Living Hope North

As we come to the end of our SHINE vision series, we end on the most important message of "E" - Engage with our community. This powerful message of mobilisation of the church is a must for each church member to hear as we enter 2022. Listen and hear our plans for building a bridge into our community.

John 4: 1 - 42. What's your story? Do you have one? The Samaritan woman's testimony (story) saved and transformed lives in the town of Sychar. That power is in you - Jesus lives in you, the Holy Spirit lives in and guides you, and you are a bold man and woman of God! When your story is told, will Jesus be at its centre?

EACH ONE BRING ONE!

A personal invite goes a long way to opening door for people to encounter jesus. As we shine our light in a dark world we discover the power of a positive invite . In this message we receive practical steps and opportunities to shine by taking an invite to a neighbour! Lets pray to God for a great return on these efforts!!

Hospitality is such a gift and so important that elders and deacons must have this gift to be appointed. For the saints God requires us to show hospitality to strangers i.e. those not yet in the house of God. This week we look at the power of hospitality to be a table for the lost, a door to bring reconciliation, a place for the broken and a place for the presence of Jesus!

As we launch a new series called SHINE about putting our lamp on a stand, we also launch our vision cast for the coming year Share your Story, offer Hospitality, Invite, Nurture and Engage with our community. The first 10 mins is our vision cast and then followed by the introductory message SHINE.

This message helps us to understand what it means to love God and aligns us to have this ONE LOVE for God that impacts all our relationships and circumstances. We learn to love God with an exclusive love, an obedient love and persevering love. To love God with all of our heart, all of our mind, all of our soul and all of our strength.

Hope in a Hopeless world: This message points us to God... who is hope! When things seem lost and all hope is gone Romans 15:13 is a great verse to fix our eyes on God in tough times as he is our Hope. a Game changer when applied!

We're called to have the mind of Christ but in order to do so we have a personal responsibility and accountability to apply the truth of God's word in partnership with the Holy Spirit. To change our minds and make different choices. Our personal pursuance of a healthy mind has an impact on the Body of Christ and how we can become of One Mind despite our differences. So let's look at how we apply the four "R's" to a healthy mind to move together as One in Him.

Every Church must be known as a House of Prayer (Matthew 21: 13). There is a time to pray alone, and other times we are called to come together and be ONE in prayer. The early church often met and prayed as one. Why not listen, as Thabani shares the importance of praying together - Matthew 18: 19 - 20