We talk about love, sing about love, we try to find love. But what actually is love? Maybe we know it when we experience it. But is that really love, the kind of love the Bible describes, the kind of love that is a fruit of the Spirit? What if its possible to love better? To love better is to learn to love like Jesus. But how? In our fallen world where every heart and relationship is marred and damaged by sin, how can we love like Jesus? In the message we will discover what kind of love heals, restores, and deepens relationships by looking at three steps we can take to start to love like Jesus.

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We all want to change. We don’t just want to be different, we want to be better people. The problem is, so many people look in all the wrong places. The word fruition means the state or action of producing fruit. And when we display the different fruits of the Spirit in our lives, we live the type of lives that God created us to live. Through the Holy Spirit, God wants to transform our character. In this series we are going to look at what it takes to be a disciple of Christ.

We begin in this overview message and look at this disciple idea. When we follow the teachings of Jesus, when we show the 9 fruits of the Spirit in our lives, like Jesus did, we are more attractive. It not only changes the way we live our life, but it reflects God, and it points other people to Him.

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During the message, we bring the series to a close by looking at how a true church will always bring glory to God though its work and witness. Life isn’t about making a name for ourselves. Life is not about our own glory. Life is all about living for and bringing glory to God. But what does that mean and what does that actually look like? In the message we look at how to glorify God personally as well as together as a Counter Cultural Church.

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In the message we will look at a fascinating and tough time in the life of the Apostle Paul and discover 4 transferable truths that don’t change. Understanding these 4 truths will help us to reflect God’s glory and goodness back to him in all situations.

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In the message we will discover why it’s crucial to know why Jesus is the only way. We will also look at three great myths about belief and what the Bible has to say. Even though it may seem controversial, a Counter Cultural Church holds firm to the truth that it is only in Christ alone are we saved.

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Jesus was the most counter-cultural person who ever lived, and he said some amazing counter-cultural statements that are guaranteed to turn our life upside down. One of those statements relates to how we should live as part of the Counter Cultural Church. Jesus says, if you want to be great, be humble. In the message we will discover why that is the best way to live and why living like that is so different to the  culture we live in today. We are going to look at how radical humility works and the ways it impacts our lives.

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We live in a society of consumers and in a world that defines greatness in terms of power, possessions, prestige and position. But God has a totally different view of life. It’s a life where we can serve others. And the place that does it best, is the church. In the message we will see why serving others is the best use of our time and talents. And as we do that, we will be blessed beyond what we can imagine.

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We live in a society that is obsessed with the physical outward appearance. Image and beauty are what our society seems to value. But once again, the church offers a totally different view of life than what society offers. The church sees that the inner spiritual life is more important than the external, that it’s what we become when we really put into practice the principles that help us to grow spiritually mature. And yet, even mature Christians struggle with how to grow. In the message, we are going to look at how does spiritual growth happen? We will discover how to develop our inner spiritual life and take care of the inside part of our nature as opposed to society that’s all about the outward appearance.

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The church offers a totally different way of life than what society offers. The church brings together people of all backgrounds and ages and connects them together. It’s what the Bible calls fellowship and it’s amazing and wonderful. Church is not a place you go to. Church is a family you belong to. And the truth is, in God’s family there are four levels of fellowship. We’re going to look at each one in detail because we were not meant to be here on earth alone, to go through life on our own. The fact is we need each other. In this message we discover the different levels of fellowship and how we can grow together.

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Today we start a new series of messages looking at why the true church of God is the most radical, transformative, subversive countercultural movement that has ever existed and ever will exist. In this series, we will see how different the people of God, the church, should be to the culture and society we live in. The more society turns its back on God, biblical teaching and morality, the more the church can and should stand out as different.

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