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Foundational to a life of prayer is our understanding of who the God is that we are praying to. One of the ways we understand God is as being simultaneously transcendent & immanent. Both attributes of God have implications for how we pray & offer different invitations for a becoming a house of prayer. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

What if the reason prayer has become peripheral in our lives isn’t that we don’t know how to pray, but that we’ve forgotten the value of the One we’re praying to? Looking at the prayer life of Jesus, we explore how a renewed desire to know God can transform prayer from something we do, into a life we live with Him. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

Week 2 of our House of Prayer series, we’re joined by Ps Joel Milgate from Tauranga, New Zealand, as we continue exploring what it means to build a life of prayer. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In week one of House of Prayer, Ps Jimmy explores the biblical vision for a praying people, the mystery and struggle of prayer, the battle for our attention, and the subtle danger of believing in God while living as though everything depends on us. Jesus declared, “My house will be called a house of prayer.” But prayer is more than a meeting we attend or a spiritual discipline we occasionally practise - it is part of our identity and vocation as the people of God. This is an invitation to return to His presence, bring Him what we’ve been carrying alone, and take up our mandate to pray. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

The grace of God was never meant to stop with us. In Luke 14, Jesus confronts a table full of insiders and turns their attention to those still outside. From Abraham to Israel, the prophets and ultimately Jesus, we see a consistent pattern: God welcomes, blesses and gathers a people so they can become a blessing to others. In this message, Ps Jimmy explores how the grace we have received from God should overflow into grace extended for those who cannot repay us. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In Mark 10, a rich young ruler comes running to Jesus with a question we all wrestle with: what must I do to inherit eternal life? But what begins as a question about what he must do becomes an invitation to surrender. Stephen unpacks the tension between self-sufficiency and dependence on God, asking not simply what we possess, but what possesses us. Through this encounter, we’re reminded that we cannot save ourselves, and we cannot follow Jesus without surrender, because discipleship is the daily reorientation of our lives from fear to faith, and from self-sufficiency to trust in Jesus.  Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In Luke 5, Jesus steps into Peter’s ordinary world and calls him into something greater. What begins with access to a boat ends with the surrender of an entire life. Ps Jimmy explores the progression of discipleship from access and obedience to trust, calling and surrender - and the invitation of Jesus that still confronts us today; "leave your past behind and Follow Me.” Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

What if God's silence isn't absence, His delay isn't rejection, and the season you don't understand isn't evidence that He's stopped working? Through the story of the Emmaus Road, Ps Jimmy explores the mystery of God and how Jesus meets us in disappointment, corrects our perception, awakens hunger and leads us back into faith and mission. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In this episode, Steve Cawthorn from the Saints Church team shares an inspiring message on God’s heart for rescue and the transformative work of Destiny Rescue an organisation that rescues children from sexual exploitation and human trafficking and equip them to stay free. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In this episode, we host a panel of people from our church community to discuss our current series, Filled & Sent. Together, they dive into what it truly means to be filled with Holy Spirit and sent out into our everyday lives, showing how ordinary moments can become extraordinary. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

What are you living for, and what do you love most? In Acts 20 and 26, Paul shows us what happens when the Gospel reorders our loves, reshapes our identity, and gives us a vision worth giving our lives to. Even when Paul had a way out, he chose the chains that came with following Jesus and embracing his mission. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In this episode, Ps Jimmy L’Almont continues our Filled & Sent series by unpacking Acts 20 where Paul is addressing the elders of Ephesus as he leaves the city and his instruction on how to sustain the move of God that the city has seen through the move of the Holy Spirit. This message is a powerful follow-up to last week’s message from Acts 19. If you haven’t listened to last week’s message, we encourage you to go back and listen! Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

What happens when the gospel confronts the deepest allegiances of the human heart? In Acts 19, the same move of God produces two radically different responses. Some openly confess their sins, surrender their idols, and honour the name of Jesus. Others defend what they cannot bear to lose, descending into confusion and revolt. This message explores how the gospel still exposes the true object of our worship today. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In this episode, we have the privilege of hearing from a great friend of Saints Church, Dean Ussher from Compassion. Dean shares a powerful message on what it means to live in the wake of Pentecost, that God chooses ordinary people to reveal His extraordinary power and what that means to take that good news to the streets of our community and beyond. Be encouraged and challenged as you discover how the Holy Spirit continues to work through everyday people who are willing to say yes to Him. Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg

In this episode, we're joined by guest preacher and great friend of Saints Church, Adem Guneyi from Freedom Centre in New Zealand. Adem shares a powerful message on the protocol of God's presence, exploring the truth that while God is everywhere, He is also somewhere to be found. What does that mean for us as believers? How should we prepare our hearts as we enter His presence? Intro and Outro music by artist: Cleb - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HJTTiOIcuQrhMk83XV8Is?si=_x2whLP3QDmPu0cQkDIPzg