Kingdom Teaching Night

Why don't we see more of the kingdom of God? One, because we don't believe, and two, because we don't persevere when we are believing. The power of perseverance is hard to overestimate. It is an absolutely essential characteristic that you must develop not only in your relationship with God but for success in anything in life. An attitude that says "I will never give up. I will never quit." - such a person is unstoppable. Every successful person knows this truth. But so often Christians try one theology for a week or two and move on when they don't see immediate results. We can't fall for this trap. We need to believe in Jesus, hold on to his word and never let go of them until we see them come to pass.

Part one of a series on why we don't see more of the kingdom of God manifest even when we think we're believing in God. We live with limited minds, limited perspective and limited beliefs. Yet all of Jesus life, teaching and ministry was a demonstration of the limitless beliefs and thinking he has for all of us to walk in. He says the most ridiculous things sometimes and we can't even imagine how they make sense. But yet, he still says them. So what are you going to do about that? Make up a theology that gets you off the hook? Squirm away from believing that what he says was said to you? That's the broad path that most will take. They hear his words and they don't believe them. But there is a narrow path, that very few take, where they actually settle in the minds and in their hearts to believe his words no matter what. These are the people who usually leave the most impacting of legacies. Because they took his words and ran with them despite everyone else telling them they were wrong. We need to realise tha

Living free from financial stress, worry and fear by trusting God for today's needs and becoming a river of abundant generosity. 0:00 - 13:51 - Ben Crazy Testimony 13:51 -45:05 - Becoming a river of abundant generosity (Ben) 45:05 -1:27:09 - Living free from financial slavery (Nath) Bless you :)

Monique walks us through her trust journey with God through six crazy months in Mexico by herself.

We hear a lot about how Jesus has forgiven our sins, but what exactly did he do to help us remove the effects of sin? How does he help us remove the heavy weights of shame and feeling unworthy? I would propose that everything that Jesus did to remove sin, he also did to remove its effects (shame). But without knowing this and applying faith to the message, we can't expect to experience this free life of living without the burdens of unworthiness.

Sex is so taboo. In the world and in the church. Not many really feel comfortable talking about sex and especially not if it involves what's going on with you sexually at the moment. We keep that to ourselves in the dark places of our heart. We're ashamed and embarrassed. Terrified someone will discover we're not enough or we've fallen too far. But God wants to bring sex into the light. His plan from the beginning was "naked and unashamed". The first step towards getting back there in the church is an honest an open conversation about sex. Being vulnerable. Bringing it into the light. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:5

God's design of marriage is utterly incredible. It's better than you think. He's designed it so that your marriage is the primary (but not only) place that you can experientially know the love of God. Where theory becomes reality as you learn how to love each other like Jesus by laying your lives down so that the other can benefit.

The church is the God's bride, Christ's body and his A plan for ushering in his righteousness to the world he loves so much. You wouldn't want someone speaking bad about your fiance behind your back, so don't do it to God! Let's honour, revere, respect and uphold the church because she's God's plan A and there is no plan B.

A "short" talk on having a simple, ordered and clear mind. Simplicity, order and clarity are a part of God's character and clear thinking and clear perspective is something he wants for his children. Also, we have an open discussion/Q&A on mental health issues :) * Sorry for the audio quality/volume *

Ben describes his battle with mental illness and suicide and how Jesus delivered him of it all. He shows Jesus paid the price to remove sin and all of its effects from us and has disarmed the powers and rulers of darkness and their influence over our minds. "For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind." 2 Tim 1:7

One of the most practical ways we can love other people and value them is by listening to them. Genuinely listening. Hearing each word they say and the heart behind what they're saying. When we do, we are equipped to truly love them.

Sin, Destiny and the Love of God. Message from Luke Walker.

Our highest priority as we gather in the name of Jesus is to love one another. We cannot say we love God and then not love our brothers and sisters. Loving and knowing God should always manifest in love for other people - or else we do not truly know him.

The love of God is passionately and relentlessly others centered. It's pure selflessness. It's the core of who He is. He's not a being who has needs to be met by others. He is always and only pouring himself out for the benefit of others - and in that, he finds his joy. And if we are made in his image then we are the same and ought to walk in perfect love too.

When life is a walk through the valley of the shadow of death, we don't need a new revelation or deliverance or to start introspecting what could have gone wrong or what spiritual door we opened. We need the simple gospel. The unchanging immovable love of God for us expressed through his Son.

What's it like to live life as a son of God? What privileges does it come with? Life as a son of God is simply waking up each day and walking with your Father through life. It's no more complex than that. No more trying or striving to keep your position, if you are in Christ, you are a son or daughter of the King.

Your righteous identity not only changes how you view yourself but also how you relate to everyone else. We no longer need to strive to find who we are but we simply receive by faith who God says we are and live from a place of completion rather than using everyone else to try and become complete.

We've been born again and our very nature remade in the image of Jesus so that we are no longer slaves to sin but are slaves to righteousness with God's law written on our hearts. Sin will have no dominion over you - so consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. All we do in this talk is take Romans 6 line by line and say "We believe."

No longer sinners but made righteous by faith in the blood of Jesus. That is who you are. Once you were unrighteous but now you have been washed and made clean.

3 stories from the life of Jesus - which is the truth of who God is - to show the unimaginable goodness of God.