Special guest Chad Mansbridge joins us today from Bayside Church in South Australia to bring a message of life and hope for those who have suffered death or division in their relationships. God knows what it is like to be the Father of a fractured family, and He has provided the solution to reconciliation through the Gospel—the power of Christ’s death and resurrection life! Beginning in Ephesians 2, Chad then walks us through the meta narrative of Scripture revealing the many causes of broken relationships, before circling back to the themes of resurrection and reconciliation in Ezekiel 37. Find out more about Chad, and his excellent new book ‘You Can Handle the Truth’ at www.chadmansbridge.com

Todays message is part 2 in a series on Grace. Grace is the empowering presence of Jesus. The Kingdom is a kingdom of grace, and we now live in the administration of grace. The old covenant is obsolete in that it wasn’t a Spirit empowered culture. Our new culture in Christ is fully Spirit empowered and Spirit led. God is brilliant at showing us how to live in His grace and stay in His grace. If we lose our way, we just have to come back to what grace is resting on us in a particular seasons. There are of course many spiritual practices that set us up for being empowered: real relationship with God, prayer, the truth in His word, being engaged in worship, communion, impartation as well as being still and resting. Further to that, there are natural joys that God has given to multiply grace such as family times and doing good for others. Another key way of posturing our hearts for more of His Spirit is by dealing with our stuff! Making room internally for more of God by emptying your heart of pain and wounds will mean you have the supernatural grace increase within you. Our key text today is from 2 Corinthians 12: My grace is sufficient for you! When we are under pressure there is a provision for us to grow, but its only when we choose to wait on God that we will step into the next level of grace on our lives! Step into His grace on your life today!

In this message, Phil continues the series on vision as he explores the topic of cultivating passion for Jesus. Passion is not something we can generate or muster in our own strength. It emerges as a by-product of encountering Jesus’ incredible passion and love for us. Only Jesus can set our hearts ablaze with a burning fire for Him. It’s apparent that Jesus’ words in Matthew describe the current world mood. “There will be such an increase of sin and lawlessness that those whose hearts once burned with passion for God and others will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12 TPT) The only way we can survive and then thrive in this season of increased spiritual lawlessness is to receive an impartation of heaven’s passion for Jesus. Lord we position our hearts for more!

We continue with a fresh vision for the Kingdom in our new series. Today’s message focuses our attention on the need for the grace of God in doing all the impossible things that God has got for you in this life. If the Kingdom were do-able in your own strength, you wouldn’t need the Holy Spirit to fill you continually with fresh grace! We were made to live a life of fullness and that is supernatural. We must understand that we can never do the works of God in our own strength. Grace is not only unmerited favour, but it is His empowering presence to do the works and wonders of heaven on earth. From the miracle of the heart journey of love, all the way through to the miracles of physical healing, it’s all by grace. From living in supernatural provision to living out the dreams and adventures of His passions for you, it’s all by grace. Grace is the atmosphere of heaven that is available to you to fulfil this wild and crazy journey. Today there is a unique grace available to you for your life! Don’t try and live in some one else’s lane but just access His grace for you and walk in partnership with His plans. Truly “His grace is sufficient” is the best news ever!

In this second part in his series on vision, Phil Mason explores the theme of the kingdom of God as the Realm of the Father. Viewing the coming of the kingdom through the lens of the Realm of the Father is a game changer as it shifts the conversation to receiving the Father’s adoptive love and our subsequent integration into His glorious kingdom family. If it doesn’t look like family it isn’t an accurate representation of the kingdom. Receive this  conceptual paradigm shift and find your heart drawn closer to what it means to receive the kingdom. 

This week’s message by Phil Mason focuses on the vision of the Kingdom of God. The new birth gives us new eyes to see the kingdom and to begin to align ourselves with heaven by praying “Your kingdom come!” A huge spiritual battle rages over seeing the power of heaven invading earth and the powers of darkness work overtime to blind us to the infinite supply of heaven. Join us as we journey into the unfolding revelation of working alongside Jesus in bringing His world into ours.

This morning my message is entitled walking through walls. But it could equally be called walking on water or scaling mountains! You get the idea. The image here is doing something that you cannot do in your own ability no matter what! 

Our subject matter is all about intimacy with God! There is a connection that God has for you that is so supernatural, that it is literally impossible to do in your ability or strength.

Many believers stay in safe spaces because the trials of pressing into a deeper oneness with God is a battle! In fact, the battle is always about intimacy!!

Walking through life as believers, is not just a move from one feast of fellowship to the other, but a rich tapestry of both community in the Spirit with others and total alone time with God. The soul realm and the world will always be pulling you towards noise, togetherness, busy and so on. We must silence all that to meet with Him and walk with Him alone. Solitude is the life Jesus modelled to us, so we can go deep into communion with the Father. He showed us it was an avenue to prepare for major tasks, to hear from God in decision making, to grieve, to grow in authority and to just be in rest. The Father has so much to say to you for the coming year. Now is a great time to come aside and have a time of solitude and listening prayer. 

As humans on a journey there are some very lonely seasons. Friendships go through pain or pruning in order to drive us deeper to God. There is a loveliness to seasons of loneliness. God has allowed you to feel lonely in some spheres of our lives, so that we will walk with Him. This is the normal cross centred Christianity that Jesus, the apostles, the mystics and the saints have modelled to us through the ages. Come aside this season and be with the Lord. Take time to listen. Take time to hear. Take time to be with Him and don’t despise it. Embrace the journey of being alone. It’s a special time, a special season and a special place to walk with Him. Break off the fear that you will miss out. You will gain and it will set you up for every breakthrough you need in this time.

In todays podcast Amos Tieman walks us through Psalm 23 whilst drawing upon personal testimony from his own experience of “the valley of the shadow.”  Because we live in a fallen world due to the consequence of sin we will walk through valleys in this life. However, the most important lesson that we can learn and experience is that God is with us and that we can get to know him more deeply in the midst of these trials. We can experience his peace and presence in every circumstance we find ourselves in because he is good.

During his reign King David was given a revelation of the importance of the role of gatekeepers in the Lords temple, to the point where he appointed 4000 Levite gatekeepers during his reign alongside another 4000 worshippers. In Psalm 24 David called to his generation to cleans themselves in order that they might ascend the hill of the Lord and become gates through which God, the King of Glory, would enter. Part of our calling and mandate as believers in our generation is also to act as gatekeepers. We are a royal priesthood of gatekeepers over our own lives, hearts and families as well as over the earth. As gatekeepers there are many different kinds of gates that the Lord has given us keys for. He has given us keys to unlock prison doors of injustice and unforgiveness in hearts and lives. He has also given us corporate keys to open up gates over nations and regions so that we can usher in the King of Glory over our generation. The key of David is a master key that opens doors that not one can shut and shuts doors that no one can open. As we cleans our hands and hearts and let go of our idols, we ascend the hill of the Lord together as a royal priesthood and usher in Jesus the King of Glory, who will come in and release his glory and justice on the earth.