What is the fruit of your daily life? What surrounds you and follows you and what results from your words and actions? We are not saved by our actions but our actions result from our salvation. So, do you live out your love for God by loving others, even your enemies?

Sue encourages us to be filled with God’s Spirit, experience God’s love and value in Jesus, and live out that fullness in joyful love of others. The reward will be a profound and palpable sense of God’s acceptance, esteem and regard.

We will then not crave the esteem of the world and won’t live that out in showy behaviour living out of an empty live tank. Instead we will be givers and bringers of justice, dignity and value to others.

Divorce, Adultery, Lust, Judgement. Hate. Murder. Revenge. They are all a part of the human condition and in this passage Jesus addresses the human condition.

He gives a key to an overflowing and abundant life. It goes beyond appearance management to heart change. Fulfilling the desires of our own heart in our own way will be destructive to a thriving in life. Allowing God to renew our hearts, leads us to become a free, peaceable, loving person.

Divorce, Adultery, Lust, Judgement, Hate, Murder & Revenge. These are all a part of the human condition and in this passage Jesus addresses the human condition.

He gives a key to an overflowing and abundant life. It goes beyond appearance management to heart change. Fulfilling the desires of our own heart in our own way will be destructive to a thriving in life.

Allowing God to renew our hearts, leads us to become a free, peaceable, loving person. This is Pastor Sue’s thesis - be filled with God’s Spirit daily, accept his love and grace in Jesus, then you will be the answer to the human condition!

Jake Divens continues our current topic of "The Book of Matthew" in this week's PM message with Matthew 5:17-20 where he explains how when Jesus was preaching on the hill, what Jesus was saying was that everything that was written in the Old Testament was pointing towards him and to prepare the way for his coming and fulfilment of the Law.

He goes on to say that he didn't come to get rid of the old laws but to shift our perspective

The Bible today has many authors with many different types of literature written over thousands of years.

In this week's AM message, Theo preaches that Jesus taught that the Bible is true, that it is meant to belived in obedience, and that Jesus shows us how to obey the Bible (through the lens of Jesus).

He gives a careful apologetic for the authenticity and authority of the Christian Bible. Pointing out that Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament “law”, Theo encourages us to grow into a shining example of who Jesus is.

We are called to influence the world around us - and small things can bring a big change.

Springboarding from the iconic Australian poem “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar, Asher

unpacks the idea that one young girl’s creativity helped to change the perception of a nation towards its country.

Likewise in the historical setting of the Gospel of Matthew, a difficult time for the Jews, Jesus brought a whole new perspective on the kingdom of God. It involved rejoicing in the face of persecution. It involved influencing the flavour and perspectives of our world. Don’t give up on the world and don’t blend in. Be a true influencer, flowing from your intimacy with Jesus.

Ps Sue kicks off our next topic in our 2022 series of "Known and Be Known" with the Gospel of Matthew where she looks at Chapter 5 where Jesus is preaching on the mountainside where he preaches about the Beatitudes or "the 8 blessings"

Ps Sue kicks off our next topic in our 2022 series of "Known and Be Known" with the Gospel of Matthew where she looks at Chapter 5 where Jesus is preaching on the mountainside where he preaches about the Beatitudes or "the 8 blessings"

Naomi Fraser finishes our topic of going through the Book of Luke with her sermon on the Parable of the Blind Man.

She also spoke at our Maitland Campus that same day

In our final week of going through the Book of Luke. In our AM service, Ps Sue looks at the story of the blind man in Luke 18:35-43 and goes through the story and explains different aspects of the story.