Coming Alive

So today in our standing firm conversation we will look at standing firm in generosity.

Coming together as a church and offering our unique gift to the world...That many might be reconnected to a life of significance.

There are two foundational things that should be part of your time with God.

However your time should include prayer and the Scriptures.

In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.

Mark 1:35

Welcome to JourneyFamily. A community that seeks to see people and our world coming fully alive in the love of God as modelled by Jesus.

We begin this year reflecting 1 Corinthians 16:13: Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.

The month's theme is ‘Standing Firm’.

Thank you for continuously being part of this community.

And today we are with Mary and Joseph as we reflect on what it looks like to wait when it doesn't make sense.

It is the end of 2025 and you get to be here!

This year there could be some things which you quit and there are some things in which you did not quit even when you

wanted.

We all have faced that moment when we wanted to quit on something!

It happens to us at some point in life.

We have been carrying out a particular task and we are somehow dissatisfied and disillusioned about it and we just want to quit!

On this episode we reflect on the story of John the baptist in Matthew 11:2-11.

“Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”

A significant part of our Christian faith is waiting. So for the next three Sundays we will explore this theme through the lens of various characters in the Christmas story: the elderly Elizabeth and Zechariah, John the baptist and Mary and Joseph.

A grounded spirituality is first and foremost a journey of surrender. Relying more and more on God. It is not about what we accomplish, it has always been about what God does in us and through us.

We are a community that seeks to see people and our world coming fully alive in the love of God as modelled by Jesus. We do this through Activating Community, Cultivating spirituality and Compassion in action.

This Sunday we explored Luke 15:11-32...