Living Hope North

In Life God alway provides opportunities for the Gospel and for good works that opens doors. In this Message Thabani directs us in three ways to Maximise the Moments... To Die Everyday, to do Good Everyday and to Preach the Gospel every day!

We all need a sabbath in our lives, we need to take one day off each week to rest your body, recharge your emotions and focus your spirit. Why is the sabbath vital for a Christ follower and what does it look like to have a sabbath?

In this message 'First Breath', we explore John 3 as Jesus meets Nicodemus and tells him (and us): "You must be born again!". The first breath of our spirit into life is when we are born again to begin a new life as a Christ follower. Some great testimonies from Marg and Jude of their stories of being born again.

We sing the great hymn: Amazing Grace, but this week we see how Grace came first! And that amazing grace gives us the power to live for Jesus in a very weary and broken world. Through the story of the prodigal son, we will explore how grace comes first in our relationship between God and you and then between you and others.

You wouldn’t think that anyone could improve on the masterpiece of michelangelo’s Sistine chapel painting. But Maybe me and a spray can could make it better? What do you think?

God’s greatest masterpiece in all creation I think was marriage and family! The marriage represents our relationship with Jesus as we are the bride of Christ what an awesome picture of that union.

and family is a wonderful picture of our God loves and cares for his children.

But society believes it can do better and has take a spraycan to the masterpiece that is Marriage and the family. But in the end it’s just vandalism.

This week we look at key ways that God can be first in the family as family is first in Gods plan. First with parents, children and the lost who can be adopted into Gods family.

Exodus 13 opens up an amazing principle found throughout scripture about the first fruits, so this week we look at the practical application of making God First in our finances not in our giving ... but in returning of the tithe to God.

The heart of Jesus is that families, friends and even fellow Christians are reconciled when relationships break down.

Check out this moving and life giving message from Jonathan, First Reconcile.

In life we can find that our time and energies can get swallowed up in the busyness of life. Before you know, we have filled our life with Netflix and Facebook, hobbies and projects but have neglected the things that really matter. Jesus said "seek first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you".

Over the next 6 months, we want to look at how we can intentionally put God first in our lives again starting with our First Love!

Today's message looks at how wide, how deep, how long and how high God's love is for us and as a result how we can respond in our lives to that love.

The walls were finished and the externals looked great in Jerusalem. Now God was working on the internals as the people came before God in response to the reading of His word. They confessed and repented and moved into worship!!! This sunday we look at how repentance leads us into times of refreshment as we are free from guilt and sin to encounter Jesus!!

Coming out of lockdown we are free to worship... but what does that look like as we gather again as a church family. Today we look at the Exodus as the Hebrews are brought out of lockdown/slavery into freedom and we see that as a church we are free to worship, free to serve and free from sin as we make Jesus Lord of our lives.