Victory Church Jbay

We are a Kingdom Apostolic Family Church who believes in being relevant in our. community and making a difference in society. We serve a great God, whose heart is for His people and for their well-being in every area.

Church is more than a Sunday event - we are the Church! Together we engage in everyday life, challenge and issues. Being the church is about living life together and enjoying one another as we build meaningful relationships in and through Christ.

We invite you to join us as we fulfil our redemptive purpose to LOVE GOD - LOVE PEOPLE - LIVE LIFE - ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM.

We are a Kingdom Apostolic Family Church who believes in being relevant in our. community and making a difference in society. We serve a great God, whose heart is for His people and for their well-being in every area.

Church is more than a Sunday event - we are the Church! Together we engage in everyday life, challenge and issues. Being the church is about living life together and enjoying one another as we build meaningful relationships in and through Christ.

We invite you to join us as we fulfil our redemptive purpose to LOVE GOD - LOVE PEOPLE - LIVE LIFE - ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM.

We are a Kingdom Apostolic Family Church who believes in being relevant in our. community and making a difference in society. We serve a great God, whose heart is for His people and for their well-being in every area.

Church is more than a Sunday event - we are the Church! Together we engage in everyday life, challenge and issues. Being the church is about living life together and enjoying one another as we build meaningful relationships in and through Christ.

We invite you to join us as we fulfil our redemptive purpose to LOVE GOD - LOVE PEOPLE - LIVE LIFE - ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM.

And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

Mark 2:22

This week we will be looking at the word that Pastor Louis Els shared on Sunday titled ‘New Wineskin’.

Firstly, we need to understand that the new wine is not our responsibility. God will take care of the wine. It is His Spirit and His life and He wants to pour it out on us. However, if new wine enters an old wine skin, the skin might burst, causing the wine and the skin to be lost.

This is where we see our responsibility: the state of our wine skin. This means submitting to the way God wants us to live and the way He wants to do things. It is easy to want God to do things the way we think they should be done, but that is rarely the way He will do things. He calls everyday people to stand up for His Kingdom and do what He calls us to do.

Thankfully, we do not need to do this alone. God wants to make sure that we don’t burst. He wants to look after us. If we feel dry and brittle and empty, Jesus is ready and waiting to restore us and anoint us so that we can take in the new wine without being offended and hurt by it.

What areas of your life have become like old wineskins?

What is God calling you to do to advance His Kingdom?

How can you surrender yourself afresh in order to allow God to restore and align you?

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”

Mark 10:21 (NKJV)

This week we will be looking at the word that Tich Smith shared on Sunday titled ‘Being the Hands & Feet of Jesus’.

Firstly, it is important to remember that Jesus does not ask us to surrender just a little bit of our lives to Him. He didn’t ask the rich young ruler to sell some of his possessions, He told him to “sell whatever you have”. We are called to lay all we have at His feet and to follow Him.

Secondly, we need to remember what is important to Jesus. People are what He cares about. It is easy for us to get distracted by the things of the world, but Jesus’ focus is on the lost. He cares about the widow and the orphan and the destitute and we need to make sure that we don’t just ‘do our bit for Jesus’ instead of truly being a light that shines in a lost and broken world.

Finally, we have to do things God’s way. Our common sense usually serves us well, but when God speaks, we need to put it aside and obey His voice. When we do, we will see the miraculous follow.

• What parts of your life do you need to surrender to Jesus?

• What distracts you from the call of Jesus in your life?

• Are you ‘just doing your bit for Jesus’? Ask Jesus to lay on your heart the people He wants you to reach out to.

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10 (NASB 1995)

This week we will be looking at the word that Pastor George Gourlay shared on Sunday titled ‘Stronger Than the Struggle’.

Firstly, it is important for us to remember that we as Christians are not told that God will remove every storm that comes our way. In fact, we are told that we will suffer for Christ’s sake. Instead of trying to avoid hard things in life, we should become experts at dealing with the difficulties of life. We see in 1 Peter 5:10 that it is after we have “suffered for a little while” that God will “restore” us and make us “strong, firm and steadfast”.

Secondly, we must remember that we can’t do this without God. When we try to get through the hard things in life in our own strength we end up angry, exhausted, burnt out and even unhealthy. When we rely on God to get through the storms of life we are able to produce the Fruit of the Spirit in the midst of hardship and difficulty.

Finally, we will see that as we go through this process, God will establish us and make us stable people. He will work on our foundations so that He can build something great in and through us.

• What storms are you facing at the moment?

• How do you normally face difficulties in life?

• How can you rely on God to get you through what you’re facing?

But those who wish to boast

should boast in this alone:

that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord

Jeremiah 9:24a

This week we will be looking at the word that Pastor Marno Jansen shared on Sunday titled ‘Jesus our Friend, Brother and King’.

Firstly, we must realise that God is indescribable. He is self-sufficient, sovereign and omnipresent. He is our creator, our provider and perfect Father. We can’t try to make Him small enough to understand. He is so much more than we can comprehend.

However, He still wants to have a personal relationship with us. He has no need for us, because He is totally perfect, and yet He chooses to love us for exactly who we are. He initiates relationships with us, even when we don’t love Him at all and our response should be to seek Him with all our heart.

Finally, is our call to make His name known in all the world. Our salvation and relationship with God is not just for us, but also for us to share with others. Just as much as God loves us, He loves the whole world and He calls us to spread the Good News wherever we go.

• Which aspect of God’s indescribable nature stands out to you and why?

• Discuss some practical ways to make seeking God a priority.

• How can you share your revelation of God’s nature and relationship with Him with someone else this week?

so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

John 13:4-5

This week we will be looking at the word that Brenton Brown shared with us on Sunday entitled ‘The Jesus Way’.

Firstly, it is important for us to remember that if we want to know what God is like, the best way to learn is to look at Jesus. We as children of God should follow the example set by Jesus because He Himself said that ‘anyone who has seen me has seen the Father’ (John 14:9). Jesus is perfect theology!

Secondly, we need to realise that Jesus served those around Him. He got down on His knees and washed the feet of the disciples, even though it was a dirty, unpleasant job. He did this to show the disciples and us that no one is above serving others. We should seek to imitate His example in this by serving those around us, even when it is uncomfortable and inconvenient.

Finally, in the Kingdom of God, this principle of serving is linked to greatness. Jesus changes the definition of greatness from being successful, powerful, rich and beautiful to being a servant. If we want to be great, we should focus on loving and caring for others.

Who could you show the love of Jesus to by serving them?

What could you do to serve your family, friends, coworkers and community?

What does greatness mean to you?

After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

1 Kings 19: 12-13

This week we will be looking at the word that Pastor Louis Els Jr shared on Sunday entitled ‘Hope Restored’.

Firstly, it is important to understand that all of us will have our hope challenged. Even after defeating the prophets of Baal, Elijah still faced fear and lost hope. We all have our moments ‘under the tree’, but that is not the end.

Secondly, we need to remember that God has not abandoned us. He is faithful and will never leave us. He will walk us through our challenging circumstances and situations. He will make a way for us to get out of our place of exhaustion, depression and hopelessness.

Finally, we need to make sure that we follow God when He leads us into our ‘cave’ and listen for His still, small voice. It is in the stillness and intimacy of relationship with God that we find our breakthrough.

• How have you seen God move in the past?

• What challenging circumstances are you facing at the moment?

• Where do you think your cave is? Where is God calling you to meet with you?

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

Acts 9:5

This week we will be looking at the word that Pastor Ross Rogers shared on

Sunday on ‘How to Get Out of the Mud’.

Firstly, it is important that we understand that Jesus is first and foremost,

Lord. He is also our friend and our saviour, but we cannot forget the absolute

authority that He carries. When we’re stuck in the mud, we want Jesus our

friend, but we actually need Jesus our Lord to direct us.

Secondly, we need to realise that sometimes our eyesight can hinder our

insight. When we’re in the mud, there’s so much that can overload our

senses. We must learn to rely on the revelation that the Holy Spirit gives to

our spirits, not what we see around us with our eyes.

Finally, we must rediscover who God has made us to be. We can do this by

looking at how we have experienced Jesus. By looking at who Jesus has

revealed Himself to be, we can see who He is calling us to be.

1. What would your life look like if you lived like Jesus was your Lord?

2. In what part of your life do you need to stop looking around and start getting vision from God?

3. Who has Jesus revealed Himself to be in your life?