Living Hope North

What a Sunday! Teaching on a Holy Spirit Make over in the midst of a Holy Spirit Make over!!! The plan went to the wall as the spirit moved in power... the preach looks at the manifest presence of God at work in us as we get in to the secret place and move into the Holy Space! Praise God for the power and presence of His Holy Spirit.

This week we finish off our mini series on unpacking the fruit of the Holy Spirit by looking at faithfulness, gentleness and self control! God has giving us everything we need to live a holy life but we must play our part by remaining faithful to our calling, being gentle with our words and life to win people to Jesus and controlling self by crucifying our old nature to the cross! Great outcome of applying this message to walking in the Spirit.

This week we looked at Goodness, Kindness and Longsuffering - fruit of the Spirit! Thabani reminded, encouraged and challenged us to be watered and nourished by the Holy Spirit, so that the fruit is manifest (evident) in our lives, primarily to please God and secondly to save lives and impact God's Kingdom.

This week we looked at 3 segments of the fruit of the Spirit! Love, Joy and Peace. Listen to God's desire for us to overflow with these as we walk in the Spirit. Praise God that His word is so practical!

As Spirit led and filled Christians, we desire everyday to walk by the Spirit but something keeps tripping us up or even worse, robbing us of our faith walk! This is not an external force, but the internal battle between the old nature and the new spirit nature we are becoming. This week we look at this battle, and see what we must do to put to death the old nature completely!

When Usain Bolt and the Jamaican relay team won the gold medal in the London olympics in 2012, it wasn't crossing the line that made them winners it was that they successfully passed on the baton! Imagine they crossed the line the fastest but without the baton. In the Christian faith our desire and purpose is to pass on the baton of faith to the next generation. In this message Thabani clearly lays out the importance and the steps to ensure as individuals and as a church we are running strong but also passing on the baton to an upcoming generation and to our church family.

Timothy was a faithful spiritual son to Paul. He said of Timothy, 'I have no one like him'. We all want people like that in our lives but rather than searching for them why don't we become such people. In this message Jonathan teaches us how yo be faithful like Timothy, a man who lived like Jesus.

God wants us to be Generous! This week we look at what it means to reflect Gods generosity and become generous ourselves using the bible Character Barnabas to explore what it means to be Generous with our finances, our gifts and talents, and our time! Listen to hear how when Barnabas passed the Treasure Generosity test it opened up his destiny in the church... preacher, teacher, miracle worker, evangelist, prophet and Apostle!!!