Which version of yourself shows up when you pray? The polished one, or the real one? In this episode we look at what it means to come to God honestly.

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We each have an image of God in mind as we go about our day. Have you stopped to consider yours?

If your faith feels a bit dry, or your prayers feel like they're going through the motions, this episode might help you work out why — and what to do about it.

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You cannot stop being light - it's something you are. The Spirit of the living God is in you. What you can do though is sit under the weight of something that blocks it.

This is the third and final episode in a series on light.

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Let's look at the moment the light arrives in person - who is it, when is it announced, and what does that mean for us?

This is the second episode in a three part series on light.

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Every ancient culture around Israel had a creation story. In most of them, the gods are fighting, creation is born out of conflict, and the sun and moon are forces to be feared. And then there's Genesis — and it's completely different. In this episode we start at the very beginning and trace light through some of the most significant moments in the Bible, from the first words God ever speaks, through the wilderness, through an ancient prophecy, all the way to the end of the story. By the time we're done, when Jesus says you are the light of the world, hopefully it lands a little differently. 

This is the first episode in a three part series on light.

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We can't finish well through willpower alone. We need to train, not try, so in this episode, we look at caring for our whole selves - body, soul, and mind - so we have the endurance to make it to the end with integrity.

This is the sixth and final episode in a six-part series on finishing well.

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We think about finishing well as something that happens at the end of our lives, but we're finishing things all the time.

Jobs, roles at church, seasons, neighbourhoods, projects, teams.

And how we finish those things matters because how we finish one thing influences how we start the next.

This is the fifth episode in a six-part series on finishing well.

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I'm bringing some hope to you this episode as we've looked at what went wrong for a few weeks, here's an account where things went right! (Kind of)

King Josiah became king at eight years old.

He inherited the worst possible situation - his grandfather Manasseh was the most evil king in Judah's history. The city was filled with violence, child sacrifice, and idolatry. The temple was in disrepair. And God's word - the Book of the Law - had been lost.

But at sixteen, Josiah began to seek God anyway.

We'll be asking: What have you lost that needs to be rediscovered? And what idols need to be torn down?

This is the fourth episode in a six-part series on finishing well.

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We're continuing our series on finishing well, this time looking at David and Uzzah.

They both made mistakes, both because they were out of position in some way.

There are at least two ways to be out of position:

1. Out of rhythm (wrong time/place)
2. Out of God's order (wrong method/lost reverence)

And these stories cover both.

This is the third episode in a six-part series on finishing well.

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In this episode we look at the life of King Uzziah. He took the throne at age 16 and reigned for 52 years but unfortunately he didn't finish well.

We'll learn that pride and religion can get in the way of walking with God.

This is the second episode in a six-part series on finishing well.

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