As you have noticed we have been updating our site to make it simplier and easier to navigate around. Currently we are in the process of adding all of our current audio recordings from the last three months of our church services.

To view these simply click on “Sermon Notes” at the top right and choose a calendar date of a specific sunday, or select from the drop down category list located on the right.

I have recently done a teaching series on spiritual gifts in our local church; we have been talking about this workshop that is coming up for ages. I find it interesting that people can have such a variety of responses to the same thing.  Some people have been really excited about finding out how God made them; they are discussing their passions and desires and what they believe they are gifted and called to do already.  Others however have been very negative; this negativity comes from a variety of sources but more often than not it’s because people can struggle to believe that there is anything good for them.  They struggle to grasp the truth that God would want to give them a gift in the first place, and to believe that he would also want them to use the gift to help others seems near impossible.

Sadly the way we look at ourselves has been colored by our past; by the way we have been spoken to, touched looked at or even overlooked.  Our earthly parents or adult carers were our point of reference that gave us our opinions about ourselves.  School years with the ups and downs of friends and foes often only compounded these beliefs, with our adulthood experiences often crying “I told you so” when we have been let down or rejected by others. It’s no co-incidence that the Apostle Paul told us to: Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2.  NIV. He knew full well about pain, trauma and betrayal. Jesus also knows what humans can do to others and how it affects our whole lives.  That’s why he came to earth, he came to set us free form the chains of our past, from the memories that haunt us and the words that shaped how we feel about ourselves.  You see salvation doesn’t just get you a ticket into eternal life; it brings hope for a future here on earth.  It shouts above the words that bruised and cut deep as you grew up.  It brings a supernatural transformation and healing from the inside out if you allow Jesus to go into those places you dare not revisit because of the pain they hold.

Trust that God knows you best, he knows who you were born to be, and he also knows what has tried to rob you of the truth about yourself. Allow him into bring the things of the past to the surface just enough for you to ask him to help, heal and restore.  He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you nor forsake you.  He is a safe bet and your only real hope of freedom.

You are loved!!