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A tree survives the storm because of what you cannot see. Marking 25 years of Foursquare VGC, this anniversary thanksgiving message walks through Colossians 2:7 and its four pictures of a church and a believer: rooted in the soil of Christ with no desire to be transplanted; built up on a foundation no one abandons; strengthened by the undiluted word, because Satan struggles to deceive a Bible-taught believer; and overflowing with thankfulness like a river that meanders, goes around every obstacle and refuses to be held back — becoming the heart of every town it passes through. Along the way, an honest word about why this church's strength has been in being quiet: depth over noise, time in the word, in prayer and in obedience. Where roots run deep, drought cannot destroy fruitfulness.

As our church approaches its 25th anniversary, a simple question came up: if God looked at our 25 years, would He give us a pass mark? In this closing message of the Stewarding God's Way series, we look honestly at how we measure ourselves. We tend to be generous when we grade our own performance and strict when we grade other people. We bring that same habit into our relationship with God. Drawing from Matthew 25, Luke 19 and John 15, this message covers: What God expects of us as stewards: accepting His ownership, valuing His trust, faithfulness and fruitfulnessThe four levels of fruitfulness in John 15: no fruit, fruit, more fruit and much fruit, and why the Father is glorified only by much fruitThe scores in the parables: the servants' returns work out to 1,000%, 500% and 100%. Jesus never gave an example of a servant who just scraped a pass.Why God's high expectations are justified, explained with a support-vs-expectation parenting framework. God has given us enormous support through creation, redemption and His promises.How we meet His expectations: by abiding in Christ, because "apart from me you can do nothing"Whether you serve in church, work in the marketplace, or are raising a family, this message will challenge you to dig up your buried talents and aim for much fruit.  Prayed the prayer of salvation today? Text FORGIVEN to 0706-400-3124. We'd love to walk with you on your faith journey.

A man guarded a locked box all his life and let no one near it. The day he died, his sons took the key off his body and opened it. If it had really been his, he'd have taken it with him. In this message on stewardship, we look at what it means to hold everything in trust — and the five areas we'll give account for: our trust and positions of leadership, our time, our treasure, our talent, and the body we abuse by refusing to rest. Then the practices that keep us honest: accountability partners, mentors, a praying group, clear priorities, intentionality and real feedback. Because the day of reckoning is coming — and the first question is whether you've yielded your life to the One who owns it.

Everything you hold, you hold on trust — and God has never relinquished ownership. As Foursquare VGC approaches 25 years, this opening message on stewardship from Matthew 25 and 1 Corinthians 4 asks four searching questions: who is a steward, what are you a steward over, what is God's way of stewarding, and why does His way matter? Rather than hand you a list, it makes you build your own — your time, gifts and calling, but also your employer's hours, other people's property, and the influence you wield over others. Then it sets out God's way: value what you've been given, prove faithful, keep eternity in view, bear fruit instead of burying it, and stay awake — because a sleeping watchman is of no use. Including the greatest trust of all: what are you doing with the gift of salvation?

Paul was caught up to paradise — and then given a thorn in the flesh. He prayed three times for it to go, and God answered with something else entirely: "My grace is sufficient for you." In this closing message on empowering grace from 2 Corinthians 12, we discover why God often meets our needs by transformation rather than substitution, why a promise serves us better than an explanation, and how grace proves sufficient for every kind of need — always being made perfect in weakness. Hear Rev. Peter Ameadaji tell, in his own words, of the accident that reshaped his family's ministry — and six lessons for anyone in pain: not all sickness comes from sin, there is something worse than sickness, and affliction can become a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.

The same grace that saved you is the grace that changes you. In this message from Titus 2:11–12, we unpack the two-sided coin of grace: justification, which makes us righteous before God through Christ alone — never through good behaviour or church attendance — and sanctification, which is just as much God's work as our salvation was. Like yeast in flour, grace causes what God has already placed in you to rise. You carry the family name from the day you're born; the family likeness is formed over a lifetime. And on that long journey, His grace is sufficient for the weakness you're afraid to admit, and abundant for the assignment that's bigger than you. Not by effort — by grace.

Grace does not always choose the qualified — it qualifies the chosen. In this convocation message from 1 Corinthians 15:9–10, we're reminded that the man who called himself the least of the apostles became the writer of half the New Testament, and that God still picks people whose past disqualifies them: a persecutor, a fugitive, a farmer. Discover why empowering grace displays God's sovereignty, why it makes you productive rather than passive, and how an ordinary life becomes a reference point. If you've cried until you couldn't cry again, there's rest in the Father's arms — you're not at your destination yet, you're only in transit. And you are too loaded to fail.

We know workaholics, alcoholics and sports fanatics — people consumed by something. Paul calls believers to be that consumed by prayer. In this message from Colossians 4:2–6, we're challenged to drop the "prayer contractor" habit of paying others to pray for us, and to pray like Daniel under a death decree, Nehemiah for his nation, Hannah in her agony, and Jesus through the night. Along the way: practical helps for a real prayer life — praying alert and aloud, the ACTS pattern, praying Scripture back to God, and why your spouse should be your first prayer partner. And the other half of the charge: what happens in the prayer closet must show up in your conduct — wise toward outsiders, speech always seasoned with salt. Paul completed his letter; will you complete your part?

In this concluding 'Slay the Earthly' message on Colossians 3:5–9, we name what Paul told believers to put to death: the sexual sins we hide, the greed that quietly becomes idolatry, and the "social sins" we've learned to excuse — pride in anger, malice that grieves at another's success, gossip dressed up as prayer concern, caustic words, and lies (half a fact is a whole lie). But this isn't condemnation — it's exposure, and what is exposed loses its hold. Today is a day of lifting: confess it, drop the burden, and walk free.

A pickpocket lost one hand for his first offence, the other for his second — and continued his trade with his teeth. Surgery doesn't change the heart. In this message from Colossians 3:5–9, we take up Paul's second instruction to the believer: put to death whatever belongs to the earthly nature — because the old self can't be renewed or reformed, only killed. Learn how to answer temptation like the sisters who RSVP'd "we died recently," why you can't double-date God and Satan, and how to slay sin at the thought level before it takes physical form. Sometimes the most loving thing a brother can say is, "Resist that temptation."

Two new believers once declined a wild party with a remarkable RSVP: "We regret that we cannot attend, because we recently died." In this study of Colossians 3:1–4, we discover what that death means — and the life that follows it. You died with Christ, you live in Christ, your life is hidden with Christ in God, and you're already seated with Him — so why sleep in the gatehouse when you have access to the mansion? Learn why your stand depends on where you sit, how "to reach me you must reach Him first" changes how you face fear, and what it means to set your heart and mind on things above. When did you last think about heaven?

A father once boiled a kettle of water and poured it into the ocean's edge so his daughter would believe the cold sea was warm. That's how deception works — a flag of truth surrounded by lies. In this message from Colossians 2:4–7, we learn that the best safeguard against drifting is steady spiritual progress, painted in six pictures: the soldier's discipline, the pilgrim's walk of faith, the tree's unseen roots, the builder's foundation, the student's schooling, and the river overflowing its banks. Christ is in you and you are in Christ — like a bottle in the ocean with the ocean in the bottle. But growth has no microwave setting: roots, buildings and rivers all take time. Stay rooted, keep building, and overflow.

In this candid panel discussion wrapping up the month of June in Colossians, two believers — one saved in 1997, one in 2021 — share the false teachings that once held them captive and how the truth of "complete in Christ" set them free. From formula religion and prosperity-gospel transactions to encounter-boasting and cheap grace, this reality check names the landmines and hands you the weapons: the Word, prayer, and the Holy Spirit. Christ alone — nothing added, nothing taken away.

When someone calls you "papa," you're a papa — whether you planned it or not. In this Father's Day message from 1 Thessalonians 2:10–12, a veteran mentor to over fifty adopted sons and daughters unpacks what makes a father faithful: loyal, dependable, intentional. Discover the three inheritances every father carries, why casting vision for your children matters more than putting food on the table, and the hard truths — fathers are mere humans who assume too much, the world doesn't revolve around us, and refusing to change costs more than we know. Fatherhood is a journey, not an event, and faithful fathers aren't born — they're transformed by surrendering to the Father of fathers.

A butterfly never crawls back into its cocoon — yet many believers keep reaching for the old life Christ already buried. In this study of Colossians 3:1–11, we learn what it means to live out our new identity: set your mind on things above, put your old nature to death — completely, not temporarily — and strip off anger, vengeance, malice, slander and lies like grave clothes left behind. What must fall and die isn't the enemy in the village; it's the old man within. Put on the new self, where Christ is all and in all — because transformation is the greatest power of the gospel.