Recorded at Ivy's AGM on 22 Feb 2026, Anthony outlines the Ivy Church leadership's vision and plans for our Year of Restoration in 2026.

Why would God have to command us to rest?

In this message from our Restoring the Heart series, Anthony Delaney explores the biblical rhythm of Sabbath — a gift we often resist but desperately need. From Deuteronomy to Genesis, from manna in the wilderness to the life of Jesus, we see that Sabbath is not laziness or legalism — it’s trust.

In a culture of constant productivity, digital distraction, and endless demand, Sabbath becomes an act of resistance. It’s the weekly declaration: “God, You are God — and I am not.”

This talk explores:

• Why busyness can mask deeper identity struggles

• How ignoring rest eventually leads to breakdown

• The difference between recreation and restoration

• The biblical pattern of fully ON and fully OFF

• The three practical movements of Sabbath: Stop. Rest. Worship.

Sabbath isn’t a luxury for when life slows down — it’s the practice that creates margin, restores the heart, and re-centres us in God’s presence.

What would it look like for you to choose one day in seven — not someday — and trust God enough to stop?

Where do you look for love — and where does your identity come from?

In Week 1 of our new series How God Restores Your Heart, Anthony Delaney explores how true heart restoration always begins with restoring our identity. Drawing from 1 John 4, this message reveals that we are not meant to strive for love through performance, approval, perfection, or popularity — but to live from the unshakable love of God.

Through powerful biblical insight and real-life reflection, Anthony shows how God’s sacrificial love at the cross redefines our worth, drives out fear, and makes our hearts His home. When we stop performing and start receiving, transformation begins from the inside out.

This talk invites anyone who feels exhausted from striving to come home to the love that heals, restores, and anchors who we truly are.

What does it really mean to give God all of your life — not just the easy parts?

In this powerful message, Louise Yuill unpacks Romans 12:1–2 and explores how true restoration comes through daily surrender. As we place our whole lives before God — our struggles, distractions, fears, and hopes — He transforms us from the inside out, renewing our minds and restoring our hearts.

Louise connects biblical truth with real life, neuroscience, and the refining work of God’s Spirit, showing how lasting change is a process that leads to freedom, healing, and fullness of life. Like silver in the refiner’s fire, God removes what doesn’t belong so His image can shine through us.

This talk invites us to rebuild the altar of worship, offer ourselves as living sacrifices, and trust God’s perfect will as He makes all things new.

First Fruits Sunday is a moment of recalibration — a chance to recentre our lives around who God is and what truly matters. In this message, Anthony explores how generosity flows from identity, not pressure, and why putting God first is ultimately an act of trust, love, and restored relationship.

Rooted in Scripture from Genesis to the New Testament, this talk reframes First Fruits not as a law to follow, but as a kingdom principle that runs through the whole Bible. From Abel’s offering, to Christ as the First Fruits of the resurrection, to our own identity as adopted children and heirs of God, we see a consistent invitation: when God is first, everything else is rightly ordered.

This message introduces a powerful image — that as God’s children, we live from an inheritance, not insecurity. We don’t give to earn God’s favour; we give because we already have it. First Fruits becomes a declaration that God is our source, our provider, and our King — and that we trust Him with our future.

In this Year of Restoration, First Fruits is about more than finances. It’s about restoring God’s rightful place in our hearts, our priorities, and our lives — offering our first and best, not out of obligation, but with joy, faith, and confidence in our generous Father.

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What happens when painful seasons feel like they’ll never end?

In this powerful Ivy Central talk, Anthony Delaney reminds us of a repeated promise woven throughout Scripture: “It came to pass.” Not to stay — but to pass.

Drawing on stories from Joseph, David, and the people of Israel, Anthony explores how God meets us in the middle of suffering, validates real pain, and gently leads us toward healing and hope. This message creates space for the Holy Spirit — our Counsellor and Comforter — to restore hearts and remind us that every season has a shelf life.

Whether you’re in the middle of something difficult, processing past pain, or simply needing fresh hope, this talk is a reminder that God is present in every moment — and He is always leading us toward restoration.

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Website – ivychurch.org

Instagram – @myivychurch

Facebook – @MyIvyChurch

🙏 Need prayer? Get in touch via our website.

💌 New here? We’d love to connect with you.

As we prepare for Firstfruits, this message reminds us that generosity is never really about money — it’s about God, His grace, and what He is restoring within us.

Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8–9, Anthony explores how Christian generosity flows not from pressure, obligation, or fear, but from a heart that truly knows the grace of Jesus. Before God ever asks anything of us, He gives everything — Christ Himself, who became poor so that we might become rich in life, hope, forgiveness, and purpose.

This talk reframes stewardship as worship. It challenges us to see generosity not as loss, but as trust; not as subtraction, but as eternal investment. As God restores our hearts in this Year of Restoration, He also restores our perspective — freeing us from control, fear, and scarcity, and inviting us into the joy of putting Him first.

This is an invitation to pray, prepare, and listen for what “first and best” looks like for you — not out of compulsion, but out of love. Because when grace restores generosity, our lives begin to overflow with gratitude, joy, and impact far beyond ourselves.

What does it really mean for God to “restore your soul”?

In this message from Psalm 23, Matt Donaldson explores how true restoration isn’t about fixing our behaviour or striving to improve ourselves — it’s about allowing the Good Shepherd to gently return us to who we were created to be. This is not a crisis psalm, but a confession of deep security, belonging, and confidence in God’s presence through every season of life.

As David walks through green pastures and dark valleys alike, we discover the things that hinder soul restoration — pride, busyness, fear, sin, self-centredness — and the practices and postures that invite healing: humility, stillness, righteousness, trust, and intimacy with God.

This talk is an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply, and let God search, heal, and renew the inner places of your life. As we learn to live from the presence of the Shepherd — not just for Him, but with Him — our souls are restored, our perspective shifts, and we rediscover peace, purpose, and hope that overflows.

Come expecting a gentle, honest, and life-giving moment with God — a breath of fresh air for your soul.

GOD’S PLANS FOR YOUR RESTORATION — WEEK 2

Learning “The Unforced Rhythms of Grace”

📅 Sunday 11 January 2026

🎤 Message by Anthony Delaney

📖 Matthew 11:28–30

✨ 21 DAYS OF PRAYER & FASTING BEGINS!

Welcome to Week 2 of our new series: God’s Plans for Your Restoration — and the official start of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting at Ivy Church.

Last week we heard the prophetic word for 2026:

This is the Year of Restoration.

Not someday.

Not later.

Now.

And restoration always begins in the same place:

The heart.

Before God fixes what’s around you,

He restores what’s within you.

🔥 TODAY ANTHONY INVITES US TO LEARN THE “UNFORCED RHYTHMS OF GRACE.”

Jesus’ invitation in Matthew 11:

“Come to me… Take my yoke… Learn from me… and you will find rest for your souls.”

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