C3 Church Coffs Harbour

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Who or what sits on the throne of our hearts? Jesus wants our whole hearts—not part of them, but all of them.

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The price and value of salvation.

Am I becoming more like Christ or just more familiar with Christianity?

Main message is presented by Pastor Stephen Lott. The testimony is given by Christian Parkes.

True fruitfulness is not that our hands become fuller with things but that our hearts become fuller with love.

Jesus takes the condition of our heart seriously, perhaps more seriously than we do.

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Let's make space for prayer and not allow disappointment to silence us or distraction to sideline us.

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Let he who is without sin throw the first stone

"For God so loved the world..." is not just a promise for eternity with God, it's also about a power for everyday with God.

If we want Jesus' help but not His lordship, we're treating Him like magic, not majesty.

What does it look like to seek God's kingdom and His righteousness?

The life Jesus offers is free and light, but it isn't easy

The true test of Christian love is not how we treat those who love us but how we treat those who don't.

The hope of this world is not better politics, more technology, or stronger institutions - it is ordinary Christians who refuse to lose their saltiness and refuse to hide their light.

The blessed life is not found in chasing comfort or success, but in surrendering to Jesus so completely that His life begins to grow in us - root, trunk, branch and fruit - until even our suffering becomes part of His glory.

Forgiveness is central to our Christian faith. God calls us to show forgiveness to others just as He has shown forgiveness to us.

Who Is Jesus?Why Did Jesus Come To Earth?What Did He Accomplish?What Does This Mean For Us?

Michael Crosslands' Testimony

David Hoopers' Testimony

Mattew 2:10-11When they saw the star, they were filled with joy! They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

John 5:39 NKJVYou search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

Matthew 9:9As Jesus went from there, He saw a man called Matthew. Matthew was sitting at his work gathering taxes. Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.” Matthew got up and followed Jesus.

God is Victorious: The Experience of Hope

God is Happy: The Experience of Delight

1 Colossians 1:3-11 NKJVWe give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,  which has come to you, as it has also in all the world, and is bringing forth fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;  as you also learned from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;

God is Just: The Experience of Prophetic Advocacy

God is Never Late: The Experience of Patience

God is Love: The Experience of Relational Beauty

God is Good: The Experience of Trusting through Suffering

God is All-holy and All-knowing: The Experience of Honesty

God is Unrivalled: The Experience of Embracing Weakness

God is Sovereign: The Experience of Assurance

God is Other: The Experience of Wonder

Genesis 2:2-3 NIVBy the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Isaiah 58:13-14“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbathand from doing as you please on my holy day,if you call the Sabbath a delightand the Lord’s holy day honorable,and if you honor it by not going your own wayand not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord,and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the landand to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.”For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

We are not slaves anymore

Matthew 11:28-30Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

Titus 2:11-12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

“The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.”‭‭Jonah‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

"Dear Friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people."Jude 1:3 NIV

Be generous to the poor

Luke Chapter 12

Watch out for greed

Generosity Week 1Matthew 6:19-24

Parable of the sheep and goats

Luke 8:4 -15 "The Parable of the Sower" continued