Tide Church

Worshipping work

Series: IDOLS

Date preached: 10th July 2022

One of the first questions we ask someone we meet is “what do you do?” Many of us define ourselves by what we do. Our work gives us meaning and purpose. While we might not think of it this way, our work becomes an idol - something we put in the central place in our lives, that place reserved for Jesus. In this message, Matt discusses “the idol of work” and looks at what Paul’s life as a tentmaker can teach us about the place of work in our faith and God in our work.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are your first thoughts when you hear our jobs described as an idol?

2. How do you follow God at work - what does this practically look like for you?

3. What is one thing you can do to get (or keep) God at the centre of your work 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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Money, money, money

Series: IDOLS

Date preached: 3rd July 2022

Idols aren’t just gold statues of other ‘gods’. An idol is anything we put in the central place in our lives - the place God should be. In this series we look at some of the idols many of us struggle with … and there’s no bigger idol in our culture than money. In this message Matt talks about the impact of setting up money in the centre of our lives and about what we can do to change.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are your first thoughts when you hear money described as an idol?

2. Matt talked about overcoming the idol of money by practicing radical generosity. What does generosity look like in your life?

3. What is one thing you can do in your life this week to push more into a generous 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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Be Happy

Series: IDOLS

Date preached: 19th June 2022

Idols aren’t just gold statues of other ‘gods’. An idol is anything we put in the central place in our lives - the place God should be. In this series we look at some of the many of us struggle with … and today we explore the idol of happiness. Why do we ‘worship’ happiness and what can we do to put God back where he belongs at the centre of our lives.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are your first thoughts when you hear that happiness can be an idol that we worship instead of worshipping God?

2. Matt talked about overcoming the idol of happiness by “being clear on how important Jesus is to us” and “practicing daily gratitude”. How would these ideas change the way you chase happiness in life?

3. What is one thing you can do in your life this week to ‘chase’ Jesus more and happiness less? Be specific and practical.

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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History Makers: living a life that will make history

Series: - - -

Date preached: 19th June 2022

There’s a part of all of us that images ourselves as the heroes of the stories going on around us. In reality many of us feel like extras. Today we reflect on the life of Ananias (don’t worry nobody’s ever heard of him) and we ask ourselves what does it look like to live a history-making life?

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What would your ‘hero-life’ look like?

2. Matt talked about being ‘available’ and being ‘obedient’. Which of these is most challenging for you?

3. What is one thing you can do in your life this week to step toward the kind of history-making life Matt discussed this morning? Be specific and practical.

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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Faith

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 12th June 2022

“Faith is a certainty about what we do not see”. What does this mean and how do we get there? In a world dominated by facts and data where we believe only what we can see and touch and prove, what does it mean to live a life of “faith”.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What do you think about when you first hear a statement like “faith is being sure of what we do not see”?

2. Matt talked about faith based on the evidence of our past experience and on the character of God, what does this mean for you?

3. How would your life look different if you could live each day with greater faith?

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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Joy

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 5th June 2022

If you ask an average person what words come to mind when they think about Christians “joy” is probably not high on their list. And yet Jesus was full of joy. In this message we explore the kind of joy Jesus talked about and discover how to achieve it in our lives.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What words first come to mind when you think about joy?

2. What does it mean to you to hear Jesus say “rejoice that your names are written in heaven”?

3. How would your life be different if you were able to live with the kind of joy Matt talked about (joy that is independent of your circumstances and instead dependent on Jesus)?

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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Generosity

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 29th May 2022

Almost every writer in the New Testament talks somewhere about the importance of practicing “hospitality”, yet we don’t talk about it much in the modern church. Today we explore this important word: what it means, why we should do it, and the value it has to our mission to impact the world with the good news of Jesus.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. What are your first thoughts when you hear the word hospitality?

2. Matt talked about hospitality as an ‘action’ and an ‘attitude’. How do these two aspects of hospitality challenge the way you live life?

3. Biblical hospitality is a lot more than food and entertaining people. How could you practice hospitality in your life in ways that match your personality, gifts and lifestyle?

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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Generosity

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 22nd May 2022

From the very first pages of the Bible God is pictured as abundant and generous. Jesus taught and modelled radical generosity and the early church followed his example. Today we look at our mission to live generously: what that looks like and how we get there.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. WDescribe a moment in your life when you received or saw abundant generosity in action. How did that feel?

2. Matt talked about generosity in terms of time, attention and resources/money? Which of these three areas is God most challenging you to stretch yourself in and why?

3. What is one super practical thing you can do this week to become more generous?

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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Amazing Grace

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 15th May 2022

When Jesus walks up to a tax collector and says follow me … it changed how people would follow God forever. Today we explore God’s extraordinary grace - both as we receive it and as we pass it on to others.

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How do you feel when you think about Jesus reaching out to you in your mess and brokenness with his grace

2. In what ways could you share God’s grace with the world around you - give some practical examples?

3. How do you think the church would look different if we practiced sharing God’s grace more in the world?

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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Love Like Jesus

Series: ON PURPOSE

Date preached: 8th May 2022

The church isn’t something you go to … it’s something you are. So as we think about purpose as a church we’re asking “what kind of people should we be at TIDE church?” And when Jesus talked about the kind of people his followers should be, the most important thing for him was LOVE: love God and love others … the way I have loved you

Questions to reflect on and discuss from this message:

1. How do you feel when you think about Jesus on the cross saying “this is how much I love you?”

2. How could you “love others like Jesus loved you” in your 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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