in God who is real and completely reliable. We can know His peace...

One of the greatest lessons that we can learn from the Christmas story is that God wants you to live without fear and to go through life with faith and confidence. Overcoming fear is one of the major themes of the Bible. The Scriptures teach us that God wants us to trust in Him and receive His peace and comfort even in the most uncertain of times.      Fear is a universal human experience. We may...

You have more potential than you may realise. But one of the best ways to achieve actual fulfilment in your life is to be part of a team. Who would you say was the best team ever? In many areas of life, it has been great teams who have achieved more together than they ever would have done apart.     In church history it was a group of talented and dedicated U.K. Christians known as the Clapham sec...

Do you feel your life is unimportant? Do you feel a nobody in a world of celebrities? Do you sometimes feel you haven’t got much to offer? Well ordinary people can help achieve extra ordinary things.      The famous anthropologist, Margaret Mead said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’      In our ser...

The experience of betrayal when people who you once close to and trusted, turn on you, oppose you, abandon you and who may even try to destroy you can cause great pain and lasting harm. Actually, it is one of the worst things that you can experience in life. This may have happened to you. And for sure this horrible experience happened to Jesus, even though he had done nothing to deserve it.      B...

Jesus called ordinary men who were imperfect with different backgrounds to become world leaders and world changers. They became the foundation of the Christian church and have marked history accordingly. This should encourage each one of us that, when called by God, we can do and be more than we ever hoped or imagined in our lives.   Today we come to Thomas, perhaps one of the most well-known disc...

Jesus called ordinary men who were imperfect with different backgrounds to become world leaders and world changers. They became the foundation of the Christian church and have marked history accordingly. This should encourage each one of us that, when called by God, we can do and be more than we ever hoped or imagined in our lives.   One of these ordinary men was Matthew. He was not someone you ma...

In this series we have seen how Jesus transformed a group of very down to earth characters who had plenty of faults, into extraordinary leaders who changed the world.   You may think of yourself as a very ordinary person, but there is far more potential in your life than you realise.   Today we are going to unlock the keys to truly seeking and finding God, through the example of another of the dis...

In this series, we are looking at how Jesus shaped 12 ordinary men into extraordinary leaders who would impact the world.   It may appear the breakthrough you need is not possible by logic, but it doesn’t mean it’s not possible. Jesus had to teach this truth to one of His most experienced followers. The disciple Philip was a studious reader of the Bible, he was mentored by John the Baptist who pre...

In this series we are looking at how Jesus formed a team of 12 very ordinary men into extraordinary leaders who continue to have an impact on the world. They were a strong and often difficult group of characters but what Jesus achieved in training them shows how each one of us also can change and bring positive change to others.      No matter our faults or failures, there is hope for every one of...

In this series we are looking into the lives of the people who knew Jesus best—His 12 disciples. These were very ordinary people in many ways who became extraordinary leaders that impacted the world for good. The disciple James is one of the most well-known disciples whose life story has much to teach us.     It's worth mentioning that there are several men named ‘James’ in the New Testament. Ther...

You have a far brighter future than you may imagine. You can see great changes in your life. You can overcome your past failures and mistakes. You can become a great success and a powerful leader. This is what can happen when you experience Jesus Christ in a personal way and become trained as one of His true followers.     Jesus ministered to great multitudes of people and saw many healings and mi...

In this series we’re looking at the lives of the disciples Jesus called into his team of 12. Andrew became the first known disciple of Jesus and his story begins in John 1:35-42.     In many ways Andrew is a great example of what it means to be a disciple and a leader. Although he was one of the first to be chosen by Jesus, very little is said about what he did. But what we do know is that he had...

In our new series ‘Becoming Real Followers of Jesus’, we’ll be learning how Jesus shaped His disciples for greatness. One definition of a leader is someone who people want to follow. Jesus has over 2.6 billion followers in the world today and Jesus is all about reality. He came over 2,000 years ago with a real plan of salvation for the world. His plan to do this was through first transforming a gr...

We are living in a time of the greatest changes in history. Over the last 70 years, changes have taken place everywhere and in every way imaginable. Some good, and some bad. But together the whole process of change has left many feeling dehumanised, depressed, bewildered and insecure.  In a world where everything seems to be constantly changing, transient and disposable, is there anything that rea...

We end our series on the Lord’s Prayer with a subject that we might prefer to avoid but one we must face and learn to overcome. Matthew 6:13 says “but deliver us from evil”.      Many of us don’t like to think about evil, let alone that we need to be delivered from it or that it can consume us. But there is a reason Jesus told us to pray these words every day. There is a fight against us that we a...

Temptation - what is it? How do we deal with it? And how can we make sure it doesn’t wreck our lives? Do you struggle with temptation?     The Lord’s Prayer has the potential to transform the way we pray and live. Matthew 6:13 reads, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” Every day the Spirit is on a mission to give us fullness of life, but also every day there is an...

Forgiveness is one of the greatest needs of our world whether in personal and family relationships or in society. Nelson Mandela said ‘resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.’ In contrast he said; ‘forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear. That’s why it is such a powerful weapon.’     So many people are so poisoned by unforgiveness and carry around with...

One of the biggest keys to living a life of peace and fulfilment is to live one day at a time. So many people are focussed on the past - they are always looking back. Others are always planning for the future or worried about what might happen in the future. In the process they miss the great potential of each new day. As a famous cartoonist said: ‘yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today...

Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:10 ‘your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ God’s kingdom is not about earthly territory but about seeing God’s rule and power in action in all areas of society and the world.       God’s kingdom has already come in the lives of all who recognise Christ as King. But God’s kingdom is yet to come when His rule will be established on ear...

To ‘hallow’ means to honour as being holy, to be set apart, to be praised and adored. When we pray this it means we want to honour God’s name and to see God’s name honoured in all the world. We want all people to appreciate who God really is.      But what does it mean to ‘hallow’ the names of God? Names are important because they mark identities. In the Bible we see God often changed a person’s n...

Prayer is incredibly powerful. As the poet Lord Tennyson put it: ‘More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.’ A great preacher Oswald Smith said: ‘when we work, we work. When we pray, God works.’ James 5:16 tells us ‘The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.’    But how can you learn to pray effectively? How can you pray in a way that will bring change to you and y...

There is no discrimination with God. As Peter said in Acts 10:34 when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Gentiles as well as the Jews, “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favouritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.’     Today you may have been born in this country or you may have moved to this country. You may be from a nation that is...

Concluding our series on ‘Living in Victory’, we see the final key to overcoming everything that comes against us in life. Here Paul speaks about prayer. Prayer is so powerful and important that Paul includes it in his teaching in Ephesians 6 about how we can win in every battle we face. As the great evangelist, John Wesley said: “Prayer is where the action is.”    Immediately after admonishing th...

This weekend, as King’s Church International celebrates its 80th anniversary, we are full of thanks to God for his faithfulness over so many years. The fires of faith in God that were lit in the first generation of a small group of sacrificial people in a Scout Hut in Slough, have never gone out. They have continued to burn throughout each succeeding generation.      Happily, we have different exa...