Steve looked at Biblical mother Hannah. Desperation-she was desperate yet went to God with unconditional worship. She understood God’s grace. When struggling we should run to God not away from him. Declaration-she was a woman of prayer, a worshipper and declared truth about “who God is”, was honest about her situation and how she was feeling. She told God what she wanted. Dedication-her devotion to God was unlimited and uncompromising. We all need to take this journey …desperation, declaration, dedication

How do I make people to do the right things and accept Jesus? God sees the masterpiece in each one of us. Each one of us are a work of art that everyone can see. Shine the light, let God’s Masterpiece shine through!

Jesus embodied both GRACE and TRUTH. We need to build a peachy church, demonstrating the culture of Jesus where grace and truth collide, held together by Holy Spirit fuelled love, colliding in people’s lives, so that their lives are transformed. The church where people first belong with us, then believe in Jesus and finally become what Jesus intended them to be.

Jesus allowed people to belong before they believed. He was a friend to all, never feared what others would think. Yet he was always full of grace and truth. He calls us to be the same, full of truth, talking about Jesus but also full of grace not telling them how broken and messed up they are. We need to be people that will have a conversation with anyone regardless of gender, race or brokenness. The Coign church needs to be the most welcoming place in Woking. Welcome everyone.

Hearing and receiving the truths from God about who he says you are. What he says you are - His Masterpiece. As we look at who we are, to also look at who God has made others to be. To see it as our God given role to be like Jesus to reveal the masterpiece in others to others.

Do we judge people people based on their external sin or do we see the God given worth in each human being, treating them with love, mercy, grace and kindness? We are a people of Grace - Belong, come as you are. We are a people of Faith, Believe, you won't stay as you are. We are a people of Identity, Become - become the person God intended you to be.

How will you feel if someone like Mathew turns up at church or life group? This will happen. How do we ensure that we do not become like the Pharisees? How do we ensure that we are like Jesus and not the Pharisees? God loves everyone and considers everyone as a masterpiece. We need to see people how God sees them, to see the masterpiece under the mess. To do that we need to understand how lost we were, God intervened, forgave us and made us alive ... when we get that we see beyond the mess of other people.

Steve introduces our latest preaching series - Belong Believe Become. We all have a need to Belong, it is a God Given Desire. Join us!

Steve concludes the current series with the encouragement that 'We have good reason to be excited about the future'.

"Never will I leave you Never will I forsake you". Steve reminds us that this is God's most repeated promise!