Stu speaks to Newlife's young adult congregation about prayer and confession.

We live in a world that dismisses, or at the least, downplays the reality of sin. Confession is that counter-cultural prayer that acknowledges our failure and seeks God's restoring and healing grace. Confession leads to true freedom. Listen in as Stu Cameron explains more.

WHEN YOU MESS UP, FESS UP! Every one makes mistakes. It is how we deal with those mistakes that matter. Confession is good for the soul. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).

It is through blessing God that we gain clarity in our lives. But how do we bless God? In this message, Ralph uses Psalm 103 to explore how we elevate God through prayer.

The True Point Of Rest: When a pendulum stops in the middle, it is at rest. Our place of rest is mentioned in Hebrews 3 and 4, its the invitation offered by Jesus in Matthew 11:29-30.

Prayer has a password. Prayer begins with thank-you and then please, not the other way around. We are never more alive than when our soul blesses God- comes to him in knees bent adoration, blowing kisses of thanksgiving and adoration. Stu Cameron explains more.

Prayer is life's pause button. Each day, each hour, each moment is a chance for you to engage with God. Today’s the day, now’s the moment. So go ahead, hit pause and spend some time with God right now!

"It is the desire for God which is the most fundamental appetite of all, and it is an appetite we can never eliminate. We may seek to disown it, but it will not go away. If we deny that it is there, we shall in fact only divert it to some other object or range of objects. And that will mean that we invest some creature or creatures with the full burden of our need for God, a burden which no creature can carry." - Friar Simon Tugwell. In this message, Ralph Mayhew discusses desire, jealousy and discontent in the context of the tenth commandment.

False testimony violates God's justice and jeopardises the whole community. Ralph Mayhew tackles the ninth commandment.

Commandment two - that we are not to make or worship idols - is in many ways an exclamation mark on commandment one. It is also easy to dismiss as irrelevant to modern Australian culture. Nothing could be further than the truth. We live in an idol-drenched culture into which God still speaks, "I will have no rivals!"