Exodus #14 || The Holiness of God (Mount Sinai)
Exodus 19
The Israelites meet with God at Mt Sinai.
Exodus #13 || Avoiding Burnout
Exodus 18
Moses father in law gives him some good advice about burn out. 1. What is your calling? 2. What clashes with your calling. The problem is deeper than just busyness.
Exodus #11 || Manna from Heaven
Exodus 15:22 - 16:20
If we don’t pause to reflect on all the good God has done in out lives through his provision, we can fall into a pattern of grumbling and doubt. Mike encourages us to reflect on Israel’s pattern of grumbling through Exodus and the wilderness in view of our own discontentment. Mike calls us to live in the Grace provided to us today, to trust in God’s plans, and to trust that God will provide for us when we call.
Thrive - Work || Colossians 3:22-24
God created us to work in the beginning but the fall has ruined everything. Since salvation though it has changed the reason we work, not for futility but to give glory to God.
Accept grace; Worship is the motive; Do a good job; Expect the reward.
Exodus #9 || Crossing the Red Sea - From Chains to Freedom
The Red Sea is the definitive chains to freedom moment for the people of God in the Old Testament. On the west bank they stood condemned, and on the east bank they stood a freed people.
Today, God is still very much still in the business of freeing slaves from bondage. Paul writes in Galatians 5:1 - "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery."
Exodus 14
Exodus #7 || The Plagues - A Clash for Control
"Who is the Lord that I should obey him?" It is the question Pharaoh asks Moses, and it is the question God emphatically answers with the great plagues. Everyone has asked this question in one way or another. It is the question of Lordship and control.
So who is the Lord? He is the true king who rules and reigns over everything - including you and I, and yet He is also the one who steps off His throne to rescue and save the lowly and broken.
Exodus 7-10
Exodus #4 || The God Who Is
Today's message asks the question: Who is God? What is He like? How do we know?
Exodus 3
Exodus #3 || Dealing with Disappointment in the Desert
Today's message deals with the reality of disappointment in our lives, and the ever present hand of God in even those moments.
Exodus 2; Hebrews 11:24-25
Thrive - Worship at Home || Deuteronomy 6: 1-9
The way we live matters!
We must be worshipers of God in all of life, and especially in our homes.
Thrive - Faith and Worry || Matthew 6:25-35
Recommended Read: ‘Running Scared: Fear, Worry and The God of Rest’ - Ed Welch
Romans 5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Philippians 4:6-7
The fifth sermon in the series "THRIVE"
What is Worry?
“Worry is reaching out into the future, and dragging back into the present all the possible things that could go wrong.”
Ps Mike dives into the gospel of Matthew and shows us how Jesus spoke of our daily worries and concerns, how we can bring them to God and trust in Him to provide for us.
Thrive - Prayer || Luke 11:1-13
Luke 11:1-13
The third sermon in the series "thrive."
Our greatest weapon in the battle for the heart.
Amazing Jesus || Luke 7:1-10
Amazing Jesus || Luke 7:1-10
Amazing Jesus || Luke 7:1-10
Jesus is amazed by a man's faith? Can we have a faith that amazes the perfect King of glory?
Christmas Day || God's Gift / Grace
Christmas Day || God's Gift / Grace
Christmas Day || God's Gift / Grace
Advent || The Good King
Matthew 1:1-16
Illuminating the significance of the genealogy of Jesus Christ; how it shows the fulfillment of Old Testament promises and that the lineage he’s come from is not so dissimilar to the people he’s come for.
A king has come, is he your king?
Ephesians #12 || The Gospel Brings New Life
We are built to be like God. In Ephesians 4 Paul explains how the Gospel gives us a new life in Christ and a new way to live like Christ.