Sermons
Shalom: Exhaustion and Rest
| Advent 2022 / 2 |
It is the second week of Advent and we continue our advent series looking at Shalom - peace, renewal, completeness. The Shalom of God can permeate every aspect of our lives if we allow Him to. Let us take time to reflect on how God’s Shalom can help us in our exhaustion and fatigue. God offers us rest, renewal, and peace - will you accept His offer? Readings Luke 2:16-20 Exodus 20:8-11 Matthew 11:25-30
It is the second week of Advent and we continue our advent series looking at Shalom - peace, renewal, completeness. The Shalom of God can permeate every aspect of our lives if we allow Him to. Let us take time to reflect on how God’s Shalom can help us in our exhaustion and fatigue. God offers us rest, renewal, and peace - will you accept His offer? Readings Luke 2:16-20 Exodus 20:8-11 Matthew 11:25-30
Shalom: Fear and anxiety
| Advent 2022 / 1 |
It is the first week of Advent and we begin our advent series looking at Shalom - peace, renewal, completeness. The Shalom of God can permeate every aspect of our lives if we allow Him to. Let us take time to reflect on how God’s Shalom can help us overcome our fears and anxieties. Readings Psalm 23 Philippians 4:7 Quote Shalom is what love looks like in the flesh. The embodiment of love in the context of a broken creation, shalom is a hint at what was, what should be, and what will one day be again. Where sin disintegrates and isolates, shalom brings together and restores. Where fear and shame throw up walls and put on masks, shalom breaks down barriers and frees us from the pretence of our false selves.” Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick Read more
It is the first week of Advent and we begin our advent series looking at Shalom - peace, renewal, completeness. The Shalom of God can permeate every aspect of our lives if we allow Him to. Let us take time to reflect on how God’s Shalom can help us overcome our fears and anxieties. Readings Psalm 23 Philippians 4:7 Quote Shalom is what love looks like in the flesh. The embodiment of love in the context of a broken creation, shalom is a hint at what was, what should be, and what will one day be again. Where sin disintegrates and isolates, shalom brings together and restores. Where fear and shame throw up walls and put on masks, shalom breaks down barriers and frees us from the pretence of our false selves.” Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick Read more
The Movement We Receive in Christ
| Colossians / 12 |
We are part of a movement - a movement with the purpose to advance the Kingdom of God. It is good to be reminded that we are part of a huge team, a massive extended family that expands across space and time. So, what can we learn about pursuing God and following Him in mission as we read about people who did that at the time of the letter to the Colossians? Read more
We are part of a movement - a movement with the purpose to advance the Kingdom of God. It is good to be reminded that we are part of a huge team, a massive extended family that expands across space and time. So, what can we learn about pursuing God and following Him in mission as we read about people who did that at the time of the letter to the Colossians? Read more
The Mission We Receive in Christ
| Colossians / 11 |
Christ has given us a mission - to proclaim the mystery of Christ. Do you accept the mission? Explore with us as we examine the instructions, suggestions and example of Paul as we learn how to fulfil the mission of God as we live out our faith in our daily lives. Readings Colossians 4:2-6 Matthew 25:14-30 Psalm 34:8
Christ has given us a mission - to proclaim the mystery of Christ. Do you accept the mission? Explore with us as we examine the instructions, suggestions and example of Paul as we learn how to fulfil the mission of God as we live out our faith in our daily lives. Readings Colossians 4:2-6 Matthew 25:14-30 Psalm 34:8
The Peace We Receive in Christ
| Colossians / 10 |
Paul instructs us to “let the peace of Christ rule” in our hearts. The peace He offers is perfect complete wholeness, a peace that brings restoration. We are to let this peace rule in our hearts and be evident in everything we say or do. This includes allowing the peace of Christ to rule in our relationships and the way we sacrificially love and serve one another. How does the peace of Christ rule in your heart and in your relationships? Read more
Paul instructs us to “let the peace of Christ rule” in our hearts. The peace He offers is perfect complete wholeness, a peace that brings restoration. We are to let this peace rule in our hearts and be evident in everything we say or do. This includes allowing the peace of Christ to rule in our relationships and the way we sacrificially love and serve one another. How does the peace of Christ rule in your heart and in your relationships? Read more
