Breathe New Life Podcast

During our All In service on Sunday 2nd November, Ben Hodgson shares about the tricks of Halloween, and the treats that God offers to us instead. Halloween is a celebration of death, whereas Jesus came to give us life. Halloween tries to trick us that darkness wins, and yet God's light can never be extinguished. Halloween offers deception, whereas Jesus is truth personified! Finally, Halloween tri...

When the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked, they landed on the island called Malta where the natives showed them unusual kindness. In this message, Rob Pitts encourages us to show unusual kindness to other people and also to be kind to ourselves because God made us exceedingly good (Genesis 1:31). The Bible commands us to love each other as we love ourselves, therefore we should be kind to ourselves. R...

In Matthew, chapter 22, Jesus instructed us to, “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence." (Matthew 22:37 MSG) and to love our neighbours as our ourselves. Jesus' passion drove him to the cross to die for us. His passion caused Him to overcome the devil's temptations and earthly passions in the wilderness (Matthew 4). In Matthew 21, Jesus' passion overflowed as He...

Tim Davies shares a message about baptism on Sunday 12th October. Using the scripture in Colossians, chapter 2, Tim challenges people to accept Jesus Christ as Lord (Colossians 2:6-7) and allow their roots to grow down into Him and to build their lives on Him. We should be passionate about our relationship with Jesus and celebrate what he has done in the lives of others because Jesus causes us to...

Freedom is one of our three Core Values at Breathe New Life. The only way we can be truly free is to receive freedom in Christ; however, many of us try to earn our permanent place in the family of God with good deeds and our own merit. No matter how many good merits we achieve, we'll never be able to outweigh the guilt of our own sin. Like in Job 33, we needed someone to stand in the gap and save...

Ben compares two similar chapters in the Gospel of John, chapters 13 and 15 to make the point that those who are in relationship with Jesus, those who remain connected to the vine, are already cleaned, purified and pruned. That said, we still need to give Jesus permission to wash our feet by admitting that we need Him, confessing our sins, as well as believing and obeying His word. Jesus' command...

Sara Jukes shares about the process of pruning that Jesus talked about in John 15. If Jesus is the true vine, we are the branches then God - the gardener - is the one who prunes the branches in order to help us remain fruitful. It can be a painful process but also one that brings great joy! All we need to do is trust that the gardener knows best and if we remain in Him, we will bear fruit, much fr...

In John 15:5 Jesus said, "I am the vine; you are the branches" and that we must remain in Him in order to bear fruit. If we are connected to the vine, we will bear much fruit, our prayers will be answered and yet we will also have hostility. In order to remain in Him we need to come to the baby changing station! Like a baby who needs a new nappy, we need to cry out, call on and cling to our parent...

During our All In Service, Rhi concludes our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) by sharing about goodness. As the famous saying goes, "God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good!" God's goodness is continuous, consistent and is present on our bad days as well as our good. God sowed goodness into the fabric of creation (Genesis 1) and his goodness is in...

Guest speaker, Dave Food (Runnymede Christian Fellowship, Egham) shares a message about harvesting and fruitfulness and makes the point that harvesting takes place every day and everywhere. Jesus said in Luke 10:2, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few" therefore there is a need for normal people like us to do the harvesting and to look for opportunities to have redemptive conversatio...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Jonny shares about gentleness. Gentle strength is love in action, gentleness is intentional and deliberate, and meekness is not weakness. These are are all key characteristics of gentleness. Jonny begins by defining what gentleness is, using the example of Jesus - the Good Shepherd - who gives us the greatest exampl...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Dave shares about joy. Using scriptures like Habbakuk 3:17-18 and Luke 8:13, Dave makes the point that joy has nothing to do with our circumstances. It is our deep-seated and enduring sense of contentment that comes from our relationship with God. Joy is found deep in our heart, whereas happiness can be found in mat...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Deb shares about patience. The Bible defines patience in various different ways, including long-suffering, being long-tempered, having a long fuse and being slow to anger. Deb theorises that impatience is the emotional displacement of fear. This fear is specifically born from distrust in the abilities and or willing...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Ethan shares about love, and particularly about agape love, which is the highest value of love. This is the way in which God loves us (John 3:16), it is also the way in which we are commanded to love in Mark 12 and in Matthew 22. Thirdly, we (plural) are equipped, by the Holy Spirit, to do agape love, with particula...

Colossians 3 instructs us to clothe ourselves with kindness which, when translated from it's original language, means sinking into a garment or fully immersing in water. Even the kindest of people are prone to taking off their kindness, especially when behind the wheel of a car! Rachel encourages us to be kind on every occasion, especially when no one is watching or listening. She also challenges...

No matter who we are, we can all relate to anxiety, including Adam and Even who hid themselves from God (Genesis 3:9-10). Ethan encourages us that peace is found in a person - Jesus - and it was his punishment that brought us peace (Isaiah 53:4-5). Even if the worst-case scenario happens, God can give us shalom peace. For more information about Breathe New Life Church or if you'd like to make a de...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Imogen shares about The Power of Self Control. Self control is rooted in the power of the Holy Spirit and in our relationship with God. Secondly, Self-Control provides protection for us in the form of healthy boundaries. Finally, there is great power in our words, therefore self-control helps us to take care with ev...

During our summer preaching series on the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), Baz shares about Faithfulness. In Hebrews 11, we read of a great Hall of Fame of people of faith. In this message Baz asks, what does it take to make the list? Abel was generous, Noah was obedient. Abraham obeyed even when he did not understand, and Sara believed the truth over fact. For more information about Breat...

During our All In Service on Sunday 27th July, Ben Hodgson shares about the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). In Romans 12:4-5, we learn that we are one body (unison) made up of many different parts (unique). We all belong to each other (unity) and we all have a special function (useful). This is how God has design us to be fruitful together! Watch the music video based on Romans 12:4-5 here: htt...

Rob Pitts shares seven ways to be far-reaching in the context of our corporate fruitfulness, for example by investing in people, sharing the Good News and partnering with global mission projects. In order to do this, we need to live a life of surrender like the Apostle Paul and remain in the grapevine, Jesus (John 15). Just like an apple tree, we'll only ever be as far-reaching as our root system...

In Tim's own words, "this is a WE message, not a ME message." As part of our series on Corporate Fruit, Tim shares about stewardship, and the things that God has entrusted us with, as a church (e.g. people, finance and the next generation). In order to be fruitful together as a church, we need to steward our and other people's hearts, souls and minds. -------- For more information about Breathe Ne...

The bible starts and finishes with fruitfulness and is a theme running throughout scripture. In this message, guest speaker Dr Glenn Balfour (Missio Dei College, Assemblies of God UK) defines fruitfulness as doing something useful. Fruitfulness demands a good source, good preparation and plenty of hard work. God works through or effort and ensure that our labour is not in vain (2 Timothy 2:6). ---...

Steff Hodgson talks openly about her own personal struggles with sharing her faith as well as some of her successes. In talking about how to share our faith, Steff attempts to answer the question as to why we don't, whilst offering us some practical solutions to this common problem for Christians. -------- For more information about Breathe New Life Church or if you'd like to make a decision to fo...

In this message, Ps Sara Jukes talks about living with purpose and the things that can stop us living in our God-given purpose. These things are idols that we can break down with daily worship and by being in God's presence. -------- For more information about Breathe New Life Church or if you'd like to make a decision to follow Jesus, visit our website here: https://breathenewlife.church/becomeac...

On Father's Day 2025, Ben Hodgson shares a message from John 14 called Questions for my Father; questions to ask your Father in heaven when you feel troubled. -------- For more information about Breathe New Life Church or if you'd like to make a decision to follow Jesus, visit our website here: https://breathenewlife.church/becomeachristian