Sermons
Invitation to Adoption
| Living Faith - Lent 2023 / 4 |
While on the cross, Jesus looked down to see His mother standing there with one of His disciples. And Jesus issued an invitation to adoption - for the disciple and His mother to become a family. In these words, Jesus foreshadows our adoption into the family of God and He also demonstrates the heart of God, which has compassion for the most vulnerable in society. How can we be comforted, challenged and inspired by Jesus’ words to His mother and His disciple? Read more
While on the cross, Jesus looked down to see His mother standing there with one of His disciples. And Jesus issued an invitation to adoption - for the disciple and His mother to become a family. In these words, Jesus foreshadows our adoption into the family of God and He also demonstrates the heart of God, which has compassion for the most vulnerable in society. How can we be comforted, challenged and inspired by Jesus’ words to His mother and His disciple? Read more
Invitation to Hope
| Living Faith / Lent week 3 |
Jesus communicates with the criminals being crucified next to Him. One offers mocking taunts and demands for demonstrations of His power: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!” The other criminal however, looks at Jesus and sees more than the others standing around could see. And so he says “This man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus replies with amazing words: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in paradise.” Read more
Jesus communicates with the criminals being crucified next to Him. One offers mocking taunts and demands for demonstrations of His power: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!” The other criminal however, looks at Jesus and sees more than the others standing around could see. And so he says “This man has done nothing wrong. Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.” And Jesus replies with amazing words: “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in paradise.” Read more
Invitation to Service
| Living Faith / Lent week 2 |
We continue our Lenten journey as we look at Jesus on the cross and hear the words that He speaks. What does He tell us, what does He invite us into even during these agonising moments on the cross. This week, we listen as Jesus cries out His need for a drink “I am thirsty”. As we hear those words, see the pitiful response from the soldiers, let us consider the way we serve Jesus. Are we like the soldiers, giving Him the least, the cheap, the rubbish? Or do we want to give Him our all? Read more
We continue our Lenten journey as we look at Jesus on the cross and hear the words that He speaks. What does He tell us, what does He invite us into even during these agonising moments on the cross. This week, we listen as Jesus cries out His need for a drink “I am thirsty”. As we hear those words, see the pitiful response from the soldiers, let us consider the way we serve Jesus. Are we like the soldiers, giving Him the least, the cheap, the rubbish? Or do we want to give Him our all? Read more
Invitation to Forgiveness
| Living Faith - Lent 2023 / 1 |
This Lent, we are taking a journey through time as we stand at the foot of the cross and reflect upon the words that Jesus speaks. This week, we hear Jesus speak the words “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” As you hear those words, think about what they cost Jesus to say. Do you accept Jesus’ invitation to be forgiven, to have all guilt and shame washed away? Read more
This Lent, we are taking a journey through time as we stand at the foot of the cross and reflect upon the words that Jesus speaks. This week, we hear Jesus speak the words “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” As you hear those words, think about what they cost Jesus to say. Do you accept Jesus’ invitation to be forgiven, to have all guilt and shame washed away? Read more
Matters of the Heart: A Grateful Heart
| Matters of the Heart / 5 |
God calls us to have grateful hearts, to recognise the good things in life and to give thanks for them. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 say: “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” How can we learn to ‘rejoice always’ and ‘give thanks in all circumstances’? What does having a grateful heart really mean in practice? This week we dive into thinking about gratitude and how we can build up a foundation of gratitude in our lives and the way we need to rely on that foundation when we face difficult times. Read more
God calls us to have grateful hearts, to recognise the good things in life and to give thanks for them. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 say: “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” How can we learn to ‘rejoice always’ and ‘give thanks in all circumstances’? What does having a grateful heart really mean in practice? This week we dive into thinking about gratitude and how we can build up a foundation of gratitude in our lives and the way we need to rely on that foundation when we face difficult times. Read more
