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Stewardship. Most of us hear that word and think money. But what if it's actually about every single area of your life? Your marriage. Your work. Your relationships. Your time. Your thought life. Psalm 24 says the earth and everything in it belongs to the Lord. All of it. Which means we're not owners — we're managers. And that changes everything. Because when you realise your spouse is...

Most of us know Jeremiah 29:11 — "For I know the plans I have for you." But the chapter it comes from is written to a people who found themselves in a city they didn't necessarily choose, and God's word to them was this: build houses, plant gardens, seek the shalom of the city where I have placed you. Because if it prospers, you too will prosper. Shalom isn't just the absence...

Our culture says: seeing is believing. Show me the proof first, then I'll believe. But the Bible flips it around. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is a confident assurance about things you cannot yet see. That means faith is actually a way of seeing — looking into the spiritual dimension and seeing what God sees. And when you can see it, your visible decisions begin to change. James says it plainly: fa...

What is my calling? // Week 3 // Jesse Kelly 1.) TAKE A NEXT STEP //Want to Join the church? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/f... Want to join a SmallGroup? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/f... Want to Serve in the church? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/f... See What’s happening at Doxa Deo: https://www.doxadeo.org/auckland/doxa... (2.) GIVING & GENEROSITY //Financially, here are...

What is my calling? // Week 2 // Jesse Kelly

What is my calling? // Week 1 // Jaques van Wyk

Carriers of Compassion // Jesse Kelly // Compelled by Compassion Part 3 Welcome to the Doxa Deo Auckland live stream!1.) TAKE A NEXT STEP //Want to Join the church? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/forms/xajfmhf7 Want to join a SmallGroup? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/forms/iqjzibcmWant to Serve in the church? https://doxadeonz.churchsuite.com/-/forms/a5iflyyr See What’s happening at Dox...

Clothe Yourself With Compassion // Jaques van Wyk // Compelled by Compassion Part 2

You've been taught that love is earned. This week we ask what happens when it isn't. In the story of the prodigal son, two brothers get it wrong in opposite ways: one runs from the Father, the other stays and resents Him. Both miss the same thing: a Father who doesn't wait for us to get it right before He runs to meet us. Episode 1 of Compelled by Compassion.

Jesus chooses a very specific location for one of the most important conversations in the Gospels. It is not a temple. It is not a synagogue. It is Caesarea Philippi, a place filled with pagan gods, emperor worship and a cave people believed was the gateway to the underworld. And it is here that He asks the question that changes everything: but who do you say that I am? Peter's answer was not...

When someone hurts you, wrongs you, attacks you online — what rises up in you first? Most of us want to retaliate. That is human. But Jesus sends his people out with a surprising strategy. He says: go like lambs among wolves. And Paul echoes it in Romans 12: do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. That is the power of the opposite spirit. That is how city changers operate. Not by...

Most of us have a Bible. Many of us have a reading plan. Some of us know verses by heart. But here is the question that changes everything: do you know the book, or do you know the Person? Jesus confronted the Pharisees with a startling truth: you study the scriptures diligently, but you refuse to come to Me to have life. The Bible is not the final destination. It is the revelation of who Jesus is...

As part of the Bible Society in New Zealand, Neels Janse van Rensburg shares some incredibly valuable insights on the impact that Bible Reading has on our society, and why it's important to spend time in the word.

During Bible Month in New Zealand, we are asking the question "Is the Bible still relevant in today's culture?" And why is it important to still believe in the Bible's relevance and authority?

If everything you have is a gift from God, what does it look like to take that seriously? Jesus tells a parable about a master who entrusts his servants with his possessions. When he returns, he does not ask how much did you have. He asks what did you do with what you had. That changes everything. Success is not the size of your account or your house. Success is how faithfully you manage what God...

The Bible says generosity is the fruit of a heart that has seen the grace of God. The Macedonians in 2 Corinthians 8 were poor. Seriously poor. And yet they begged Paul to let them be part of an offering. Not because they had to. But because they had seen grace, and generosity was simply the overflow. This week we begin a two-week journey to understand why generosity is not a budgeting issue. It i...

You have a gift. Scripture is clear about that. 1 Corinthians 12:7 says it without hesitation: a spiritual gift is given to each of us. But here is the part we often miss: the gift is not for you. It is in you, for someone else. The Holy Spirit does not only want to live in you. He wants to work through you. And the place where it matters most is not a Sunday service. It is your home, your workpla...

We talk a lot about the Holy Spirit. But what does a life actually filled and directed by Him look like? Paul gives a surprising answer in Ephesians 5. He compares a Spirit-filled life to drunkenness, and the difference is not what you think. Alcohol lowers your awareness and makes you see less. The Spirit raises your spiritual awareness and makes you see more, more of God's reality, more of H...

Most of us have been trying to live the Christian life in a way that was never designed to work. We make promises, try harder, fall short, feel guilty, and repeat the whole cycle. Something feels like it isn't quite connecting, and we quietly wonder if we're just not cut out for this. But here's what we’re talking about today: that's not a you problem. That's a “who are you dep...

We talk a lot about God the Father and about Jesus. But the Holy Spirit often stays blurry for many of us. A feeling. A force. Something that happens at church. Scripture paints a very different picture. The Holy Spirit is a Person. He lives in every believer. And He is your Advocate, your legal counsel, standing beside you 24 hours a day, pleading your case against fear, guilt, self-hatred and li...

It's easy to love the people who are easy to love. But what about the people outside your circle? The ones who are different, the ones with complicated histories, the ones who make you uncomfortable? The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible, but it's also one of the most uncomfortable. This message will challenge you to look differently at the pe...

Through the story of the woman caught in adultery in John 8, Jesus shows us that love is expressed in three distinct ways: through Grace, through Truth, and through Righteousness. These three pillars work together and call us to make a fundamental shift: from a self-focused mindset to an others-focused mindset, because this is the foundational attitude from which love grows.

We live in a time with more connections than ever before. Followers, contacts, acquaintances. And yet more people than ever are experiencing deep loneliness. Today's message asks a simple question: what does true friendship actually look like? Through the remarkable relationship of David and Jonathan, we discover that real friendship is built on three pillars: loyalty that stands in the gap, c...

We all know we should love. We read it in 1 Corinthians 13. We hear it in sermons. But how? How do you actually live it out when the relationship is hard, when the conversation hurts, when your own strength has run out? This week we discover the one thing Paul mentions at the end of his letter to the Corinthians as the secret behind everything: the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. He wants to help y...

Everyone talks about love. But is it actually working in your life? Not as a nice feeling, not as a vague idea, but as a transforming, practical, daily reality? In this message we open up 1 Corinthians 13 not at a wedding, but in the middle of real conflict, real relationships and real life. We discover that love has a proven track record, that it is actively at work in you right now, and that it...