On Pentecost, Marc teaches on the Holy Spirit and the gift He is to ALL who believe.

Sin is seen as a burden, but one that has been borne by Christ. 

It is a debt, but one that has been paid by Christ. 

It is an offense, but one that has been removed by Christ.

It is an illness, but one that can be healed by Christ. 

It is defiling, but one can be made pure through Christ.

- J.J. Henderson

Picture a long, narrow ridge with a sheer drop-off on either side… On the ridge there is a path, the Disciplines of the spiritual life. This path leads to the inner transformation and healing for which we seek. We must never veer off to the right or the left, but stay on the path. The path is fraught with severe difficulties, but also with incredible joys. As we travel on this path, the blessing of God will come upon us and reconstruct us into the image of Jesus Christ. We must always remember that the path does not produce the change; it only places us where the change can occur. This is the path of disciplined grace.

-Richard Foster

The enemy loves to sabotage the plans of God. The only way he will succeed in that is if we take our eyes off Jesus, stop trusting Him, and give up. Recognise the sabotage, Resist it and Rely on God.

God knew you first, He makes Himself known and in knowing Him more deeply, we come to realise how fully we are known.

Andy & Kim Lund were back for a visit to share with us some of what the Lord is doing in their new season and to encourage us to contend for the JOY of the Lord that is our strength!

“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in he wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart…” Deut 8:2 

“For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.” James 3:16

'What consumes our minds, consumes our lives.'

Referring to Craig Groeschel's book, 'Winning the War in your Mind', Mark Lonsdale shares his journey on the battle that goes on in his mind and gives us some tools on how we can train our minds of these unhelpful 'ruts'.

3 STEPS TO HEALTHY THINKING:

1. Identify the lie

2. Remove the lie

3. Replace the lie with the truth

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation ... We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 

2 Corinthians 5:17-19