As it's Valentines Day, where the world focuses on love, a type of love that is based on feelings. But is that what love is really all about? Not according to Jesus. In fact, Jesus' view of love is extremely radical and counter cultural. So, a disclaimer. You don't have to act on your answer, but you owe it to yourself to know the answer to this question.

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Over the last three weeks we have looked at 3 of the 5 questions to ask whenever we are making any decision of importance. 1. The honesty question: am I being truthful with myself, really? 2. The history question: what story do I want to tell? 3. The morality question: is there a tension that deserves my attention? Today we come to the fourth question: the discernment question. This question relates to wisdom, to knowing what is the wise thing to do.

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We will look at the third question to ask ourselves when making a decision and that's the morality question. This relates to our conscience, that internal tension competing for our attention when we consider an option that if we choose it, it could lead to regret. To help us in this, we are going to look at a fascinating narrative from the life of King David, Israel's second king, that illustrates the importance of paying attention to a seemingly irrational and in his case, an inconvenient tension. Everything was pointing in a direction, which on the surface seemed like the obvious choice. But something held David back and instead he made the right choice... although at the time it didn't look like it was. In the message we will look at some steps we can take to guard against making the wrong choice and how God helps and protects us.

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We will look at the second question we need to ask ourselves whenever we are making a decision: What story do I want to tell? And we are going to look at the Old Testament story of Joseph, which is a great reminder of how powerful and history preserving this question is. It’s a fascinating story, that relied on the decisions Joseph made at crucial points in his life.

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We will look at the first question we need to ask ourselves whenever we are making a decision: How honest am I? This is an important first question because you owe it to yourself to be truthful with yourself about the decisions and the choices that you make. But the problem is, we often lie to ourselves. To help us see this and the disaster it can lead to, we are going to look at a motley bunch of Old Testament kings and a prophet who warned them what would happen if they were not honest about the situation they found themselves in. And if you ever think the Bible is boring, you will find out today it certainly is not!

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How do we get a bigger perspective in life? Is it possible to make better decisions, so that we will be faced with fewer regrets? We all know making the right choice is important. Why? Because you are not the only person impacted by your decisions. And you are not the only person impacted by your regrets either. In our new series of messages, we will look at how to get the bigger perspective in life so that we can make right decisions. In this sermon, for the start of this new series, we look at questions to ask every time we make a decision of any significance or magnitude be it financial, relational, academic, or work and career.

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In this Sermon, Pastor Phill looks at the story of Nehemiah and his faithfulness and loyalty to his work. Do you have any distractions that stop you from doing the work God commands us to do? On this earth, only one thing matters: knowing Jesus and making Him known. As a church, we encourage you to put aside your distractions and focus on the work God wants us to do.

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Why is Christmas good news?

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people."

Find out what this good news is in this short sermon, from our Carol services on the 19th December 2021. 

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Welcome to our new series: Christmas Good News. We begin by looking at what is the purpose of Christmas. Most of us have an insatiable desire to find meaning or purpose even in the most random events in life, especially the negative events. We all long for a comprehensive explanation for what's going on in the world. We long for one, because there is one. God is involved in this would, even when we can't see it. The narrative surrounding the birth of Jesus is a reminder that the world is not as random as it appears. 

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We come to the final phrase of this prayer that Jesus prayed, Matthew 6:13, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.” Kingdom, power, glory. Three important words we need to understand. Why? Because this is the reason for everything. Everything that’s happened in the past, everything that’s going to happen in the future, the reason for the universe, the reason why we are alive. God made you to live in his kingdom, and to show his power, and to bring him glory. The question is, how do we live for God’s glory?

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