#Fail #Again

Series: Overcome/r

Date preached: 27th March 2022

We all make mistakes and everybody fails sometimes. It’s how we respond to failure that counts. Do we have what it takes to overcome failure or do we feel overcome by our failure. This week we explore at Peter’s ‘epic failure’ … and Jesus’ extraordinary response. Understanding Jesus’ response to our failure will change the way your respond to failure forever.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are your first thoughts when someone says they’re going to talk about failure?

2. What words do you tend to listen to in your own failure?

3. What does it mean to you to hear Jesus’ words of forgiveness and restoration in the middle of your failure?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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I doubt that

Series: overcome/r

Date preached: 20th March 2022

It seems we live in an increasingly uncertain and unstable world. And this uncertainty and instability increases the doubt that many of us live with. Is anything certain anymore? Is anything ‘true’? Can anything or anyone be trusted? In this message we explore what Christian faith means in a world where many of us feel overcome with doubt.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How would you describe your outlook on faith in the world from certainty (I feel very certain and sure in life) to doubt (I’m not sure what is true anymore)?

2.How do you feel when you hear that Jesus welcomes your doubt?

3. Where do you go (or would you go) to ‘dig’ for answers – what people or sources would you use first?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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God’s got this

Series: Overcome/r

Date preached: 13th March 2022

Stress and worry seem out of control in our world today. Yet Jesus is described as the “Prince of peace”. Is there a way Christian faith can help us overcome stress and worry in our lives. This message explores that question through Jesus teaching about worry. This message will give you some practical tips for embracing Jesus teaching and overcoming worry and anxiety in your life. 

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. On a scale from 1 (I’m chill) to 10 (I’m a professional worrier) how would you rate yourself in terms of stress and worry?

2. What does it mean to you to hear Jesus teach that God is in control?

3. Which if the three ‘tips’ shared today most speaks to you?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Afraid?

Series: Overcome/r

Date preached: 6th March 2022

If the Covid pandemic has showed us anything, it’s that fear is powerful. And whether it’s world events or a personal health crisis, many people live lives overcome by fear. Is there another way? Can we live lives characterised by courage instead of fear. Jesus seemed to think so. This week we jump into the boat with Jesus as he sails us into the storm to teach us how to live without fear.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are you most afraid of?

2. What do you think when you hear a statement like “when Jesus is near we have nothing to fear”?

3. What practical things could you do to make yourself more aware of the presence of God in the storms you face?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Conquering Sandcastles

Series: Overcome/r

Date preached: 27th February 2022

Life is hard and many of us feel overcome by fear, doubt, failure, temptation and loss. In this message we begin our series exploring the path from overcome to overcomer by challenging the idea that life with God should be comfortable and easy.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How do you feel when you hear that “life is hard”?

2. Where do you see God when life is hard?

3. How does the statement that “God is with you in the hard things” change your perspective on life?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Walking in the Spirit

Date preached: 20th February 2022

Roger Brook joins us to explore what it means to “live in the spirit” and to “walk in the spirit”. In a world ruled by our individual wants and desires, Paul writes about a different way to live – a way ruled not by our agenda but by the agenda of God’s Spirit.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How does this spiritual battle between good and evil, right and wrong, play out in your life?

2. What in your life often takes the place of God?

3. What promise or hope do you need to hear from God?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Famine

Date preached: 13th February 2022

Millions of people are living without enough food to eat. It’s a global tragedy. This week we explore a hunger crisis that’s even worse: “a famine of hearing the words of the Lord”. So many people are starving spiritually – desperate to find spiritual food that will truly satisfy them. When Jesus says “I am the bread of life”, he’s making a bold claim about the solution to the hunger crisis. And when Paul writes to the church that “we are the body of Christ”, he puts followers of Jesus right in the middle of Jesus’ mission to bring life-giving “bread” to a world that is desperate for it.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How do you see spiritual hunger in the world around you?

2. How would you explain the life-giving message of Jesus to a hungry world?

3. Give an example of how you can share this life-giving message through your life this week?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Jesus’ #1 rule

Series: Jesus: all grown up

Date preached: 6th February 2022

Jesus came into a world full of religious rules. And perhaps his most controversial move he announced that he was replacing them all with ONE NEW COMMAND. Just one. This command drove the early church and continues to drive followers of Jesus and churches today (at least that’s the idea). This week we go back to the beginning to look at what Jesus taught about the way followers of Jesus live.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How would you explain the way “Jesus loved us” to someone?

2. What’s the hardest part of “loving others”?

3. What one practical stepcould you take this week to “love others as Jesus loved you”?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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Changing the rules

Series: Jesus: all grown up

Date preached: 30th January 2022

When you think about who Jesus is and who his first followers thought he was, there’s one idea or theme that stands head and shoulders above all others: they thought Jesus was the “Messiah”. “Messiah” isn’t a word or idea that most of us think about in the 21stcentury and it would be easy to ignore “Messiah” and read something else. But if Jesus said it was a big deal and if his biographers (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) all say it’s the main reason they wrote Jesus’ biography in the first place, then maybe we should learn a bit more about what “Messiah” means for us.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word Messiah?

2. How would you explain the idea of Messiah to a friend?

3. If I believe Jesus is Messiah then how does that impact/change how I live my life?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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The future looks bright

Series: Jesus: all grown up

Date preached: 23rd January 2022

Do you ever think about what happens after you die? Jesus did. He talked a lot about heaven and eternal life. But for Jesus and his first followers, understanding and believing in heaven and eternal life wasn’t just about what happens after you die … it affects the way you live now, in this life.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What did you grow up believing about heaven and eternal life?

2. What do you believe about heaven and eternal life today?

3. How does Jesus perspective about eternal life impact your daily life?

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4. How could changing your perspective about eternal life impact your daily life?

TIDE Church is a diverse community of people on a mission to follow the teaching and life of Jesus. We are a Christian church based in Adelaide, Australia who are sharing the good news of Jesus with people everywhere. 

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