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“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.” James 3:16
How are we waiting? What are we waiting for? Who are we becoming while we wait? The first message of our Advent Series.
Statistics show that 75% of the 60 000 thoughts we think a day are negative, and 95% of those are repetitive. So where does that lead us? A powerful message on how to transform our thinking by taking captive thought patterns and training our minds to form better neural pathways.
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."Viktor E. Frankl
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
The start of our brand new 6 week series on holistic personal renewal!'I have come that you might have life to the full. '~Jesus (John 10:10)
On Comrades Marathon Sunday, Dave asks us..."What wild and crazy adventure, has God planted in your heart?", as we run the race He has set before us.
God knew you first, He makes Himself known and in knowing Him more deeply, we come to realise how fully we are known.
Andy & Kim Lund were back for a visit to share with us some of what the Lord is doing in their new season and to encourage us to contend for the JOY of the Lord that is our strength!
“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in he wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart…” Deut 8:2
'What consumes our minds, consumes our lives.'
Referring to Craig Groeschel's book, 'Winning the War in your Mind', Mark Lonsdale shares his journey on the battle that goes on in his mind and gives us some tools on how we can train our minds of these unhelpful 'ruts'.
3 STEPS TO HEALTHY THINKING:
1. Identify the lie
2. Remove the lie
3. Replace the lie with the truth
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation ... We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17-19
Because I am a citizen of Heaven...
• The world is not my home
• I have unique protection and benefits
• I have an amazing King
Dave explains the process of justification, sanctification and glorification as we journey with Jesus from birth, through salvation and into our promotion of eternal life with Him.
1. I have access to His PLANS
2. I have access to His PROTECTION
3. I have access to His PROVISION
4. I have access to His PRAISE
Four truths:
1. The Father loves me unconditionally
2. The Father embraces me
3. The Father forgives me
4. The Father transforms me
The first of our new series on 'Identity'. Understanding 'the identity gap' is an important introduction to the 5 weeks to come.
“He who kneels before God, can stand before any man.”
- Ezra Taft Benson
Jesus has picked us up off Wicked Way and placed us on Righteous Road! Join Dave as he walks us through what God has taught him through this powerful Psalm.
God is not in the business of second chances. He is far better than that. Rather, He gives us new beginnings!
“Therefore, if ANYONE is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17










