Breathe New Life Podcast

When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised in the Jordan river too (Luke 3:21). When we get baptised today, we can know that Jesus is stood there with us, praying and identifying himself with us. Baptism is one way in which we can identify ourselves with Jesus and follow in His footsteps. As He was baptised, Jesus was announced as God's son. We too, can be born of God, if we choos...

What can we learn about prayer from Jesus? Jesus prayed at the start of the day and before doing anything or going to anyone else. He also prayed in the out-working and during the day-to-day activity of life. When life got busy and loud, Jesus woke up even earlier! He spent the night praying about the big decisions in life and prayed in the painful situations, such as hours before his crucifixion....

On Sunday 19th April we welcomed special guests Ian and Val Byrd (Lifelinks International). In his message titled, 'Run Your Race', Ian shared from Hebrews 12 about running the race marked out for us. Some people stop running because they grow weary and lose heart, whereas we are encouraged to stop lingering in our past and instead strain towards our destiny (Philippians 3:13). Failures and disapp...

Steff Hodgson takes us back to the original praying community in Acts who met in an upper room to pray and wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. On the day of Pentecost, the disciples became a community of power but it all started with prayer. A praying community obeys together, are one (united) together, grows together and waits together. -------- For more information about Bre...

On Easter Sunday, Paul Jukes identified three problems that Jesus' resurrection solved for us. The first problem is confusion which needs a Prophet to speak God's truth in order to direct our paths. When we feel lost or confused, we can call on Jesus, the greatest of all Prophets. The problem of separation and condemnation can be solved by the Priest. Jesus came to restore our peace with God by sa...

Concluding our Fulfilment series on the heart, head, hands and huddle, Paul Jukes shared a Palm Sunday message about 3 huddles or crowds that Jesus faced and how He overcame them. As Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the crowd shouted, "Hosanna", and yet the same crowd later called for His crucifixion. People are often moved by emotion, whereas faith is all about discipleship and steadfastness...

In this message, Ben Hodgson looked at the different uses of the word 'hands' in the old and new testaments, such as in Exodus 4 when God asked Moses, "what is that in your hand?" referring to his staff which would be used by God to perform incredible things. Just as Aaron was to be the hands and feet of Moses, Moses was to be the hands and feet of God. In the same way, we are called to be the han...

On Mothering Sunday 2026, Sara Jukes continued our Fulfilment series about heart, head, hands and huddle. In this message, Sara focused on the head and challenged us to fill our mind with Jesus. Negative thoughts inevitably come to us all, therefore, it is vitally important that we remember who we are by practicing mindfulness and gratitude, recognising and identifying what we are thinking about....

Sara Jukes asks the question, 'how is your heart?' in this message about the unfortunately named, 'woman with the issue of blood' (Mark 5). We all have issues that prevent us from coming to Jesus; however, like this woman, there are things that we can do in order to push through our personal crowd. For example, if we don't feel that we are good enough, we need to push through and believe that we a...

During our 9:15am and 11:15am services, Paul Jukes shared a message about fulfilment based on the creation account in Genesis. The God who fills was hovering over the waters in the beginning and is still with us in our chaos. Before God fills something, He forms it first. He formed the sky through separation in order to create the space for Him to fill. In the same way, He's forming each of us and...

On the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), the disciples heard the sound of a violent wind and saw what seemed to be tongues of fire as they began to speak in various languages as the Holy Spirit enabled them. From this moment on, the Church became a worldwide community, with the purpose of reaching the whole world with the message of Jesus. In his message, Ben unpacks what the church in Acts looked like a...

On Sunday 15th February, guest speaker Stephen Matthew shared a message about the conversation between Jesus and the Apostle Peter in John 21, in which Jesus reinstates Peter three times. Before Peter went on to do great things, there was still one subtle character flaw that needed to be addressed. Turning to the Apostle John, Peter asked Jesus, "What about him?" The human condition is to compare,...

On Sunday 8th February, we celebrated all of the many nations represented at Breathe New Life Church. Sara Jukes shared a message about God's global heart, based on chapters 3 and 4 in Acts. In the face of threats, imprisonment and persecution, the early church were a praying community. After they prayed (Acts 4:31), they were unified as one in heart and mind and became a caring community. As a re...

In his message on Offering Sunday 2026, Ps Paul Jukes challenged us to consider our motives when giving to God. In scripture, there are those who give to show off what they have, those who give with the expectation to be paid back and those who give to fulfil their religious duty. These types of givers will only ever receive short-term fulfilment. If we're looking for long-term fulfilment and eter...

On Vision Sunday, our Senior Pastors Paul and Sara Jukes unpacked our vision focus for the year; a year of Fulfilment. Based on Ephesians 1:22-23 which states that God placed everything under the feet of Jesus, appointed Him to be the head over His church, which is the body of Christ, the fulness of Him who fills everything in every way. As we grow in maturity individually, the church also grows i...

In this message on Review Sunday, Sara Jukes used the example of King David to model 3 things we can do in order to approach our past in a healthy way. Firstly to reflect, then to release and finally to renew. Our past experiences are important because they help to form us; however, we need to allow our past gratitude to shape our future attitude, and in order to grow beyond our yesterday, we shou...

On Volunteer Sunday, Ben shared about the three stages of Gideon's army (Judges 6 and 7) and three qualities that God is looking for in a volunteer. Firstly, there were 32,000 warriors who responded to Gideon's call to arms and who declared themselves available, which is the first quality. The second quality is authenticity. 22,000 warriors admitted that they were afraid and were free to leave the...

In this new year message, Steff Hodgson looks at the differences between purpose and goals in order to encourage us to live purpose-focused, rather than goal focused. Our purpose is to know God, love Him and others, to become like Jesus and to serve others. Unlike goals which can change, our purpose remains. In this message, Steff gives three keys to living purpose-focused: 1. Stay close to God 2....

Beccy Pitts - The Power of Testimony sharing by Breathe New Life Church

We read in Luke 2 about the shepherds who were terrified and the host of heavenly angels who praised God, leading to the shepherds glorifying and praising God too! This was not so much a silent night, but most likely a noisy one! In this Carol Service message, Sara Jukes asked the question about what we are listening to this Christmas. We can choose to listen to the fear, the disappointment and th...

Special guest, Francis Mugwanya (Father's Heart Mobility) shares about the time that Jesus (and Peter) walked on water as recorded in Matthew 14 and Mark 6. We must not confuse facts with truth, and we should not stay comfortable with the status quo, or be overcome with fear. Instead we should trust in God's faithfulness, power and provision. Even if we are in the middle of a storm, God calls us t...

In this message titled, 'The Art of Remembering', Paul Jukes compares two similar miracles in the Gospel of Mark in which multitudes of people are miraculously fed (Mark 6 and Mark 8). On both occasions, the disciples were in a remote, wilderness place, so we need to remember that miracles happen in the wilderness. We also need to remember what we have with us. The disciples had forgotten they had...

Beccy Pitts shares a message about how to read the bible and meditate on scripture, based on Psalm 1. According to the Psalmist, those who delight in the law of the Lord and meditate on it day and night, will be fruitful. If we read the bible prayerfully, intentionally and curiously, we will be fruitful in the season we are in and in the future seasons. If we rely on His strength, we will not with...

In a message about fruitful serving and attendance, Paul Jukes shared about the paralyzed man who was carried to Jesus, through the roof of a house (Luke 5:17-26) which proves that there is a power in showing up and a power in agreement. Fruitfulness begins with showing up, being there for others and requires pushing through barriers as well as humility. Just as Jesus had to trust the Father to ra...

On Remembrance Sunday, Sara Jukes began our disciplines and discipleship series with a message about relationships and connections. In Nehemiah 3, we read of God's fruitful work in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, which the people did as a team. God's work is all about teamwork. If we take ownership and work together, God will turn our mundane into the magnificent and bring about restoration and...