Paul wrote to the church of Colossae because gnostics were referring to secret knowledge that brought Jesus down to the angelic level. He reminded the church that Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God. He is first in everything and the fullness of God exists in Him. And He can be revealed in us as the hope of glory.
There is an open invitation in the Bible given to anyone who is interested to come and see Jesus. He wants every single person on the planet to see Him and know how deep and wide and wonderful His grace and love is for them.
In the beginning God walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. It has always been His desire to be with us and often He wants to be with us more than we want to be with Him. The more we surrender to Him, the greater will be our ability to listen to Him.
Ps Melanie explains that a vital part of God with us is knowing his peace. As we learn to trust in Him and stop relying on our own strength, His peace works its way through our lives.
Nicola Gibb shared ‘God With Us’ through a series of stories in her own life that illustrated the fact that God is with us in the fire, in the storms, as well as in the rich seasons.
As Christ's ambassadors we have an obligation to know what we represent. Ps Paul encourages us to be ready to embody the values of heaven, as we present the love of our Father to others.
Ps Melanie spoke about how God purposes and then helps us to share our story with others, to bring them to Him.
Stu spoke about making a genuine attempt to show interest in people in a loving way to earn their trust. To let them see that you genuinely care, once they experience this genuine care they become curious about where it emanates from. This can create an opportunity to tell them that we love because He first loved us.
Ps Amanda spoke about the importance of us telling our own story about what God is doing, and has done, in our lives to the people around us. People have no counter to the powerful things God is doing in our lives.
Ps Melanie teaches about the impacts of our inner thoughts on our physical and mental wellbeing. How do we respond to the negative words of others? These are thoughts generated from outside. The there are the ones generated from the inside, sometimes by our flesh and sometimes by unwanted spirits.
Many mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, are caused by a lack of connection with other people. Ps Melanie explores ways that we can keep connected and be mentally healthy.
Ps Melanie brings an encouraging message on gratitude and mental health, as gratitude is our greatest antidote against offence. We are encouraged to praise Him in the promise and in the suffering.
Ps Paul brings a powerful message about mental health, encouraging us that God loves us in our mess and does his greatest works in our mess.
Ps Mel encourages us to guard our own heart as God has asked us to. We are responsible for guarding, tending, watching over and keeping our heart.
Tim Spoke about how easily people take offence today. He used as an example the offence Jesus’s brothers and family took in his early ministry, and that of the pharisee’s throughout his entire ministry. Tim spoke about the need to guard our hearts against offence.
Sometimes life’s circumstances lead us to a place where we take offence at God. This leaves us isolated and without hope, the challenge is to take the offence to God and find his true heart.
Ps Melanie shares about how we need to take up God’s help to overcome offence. When we give God access to the places of hurt in us, He turns our brokenness in to life.
Ps Pat challenged us to be engaged in our community in totally practical ways (e.g. mowing a neighbours lawn, or delivering a new neighbour a meal). This, he said, represented us being salt and light, and the Holy Spirit can move on these simple kindnesses.
Ps Melanie explains how we can make the right decisions by using wisdom, the principals in His word and leaning in to the Spirit of God, as God shows us the right way to go.
Ps Paul preaches about the importance of Godly wisdom and its application in all aspects of our lives.
Ps Mel explains how our life destination is in our own hands. We can choose to speak life and destiny as we prophesy to ourselves who God says we are.
We had the honour of hosting Ps Mark Kelsey for our All Team Night. He spoke about holistic, spiritual, physical and emotional health. You will be blessed by his message!
Faith is a substance that can be obtained through prayer and diligence, it can also be a gift from God. Stu walks us through faith as it comes from reading and hearing the word of God.
Ps Melanie challenges us to listen to God’s voice, to obey it and not to doubt it.
Ps Paul sheds light on the importance of discerning the voice of God amidst the cacophony of the world.
Ps Melanie encourages us to excel in our gracious act of giving, as she wraps up our Vision Builders series.
Vicki Simpson brings the word in season for our church as we continue our Vision Builders series.
Ps Paul encourages us to have our skin in the game when it comes to His plan in the church.
Ps Melanie encourages us to take our place in the body of Christ.
The fourth and final message in our series on the supernatural.
