Today we walked through Luke 10 and discovered the encouragement of Jesus not to lose focus, not to lose hope, not to allow other things in life to crowd in and pull us off course or distract us from the things that really matter.

This week Matt took us through Mark 9 where we get a glimpse of Jesus in His heavenly glory and then see Him set a young boy free. What we discovered was that Jesus is the God of a kingdom that brings change, that brings light in the darkness, freedom for the captives and hope for the hopeless, even in the places that the world says there is no hope.

Today Matt took us through the feeding of the 4000 from Mark 8. As we read we discovered that the author, Mark, is showing us more than a miraculous story, and more than a life lesson. The account in Mark 8 actually reveals to us something amazing about who Jesus is, and what He came to do.

Today Nathan Logan took us through Jesus' parables in Mark 4, simple stories about soil that teach us something about how God wants to be at work in our hearts, planting the kingdom in our lives, producing fruit that changes us and the world.

This week Matt took us through the first block of Jesus' teaching, known as the sermon on the mount. There we saw that Jesus wasn't just giving us a standard to live up to, but words that reveal the brokenness of our hearts and world into which Jesus offers a radically different answer to this - Himself.

Today Matt took us through John 2-5 pointing out a pattern that John uses through the stories he tells of the life of Jesus to show us that in Jesus there is new life for all, and a new place in which we can meet with God, no matter who we are or where we are.

Today Matt showed us how the authors of the new testaments main hope is that you see who Jesus is - The God that the Old Testament pointed us too, now revealed in Jesus, the God who is with us.

Today Glenys took us through the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew chapter 1. From this list of names we discover that God doesn't see as we do. He sees the heart. He sees those who feel unseen, ostracised, broken. In Mary God saw someone who would carry His most precious gift. In Joseph a man who said yes to God's call even though all the pieces didn't fit together in his head. Are we willing to surrender our rights, and our reputation to say yes to God. Jesus laid aside His reputation. Do we really want to be like Him?

Today Dennis took us through the book of Nehemiah pulling out biblical and historical context, and showing us ways in which this book speaks to us, His church, today.

This week we have been reading the book of Esther, and what we discovered today is that this book which never mentions God, whispers the name of Jesus and prophetically explains, through its specific context and moment in history, the victory over sin & death that Jesus would accomplish cosmically for all.