In this message on Matthew 17, James emphasises that the Christian life involves ongoing transformation through being with Jesus, learning from Jesus, and becoming like Jesus, and concludes with an invitation to salvation, prayer, and daily communion with God.

Jenni shares a teaching on Matthew 16, emphasising Christian identity, relationship with Jesus over rule-keeping, and discernment of truth.

Today we read Matthew 15 and Matt shared with us how through the accounts and imagery in this chapter we discover that Jesus is the one who invites us to find Him and invites us into holiness through Him, not by works and rituals but by receiving from Him.

Today was an amazing day for us as a church, as well as celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, and hearing from Matthew 14 (which you can find here on the podcast) we also had the joy of hearing testimonies from Bev and Sam as they were baptised.

Today we read the account of Jesus walking on the water in Matthew 14, and Matt pointed out to us that this story is more than just an account of Jesus amazing power but actually the story that the whole bible tells again and again. The story of a God who has come down to stand with us in our mess and lead us through the storms of death and sin to a place of provision and life.

Today Lara shared with us from Matthew 13, looking at how people responded to Jesus and then using His parables to challenge our response to Him also. Through this passage we discovered that Jesus came as an outsider, for the outsiders, to leave no one as an outsider anymore. The invitation is there, how will you respond?

This week Mike shared with us from Matthew 12 where Jesus, after being confronted for not keeping the pharisees rules about Sabbath, says that He is the Lord of the Sabbath. Mike took us back to the Old Testament, to Genesis and Exodus, to discover more about what the Sabbath was supposed to be about. There we discovered that the Sabbath was a place in time where people could encounter God, the life He brings and His provision. This is what we now find in Jesus.

Today Matt shared with us from Matthew 11 which tells us part of the story of John the Baptist and who Jesus says he is. We saw from John's story that many things can affect the way we see and understand ourselves, but also that Jesus is never swayed by those things and His word over us is eternal.

This week we read through Matthew 10 where we discovered that Jesus invites and empowers His followers to share the good news of the Kingdom in both word and power. Matt shared with us his hope and prayer that we would be a church of followers of Jesus like this.

This week Matt shared with us from Matthew 9. There we saw a number of people who encountered Jesus, whom everything changed for because of that encounter, and a number of people who were so close to encountering Him but missed all that He had for them. In Jesus God wants to meet with us and change our world for the better - will you come to Him and encounter Him?