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Changing our Hearts  Series: Audacious Prayer Date preached: 18th February 2024 Jesus talks a lot about prayer. Most of what he teaches is not about what to pray, but rather, about how to pray. And his first lesson is to pray boldly and persistently. Mostly, when we think about praying boldly, we think about changing our circumstances (our health, relationships, jobs etc). In today’s lesson from t...

Changing our Circumstances  Series: Audacious Prayer Date preached: 11th February 2024 Jesus talks a lot about prayer. Most of what he teaches is not about what to pray, but rather, about how to pray. And his first lesson is to pray boldly and persistently. In this message we talk honestly about how we pray, and how Jesus wants us to pray. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1....

Seek Him … daily Series: BEST Date preached: 28th January 2024 To “seek him first” isn’t an idea, it’s an action … a daily action that must shape everything we do. In this message Matt talks about what it looks like to “seek him daily” and challenges us to begin 2024 with daily habits that “seek him first”? Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What do you do daily to create yo...

Seek His Kingdom and His Righteousness Series: BEST Date preached: 21st January 2024 Seek is an active word - we must do something to seek something. Jesus says seek first his kingdom and his righteousness. What does this mean? What does it look like in our 21st century daily lives to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness? Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. Have you e...

Seek Him First Series: BEST Date preached: 14th January 2024 Everyone begins a new year hoping it will be a good one. In fact, everyone hopes the coming year will be their best year yet. What can we do to make the coming year our best year yet. Today we explore Jesus’ teaching on what it takes to live a great life: the key, he says, is to “seek God first”. Questions to reflect on and discuss from...

Arrival (Christmas Eve) Series: He’s here Date preached: 24th December 2023 The Christmas story is well known to so many people. In this series, we dig below the surface and discover the real reason for Christmas. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What’s the most exciting invitation you’ve ever received? 2. How does - or how could - the coming of the saviour of the world ch...

Christmas … fixing the sin problem Series: He’s here Date preached: 10th December 2023 Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What’s the first thing you think about when you think about the true meaning of Christmas? 2. How does it feel hearing the word “sin” as the real meaning for Christmas? 3. Sometimes it feels awkward to talk about our own sin. Talk about how it feels to th...

Sharing your faith … with actions Series: How do I share my faith? Date preached: 26th November 2023 Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What’s been your experience of sharing your faith in action: either your sharing, or someone sharing with you? 2. Grab a piece of paper and make a few notes to answer the question: how can I use my gifts to share my faith? 3. Now, thinking a...

Sharing your faith … with words Series: How do I share my faith? Date preached: 19th November 2023 Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What’s been your experience of sharing your faith in words: either your sharing, or someone sharing with you? 2. Grab a piece of paper and make a few notes to capture “your story”: how was your life before or without following Jesus; what made...

Why do Christians share their faith Series: How do I share my faith? Date preached: 12th November 2023 Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What’s the first thing you think about when you hear someone talking about “sharing your faith”? Scared? Awkward? Excited? What? 2. How does hearing Jesus described as “the saviour of the world” make you think about sharing your faith? Dif...

God’s Eternal Kingdom Series: Upside Down World  Date preached: 29th October 2023 In his first public speech Jesus said, I’ve come to bring a new Kingdom to earth … but it wasn’t a kingdom like anyone expected. Today we look at Jesus’ teaching about “worry” and ask why Jesus would say “there’s no reason to worry in the Kingdom of God”. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. On a...

Living life to please the King Series: Upside Down World  Date preached: 22nd October 2023 In his first public speech Jesus said, I’ve come to bring a new Kingdom to earth … but it wasn’t a kingdom like anyone expected. Today we look at Jesus’ teaching about giving, prayer and fasting … and discover an important principle for our lives today. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:...

New rules … in Jesus’ Kingdom Series: Upside Down World  Date preached: 15th October 2023 In his first public speech Jesus said, I’ve come to bring a new Kingdom to earth … but it wasn’t a kingdom like anyone expected. Today we look at Jesus’ teaching about the ‘new rules’ of his Kingdom: “it used to be this way … but I say …”. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What laws ar...

The Secret to Success … Jesus Style Series: Upside Down World  Date preached: 8th October 2023 Jesus begins his most famous teaching by redefining success. His words turned everything his listeners knew upside down … and they are still turning our ideas of success upside down today. In this message we examine success ‘Jesus style’, and ask ourselves what that looks like for us in the 21st century....

What is the Kingdom of God Series: Upside Down World  Date preached: 1st October 2023 Most people don’t live in a world ruled by a king. Even those kings that do exist today are mostly kind figureheads. Jesus grew up in a world where kings ruled and kingdoms fought and he came into the world announcing “the kingdom of God is near”. What is the Kingdom of God and what did Jesus mean when he talked...

JOY Date preached: 24th September 2023 Many people think Christian faith is serious and boring, yet the writers of the Bible use the word JOY over 400 times. What is Christian JOY and how do we find it in a world that seems so full of sadness and hate? Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What things do you think about when you think about joy? 2. What role does your faith pla...

Our grace to ourselves Series: Amazing Grace Date preached: 10th September 2023 Grace is a word that gets used a lot around churches. But what does grace really mean, and more importantly, how should it affect the way we live? Last week we talked about sharing God’s grace with others. For many of us, one of the people we most need to give God’s grace to … is ourselves! In this message we explore w...

Our grace to others Series: Amazing Grace Date preached: 3rd September 2023 Grace is a word that gets used a lot around churches. But what does grace really mean, and more importantly, how should it affect the way we live? In this message we explore God’s call for Christians to share his grace with people around us. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. Can you think of a story...

God’s grace to us Series: Amazing Grace Date preached: 27th August 2023 Grace is a word that gets used a lot around churches. But what does grace really mean, and more importantly, how should it affect the way we live? In this message we explore God’s grace toward people. Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message: 1. What are your first thoughts when you hear the word grace? 2. How wou...

Love one another Series: Weird Things Christians Do Date preached: 13th August 2023 There are lots of things Christians do that are … weird. There are things people do inside churches that look strange to those outside the church, and if we’re honest, many of us inside the church don’t really know why we do some of the things we do. In this series we look in detail at some of the weird things chri...

Giving Series: Weird Things Christians Do Date preached: 8th August 2023 There are lots of things Christians do that are … weird. There are things people do inside churches that look strange to those outside the church, and if we’re honest, many of us inside the church don’t really know why we do some of the things we do. In this series we look in detail at some of the weird things christians do:...

Weekly worship gathering Series: Weird Things Christians Do Date preached: 30th July 2023 There are lots of things Christians do that are … weird. There are things people do inside churches that look strange to those outside the church, and if we’re honest, many of us inside the church don’t really know why we do some of the things we do. In this series we look in detail at some of the weird thing...

Communion Series: Weird Things Christians Do Date preached: 23rd July 2023 There are lots of things Christians do that are … weird. There are things people do inside churches that look strange to those outside the church, and if we’re honest, many of us inside the church don’t really know why we do some of the things we do. In this series we look in detail at some of the weird things christians do...

Baptism Series: Weird Things Christians Do Date preached: 16th July 2023 There are lots of things Christians do that are … weird. There are things people do inside churches that look strange to those outside the church, and if we’re honest, many of us inside the church don’t really know why we do some of the things we do. In this series we look in detail at some of the weird things christians do:...

7-day faith … together Series: 7-day Jesus Date preached: 2nd July 2023 For Jesus and his early followers faith wasn’t an individual “me-and-God-alone” thing. Faith was something that was lived out in community. In our world the individual is most important - we have a lost a sense of the power of community. In this message we look at what the early church said about community and ask ourselves wh...