Worn

The festive season is the one time in the year when we are overrun by the western world's desperate desire for all things to be made right, and the over realised hope that this year will be THAT year! But what if I told you that instead of us distancing ourselves from this, we should be cranking this hope up?!

Jonah Part 08

What's the big story behind the book of Jonah? All the stories of whales and storms and ships and sailors can easily make things a little fuzzy. As we wrap up this series, we step back and see the power of God to forgive, save and deliver even the hardest of hearts.

Jonah Part 07

Jonah showed us how to reach a city kicking and screaming! Today we turn to Paul's ministry to see how we can reach Pretoria with intentionality and tact.

Jonah Part 06

God's call upon our lives is not just to deliver His message to the world, but to also represent His heart to those who are far from Him -  who would otherwise not know of His compassion, kindness, unrelenting love and forgiveness.

Jonah Part 05

God calls Nineveh great, not just as a discription of its size, but because it is His desire to invest us in this city and use it as a great instrument for His glory. However, in general, we kick back against the city and by so doing miss the rich call of God on our lives.

Jonah Part 04

The word of the Lord comes to Jonah a second time, and this time he obeys. The result? The people of Nineveh believe God and repent! History is full of unprecedented displays of God's power and glory on the back of a simple act of obedience to God's word. What has God been saying to you lately?

Jonah Part 03

The whole story of Jonah carries no significance apart from the statement that 'the word of the Lord came to Jonah'. There were many prophets, ships, sailors, Ninivites and cities like Tarshish, but when God spoke it put everything in context and brought a weightiness to every decision Jonah made.

Jonah Part 02

Jonah, in the belly of the whale, after three days and three nights without hope, on the back of a raging storm and a near shipwrecked journey, after running from the word of God and fleeing to Tarshish, FINALLY gets on his knees and surrenders to God. Surely we too can say 'I am Jonah, I am Jonah.' Surely we too can say 'God is merciful, God is merciful!'

Jonah Part 01

The story of Jonah is far greater than a simple Sunday school story. It is the account of the relentless pursuit of God for the heart of His people, so that His purposes would prevail and the earth would see the glory of our God.

Kim Midgley - Singleness

Kim Midgley - Trials

Wild Worship - The Purpose of Praise

Wild Worship - 7 Ways We Worship

Wild Worship - The Lamb

Wild Worship - Jehoshaphat

Wild Worship - David

Wild Worship - Isaac

Our eyes are on You.

Jehoshaphat faced an insurmountable enemy with a simple faith in the God he served and in so doing, passed on a message for years to come: When we don't know what to do, there is One whom we can always look to!

Philippians - New season ahead

As Christians we only have one plumb line - the Word of God. To have it in our hands is one thing, but to have it in our hearts and to live it, well, that's where God's kingdom truly comes and all that He has for us is added to who we are and what we are becoming.

Philippians - New generosity

Throughout the bible the people of God have been generous with their time, talents, treasure, opportunities and responsibilities. This is so because the God we serve has lavished us with His generosity.

Philippians - New satsifaction

Contentment is not circumstantial, rather it is learnt, and God will continue putting us through circumstances so that - and until - we learn to be content with little or with much.

Philippians - New hope

God has always had His saints working strategically in the midst of wicked places, from Caesar's household to the cubicle you occupy on a monday. However, if we are going to live well as light in these dark places, we are going to have to live according to our convictions and not our comfort.

Philippians - New wiring

Throughout the letter to the Philippians, Paul refers to their thinking because 'as a man thinks in his heart, so is he' and 'we are transformed by the renewing of our minds'. So when Paul refers to how we ought to think, he isn't trying to be cute, but rather he is preparing the Philippians for warfare!

Family Day

As family, we stand together, serve one another, celebrate together and mourn with each other. We do life, we do fun, we play and we pray. We do all this in order to serve our King as we see His Kingdom come.

The Call 2014 - Session 8

On the back of what God deposited into our lives during The Call conference, we celebrate the privilege, joy and delight of what we are called too.

The Call 2014 - Session 7

God's radical dealing in the life of Peter and his wife so often reflects the seasons in our own lives, and their victories shout courage into our frail hearts.

The Call 2014 - Session 6

Peter was a remarkable man. His letters were sent to churches in 5 cities across 4 provinces who were having the stuffing knocked out of them in persecution, opposition and hardship. This morning we look at the thrust of his message to them.

The Call 2014 - Session 5

In the final session, we look at the victories and the vulnerabilities of the call of God on our lives and the value of imparting this call to the lives of the generation rising up in our midst.

The Call 2014 - Session 4

The opinion of man can be the most intimidating, neutral-enducing, courage draining stronghold in our lives. And yet for many of us, we live with it as if it is normal.

The Call 2014 - Marketplace Missionaries

Recorded live at The Call conference

The Call 2014 - Wow Women

Recorded live at The Call conference.

The Call 2014 - Session 3

The central thrust, under-girding foundation and all encompassing essence of our call is to fall more in love with Jesus.

The Call 2014 - Session 2

We seldom realise that just like every other child of God, Jesus also had to come to terms with His call, His purpose and His Father's plan for His life.

The Call 2014 - Session 1

Can you trust God? Do you trust God? Is He trustworthy? Where else can we go?

No, seriously...where else can you go?!

Philippians - New disposition

The gospel leaves no part of our lives untouched - our hearts, decisions, finances, relationships, language, priorities, attitudes and everything else, all gets nailed to the cross.

Philippians - New perspective

Paul very clearly views every moment of his life, every decision he has to make and every circumstance he has to face through one lens - the day of the Lord, that great day when every single one of us will stand before the One who 'longs for us'.

Philippians - New maturity

Philippians chapter 3 is filled with some of the most popular verses in the bible. It's built around Paul's autobiography and it gives us deep insight into how God works in the lives of His children.

Philippians - New ways

Epaphroditus gets singled out in Philippians because he is a brother, a worker, a fellow soldier and a servant. They are attributes celebrated in the New Testament church, but often overlooked today. Where did we go wrong?

Philippians - New language

'Do everything without grumbling or arguing', says Paul to the Philippians. It's an issue that has plagued the people of God for hundreds of years, and is still an area that trip up many of us and leave us without credibility in the public eye.

Philippians - New default

At the very beginning of his letter, Paul tells the Philippians that there is one thing he prays for them with all the love in his heart, and that is that they would live abandoned to the wisdom and understanding of heaven, so that their lives would be a true reflection of the kingdom of God.

Philippians - New attitude

Studies show that the young generation believe that financial independence is true success and the best way to achieve this is to be at the top of a major corporation. They view any relationship that slows their ascent up the corporate ladder as a drag on their success and are willing to do whatever it takes to take their place at the helm of society.

Philippians - New community

We significantly compromise our chances of maturing in God if we live disconnected from the local church. Grace and peace are experienced in community, the good work He began comes to completion in community, you are carried in the hearts of elders and deacons in community. This is a huge blight on modern Christianity, where so many saints live and think they do just fine as lone rangers.

Philippians - New understanding

'Now I want you to know', said Paul, 'that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel!' How does a person face such suffering with such strength?

Philippians - New beginnings

The letter to the Philippians doesn't ask much of us, it asks all of us! When we see what it is God is calling us to, our cry will be for the Holy Spirit to work radically in us, so that the gospel can flow unhindered through us.

Philippians - New Heart

God opened the heart of one lady who opened the doors of her home that opened the doors for the gospel, a church plant and eventually the letter to the Philippians which we are still preaching from 2000 years later!

#forgiven - Jesus

What happens when things go dry, when joy runs out, when we find ourselves spent, our hope lost, our strength gone? Jesus. That is all.

#forgiven - Sing

When God puts His finger on our sin, it's not to expose us, but to cover us. As a father, rather than condemn and reject us, He runs out to us, and gets between our sin and those who would stone us.

#forgiven - Yes

The King has risen. Long live the King!

#forgiven - Peace

The first word Jesus speaks after being raised from the dead is 'Peace'. God wants us to know the fulness of our forgiveness, so that we can enjoy the fulness of His pleasure.

#forgiven - Hope

If we turn the clock back 4000 years we see the heart of man fearful and suspicious then, just as it is now. We also see the heart of God throbbing and pursuing mankind then, just as it is now.

YouToo S01E10

Barnabas, son of encouragement, was a man who through his strong faith in what God was doing in others, made such an impression on the early church that nearly 2000 years later, we are still being impacted by his life.

YouToo S01E09

The bible is not a Hollywood script with heroes that are larger than life and have it all together. Rather, it's the story of plain, ordinary people's lives woven together by the Master's hand for His master plan.

YouToo S01E08

Leonard and Lorie Rutten, originally from Canada, spent nearly three decades ministering throughout Africa. We were privileged to have them serve on the eldership team at 3Ci for many years before planting a church in Edmonton, Canada.

YouToo S01E07

Leonard and Lorie Rutten, originally from Canada, spent nearly three decades ministering throughout Africa. We were privileged to have them serve on the eldership team at 3Ci for many years before planting a church in Edmonton, Canada.

YouToo S01E06

On numerous occasions in the book of Acts, we find the comment that 'the Word of God spread'. What was it that lead to these times? Was it something we can learn from and apply today? Of course! Here's how...

YouToo S01E05

What can happen in the shadow of an ordinary fisherman? One who denied Christ, fell asleep on Him at the darkest moment of His life, and then ran off to his fishing boat when everything seemed to have fallen apart? One ordinary fisherman, but one extraordinary fisher of men!

YouToo S01E04

The ministry of Lydia and Paul straighten out much of our distorted view of ministry. Together they show that bringing Jesus and the Kingdom to a dying world can flow through 'Even Me'.

YouToo S01E03

Whenever churches grow, we love to put systems in place to maintain the momentum. But the life of God is the LIFE of GOD - not based on structural authority, but on the presence of Jesus in the hearts of His people.

YouToo S01E02

God loves to take a man from Pretoria to meet a couple in Bazaruto, so that they can hear of the love of God that they so desperately crave. God thinks nothing of sending a lady from Botswana to meet a man from Durban in a city called Brisbane so that her hurt can be healed by the Mender of hearts. It's part of His pleasure and His plan for those we meet, and it will do us well to take notice of this.

YouToo S01E01

If you take the white off a golf ball, you'll find a ball of elastic inside, tightly wound together. It's impossible to cut through, but if you find the end of the elastic, the whole ball will unravel in your hands. This seems to be the way Jesus approached every person He met. He never used a set 'technique' to get to people's hearts, rather He found their end and before long their lives unravelled in His caring hands.

Terry Virgo - Works

There is a Saul in the Old Testament who, at the end of his life said 'I have played the fool'. There is a Saul in the New Testament who, at the end of his life said 'I have run the race, I have fought the fight!' God has plans for us and He wants us to fulfill them, to be good stewards of His manifold (multicoloured) grace.

Terry Virgo - Holiness

Martyn Lloyd-Jones used to call Romans 6 the most freeing chapter in the bible. But how do we live in this freedom? Is it up to me from here on, or is there a secret to a holy life?

Terry Virgo - Team

Just when the disciples are expecting Jesus to come as king and are fighting over potential positions in His kingdom, Jesus compels them to get into a boat and head into a storm. The storm was bad, but their thinking was even worse. Early promotion, positions or public ministry are far more dangerous than we'd like to think.

Terry Virgo - Grace

When we truly understand grace we will never be the same again. If Christ was the end of the law, if the law is obsolete and if we have been discharged from it's authority, what does that mean for us as Christians?

Father,Son,Spirit-Part 4

February 09:

The Holy Spirit, the gift and seal of our salvation, is in many cases shunned by those He was given to. Whether it be due to misunderstanding, a bad experience or comments made by friends and leaders, the Holy Spirit - in stead of being embraced by His people -  stands waiting for us to turn to Him and to no longer live separated from the Spirit of the Living God.

Father,Son,Spirit-Part 3

February 09:

For some, we see the Trinity as the Father, the Son and the Holy Scriptures. For others it's the Father, the Son and the Holy systems! To be baptised into the Holy Spirit is the lifeblood of the church and the privileged presence of the Spirit of the Living God in the life of a Christian.

Father,Son,Spirit-Part 1

Our identity needs to come from God the Father. Our feelings are a bad barometer to use when we are going through tough times. This is why the truth of the word is so important, and why we need faith in what the Father says of us, not what our shaky, insecure hearts keep screaming at us.

January - Part 03

We apologies for the poor sound quality.

What would drive a man to take his wife and five kids to one of the poorest nations in the world to lead a church in a slum city? In his own words 'it was the only thing that made sense considering the urges that God had placed on my heart'. Not my will but Yours be done!

January - Part 02

To walk by faith simply means that we trust God, His wisdom and ways, more than we trust ours. Sounds simple enough, but for many Christians it's a massive shift from self-reliance to entrusting our decisions to our heavenly Father. 

January - Part 01

What does faith look like? We might know the theology behind it, but what about its outworking? In other words, how do we live by faith and why is it so important in this day and age?