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False Prophets || The Weeping Prophet || Jeremiah 23:15-32
This passage from the book of Jeremiah is basically a smackdown from God towards false prophets. Jeremiah, as a true prophet of God, received a message that was straight from God, for God’s people. Kirk takes a look at how to spot a false prophet, and …
Turning Around || The Weeping Prophet || Jeremiah 15:10-21
Have you ever felt let down by God?
God’s Direction || The Weeping Prophet || Jeremiah 7:1-15
When Julie first moved to Melbourne, she bought thermals and wore them 11 months of the year; growing up in the NT and Far North Queensland meant she took a few years to acclimatise. At first, it was a shock to the system, but she got used to it in the…
Jeremiah’s Dirty Job || The Weeping Prophet || Jeremiah 1:1-19
What’s the worst job you’ve ever had? Jeremiah had a rough time, being called as a prophet of God as a teenager, he had some hard truths for God’s people. God gave him words to “uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant” – m…
Pleasure vs Joy || Songs of Joy || Psalm 97
Psalm 97 has a lot to say about joy. But what is joy? How is it different to pleasure? Kirk wraps up our series Songs of Joy, looking at the differences between joy and pleasure.
A Lifestyle of Praise || Songs of Joy || Psalm 96
Praising God is something that can feel easy when everything is going our way – but what happens when life throws challenges in our path? Julie gives us four reasons to praise God in whatever circumstance we find ourselves in.
Good Posture || Songs of Joy || Psalm 95
We had to learn heaps in 2020. From coughing into your elbow to scanning QR codes, there was lots of change. As we get back to some level of normality and we get to do things again (outbreaks notwithstanding), there’s a sense of joy.
This new series l…
The Promised Land || Summer Stories || Deuteronomy 1:19-36
2020 brought challenges and plenty of lessons. Will we learn from those lessons, or just snap back to our lives from 2019?
Fishing with Jesus || Summer Stories || John 21:1-14
Julie leads us through a story about Jesus – a story of Jesus appearing to his followers after his death and resurrection and helping them find a haul of fish.
What stands out to you in this story from John 21?
What do you like about this story?
What …
When Life Disappoints || Summer Stories || Mark 8:34 – 9:1
On New Years Eve, Tim and his family where holidaying. Spending time at the beach, shopping and hanging out. Then they got a call that the border between NSW and Victoria was closing. They needed to travel hundreds of kilometres on a moments’ notice. T…
Blurry Vision || Summer Stories || Mark 8:22-33
Spitting isn’t great, socially. It’s pretty gross, especially in a pandemic. But when Jesus spits in his hands and rubs it into a blind man’s eyes, the blind man is healed – but only after a second attempt by Jesus. Initially, the man has blurry vision…
Jesus Meets Our Needs || Summer Stories || Mark 8:1-21
Through 2020, we saw scenes that we may never have expected – supermarket shelves empty of food and toilet paper. In 2021, Tim encourages us to trust that Jesus will provide all our needs, just as he did for the 4000 people (and the 5000 in a previous …
Creating a Faith Based New Year’s Resolution || Matthew 17:14-20
With a New Year upon us, you might’ve been asked: “Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions?”. Julie challenges us – if your resolution is something that could be achieved in your own strength and effort, think bigger! Rely on God for your New Year’s R…
Fix Our Eyes on Jesus || Faith in the Dark || Hebrews 12:1-3
The finale of our Faith in the Dark series looks at the high point of the book of Hebrews – a challenge to fix our eyes on Jesus. After spending 10 chapters pumping up Jesus (“How Good is Jesus??”) the author now encourages us to focus on Jesus, and ru…
Our Paths Illuminated || Faith in the Dark || Hebrews 11:29-40
Whether your faith is like a huge spotlight, or just a pocket torch, a little bit of light can illuminate dark places. Andi reminds us that faith, regardless of how small you might think yours is, can light up the way when we find ourselves in dark pla…
Belief in the Midst of Darkness || Faith in the Dark || Hebrews 11:17-28
Following God through Dark Times, when we can’t quite see the path in front of us can be immensely challenging. In this part of Hebrews, we see examples of Old Testament characters following God through their own dark times, without the knowledge of Je…
Blind Belief || Faith in the Dark || Hebrews 11:1-16
How do you have faith in something you can’t see? Kirk launches our Advent series Faith in the Dark, exploring faith and hope. Starting from Hebrews 11, we’ll be thinking about having faith in darkness and putting our trust in Jesus this Christmas.
Gratitude to God || Thanksgiving || Psalm 100
For our thanksgiving service, Julie talks about how we can and should be grateful to god, and be thankful for all the good things that he has done. We should focus on the Lord, and by doing that we can improve our lives.
Giving Contently || Generous Giving || 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
Tim finishes our Generous Giving thinking about the attitude and results of giving. Are you content in your giving, giving cheerfully and not under compulsion? Are you thinking deliberately about your generosity?
Giving deliberately and generously is g…
Enthusiastic Giving || Generous Giving || 2 Corinthians 8:16-9:5
In this weeks sermon, the second in the Generous Giving series, Kirk talks about giving both generously and enthusiastically. Our western culture can often at times encourage us to spend money only on ourselves, and discourages us from donating to othe…
Embracing the gift of giving || Generous Giving || 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
In this new sermon series, Senior Minister Tim Johnson talks about giving in the church, both in modern-day and in the days of Paul. He talks about why we should give generously, and how it is useful.
Good Leadership || Mark 10:35-45
In this weeks sermon, Julie talks about Leadership. Jesus used leadership all the time, he was constantly leading not only his disciples but complete strangers. Julie talks about how to be a leader like Jesus, how to follow his example, and how to …
Jesus Loves Us || Good News In Action || Luke 7:36-50
In this weeks sermon, Tim has a look at Luke Chapter 7:36-50, where Jesus is having a dinner party with some pharisee’s until a woman comes in and washes Jesus’s feet with her hair. Tim talks about how in Jesus, we are known, and that he loves us no ma…
The Kingdom of God || Good News in Action || Luke 7:18-35
There’s a lot going on in this passage (Luke chapter 7, 18 to 25). Andi takes us through each piece of the story, following John the Baptists disciples as they question whether Jesus is the one they’d been waiting for.
Jesus heals people, and tells the…
I Believe in Miracles || Good News in Action || Luke 7:11-17
A small story with a big impact – Kirk looks at the story of Jesus coming to a funeral procession. This funeral was especially tragic, as a young man had died, leaving his mother alone with no males to support her (which would have been a big deal in a…