RENEW

John 3:16 is an amazing verse, spoken straight from the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ. May the truth of this verse stir your spirit afresh as Eugene shares about the greatest gift of love the world has ever seen.

Sharing your testimony helps you heal and bring us closer together. The Latin root for testimony is testis, meaning “ witness.” Compassionate witnessing of our personal series helps us recover and help others do the same. There is power in your testimony. Listen to Pete and Serena share some of their life story.

"It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God". 

All Scripture is “God-breathed”. It is divinely inspired. The words of God are bread, and God wants to give you bread from heaven every day - a daily Word from Him.

When these gifts flow in the right way they can be an incredible confirmation that God is real. He isn’t a concept, or a theory, not just a belief, He is a reality and He’s here right now. It’s one thing to believe in God and it’s another to walk with an awareness that He is real. 

The essence of everything that exists in the universe is either spirit or originated in spirit. The gift of discerning of spirits is the God-given ability or enablement to recognise the identity (and very often the personality and condition) of the spirits, which are behind different manifestations or activities.

One of the problems facing Christians is an overly optimistic view of life and what we should expect if we're followers of Jesus and trying to do the right thing. Life can be hard! Don't be surprised by difficulty in this fallen world! Be encouraged in your faith as you listen to this story.

Video links to this talk:

before speaking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPWr1SvzHs

after speaking

https://www.facebook.com/bronwyn.doak/videos/2370691596279804/?d=w

Prophecy is the human report of a divine revelation. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit and something that we are all called to “eagerly desire”.

“Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” (1 Corinthians 14:1)

“Earnestly desire” means to actively seek after and ask for, to ardently yearn for, to zealously long for. It’s a stark challenge to any follower of Jesus. Prophecy is not something we should merely think about desiring we are instructed to earnestly desire to prophesy!

If you never feel God’s presence in your life, never feel God’s love, never feel the peace of God, then you are not living out New Testament Christianity. God wants to not only be believed in, but also to be experienced, to be felt.

In this message we look at the the spiritual gift of miraculous powers. There is an utterly unanticipated authority and power at work and this activity is a sign of the coming kingdom of God. 

Continuing message series on the person and power of the Holy Spirit, in particular practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that remains grounded in Scripture and centred in Jesus. This message covers the spiritual gifts of faith and healing.