Abundant life is inextricably linked to our salvation and our relationships with other people - the “golden rule” is at the centre of this. “Do unto others…” said Jesus. He also talked about the “broad gate” and the “narrow gate”.

Sue explains how nothing we can do ourselves can lead to salvation. Anyone who preaches anything other than the cross of Christ as the way of salvation is a “sheep in wolves clothing “ Sue states.

She outlines what the “fruit of our salvation “ looks like - the “fruit of the Spirit”.

How we live, what we need and desire. and what we focus on dictate how we pray.

Bev begins with Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden to explain how shame, fear and rejection have become shapers of what we need and desire.

She uses biblical, historical, relaxant and personal examples to show how the corruption of human nature has caused our asking, seeking and knocking to often become shaped by the patterns and culture and thinking of this world.

What is the answer to this dilemma?

This message will explain the call upon believers to reject both the world and Christendom, embracing instead an intimacy with Jesus which changes us and empowers our prayers.

Theo Rules speaks on Matthew 7:1-6 at our Maitland and Steel River Campus as we continue through The Gospel of Matthew where he explains that we should not judge people otherwise we too will be judged. This bible verse is as important as our daily lives when we are very easy to judge people on different aspects of their lives that might look different to ours.

Do you enjoy being judged by others? It hurts. You can feel belittled, upset and condemned. Yet we not only receive it but sometimes we give it out!

Christians are definitely called to wise discernment and to make decisions based on the guidance of God’s Word and the Spirit’s prompting. However, Sue points out that our judgement of others, which is often based on our own imperfect views of what is important in life, or on presumptions about people’s motives, can mask our own failings - the “plank in our own eye”.

Rather, she encourages us to allow God to do surgery on our own hearts and remove our “plank”, and she teaches us how to remove a “speck”!

Have you seen how in today's society that people are more worried than ever before?

Josh speaks an amazing sermon at our Steel River & Maitland Campus on how Jesus knows that we are going worry with things like food, clothing, accomodation but wants us to have a complete perspective shift in how we think of things as Jesus sees us as more valuable than we think.

Mortgage payments, international threats to our security, the cost of living, Covid, vaccination mandates, health issues, relationships.

What do you worry about when you wake up?

In unpacking these verses Sue looks holistically at our human condition - the real inner you. 

Rather than telling us “just don’t worry “ Jesus speaks of the value of human individuals to God. Sue concludes that if we truly understand and experience Gods love for us, responding by seeking Gods kingdom first, we will not need to worry as God meets your deepest needs. 

In this weeks PM sermon as we continue through Book of Matthew. Naomi Fraser comes with the topic of Spiritual Blindess and how we need to move our focus on earthly possessions towards God.

We are in the middle of our current series "Book of Matthew" where we are looking at the Sermon of the Mount with the bible verse for this week from Matthew 6:16-24 where Asher gives us a very important question: "What are the desires of our heart"?

What Asher teaches us in this weeks AM message at our Steel River Campus is that first need reflect and ask ourselves, what are the desires of our heart?.

Second, we are to surrender our desires and trade them with the desires of God's heart

Finally, we are to be transformed to love like God loves.

**This podcast contains audio from the theme tune to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968 - 2001)**

In this week's Grainery Church PM sermon, Jake Divens continues on the Book of Matthew and preaches on prayer.

On this week's Grainery Church AM sermon, Pastor Paul West continues going through Matthew and talks about prayer.