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We're delighted to have you with us for this week's podcast. We upload a fresh podcast every week, so if you enjoyed this one, we look forward to seeing you at the next one. Additionally, if you're nearby, why not drop by one of our campuses? We'd be thrilled to meet you and enjoy a coffee together.

We're delighted to have you with us for this week's podcast. We upload a fresh podcast every week, so if you enjoyed this one, we look forward to seeing you at the next one. Additionally, if you're nearby, why not drop by one of our campuses? We'd be thrilled to meet you and enjoy a coffee together.

Every Sunday, The Rock streams their church services. So why not join us at 10 am.

(Proverbs 4:23) Solomon instructs us to “guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Our lives go in the direction of our heart and it’s up to us to protect it. There are four aspects to the heart that we need to understand in order to be people who guard our hearts. 1️⃣ Our intellectual capacity How we think about ourselves, our purpose, and even about God will de...

In any healthy relationship there needs to be growth, and if we want to grow in our lives and in our faith then we need to prioritise growing in our relationship with God. The way we do that is by paying attention to the areas where He invites us into deeper relationship. God cares for you the way a close friend would. He cares about what’s on your heart and wants to have a relationship with you....

In any healthy relationship there needs to be growth, and if we want to grow in our lives and in our faith then we need to prioritise growing in our relationship with God. The way we do that is by paying attention to the areas where He invites us into deeper relationship. God cares for you the way a close friend would. He cares about what’s on your heart and wants to have a relationship with you....

When God can trust us to be faithful in the ordinary then he can take us into the extraordinary. When we are faithful in the routine, something is happening that we can’t see. Spiritual muscles are being strengthen and we are being prepared for what is ahead. And the routines of life are not always exciting but they are necessary to become all God has created us to be. Remember that God will alway...

(Read Jeremiah 12:1-6) The same God who spoke to Jeremiah is speaking to us today. And He is challenging us saying, “don’t get stuck”. (Jeremiah 29:11) We know God wants us to keep moving forward! The Israelites prayed to God to save them from Egypt and he heard them and saved them. When they were faced with a sea in front of them and an army behind them (Exodus 14:13-20) God made a way for them t...

The kingdom of God needs built people. People who spend intentional time building their lives to walk with God through challenges and pressures of life. We aren’t supposed to be shaped by media, trends, or popular opinions. God wants to build us to have a greater impact in this world. There is an inner and an outer anointing on your life. The outer represents your talents, skills, gifts and abilit...

Are you still holding onto the promises that God has given you and stepping into the dreams and desire God has planted in your heart? This week Caelan shared how we need to intentionally push forward and above all “don’t stop believing.” God can still move in 2023! Here are 4 things that can help us finish this year strong and see the breakthrough that we are trusting God for: 1️⃣ Words shape our...

Every week, Church on the Rock streams the in person message on podcast.

Every week, Church on the Rock streams the in person message on podcast. This week is about the importance of remaining in Jesus from our senior pastor.

You can’t please everyone - even Jesus who was perfect couldn’t make everyone happy. If you want to please someone, please God and choose purpose over popularity! Living for the approval of people keeps you from the purposes of God. If you don’t know the purpose of your life, you’ll misuse it - ask your creator about your purpose - then live in it. We please God when we live according to his purpo...

You can’t please everyone - even Jesus who was perfect couldn’t make everyone happy. If you want to please someone, please God and choose purpose over popularity! Living for the approval of people keeps you from the purposes of God. If you don’t know the purpose of your life, you’ll misuse it - ask your creator about your purpose - then live in it. We please God when we live according to his purpo...

The difference between those who are fulfilled in life (great meaningful relationships, strong finances, enjoying ministry & life) and those who aren’t is not talent, intelligence or even appearance. The direction of our lives is due to the decisions we make. If your life is moving in the direction of your decisions, do you like the direction your decisions are taking you? The decisions we mak...

This past Sunday was our birthday and Heart for the House service, where we got together to sow into our future as a church! We came together to believe for God to do more than we could ever hope or imagine as he builds his church through US collectively. God doesn’t want any of us to go through life and miss the point of why we are here. We are all here to play a unique role in building His churc...

Imagine approaching a new group of people to ask to sit with them and they just answer, “sorry, this seat is taken”. We can also live a life that does not have room for new people, or we can choose to make space for new people at our table. The one way of living is self-serving with a small impact. The other way invites new people in and has a great impact on the lives of others! That is a life of...

Without faith it is impossible to please God. If we want to step out to take new ground then we need to take faith steps to move into our future! The passage Ps. Jan shared with us this Sunday is out of 2 kings 3:7-20. It is a story of moving forward in faith! Here we find that king Jehoshaphat travels with 2 other kings to overcome their enemy, only to later realise they had no water for their me...

This week Ps. Mark tackled the question; how do we know if it is God speaking to us? Just as we would recognise the voice of a loved one, we can also recognise God’s voice in a world with a lot of noise. But responding to the voice of God is a faith exercise. (John 10:3-5) We can’t only step out on our opinions or best efforts. We need to step out in faith. 5 ways to test if something is from God:...

One area most people struggle to move forward in faith is generosity. Jesus himself speaks on money frequently in the gospels. This Sunday Ps. Mark taught on 3 dimensions of giving that will change our lives if we move forward in all of them. Moving Forward is a posture, but importantly it is also an action. It is observable in your life. It is the evidence of things unseen. (Hebrews 11:1) Abraham...

One area most people struggle to move forward in faith is generosity. Jesus himself speaks on money frequently in the gospels. This Sunday Ps. Mark taught on 3 dimensions of giving that will change our lives if we move forward in all of them. Moving Forward is a posture, but importantly it is also an action. It is observable in your life. It is the evidence of things unseen. (Hebrews 11:1) Abraham...

Have you ever built a very large puzzle with many small pieces? If you have, you would have found that looking at one piece without the full picture doesn’t make much sense. James teaches us likewise, that seeing the bigger picture can help us to make sense of the pieces that make up our lives. (James 5:8) We need to live for Gods greater eternal plan, not only for today or for ourselves here on e...

Every Sunday, The Rock streams their church services on podcast. This week we are continuing our series on Why God, Why? Part 4 by Ps. Jared Cerfonteyn.

Every Sunday, The Rock streams their church services. So why not join us at 10 am. // WHY GOD, WHY? PART 3? // We all face battles that we have to trust God with, today we find out how we can grow to trust God. This week in our WHY GOD, WHY? message series we answer the question “Why should I trust God?”

// WHY GOD, WHY? PART 2 // // WHY DIDN’T GOD ANSWER IT? // Prayer can be both powerful, and confusing. Elijah prayed and brought down fire from heaven, Daniel prayed and was protected from lions. Amazing, right? So why are some prayers answered and some not? This Sunday we learned it comes down to the purpose of prayer; God doesn’t exist to serve us, we exist to serve Him and do HIS will. Prayer e...