One of the earliest known spiritual gifts would have to be hospitality. As three men approached Abraham's tent, he was quick to serve, host and entertain these strangers. As we delve into Spiritual Gifts, we explore our calling to be hospitable, while for some it is there gifting.
This week Hillslife Church welcomed Pastor Narelle Estherby to bring the Word. Capturing the theme of Spiritual Gifts, are we acknowledging the gifts bestowed upon us? Are we living in our gifting and stepping up into these?
As we dive into Spiritual Gifts and our eager desire to witness the power of the Holy Spirit working through us and our Church, we first turn our eyes to the foundation, love.
If we believe that God is all powerful, that Jesus came and resurrected, that we were sent a helper, the advocate, the Holy Spirit and that power worked through the apostles and through the ages ... then what is stopping the same power working through us? What are the road blocks that are hindering the power of the Holy Spirit launching through our lives, our churches? Listen in today as we explore the five road blocks to living a spirit filled life.
We all want to know why we're here, what's our purpose. We struggle with questions on life and meaning, and yet could it really be this simple? Could it be that God's plan and purpose for us can be summed up in just a few words? Join Hillslife Church this week as we continue part 3 of the message on discovering purpose.
When I get enough training then I'll be able to fulfill my purpose. Or maybe, when I get the right job, calling, ministry position. NO! God's purpose can be outworked now ... it's not about position, place or time and yet it's about all those things. God will use you when you are available but it may not be where you thought. Join us for part 2 of discovering purpose.
We all want to understand our purpose, our calling. How do we know if we are living in the Spirit? How do we know if we are on the narrow path? Listen in to this short series on discovering your purpose and living the Spirit filled life.
In this series wrap up on the fruit of the Spirit, listen in as we look at 5 key points that we explored throughout the series.
Without a target all roads are the same. What does it matter how we live, what we do if there is no purpose. This week we explore the final fruit of the spirit, self control. Join us as we wrap up the sub series!
Continuing our series on the fruit of the Spirit, we move onto gentleness. The root of which is meekness. While meek is an attitude, gentleness is the action. Meek is not weak! It is enormous strength.
What do you trust? Do you trust family? Friends? Finances? Health? Tomorrow? The ground you walk on? Where is your faith, the things you see and touch or beyond that? Join us this week as we step into the next fruit of the Spirit, faithfulness.
It seems the teachings of the bible are so simple, and offer so much, but why does it seem so hard? This week we explore the sixth fruit of the spirit, goodness. Join us in our weekly challenge and choose to operate in the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Far too often we get caught in the flesh, comparing ourselves to others, to what we have vs what they have. This gives rise to envy, jealousy, selfish ambition. The fruits of the flesh vs the fruits of the spirit. This week we explore kindness. Freely received, freely give.
Moving into our second clump of fruit, we look at the spiritual fruit of patience. In fact, we look at the specific Greek word of Galatians 5:22-23, makrothumia or long suffering. In the world today, patience is one of the most attacked fruits of the Spirit - ever quickening world with ever less tolerance. Listen in as we explore how this is a fruit of the Spirit.
Finding a true peace, an inner spiritual peace can not come from an external environment. It cannot be attained through actions, like meditation, nor creating the right space. True spiritual peace is a fruit of the Spirit and transcends all that is external and bursts out from internal. Listen in this week as we explore the fruit of the Spirit, Peace.
What is joy? What is spiritual joy? Continuing our series on the Holy Spirit and, within this sub series, the fruits of the spirit, we turn our attention to joy (Chara). A spiritual joy that surpasses happiness, a good time or a hearty laugh.
The first fruits of the fruit of the spirit is love - without love we are but a clanging cymbal, we are nothing, we have nothing. If only our global church would truly seek to live out the scriptures of Matthew 22:35 - 40: act out of love, first for God, then for our neighbours. This week we explore the first fruit of the spirit, love.
Continuing the series on the Holy Spirit, we explore the fruits of the spirit - the outcome to living a spirit filled life. Every life, everybody, produces fruit of some kind - but is it flesh driven or spirit driven? The outcomes are immensely different! Challenge this week is to consider the fruits of the spirit that we display - which need to be pruned, which could be nurtured.
Have you truly considered your faith? How much is religion and how much is relationship? What are the things you do because you think you must? What are the things you do because you simply want to? Join us this week as we look at the character of the Holy Spirit and the opportunity to develop a closer relationship with him.
If you hope to meet a person of influence, a famous sportsperson, an actor or a politician, then getting access is often difficult. For reasons of time there are gatekeepers, there are blockers, monitoring access. But as a Christian, we have VIP access, the backstage pass, and are invited to enter into the kingdom of heaven through our relationship with the Holy Spirit.
How can you witness the supernatural when living in the natural? The extraordinary when confined to ordinary? A Holy Spirit driven life requires letting go and letting God. To move from a head faith to a heart faith. Listen in as we explore head to heart faith and the challenge of seeking an encounter with God.
Welcome to the secret society of hidden handshakes, secret chords, holy kisses and exclusive keys that is Christianity. Oh how hard is it to discover our calling? What God truly hopes for. This week we unlock the secrets to discovering what God truly expects from each of us ... what God hopes for each of us.
Many of us know the stories of the bible, we have theoretical knowledge, but do we have the revelation? The bible is not just a book of intellectual knowledge, but one of experience to applied to our lives. Join us this week as we seek to understand what it is to experience the bible, not just acknowledge it.
Greater things than these ... are we witnessing an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our church? Are we eagerly desiring the gifts of the Spirit to use to build up and encourage our church, and in turn, use as our armour of God? Kicking off a new series, with getting to know the family, our hope is to deepen our relationship with the "little brother" of the Trinity. Listen in
