Gas Street South Weekly Message

Gen 16:7-13. Hagar: I have now seen the One who sees me

1 Sam 17:37-47. David and Goliath. Eph 6:10-17. Five stones: Protect, trust, pray, be still, ask

Matt 3:13-17. Sam, Simon & Lucy get baptised. Receive a new identify, hold your identity, live your identity. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3)

Matt 5:9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God

Matt 5:7. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy

Is 40:12 (who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand?), Romans 11 (the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!). Have your own Christian experience of God, freedom not caution, figure out what type of stuck you are, let things surface, don't despise what God is doing

Matt 5:6. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God (Ps 42:1)

Matt 5:1-12. For the poor in spirit, yours is the Kingdom of God. Choose proximity to the poor in Spirit. Recalibrate to God's vision of our own lives. Take up a posture of open hands before God

Matt 5:1-10. The Kingdom of Heaven is near

Eph 3:14-21. The immeasurably more love of God. Gods glorious riches. A prayer for more power and more love

Habakkuk 3:1-2. Repeat your deeds in our day. In wrath, remember mercy

Acts 2:1-21. Receive the gift, be transformed, and carry the good news

Acts 4:1-14. Don't rule yourselves out of the filling of the Holy Spirit. Step outside of the comfort zone. Power and potency comes from proximity to Jesus

Luke 18:9-14. Entitlement, competition, settling. Confess your brokenness

Daniel 9:1-19. Remember, Recognise and Receive, Request

Are we ready to receive God's tenderness towards us? John 20:24-31. Great tenderness releases great faith

Romans 12:1-8. What God's mercy has done for me, his mercy at work within me, his mercy flowing through me. Not saved by serving, but by his mercy

Acts 12:1-17. The early church prays for Peter in prison

Bishop Esther talks on Easter (My Father is your father), whilst Meg, Liz & Conor are baptised

Good Friday reflective service. By His wounds, we are healed

John 13:1-17. Jesus washes his disciples feet. Strengthen us to serve others

John 1:41-42, 2:1-10. Jesus transforms water into wine, and Simon from reed to rock. Missing ingredients of invitation and obedience

John 1:1-14. The Wonder of Christmas

Luke 2:1-20. The Shepherds obey, tell and praise

Matt 3:13-17. Speaks to our identity, speaks his approval and speaks to our purpose. Ben & Harry are baptised

Gen 12:1. Go to the Land that I will show you. To say Yes to God, means giving up some things. Step out in Faith. Blessing follows obedience

John 21:15-19. Jesus meets us and calls us where we are at. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength

James 2:14-24. Faith motivates us to action, and our actions demonstrate our faith

Hebrews 11:29-12:3. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Eph 3:20-21)

Hebrews 11:1-13. Faith is confidence in what we hope for, and assurance about what we do not see. An invitation, potential for a sense of isolation, and a foundation

Mark 9:33-35. In this Worship 4 Everyone service, Rocky and Eloise look at the disciples arguing over "Who is the greatest?"

Romans 7:14-25. Jesus as our first love to shape all other desires

Luke 12:22-34. Surrender your worry to God, remember God's truth, rest in God's presence

Luke 9:23-27. Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me

Luke 8: 40-48. Jesus has the power to break through into our individual circumstances

Luke 6: 46-49. Jesus as the Rock and Firm Foundation

Luke 7: 36-50. Perspectives & Simon the Pharisee

Luke 2: 41-52. Jesus remaining at the Temple. Being about the Father Business looks like Presence, Formation and Obedience

1 Peter 1:3-9. Something only God can do, something only we can do, something only the Church does

Ruth 1:8-18. Choose Connection over Disconnection. Enduring Relationships leave a legacy

1 Sam 18:1-4. Friendship between David & Jonathon. Friends open up to one another, don't give up, lift others up

Eph 4:1-2,15-16. Calling others out and lifting others up. Be humble, being saved by grace, show respect, speak the truth in love

Eph 4:32. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you

1 John 4:7-10. How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ (Eph 3:18)

Acts 2:1-13. Temple spaces where Heaven and Earth meet with inspired speech. Power and help through the Holy Spirit (the living flame of love)

Matt 6:16-18. Wider in worship, higher in holiness and further in following.

Eph 6:10-18. Put on the full armour of God. Belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, readiness in the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and sword of the Spirit.

1 Sam 25. Rachel takes us through the Old Testament account of Abigail who described as intelligent, courageous and calls David out.

Eph 2:1-10. Recognise the narrative, hear the new narrative over us, allow God to change the narrative

Exodus 32:1-6. Gods voice as the authority. Gods presence at the centre of all we do. Remember God's nature