God has a mission and he wants us to join in. Come with us as we look at God's heart for his Kingdom mission and allow him to transform us in the process.Join Tim as he unpacks the Father Heart Of God as part of our City On A Hill series.Autor: Everyday Church

God has a mission and he wants us to join in. Come with us as we look at God's heart for his Kingdom mission and allow him to transform us in the process.Join Simon as he introduces the City On A Hill series.Autor: Everyday Church

Pep talks, podcasts and books about prayer will only get us so far. What do we do when the motivation to hit the snooze button is stronger than the urge to meet with our Heavenly Father?Elizabeth shares how we can use the Lord’s Prayer as a source of inspiration for our daily prayers.Autor: Everyday Church

Vision matters. It shapes our lives. Our view of the future ultimately shapes our present. In the mundane and the life changing our vision shapes us for good and for bad.Autor: Everyday Church

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What… comes…next? One of the biggest and most prominent questions that humanity has grappled with since its beginning. Heaven and Hell, or reincarnation, or resurrection, or becoming one with the universe, or nothing at all. Everyone has their own idea of what the afterlife entails. And that’s because it’s the one life experience that affects us al…

Death is the one great constant of human existence. Eventually, it comes for us all and has been the enduring obsession of human thought through every age. We are desperately aware of our own mortality. We do all we can to prolong our fragile lives. The story of humanity is a story of getting what you can, while you can, at the expense of the other…

If you ever had concerns about Spiritual Gifts like speaking in tongues, then you are not the only one. The Corinthians also struggled with how it should be used. This is due to their background (unchurched) and experiences with Pagan worship services (enthusiastic in nature). Paul reassures them and us that nobody speaking in the Spirit is disresp…

The reason these verses in 1 Corinthians 13 strike such a chord in our hearts is because love has been made known. The reverberating effects of love – expressed most powerfully through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ - wash like wave after wave after wave upon the shores of our lives. A love that is so, so desperately needed. In a…

The Communion is where we remember that Jesus gave the ultimate sacrifice for us. His body was broken and his blood was shed so that we can have eternal life, that we can be reunited with God the Father. Because of what Jesus did we celebrate and we have Purpose, Meaning in Life. Because of this the offer stands for us all to receive forgiveness of…

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In scripture, the perfect understanding of submission and authority is found in Jesus. To display how men and women should handle authority and submission Paul points to the relationship between Men and Christ and between Jesus and the Father. In both cases, submission and authority are based on love and the choice to honour the other so that they …

For some of us the topic of baptism may be completely foreign. You may have come across baptism to some degree in your experience, but really you feel it’s never had any relevance to you and your life. Maybe church is a new thing for you. If that’s you, we want to help explain what we mean by baptism and help you see how it could be relevant for yo…

The challenge for us today - in whatever we do, are we glorifying God? In whatever we say are we glorifying God? In how we host people, in how we build up and support our fellow Christians, are we glorifying God? In how we talk to people who don’t know Jesus, are we glorifying God? That’s the question that we all need to meditate on as we consider …

We celebrate the pouring out of the Holy Spirit on those first disciples, ten days after the risen Jesus ascended to heaven, as described in Acts 2. However, we are going to look at an event that happened 1,500 years beforehand, in Numbers 11. My hope is that as we look at Numbers 11 it increases both our thirst and our faith for receiving more of …

We’re carrying on in our journey through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, and we’re going to look at the last part of Chapter 9, and the beginning part of Chapter 10. And we could subtitle this section of Paul’s letter “you need spiritual discipline”. Paul is still in discussion about whether it is OK to eat food sacrificed to idols here. Bu…

Paul learned to be all things to all people - for the sake of the gospel. He thought about what would bring him close to people. He identified the barriers – and deliberately broke them down even if that meant surrendering precious rights. Let’s ask ourselves the same questions. - What brings me close?- Which of my rights have become barriers?…

Paul continues, sticking to the theme of knowing, or knowledge. Something that seems to have been a bit of an obsession to the Corinthians, with the word 'knowledge' mentioned more in this letter than in any other book in the New Testament. He's bringing this comment in here as to ask, what is more important - to know it all, or to be known and rec…

We will look at Paul's teaching on and affirmation of singleness. Then we will look at how we build communities of faith that honour both singleness and marriage. And finally, we will reflect on how Paul’s teaching challenges the spirit of our age, both in Corinth in the first century and in our world in the 21st century.…

Paul has recalibrated the Corinthians understanding on the importance and the place of sex in a believer’s life. He has done this by reinforcing the biblical foundations of sex as a covenant act within the biblical covenant of marriage. He has reminded them that the covenant of sex is rooted in creation and points towards the greater covenant betwe…

Belong, believe, behave - how grace changes the rules.Autor: Everyday Church

As we celebrate Easter, we’re going to look at the most important promise ever made, one that changed the course of history, and a promise that we celebrate coming to pass at Easter. It’s the promise of the resurrection – when Jesus, the Son of God, died on a cross, and then rose from the dead three days later. Just as he said.…

We can see the issue for the Corinthians, and we can work through Paul’s arguments. But what about us? We live in a sex obsessed world. We all have our own sexual history both in terms of how we think and how we behave. How do we process this teaching without simply being paralysed by guilt and or shame? How do we apply this truth personally and co…

The use of the past tense in this passage is hopeful as well as humbling. Paul is not setting them or us up for a fall. We do not have to give in to our flesh. We can move on from our petty intolerances. Because we have been washed, sanctified, and justified. God has done a work in us, is doing a work in us, and will finish the work he is doing in …

Your heart really matters to God. In a world full of distractions, we are called to guard our hearts and keep Jesus at the centre. Come with us as we discover the importance of God's grace, church community, and staying close to the Good Shepherd.Autor: Everyday Church

If we’re going to take collective responsibility for the holiness of the church, then we need to be sincere about our own discipleship, which will mean regularly dying to self. And we need a high bar on what we mean by Christian community, sharing lives and discipling one another, which will mean having difficult conversations with one another from…

Be patient with everyone. You are going to meet people in church or in Life Group who are going to rub you the wrong way. It’s just going to happen. But when we remember we are all made in the image of God, and if we remember what Paul said at the beginning of the letter to the Corinthians that none of us can boast that we are better than anyone el…

Paul is sarcastic about the Corinthian’s boasting which is rooted in pride – regarding one person as better than another in race, class, roles in the church, wisdom/eloquence, factions re leaders, and gifts of the Spirit. Paul followed the lead of Jesus, the God who came in low, fully God, fully man, – a picture of the ‘suffering servant’ who came …

Paul starts of chapter 3, by DISCIPLING the Church to see with some clarity and conviction where they might be getting stuck. Where immature theology and worldly values ARE hindering them from a life of spiritual GROWTH. BUT… he ends the chapter by giving them a vision of how God sees them / of how God has positioned them / of what GOD has in store…

The why question for the Corinthians revealed the problem of pride.Paul addresses their pride by reminding them that the gospel is the great leveller. Christians have no reason to boast because our salvation is all down to God. There’s no basis for feeling either superior or inferior to other believers. The challenge with pride is that its presence…

Lots of people want Jesus without the cross. Limit him to being just a good moral teacher or a misunderstood martyr. But the cross is the whole point – the reason he came. His weakest moment – is his most powerful act! The cross is the deepest of mysteries – and the simplest of truths. What it achieves is within the grasp of a child or the most imp…

There is disunity in the church and Paul will have none of it. In a world that is increasingly divided, polarised, antagonistic, self righteous and self centred it is vital for Paul that the church is unified. The church is meant to speak a better story to the world around it. Not that there will always be agreement on all issues, but rather that d…

We want to get into Corinthians because it is a book about mission. It is written by a man on mission, the church is the fruit of that mission and they are a people on mission. They have been blown off course. The success of the gospel in drawing people from every area of life is potentially their downfall. In their desire to be accessible and rele…

Have you ever heard the saying it is better to give than receive? That sounds like the kind of sage advice you might see on an inspirational Instagram post, doesn’t it? Would it surprise you to know that it is actually from the Bible? The apostle Paul, in Acts chapter 20, said to his friends “remember the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is m…

These wise men bring gifts that would have made sense to them. These were valuable items, and they were bringing gifts for a King. But, as we are hinted at in Isaiah 60, these gifts were also part of God’s plan for revealing the true identity of this child. Offerings of thanksgiving and praise:o Gold – sovereignty and Kingshipo Frankincense – this …

Even though Jesus at this point, is a small child, and born into humble origins, the son of a carpenter, he is in fact a King. The one and only King. King over all the earth. He’s not sitting in the palace with Herod, but nevertheless, he is a King.But what kind of King is he? We’re going to look at a few Kings in this passage to learn more about w…

God has the power to establish us by his grace. Paul’s message in his letter to the Romans: the gospel is the power of God for salvation for anyone who has faith in Jesus. As JI Packer said: ‘God saves sinners’. This transforms the way we live through the Holy Spirit. He is able to establish us, to make firm. We cannot save ourselves. Tim Keller: ‘…

So, should women stay silent? When we read this passage in a modern western context this is the question that tends to leap out of the text. Some of you may well have grown up in, or been part of a church that has limited the role of women in the church based on passages like this. Some would argue that it is clear – women should remain silent – th…

These verses succinctly define the purpose of prophesy as edifying those it’s spoken to. A hallmark of Holy Spirit inspired prophecy is that it builds people up, by strengthening, encouraging, or comforting them. This is in contrast to tongues, which is for self-edification. There are two dangers regarding the prophetic gifts that we ignore at our …

Paul’s main point in these 25 verses is to stop the Corinthians from filling their church meetings with publicly given tongues that are not then interpreted, but rather to encourage them to eagerly desire the intelligible gifts of the Spirit, such as prophecy, so that everyone can understand what’s being said. Therefore, he argues, a publicly given…

Love gifts from the Holy Spirit that we are to eagerly desire! To operate in an atmosphere of love… "follow the way of love and eagerly desire". They are Gifts for a purpose. To build up the church (1 Corinthians 14:12) and empower the church to fulfil its commission.Autor: Everyday Church

we will unpack today, that if the love of God isn’t the underpinning of these gifts, then we are in danger of misusing or even abusing them, as appeared to be the case in the church in Corinth. As with all things that God entrusts to His people, if we are going to handle them well, the actual gift is not of primary importance, but the character of …

As we will keep reminding ourselves when talking about Spiritual Gifts – they are gifts to give away for the blessing of others. Is the giver also blessed in the giving – often yes. But gifts and ministries exist for the good of the community, not the aggrandisement of the one ministering. I am not a big fan of the word “ministries” but in scriptur…

I've been asked to share my story with you today. And I am happy to do that, not because it is my story and I want people to know me - no, but because it is God's story in my life, and I love talking about God. And my prayer is also that while you're listening to me telling God's story in my life, God will encourage you about His story in your life…

Are you eagerly desiring God to do something in your life? Embracing spiritual gifts, learning about them, asking God for them, and being active in the way you’re practising them - is where purpose and faith flourish. It’s how the Church is equipped and built up. And most importantly, it’s one of the key ways that the glory of Jesus shines through …

A healthy church is a church that experiences the full array of spiritual gifts. A church where everyone has something, and no one has everything. Where no gift is universal, and no gift is missing.When someone brings a spiritual gift, rather than thinking, “I wish I had that gift”, ask the Holy Spirit, “What complementary gift do you want me to gr…