How much do you want of God? Because no one has less of God than they want. 8 choices; Lord what do you want me to hear and what am I going to do about it? 1 Clarity or trust. 2 Obedience v disobedience. 3. Faith or fear. 4 Urgency or apathy. 5 Gratitude or grumbling. 6. Comfort or the way of the cross. 7. Rules or relationship. 8 Life or death.

Justice Sunday - exploring 'work with a purpose'. Megan Landreth-Smith and Naomi Partridge are the founders of Holos. They believe and see the in-breaking of the power of God to the desperate and needy. Psalm 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation stone. Holos means wholeness. The Lord downloaded a divine strategy through the production of Kombucha, to help those in modern slavery. There's an invitation to get involved through "Hope at Home." The Shepherd family share their journey of fostering children.

Now remember! Paul wants us to remember the impact of Jesus' life on our lives: 1. Remember what you were at that time without Christ. 2. We were strangers, without God and without hope. Now we are saved! Let's not put trust in other things apart from Christ. Everything else is meaningless! Let us remember the power of Jesus death and resurrection; in communion we can be brought near. Everything is fulfilled in Jesus. So let us be expectant of heaven breaking out on earth, through us because of Christ in us!

Paul instructs us - now remember! Remembering is important. Paul wants us to remember the impact of Jesus' life on our lives; 1 Remember what you were once without Christ. 2 You were strangers without God and without hope. Life without God is meaningless. There's an invitation, as you take communion to remember the depth and reality that in Christ - through his death and resurrection - you have been brought near. So let's come to him in fresh surrender expectant of the reality of heaven on earth breaking out in our everyday.

'The church is a people placed in the world as a preview of what God will one day do with the whole creation'. Grace is the source of our identity, before it comes the strength of our obedience. "God is enlarging his tent not because He likes bigger tents...because there are more sons and daughters to bring home".

'The Church is a people placed in the world as a preview of what God will one day do with the whole creation'. Grace is the source of our identity, before it becomes the strength of our obedience. "God is enlarging his tent not because He likes bigger tents... because there are more sons and daughters to bring home".

We have been given the mandate to rule over the places we live - both physically and spiritually. The transformation of places begins with the transformation of people (us). The transformation of people begins when we posture ourselves to receive God's mercy.

There are three zones; zone 1 is the sky and the earth (the things we see). Zone 2 are the heavenlier; it's the air and there is an ongoing war between the angelic and the demonic powers. Zone 3 is the 3rd heaven - it is the reality of heaven. 2 Corinthian 12, 2 ; " I know a person in Christ ... who was caught up in the third heaven..." Save us Lord from a life where we are 'king of the castle'. We surrender to you Lord.

If so much of God's power is promised - why do we experience so little in the Church in the west? How fertile is the faith atmosphere? The same power that raised Christ from the dead is in each one of us. "And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

The church has been orphaned - however, there is an invitation to taste the future inheritance. AW Tozer devastatingly wrote that if the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the Church, 95% of the activity of the Church would continue. Jesus wants us on fire on Sunday and Monday. v 13 We have all been marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. Let's use what we've been given! Let's be ablaze! We cannot live with mixture, so that the Holy Spirit can increase with power. Let's not settle. He wants to grow in us.