Island ECC Podcast

In our information-saturated age, there are good reasons to get lost in wonder and there are real benefits to our spiritual life when we do.

There is a growing sense of anger and discontentment in the world. Groups at odds with one another are growing more radical and extreme. Caught up in this fervour is the Church. How do we remain the Church in an increasingly polarised society? How can we find wisdom in this age of rage?

Lies and Money. It sounds like a scandalous TV show. But in reality it’s the potential scandal of your own life. If you don’t recognise the lies you are susceptible to, and the undercurrent of power that money has on you, your very life could be the scandal you never intended. Proverbs gives us great insight into how to overcome these powerful forces and live in freedom.

Every day we speak, write, and text thousands of words to people around us – and to ourselves. Words have power. But where do our words come from and how are we using them? Are we honouring God and our neighbour with the things that we say? Proverbs gives us some great words of wisdom to live by.

Envy doesn’t play favourites, but is a subtle disease that affects us all as it works its way from our eyes and thoughts into our hearts. Today we’ll explore wisdom from God’s Word so that we can recognise its deceit in our life and step into greater freedom and contentment.

Pride is so easy to spot in others, and almost impossible to detect in ourselves. But since it’s so devastating to our lives, we should take time to root it out, and find the surprising freedom of genuine humility.

Some decisions in life are trivial, but others are drastically life-changing; who we marry, where we live, what we choose as a profession, are just some of the choices we have to make. We want to get those decisions right. But does the Bible tell us what we should do? We look to the book of Proverbs for answers.

If Psalms teaches us to worship God, Proverbs teaches us how to live on earth. Wisdom, though often mistaken for knowledge, is the key to a rewarding life and a genuine joy.

We are all thirsty. We long to have our deepest needs and desires satiated. And so often, we settle for the temporary rush of a new purchase or other temporary pleasures to soothe our aching souls. Jesus offers a better way.

When we put our faith in Christ, we are given a new life. We receive so many blessings from God. The gift of mercy, grace, freedom, and forgiveness. So wouldn’t it make sense that we honour God by serving Him and His people? Today we’re looking at how to practise the discipline of serving God and serving others.