Senior Pastor Tom Burke uses Cork’s bridges and the example of Barnabas to explore how encouragement can connect people to Jesus and to one another. He challenges us to reach across differences, go the extra mile and trust God to use even past wounds to bring hope to others.

Chapters
00:00:00 Podcast intro
00:00:31 Sermon: Bridge Builders
00:03:55 Cork: A City of Bridges
00:10:54 Reaching Out with Faith and Respect
00:14:45 Barnabas: The Encourager
00:25:56 Going the Extra Mile
00:28:02 God Can Use Our Wounds
00:29:29 Response and Closing Prayers
00:40:48 Podcast outro

Scripture mentioned
Esther 4:14
1 Corinthians 9:22–23
Matthew 5:41

Senior Pastor Tom Burke explores the persistent faith of the outsider woman in Mark 7 and Matthew 15, who approached Jesus for her daughter’s healing. Through her response to silence, rejection and seemingly closed doors, this message encourages us to keep praying, trust God’s goodness and believe that even a crumb from Jesus’ table is enough. Chapters 00:00:00 Podcast intro 00:00:31 Sermon: The Outsider 00:03:26 The Outsider and the Barriers We Build 00:05:21 Jesus Seeks Rest in Tyre 00:09:13 Intercession for Someone Else 00:13:48 Faith Through Silence and Rejection 00:25:18 The Crumb of Great Faith 00:27:56 Healing and Persistent Faith 00:32:15 Closing Prayer for Greater Faith 00:33:01 Podcast outro Scripture mentioned Mark 7 Mark 7:24 Psalm 84 Proverbs (verse not specified)

Tom encourages us from the scriptures to pray for the prosperity of Cork - the spiritual, emotional, relational, financial wellbeing and salvation of her people; and to capture the high place and take authority in Jesus power over darkness and evil.

Dara encourages us to prepare the soil of our hearts as we prepare to plant a bible by faith in a field in Cork for Jesus, for our city, for generations. When we act in unity the Lord commands his blessing.

Michael reminds us that we have agency over our lives to choose blessings or curses as we decide to obey or disobey God; and he encourages us to choose Jesus because He is Life!

Have you ever done something you thought was a good idea, only to realise it wasn't? Michael encourages us to follow "God ideas" not just good ideas and shows us five ways, based on the Bible, that we can - with confidence - know what to do, especially when we feel stuck.

In the second part of this talk, Dara shares the astounding account of what God says and does when King Jehoshaphat and his people fast and pray humbly after their cousins launch a personal attack. The battle belongs to the Lord!

In the first of two parts, Dara shares what to do when we feel personally under attack in our thoughts or in our families: seek God, fast and pray humbly - like King Jehoshophat in 2 Chronicles 20; for we serve a God who sees!

Mike invites us to come to Jesus, who has promised all who are weary and heavy burdened, that He will give them rest.

Are you a planner? Do you have Plan A and then a backup Plan B? Craig looks at the biblical account of Paul's second journey through modern-day Turkey and how the Holy Spirit stopped him from going to certain places; closing doors and then opening the unexpected, God-directed Plan C which saw the gospel reach Europe for the first time.