Balham Vineyard Church Podcasts

"Many Christians know the Bible is important but many of us still don't read it very often. Perhaps one of the reasons is that we don't actually know why. Phil opens our Bible series exploring a few key reasons why we should read the Bible in 2020.

Viv shares about how easy it is to miss the obvious and miss the Holy Spirit in the Christmas story. From Luke 1 we looked at what the Holy Spirit was up to with Zechariah, John the Baptist, Elizabeth, Simeon and ultimately with Mary and the incarnation of Jesus.

Elias shares about how the Holy Spirit is changing the world throw each one of us that are committed to share the Gospel of Jesus with others on your neighbourhood, city, country or were you are called in the world.

Peter encourage us to identify, activate and use the gifts that God has given to us through the Holy spirit.

If the kingdom has come and God is at work in the world, what does that look like and how can we join in? Thanks

Debby Wright who is the National Director of the Vineyard Churches UK&I talks about her journey with the Holy Spirit and how He comes in power to set people free. In Psalm 139 talks about how God knows us and created us and how He longs for us to have an encounter with Him to change our lives.

Jesus gave us His Holy Spirit to live in us, but also to rest upon us. What’s the benefit, and how can we live a life full-to-overflowing of Holy Spirit? (DISCLAIMER: Sermon includes multiple references to Jeffrey the postman, which may trigger a spirit of offence)

Your future is as good as your prayer life — we get to influence our tomorrow when we partner with God in prayer. But how ought we to pray? Paul teaches us to pray in the Spirit. This means not only speaking in ‘tongues’, but allowing Holy Spirit to guide us when we pray.

At our 1st BIG Church gathering, Steve describes a vision of what would happen if the church had a reputation of not just great people coming TO church, but that great people come FROM the church!! He then unpacks the model of Isa 61, that the weak and broken who are restored by God then go and be good news, rebuilders of cities, extenders of the kingdom of God wherever they are.

Join Viv as she explores Who is the Holy Spirit and what does He promise to do.

Steve continues our series on 'Come Holy Spirit' and expands the person of the Holy Spirit. and how His holy job is not to make you Do more, but is to make you Be more. The Holy Spirit marks you with sonship and confirms our place in the family of God.

If we want to be people of the kingdom we must Change, become less like a child and welcome children and young people into our midst. As we do this we become the people God intended us to be.

Georgia for John 15 talks about When you don't understand what's happening in your life - choosing to trust God.

In this mini series of the God that wants to rescue us, Elias shares about when we are not willing to die to things that are between us and our relationship with God, when we get stuck in a comfort zone with no progress.

Phrases like "beauty for ashes" can be difficult to understand, Steve unpacks important the significance of ashes in biblical culture and proposes that we can't keep our own ashes and get the beauty that is promised to us.

Viv talked from Isaiah 61 v 3 about how God brings beauty from ashes, not from perfection and how we have to let God refine us in the fire so that his beauty can be seen in us.

Viv shares about how we need to be continually be filled with the Spirit of God in order to fulfil the mandate of Isaiah 61.

The Psalms are prayers packed with powerful promises that you are qualified by Jesus to receive. We look at and pray through the promises in Psalm 128 for a thriving life in family and work.

Holly through the Psalm 142 shares David's struggling and testimony on how we can speak to God in the middle of our suffering.

In life we all go through a cycle of joy and sadness before redemption. Even when we are in the darkness, God promises brighter days will come.