Choose Life

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Choose Life – Week 2

What choices are we making each day?

In this message, Pastor Paul takes us to Deuteronomy 30, where Moses presents the people of Israel with a clear choice as they prepare to enter the Promised Land: life or death, blessings or curses. His challenge is simple: “Now choose life.”

The same choice is presented to us every morning. We may not be standing on the plains of Moab, but each new day brings decisions about how we will live, what we will prioritise, and where we will place our trust.

Pastor Paul explores three choices we can make each day to choose life: knowing God’s Word, understanding and living in His grace, and building God’s Kingdom rather than our own.

We are challenged to be resolute in God’s Word, allowing Scripture to shape our decisions rather than simply keeping the Bible on a shelf or in an app. We are also reminded to live in the grace of today rather than the guilt of yesterday, recognising that God’s grace gives us another opportunity to turn back to Him.

Finally, we are challenged to build God’s Kingdom, not our own. Career, hobbies, relationships, finances and other priorities can easily take the place that belongs to God. Choosing life means recognising God’s sovereignty and remembering that no one sits on the throne of our lives except God.

This message encourages us to begin each day with a deliberate choice: to know God’s Word, embrace His grace, and consciously build His Kingdom.

Watch the message or listen to the audio below and consider what it means for you to choose life today.

 

Running with Horses, Living with Lions

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Building Kingdoms – Week 1

What kingdom are we building with our lives?

As we begin our new sermon series, Building Kingdoms, Pastor Paul explores a challenging question from Jeremiah 12:5: “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?”

Jeremiah brings an honest complaint to God, asking why the wicked seem to prosper while those who seek to follow God continue to struggle. God’s response is not simply to comfort Jeremiah, but to challenge him to something greater.

We can easily become focused on building our own kingdoms — our careers, families, finances, comfort and plans — while forgetting that God has called us to something greater: building His Kingdom.

This message challenges us to move beyond a comfortable, ordinary faith and to trust God for the strength to run with the horses and live with the lions. God doesn’t call us because we have all the skills we need; He calls us to be available and willing to step outside our comfort zone.

As a church, we are also challenged to look beyond ourselves and become more involved in the ways God is already working through our community ministries.

Watch the message or listen to the audio below and consider where God may be calling you to stop building your own kingdom and start building His.

 

Following the Spirit

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As we begin a new year, this message invites us to live with confidence in God’s grace and forgiveness, and to step forward in our journey of discipleship by learning to follow the Spirit of God.

Pastor Paul reflects on the assurance we have in Christ — freedom from guilt, acceptance as God’s beloved children, and the call to live transformed lives shaped not by achievement, but by grace. Drawing from the book of Acts, this sermon explores how the Holy Spirit leads, empowers, challenges, and reshapes us as followers of Jesus.

This message also introduces the January focus of our discipleship journey: walking in the Spirit. Through biblical teaching, practical imagery, and personal challenges, we are encouraged to open our lives to God’s leading, grow in the fruits of the Spirit, and become a clearer reflection of Christ in a broken world.

Watch the message or listen to the audio below and join us as we step into a new year, seeking to follow the Spirit together.