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The Kingdom First Church Is 6 Things
Matthew 16:15-19 NLT“You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am.And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out. “And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven.””
You ARE the CHURCH....When you know WHO Jesus is and who YOU are, the church is unstoppable! ... ‘You are unstoppable ’....
1. A Singing Church
Corporate singing is imprinted in the DNA of all humanity. From the Zulu Tribes and the Gregorian Monks, to the arenas of heaving fans of country and pop, to churches just like this around the globe...humanity aches to be together in one voice.
Psalms 100:1-3 TPT “Lift up a great shout of joy to the Lord! Go ahead and do it—everyone, everywhere! As you serve him, be glad and worship him. Sing your way into his presence with joy! And realize what this really means— we have the privilege of worshiping the Lord our God. For he is our Creator and we belong to him. We are the people of his pleasure.”
When you point the inherent desireto be together in one voice toward the intended desireof your affections, your world is transformed.
Helen Howarth Lemmel (1900’s) “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things this of Earth grow strangled dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”
When we stand together and sing as one...Jesus changes our world.
2. A Generous Church
Are you personally ready for INCREASE? FOR NEW LEVELS of FAITH, for fresh God ordained BLESSING, FAR REACHING INFLUENCE, NEW PURPOSE AND God given DESTINY?
Proverbs 11:24 MSG
“The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller
Generosity puts your faith into action.
Generosity proves your trust is in God.
Stinginess is a symptom of fear.
The fearless live generous lives, the stingy live afraid.
If you want to break the power of fear in your life today, build systematic generosity into your Budget. Make room for it in your life for God to bring a miracle to bear.
Giving to great causes is great -BUT giving to the one and only cause where Jesus is at the centre, changes everything.
3. A Young Church
Proverbs 22:6 TPT“Dedicate your children to God and point them in the way that they should go, and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life.”
At Beyond Church we say that we will flourish from generation to generation.
My mother used to take me to church every single week, and for every one of those weeks I loved church. I was included, I was appreciated, I was encouraged and I was inspired by what I was a part of. It wasn’t about the size of the church, it wasn’t the style of music, it wasn’t the length of the sermons....what was it?
Could it be that there is something supernatural at work in this environment, something intangible, something of the power of God at work, that if immersed in it for long enough, consistently enough.....it sets your kids up to flourish in life?
“A young church needs EVERY generation “ . . .
A church that calls kids to rise up as Kingdom leaders ... will change the game forever.
4. A Hospitable Church
At Beyond Church we say that we will be famous for our generous hospitality...
Romans 16:1-2 MSG “Be sure to welcome our friend Phoebe in the way of the Master, with all the generous hospitality we Christians are famous for.
Why are Christians FAMOUS...for their generous hospitality...?
- John 2:1 - 11 Jesus first miracle = water into wine.
- Jesus miraculously fed thousands of people on 2 seperate occasions. John 6:10-11 + Matthew 15:35-38
- Luke 24:30-32 Jesus break bread with some of his disciples. The meal together is the one thing that helped them recognise Jesus identity. Then he miraculously disappears.
- Luke 24:40 - 43 Jesus appears to his disciples for the first time and asks for some fish to eat to prove he has risen from the dead!
- John 21:10-14 Jesus appeared for the 3rd time to his disciples after his resurrection around a miracle catch of fish and bread cooked over a fire
- In the book of Luke, there are 10 stories where Jesus is eating a meal with various people.
When we gather, as THE CHURCH, in an environment of GENEROUS hospitality, that we Christians are famous for, Jesus changes everything.
5. A Preaching Church
ROMANS 10:13-15 NASB “for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.” How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent?
These moments are moments that centre our thoughts on Jesus, AND they proved an opportunity, and an atmosphere for miracles to take place.
From a friend of Beyond Church “The past few weeks I have been clinging to any hope that God can improve my circumstances and even though I believe that miracles can and do happen I wasn't sure I believed they could or would happen to me. Yesterday God delivered a miracle to me. After a powerful message I heard at church, which was as though it was being spoken directly to me, I felt my heart be changed. Nothing about my circumstances was changed but the great worry and burden I carried on my heart was lifted and I felt a crazy sense of calm come over me. I even slept soundly last night which I can't remember the last time I did. I can't explain the feeling I had as anything other than a miracle.”
These few minutes together wont ever be about teaching you something, or trying to change your behaviour, they will always be about revealing Jesus and inspiring you to keep stepping into His great purpose for your life!
You see, a message with Jesus at the centre...can change the game forever...
6. A ‘Yes To Jesus’ Church
Every Kingdom first church puts Jesus first.
At Beyond Church we say that will point people to Jesus as the one and only hope for humanity.
Churches do so many great things around our world but church is not a hand out or even a hand up...it’s a hand-over ... you see the different between the church and the charity, the sports club, the book club or the bike club is that the church isn’t trying help you live a better life...it’s calling you to give your life away ... to Jesus.
When you encounter church...you should be encountering Jesus.
This is why every time we gather, we give every person, every opportunity to say ‘yes to Jesus’. We have had responses to our invitation to say yes top Jesus in our last two services...and this is why we are here...to see the church EXPAND!!
‘We are here for those who are not here’
When you encounter a Kingdom first church - it will change your life forever
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Matthew 16:15-19 NLT“You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am.And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out. “And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven.””
You ARE the CHURCH....When you know WHO Jesus is and who YOU are, the church is unstoppable! ... ‘You are unstoppable ’....
1. A Singing Church
Corporate singing is imprinted in the DNA of all humanity. From the Zulu Tribes and the Gregorian Monks, to the arenas of heaving fans of country and pop, to churches just like this around the globe...humanity aches to be together in one voice.
Psalms 100:1-3 TPT “Lift up a great shout of joy to the Lord! Go ahead and do it—everyone, everywhere! As you serve him, be glad and worship him. Sing your way into his presence with joy! And realize what this really means— we have the privilege of worshiping the Lord our God. For he is our Creator and we belong to him. We are the people of his pleasure.”
When you point the inherent desireto be together in one voice toward the intended desireof your affections, your world is transformed.
Helen Howarth Lemmel (1900’s) “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things this of Earth grow strangled dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”
When we stand together and sing as one...Jesus changes our world.
2. A Generous Church
Are you personally ready for INCREASE? FOR NEW LEVELS of FAITH, for fresh God ordained BLESSING, FAR REACHING INFLUENCE, NEW PURPOSE AND God given DESTINY?
Proverbs 11:24 MSG
“The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller
Generosity puts your faith into action.
Generosity proves your trust is in God.
Stinginess is a symptom of fear.
The fearless live generous lives, the stingy live afraid.
If you want to break the power of fear in your life today, build systematic generosity into your Budget. Make room for it in your life for God to bring a miracle to bear.
Giving to great causes is great -BUT giving to the one and only cause where Jesus is at the centre, changes everything.
3. A Young Church
Proverbs 22:6 TPT“Dedicate your children to God and point them in the way that they should go, and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life.”
At Beyond Church we say that we will flourish from generation to generation.
My mother used to take me to church every single week, and for every one of those weeks I loved church. I was included, I was appreciated, I was encouraged and I was inspired by what I was a part of. It wasn’t about the size of the church, it wasn’t the style of music, it wasn’t the length of the sermons....what was it?
Could it be that there is something supernatural at work in this environment, something intangible, something of the power of God at work, that if immersed in it for long enough, consistently enough.....it sets your kids up to flourish in life?
“A young church needs EVERY generation “ . . .
A church that calls kids to rise up as Kingdom leaders ... will change the game forever.
4. A Hospitable Church
At Beyond Church we say that we will be famous for our generous hospitality...
Romans 16:1-2 MSG “Be sure to welcome our friend Phoebe in the way of the Master, with all the generous hospitality we Christians are famous for.
Why are Christians FAMOUS...for their generous hospitality...?
- John 2:1 - 11 Jesus first miracle = water into wine.
- Jesus miraculously fed thousands of people on 2 seperate occasions. John 6:10-11 + Matthew 15:35-38
- Luke 24:30-32 Jesus break bread with some of his disciples. The meal together is the one thing that helped them recognise Jesus identity. Then he miraculously disappears.
- Luke 24:40 - 43 Jesus appears to his disciples for the first time and asks for some fish to eat to prove he has risen from the dead!
- John 21:10-14 Jesus appeared for the 3rd time to his disciples after his resurrection around a miracle catch of fish and bread cooked over a fire
- In the book of Luke, there are 10 stories where Jesus is eating a meal with various people.
When we gather, as THE CHURCH, in an environment of GENEROUS hospitality, that we Christians are famous for, Jesus changes everything.
5. A Preaching Church
ROMANS 10:13-15 NASB “for “WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.” How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent?
These moments are moments that centre our thoughts on Jesus, AND they proved an opportunity, and an atmosphere for miracles to take place.
From a friend of Beyond Church “The past few weeks I have been clinging to any hope that God can improve my circumstances and even though I believe that miracles can and do happen I wasn't sure I believed they could or would happen to me. Yesterday God delivered a miracle to me. After a powerful message I heard at church, which was as though it was being spoken directly to me, I felt my heart be changed. Nothing about my circumstances was changed but the great worry and burden I carried on my heart was lifted and I felt a crazy sense of calm come over me. I even slept soundly last night which I can't remember the last time I did. I can't explain the feeling I had as anything other than a miracle.”
These few minutes together wont ever be about teaching you something, or trying to change your behaviour, they will always be about revealing Jesus and inspiring you to keep stepping into His great purpose for your life!
You see, a message with Jesus at the centre...can change the game forever...
6. A ‘Yes To Jesus’ Church
Every Kingdom first church puts Jesus first.
At Beyond Church we say that will point people to Jesus as the one and only hope for humanity.
Churches do so many great things around our world but church is not a hand out or even a hand up...it’s a hand-over ... you see the different between the church and the charity, the sports club, the book club or the bike club is that the church isn’t trying help you live a better life...it’s calling you to give your life away ... to Jesus.
When you encounter church...you should be encountering Jesus.
This is why every time we gather, we give every person, every opportunity to say ‘yes to Jesus’. We have had responses to our invitation to say yes top Jesus in our last two services...and this is why we are here...to see the church EXPAND!!
‘We are here for those who are not here’
When you encounter a Kingdom first church - it will change your life forever