At the core of all of us – our deepest longing, or overriding need – is to be right with God. Deep down we know that, apart from Jesus, we are not right with God.

How about your Spiritual Life? How about your discipleship? How about your walk with Jesus, your pursuit of the Kingdom of God. What are you Discipleship Targets for 2024?

This week, Peter Amoss unpacks Philippians 2:19-30 and explains how the passage gives us a masterclass in what it looks like to serve others.

This Sunday Morning we looked at an amazing passage describing Paul's encouragement to the Philippians to stay obedient to the Word of God in his absence. He urges them to work out their salvation through every aspect of their lives with fear and trembling - awe and reverence.

In this profound chapter we look at how we can value each other higher than ourselves - laying down any priviledge that we had. Paul uses the example of the Incarnation of Jesus and describes his glory veiled and hidden by taking on humanity.

There are three sections to this talk from Philippians 1:27-30 starting with followers of Jesus living as citizens of the Kingdom of God. Then we look at Paul's encouragement to stand firm with one another in unity and the Holy Spirit in the face of opposition. Lastly we look at suffering as a gift, a grace, granted to us to live our lives as expression of the lift of Jesus.

Paul writes this letter to the Church in Philippi from prison, in chains, and then uses this opportunity to spread the good news of Jesus. He comes to the challenging conclusion that if he lives - his life is dedicated to Christ and if he dies then he stands to gain by being with Jesus. The apostle Paul is "All In" are we?

Paul writes this letter to the Church in Philippi from prison, in chains, and then uses this opportunity to spread the good news of Jesus. We look at modern day persecution of Christians, what is most important to us and then what Paul understood by the gospel.

We are all works in progress - we are the work, God is working and this is done in God's perfect timescale. If we are welcomed into the Kingdom of God through grace clearly displayed on the cross then how do we walk on this path of grace?

We shared the exciting news of our new Evening Service - launching on the 1st of October! We also started our new sermon series on the book of Philippians.