Strong Foundations
Love What God Loves
November 19, 2019 • Ruth Gallagher
To love something or someone is to really like them, really enjoy their company, to want to bless and honour someone with your best efforts and gifts. The goal of every believer should be to know God and to love Him. You can attend church and not really know God or truly love Him. Our heart is to keep Jesus in the centre, really loving Him above all!
What Is It About Church Anyway?
December 10, 2019 • Lee Venning
The local church is simply God’s instrument of change. There is no substitute for it and it is a very important core belief as a Christian. Jesus himself laid His life down for the church. The church is above all other forms of Christian organisations and the Bible tells us that God will use the church to accomplish His purpose.
Walking In The Spirit
November 26, 2019 • Chip Kawalsingh
The word ‘fellowship’ really means ‘intimate relationship’. This is more than an ending to a meeting, rather a plea for the fullness of God. In Ephesians 3:19, the Apostle Paul urges the church at Ephesus to “be filled with the fullness of God”. We are a Word and Spirit church. We see both the Word and the Spirit as pivotal to the believers’ life, especially those who are part of our body (see Isaiah 2:2 & Joel 2:28). The Spirit brings life and understanding to the Word of God. Both the Word and the Spirit are needed in order to have the right balance.
Gods Pattern For Church
October 29, 2019 • Neil Gallagher
As we co-operate with God in the building of His church, we are obligated to build according to His pattern. Jesus said He would build His church and the gates of hell would not be a victorious against it). We are building a church in our generation that is founded on the blueprint of the New Testament. All the ingredients of the early church are available to us today, through the power of the Holy Spirit, as building materials for our own local church.
City Harvesters
November 12, 2019 • Tate Kandi
We believe that all are here to be soul winners, bridge builders and city-takers. This involves everyone doing their part as a witness i.e. taking and making opportunities to lead people to Jesus. We are not here to promote a ‘come-and-see’ mentality but a ‘go-and-do’ mindset. Our call is to simply be an echo of Jesus. We are called to save sinful men and bring them to a sinless God. This is the single greatest work!
Spiritual Authority
November 5, 2019 • Paul Goffin
It is important for every partner of a growing local church to have realistic expectations about their relationship with their Pastors. Many people who come from a smaller church setting may expect to become personal and close friends with their Pastors and receive personal attention from them during a time of need. But as a church grows, that is not possible (See Acts 6), and it becomes important that mature believers understand this and see how team leadership works. Team is needed in order to look after the body effectively.
Warfare In Worship
December 3, 2019 • Sarah Kawalsingh
In Numbers 4:23 the Lord spoke to Moses about setting up a priesthood to minister before his presence. He described them as being all those who “enter in to perform the service…” The words “perform the service” are from Hebrew words which mean, literally, “fight the warfare.” “Perform” is the translation of the Hebrew word “tsaba,” which means ‘assemble, fight, perform, wait upon, war.’ The word ‘service ‘a mass of persons, organized for war, (specifically, hardship, worship): - appointed time’. The priests entered into the holy place to fight a warfare.