Freedomhouse Ballito

In this message, we begin a new series exploring Identity, Authority, and Mission, starting with the question of who we really are in Christ. Ryan unpacks how our identity is often shaped by the “lenses” we carry - formed through experiences, wounds, culture, and the stories we believe about ourselves. These lenses can quietly distort how we see God, ourselves, and others, making it difficult to receive the truth of the gospel.Drawing from Genesis 3, the teachings of Jesus on repentance, and the promise of new creation in 2 Corinthians 5, Ryan shows how kingdom life begins with learning to see clearly again. As we allow Jesus and His finished work to become the lens through which we interpret life, old lies lose their power and we begin to embrace the freedom of our new creation identity!

Ryan continues on the theme of lenses that we wear see through. We hope this series encourages you to ask God to show you where you might be wearing/carrying a lense and that the Holy Spirit would free you and lead you in to greater truth in how you follow Jesus.

Rooted in Luke chapter 4, Ryan continues in this theme reminding us what being filled with the power of the Holy Spirit to serve the world.

Ryan continues in his message on being filled with the power of the Holy Spirit for works of service and to see the Kingdom come for the sake of freedom in ourselves and in those around us.

Nicholas reminds us that the created world (nature) points us to God in remarkable ways, catalysing connection to God and ourselves.He suggests ways to be regulated as God designed it through His creation and offers us the practise of rest and space to reflect. Creation leads us to awe and wonder and Jesus, the source of our hope.

In this message, Ryan unpacks what it means to live a Spirit-empowered life. Drawing from Luke 4, he shows how Jesus moved from the river of love, through the wilderness of surrender, and into the power of the Spirit to announce freedom and favor.Love creates safety. Surrender creates sustainability. But it is the power of the Holy Spirit that advances the kingdom. This is a call to move beyond human effort and clever strategy, to hunger for more of God and to carry His power lightly, for the glory of Jesus and the good of the world.

As Freedom House steps into a five-day fast, Ryan opens an honest conversation about hunger—what stirs it, what it does in us, and why it matters. From Luke 11 and Luke 18, he explores Jesus’ framework for prayer and the posture behind it: a bold, persistent “keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking” kind of faith.Along the way, Ryan shares a personal moment of growing dissatisfaction with the status quo—not from a bad place, but from a deepening awareness that our own strength isn’t enough. He invites us into prayer that’s both grounded and courageous: praising the Father, trusting Him for daily provision, choosing forgiveness and purity, and asking for protection—while leaning on the Holy Spirit to do what we can’t.If you’re carrying something that’s been bothering you, this message is an invitation to bring it to God with persistence, hope, and expectation.

In this message, Ryan continues exploring the baptisms of Jesus in Luke 3 and 4, moving from the baptism of the Father’s love into the baptism of surrender.Drawing from Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, he reminds us that Christ confronted the deepest roots of human brokenness on our behalf. Full of the Spirit and secure in the Father’s love, Jesus overcame the cravings that so often drive us - the need to be relevant, applauded, or in control.Ryan gently exposes how much of our striving is wound-driven rather than Spirit-led. Yet freedom is not found in dry self-discipline, but in being deeply loved. As the Father’s affection fills us, the lies we’ve believed begin to loosen their grip, and our hearts are reoriented toward Jesus.Surrender is not about trying harder, it is about letting His love redefine us. May this message lead you into deeper freedom, where what once drove you is replaced by the steady voice of Abba: You are my beloved.

With our February fast approaching, we're invited to examine what we're truly hungry for Jesus Himself. Ryan remindes us that following Jesus is never passive; it is active, intentional and responsive. We move with Him. Even Jesus, God in the flesh and the perfect example of life with the Father, walked in the power of the Holy Spirit. This week we explore the first two of three spiritual processes: The Baptism of the Father's LoveThe Baptism of Purity and Surrenderpreparing us for the Baptism of Power for Service (coming this Sunday).We are based in Ballito, KZN find out more about us at:www.freedomhouseballito.co.za

In this message, we explore what it means to be planted for purpose and called to move in mission. Drawing from Isaiah 61, we’re invited to step out of hidden seasons and into action, bringing our gifts, our presence, and our hearts into the mix. Nick unpacks how God calls us to grow through obedience, serve through participation, and bear fruit from deep roots, showing His splendor in every sphere of life. This is a message about partnership with God, the rhythm of preparation and action, and the invitation to see healing, growth, and breakthrough come as we go. Step into a journey that challenges comfort, inspires courage, and invites you to live fully engaged in God’s mission for 2026.

In this message, we explore what it means to grow our capacity to carry God’s favour, purpose, and promises. Drawing from Luke 19 and the parable of the minas, we’re invited to move beyond small thinking and embrace a life of faithful stewardship, practical action, and big-hearted dreaming. Ryan unpacks how God calls us to partner with Him, to think big, pray big, love big, serve big, and grow in skill and influence, all while responding faithfully to the little we already have. This is a message about faith in action, stewardship of destiny, and the joy of seeing God work through ordinary people.Step into a journey that challenges comfort, stirs faith, and invites you to expand your heart, your hands, and your horizon for the sake of God’s kingdom.

Nick reminds us of what it is to be unseen and overlooked. A place deeply precious to God. Throughout scripture of accounts of those trained, matured and anointed in private, not public. Like the Shepard Tree which survives the harshest summers in the Kalahari  because it's roots grow down further than any tree. Prioritizing downward growth over above ground growth. It's leaves are nourishment and medicinal. Are we comparing our roots growing to other's visible trees? Hiddeness is not rejection, it is preparation for times ahead. Underground work becomes visible strength. We trust you would be encouraged if you are in a season of feeling unseen that you would submit to God, lean into and embrace growth. 

Before any of us submitted to Jesus as King, we were strangers. Scripture calls this philoxenia, the love of the stranger and it sits at the very centre of God’s heart.Who is the stranger in Scripture?Do they need to look like us, think like us, or fit our categories to receive our hospitality?Not at all.The “outsider” could be someone homeless or someone wealthy; a neighbour or a newcomer; someone socially invisible or socially celebrated. In Jesus, every one of us is deeply in need of His grace and salvation.Hospitality begins with God, not us.While we were still enemies of God, He set the table. He became the meal. He took the first step. The Word became flesh the greatest act of hospitality in history.His initiative. His invitation. His provision.Because we are made in His image, we get to extend that same hospitality to whoever is being added to us.A small, practical encouragement:Let’s look out for new people. Take the initiative. Greet first. Invite first. Take the first step, just as God did with us.Next week we move home to the land into the tent and we will have so much space. Let us be a people who fill that space with the welcome of God.For those who know what brokenness feels like…For those who have experienced the kindness and goodness of God through His people…We now extend that same kindness to the broken, no matter their background, story, demographic, or category.Because the hospitality of God has come to us, the hospitality of God now goes through us.

In this message, we return to the centre of our house: grace, restoration, and the calling to love one another well. We explore what love looks like when it becomes a lifestyle: devotion, honour, generosity, and a freedom that expresses itself through service.Ryan reminds us that biblical freedom is not independence, but the Spirit-empowered ability to live beyond ourselves. We are invited to rediscover the simplicity of the gospel: a community where people matter, where love is practiced, and where grace shapes how we show up for one another.May this message stir your heart again towards a life marked by love, service, and the ongoing work of God’s grace.

Bazil Sarafidis encourages us to lean on the grace that has been poured out for us. The ability to walk the hard roads and stay faithful is not from conjuring up or manufacturing it. It is by grace provided. Often we don't see the grace in time moving forward but we it looking back how God made a way, held us together. We need grace and mercy and He gives it because we are His and we are precious in His sight. If it's your worst day, week, month or season, where you have failed small or spectacularly, run to the throneroom of the only One who is worthy - Jesus is waiting.

Cedric and Angie van Duyn lead a church in Gig Harbor, Washington (Seattle, USA). They are dear friends of our house, carrying a long and meaningful history with us.Cedric shares from Ezekiel 37—looking at what it means for dry bones to become a body. He looks at the accountability of living tendons and muscles that hold us together, and to the posture of a dry-bones heart in need of renewal.He speaks a better word over those who feel empty, weary, or brittle in spirit and those who have been mishandled or hurt by the institution of church. We trust that where ever you are listening that you'd feel the Holy Spirit rest on you.

This Sunday, Ryan shares from his own testimony and from the Scriptures.In love, we devote ourselves to one another (Romans 12:10).In love, we carry a continuing debt—not a financial one, but the ongoing call to love one another (Romans 13:8).You owe me nothing.But I owe you the continuing debt of love, the very love with which God loves me.This kind of love shifts our centre, it puts the other before ourselves.It recognises and honours the image of God in one another.There is someone more valuable than me in the room:the other. We’re learning to live a life of love—and we can only do that by standing daily under the waterfall of God’s love for us. As we receive His love, we are filled from a true and endless source, so we no longer look to one another to meet the needs only the Father can fulfill.

God doesn’t just want to visit us for a moment; He desires to dwell with us to be one with us and with each other. This changes everything. Unity isn’t something we manufacture; it’s the work of God in us.This Sunday, Ryan takes us through the “one another” scriptures, showing how love becomes the foundation for true kingdom unity. Questions to leave you with:Who is the "one another" in these scriptures?What does this love look like in practice?And how do we walk in a love that is not of this world?

In this message, Ryan unpacks what it means to be a community truly connected by grace. Drawing from Ephesians 2 and 2 Corinthians 5, he reminds us that the same grace that rescued us is the grace that keeps shaping us, teaching us how to see one another through God’s eyes.The glory of God isn’t only revealed in miracles or worship moments, but in how we love. To be the kind of people through whom others encounter Christ, we must exchange the world’s quick glances for the eye of grace, one that sees beyond pasts, pedigrees, and appearances to the masterpiece God is forming in every life.Through the stories of Barnabas, Paul, and John Mark, we see the redemptive power of grace that restores, reconciles, and releases people into their purpose.May we become a tapestry of grace, a people who reflect the Father’s embrace, where every person can belong, be restored, and flourish.

Welcome to Jesus Community where we have the mandate to  contrast starkly with society. We carry a Christ-focused spirit into our days, the conflicts playing out and in places of division.  Greg leads us through the characteristics carried by those in Jesus. When it comes to the messy parts of relationship where misunderstanding, conflict or estrangement creates in us an impulse is to isolate, we need to have the hard conversations and knitted in deeper. When we draw back we run the risk of rejecting the very context we were made for: relationship and community.Following Jesus is not a solo endeavour. It’s a group or community way of living together and because we now have the same Father, we do share certain characteristics - not the expense of our diversity - rather we share our Father’s nature which anchor’s it all in redemptive beauty.