What's On Your Mind?

What we think affects everything! Our thoughts have the power to either help us or hurt us, for where your mind goes, you follow. This means that if you want to have a better life, you need to have better thinking. This sermon shows you how to win on the battlefield of the mind by laying aside negative thoughts and choosing to put on godly thoughts. You will learn how to overcome Satan's attacks by bringing the mind into submission to God's Word and also discover how to advance the purposes of God through your thought life rather than aiding and abetting the enemy.

The Planting of the Lord

Do you feel that your life has wilted, is not growing or going anywhere? God wants you to flourish, mature and produce fruit. This message looks at our lives as trees planted in God, in the Word, and in the Church and encourages us to be properly rooted.

Best Instruction Before Leaving Earth

There are books and there are books and then there is 'The Book', namely the Bible. Nothing can compare to the Word of God - it has no equal and is vital to the life of every Christian, from the youngest believer to the oldest. The Bible is the best instruction manual you will ever need here on earth. This sermon gives a brief overview of the Bible and explores why it is so important for us to engage with it.

God's Highway Code to a Flourishing Life

How many times have we heard "they got in with the wrong crowd" or "they strayed off the path"? Today's message from Psalm 1 will help you live a blessed life in 2017 as you walk, stand and sit as God has prescribed. 

Faithful, Faith-filled Friends

There are people who just cannot get to Jesus on their own. Such was the case with the paralytic of Mark 2. But thankfully he had faithful, faith-filled friends who stopped at nothing to get him to Jesus - and because of them the paralytic received two amazing miracles that day. This message reminds us that all around there are people who are paralysed by the results of sin. They won’t get to Jesus on their own; they need someone to carry them - they need you! 

Prospering in a Time of Famine

When famine struck the land in which he was living, Isaac faced a choice: to go down to Egypt where there were greener pastures or to choose to trust in God's word to him, even though it didn't seem to make sense in the natural. It was a matter of life and death but Isaac made the right choice. Isaac has much to teach us about how we can position ourselves for harvest even in a land of famine - and these are the principles that this sermon unpacks.

The sermon is also a specific challenge to One Church at a critical point in our church's history. It reminds the church that God's perfect will for us will not just happen automatically - that we each have an active part to play if we want to realise God's amazing destiny for us.

The Babies Are Coming

The spirit of barrenness is a spirit of stagnation and limitation that wants you to remain where you are and stop you from progressing into God's best for your life. But a survey of the Bible shows that even in our barrenness God can bring life to what has become stagnant - and we discover that many great deliverers were indeed born from barren wombs. This New Year's Day sermon is a call to move, under the anointing of God, from barrenness to fruitfulness. Specifically, in a climate in which many Christians are spiritually barren (i.e. spiritually childless), it is a challenge to One Church to make 2017 a year of soul-winning with a view to becoming spiritual fathers and mothers to others.

The First Christmas Carol

When God sent angelic messengers to sing the first ever Christmas carol and herald the birth of Jesus, He sent them to a group of disenfranchised and despised shepherds. In that one act God was making known some very important truths about Jesus and giving us some wonderful insights into the real meaning of Christmas. This sermon reminds us that no matter who we are God wants to know us; that no matter how dark our situation is God’s light can yet shine. It teaches us that the only way to true peace is through right relationship with Jesus; that the Christmas story demands a personal response from each one of us.

What Are You Expecting This Christmas?

This sermon challenges us to think about what we’re expecting this Christmas. Amidst the celebrations of Christmas the expectation of Jesus can get lost. The incredible birth of Jesus into the world changes what we can expect. The wonder of Christmas means we can expect true transformation, in our hearts and in our lives; we can expect God’s presence, God with us in every area; and we can expect overflowing joy, knowing that we have a Saviour who knows us and loves us.

God's Family Tree

All too often people skip over the genealogy of Matthew 1 in an effort to get to the action of the Christmas story. But when properly understood, this genealogy beautifully captures the true spirit of Christmas and the heart of God in sending Jesus that very first Christmas. Looking at some unlikely characters such as Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba who one would not normally expect to be in the Messiah's ancestral line, this sermon glories in the amazing grace of God. You will discover that, no matter what your past looks like or what your present feels like, you too can enter into God's family - and your future will be better than anything possibly imagined!

A New Vision

Bishop Lebert Shakes, Chaplain at HMP Wayland, exhorts us from Isaiah 6 to be a church filled with God's glory. As you listen be encouraged that greater things are yet to come and greater things are still to be done in our city.

The Thanksgiving Telescope

It’s so easy to magnify our problems but this can end up easily discouraging us. When we learn to magnify God through thanksgiving, we begin to see Him as He really is, we remember how great and good He is and we recall how powerful He is to do what he said He would do. Often God can be too small in our own eyes; this sermon will show you how to see Him more as He truly is in reality. You will learn that it is not so much happy people who are thankful but thankful people who are happy and you will be inspired to make thanksgiving a way of life.

The Problem with Complaining

Complaining is a problem: it keeps us stuck in situations rather than having a hope for change; it affects the people around us and ultimately it blocks our relationship with God. If we take our eyes off our problems and instead fix them on the problem-solver, God is able to break the power of complaining and His mechanism for doing that is our gratitude. Looking at the story of Israel in Numbers 13 and 14, this sermon addresses the root causes of our complaints along with the ways in which we can live our lives full of thanks.

Remember

The Bible speaks often about building memorials around significant spiritual events; these help to build faith for today and hope for tomorrow and enable us to keep the faith alive as we teach future generations about what God has done. This sermon reminds us about the importance of having our own memorial stones - not physical monuments as such but raising the profile in our thinking of the things that God has previously done. You will discover that not only does such remembrance display gratitude to God but also something powerful happens in us and also in others as we remember.

Sharing Your Story

Sharing your story of how you came to know Jesus and the difference He has made in your life flows out of a thankfulness for all He has done in our lives. When we live with an attitude of gratitude we are able to share the good news with others, witnessing to the love and power of Jesus Christ. This first sermon in our 'Thank-full' series will practically equip you to share your story with others and inspire you about the power of your testimony and the impact it can have.

Spiritual Renewal

The book of Nehemiah tells not only how the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt but also how the people of God were rebuilt. It is a book about the causes and effects of revival. Revival actually depends a lot more on us than we often think and a lot less on God than we often think; that's because God is always wanting to revive us but often we are not ready. This sermon draws out 10 crucial components from Nehemiah that are key to creating the kind of spiritual atmosphere that is conducive to revival.

Renewing Culture

We are called to be salt and light in the world, playing our part in transforming and renewing the culture around us. Taking our inspiration from Jesus, who was radical in His challenge and renewal of the culture of His day, we can engage with and understand culture, seeking not to critique from a distance or become consumers of culture but to be part of God's redemptive plan to bring renewal to all aspects of the culture we're in.

Soaring to New Heights

Eagles do not fly like other birds, flapping their wings profusely and using their own strength. Instead, the eagle spreads its wings and the wind carries the eagle soaring through the sky. Just as it is with the eagle, we need to learn to spread our wings of faith and ride the heavenly winds of the Holy Spirit. This sermon draws out a number of amazing lessons for believers today from the way of the eagle. Bringing to the fore the revelation that we are called to live in high places, you’ll be inspired to get out of the nest, to spread your wings and to soar to new heights never before experienced.

Taking New Ground

God doesn't just move us physically to new ground but calls us to take new ground spiritually - in our lives, in our community and in our city. Using lessons from the book of Joshua, this sermon inspires us to be strong and courageous; to consecrate ourselves to God; to step out in faith and step into God's plans; and to passionately pursue His presence.

A New Thing

At times we can’t see the new thing that God is doing because we have become blinded by the past. That’s why we need to change our perspective – for God is far more interested in our future than He is in our past. You may feel like your past has turned your life into a wasteland but in that very desert place we believe God wants to release new life.

This sermon was delivered on the occasion of One’s Church first Sunday in our new meeting venue, The Hewett Academy. This relocation marks a new era for One Church as God gives us a new wineskin to receive the new wine that He wants to pour out in these days.