Episodes
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Inside Out | Ps. Simon Ward
🌊 Which is the greater miracle: Jesus calming the storm, or sleeping through it? Pastor Simon Ward from Compassion Australia joins us for Inside Out, a message about what happens when the storm outside starts coming in. From a wild Queensland storm that went from “quite normal” to roofs ripped…
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Kings at Work
👑 Kings at Work 💪 What does putting God first look like when you’re not on the stage, in the band or on a mission field? 🤔 Pastor Shane takes us into Romans 12 and swaps the big question for a better one: what journey am I already on, and how can I orientate it towards Jesus? With most of us...
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Active your God-given potential
Ever feel like you’re using your life as a torch when it was built for so much more? 🔦 Fresh from a conference on expansion, Pastor Jomar brings a powerful word from Ephesians 2:10. 🙌 You are God’s workmanship, His own masterpiece, and your worth is grounded in the One who made you, not in the...
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The View and the Vision
🍇 The View and the Vision | Kenny Twelve spies walked the same Promised Land. Ten came back talking about giants. Two came back talking about God. 👀 Kenny takes us to Numbers 13 to explore the difference between seeing what’s in front of you and seeing what God has promised. Starting with a…
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Take the Risk Part 2 | Pastor Jomar 🌊🏜️
Stepping out of the boat is only the beginning. What happens when you keep walking and still can't see where the road leads? Following on from Peter's leap of faith, Pastor Jomar turns to Abraham, who left his country, his people and his father's house at 75 with no address, no itinerary and no...
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Take the risk
Take the Risk | Pastor Jomar 🌊 What would you step into if you weren't afraid of what happens next? 🤔 Pastor Jomar takes us to Matthew 14, where the disciples land in a storm because they obeyed Jesus, and Peter becomes the only one willing to climb out of the boat. ⛵ Through the story of a...
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The King's Men
The King's Men | 👑⚔️ In the spring, when kings went off to war, David stayed home. What followed became the lowest point of his life. 🏰 Continuing our Running with Kings series, Pastor Shane walks through 2 Samuel 11 and asks the questions few people raise: Who are the King's men? Why are they...
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Raising Kings
Even Samuel, the man who anointed King David, dropped the ball with his own sons. In this episode, Pastor Shane unpacks why staying busy building the "nation" while neglecting the home is a trap parents still fall into today. From the law of entropy to why passive parenting always ends in chaos,...
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Father of Nations
This Father's Day, Pastor Shane takes us into the story of Abraham 🙏 the original "Father of Nations," whose name literally meant exalted Father before God gave him an even bigger calling. From leaving everything he knew for a land he'd never seen, to the costly mistakes that still echo through...
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Reframe for a better view
A robe, a pit, a prison cell, and a Pharaoh's dream 👑 In this message, Kenny traces the life of Joseph, from the favouritism that fractured his family to the moment he finally saw his own story through God's eyes instead of his own. Expect an honest look at pride, perspective, and why the way we...
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Naturally Supernatural
Pastor Shane explores what it looks like when the Holy Spirit's leading becomes as natural as breathing. 🕊️ Through the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, he shows how obedience, not spiritual jargon, is what marks a life guided by the Spirit. ✨ Along the way, he challenges old church...
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Spirit Living Part 2 - Being Filled
Being filled with the Holy Spirit isn't a one-off moment, it happens again and again throughout the book of Acts. 📖 In Part 2 of Spirit Living, Pastor Shane looks at Paul's conversion and the believers in Samaria to unpack what it means to surrender control and let the Holy Spirit lead.…
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Roma Combined Church Service - Jess Saunders
Have you ever felt a thirst that nothing seems to satisfy? 💧 In this Sermon, guest speaker Jess Saunders shares a moving reflection from John 4, exploring Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. Drawing on her work as a prison chaplain with UnitingCare Queensland, Jess reveals how...
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The Cost of Holding On
What's stopping you from fully trusting God with your life? 🤔 Pastor Shane opens Galatians 5 to explore what it really means to live by the Spirit, and why so many of us hold tightly to things of little worth while missing out on what's truly priceless. ✨ Through a memorable story about a boy, a...
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The King that Wins
👑 The King That Wins Ever noticed how some people always seem to get the lucky break, while the rest of us are left watching from the sidelines? Pastor Shane digs into the story of David and Goliath to uncover three simple traits that set a winner apart: choosing solutions over excuses, refusing...
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The Gift of Margin
Ever feel like there's never enough room in the budget? 💰 Pastor Shane looks at what Scripture actually says about money, generosity and the ancient tithing patterns still shaping the world's wealthiest communities today. Drawing from Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Ezekiel, he breaks down the first,...
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Loving God
How do you love a God you can't see, touch, or hear? 🤔 In this episode, guest speaker Pastor Dan Gill explores Jesus' words in Luke 10, tracing how the greatest commandment connects to the parable of the Good Samaritan and the story of Mary and Martha. He walks through four distinct ways we're...
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The Tower
Pastor Shane wraps up our two-week Uncover Your Cross series with an unexpected image: the ancient watchtower. 🏰 Why does Jesus follow "carry your cross" with a story about building? Using King Solomon's life, the wisest king who once had everything, Shane unpacks what happens when we build...
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Faithfulness Part 2 - John Morgan
Time is shorter than we think, and faithfulness shows up in the small, unglamorous choices: urgency over apathy, risk over safety, forgiveness over resentment. ⏳ In Part 2 of this message, guest speaker John Morgan traces the Parable of the Talents through the story of a friend battling motor...
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Faithfulness Part 1 - John Morgan
Guest speaker John Morgan opens with a Pentagon story and a Townsville upbringing, then lands on a challenge most of us dodge: what do you do when no one's watching? 👀 Working through Jesus's parable of the talents in Matthew 25, John reframes faithfulness as the small, unseen choices: showing…
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Uncover your Cross
What if the life you're chasing is quietly costing you the life you were made for? 🙏 Pastor Shane opens Luke 14 and Jesus's confronting call to take up our cross, asking what it truly means to follow him. Through honest, personal stories (including a mate whose passion for sound completely...
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Running with a King Conflict Inevitable
Conflict is part of life, but what happens when you choose to follow the King? 👑 Pastor Shane shares an honest truth at Life Church: running with Jesus does not make life easier. It often brings more conflict, not less. Drawing from the story of Judas in John 13, he walks through three conflicts...
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A Royal Tragedy
👑 What happens when a king who started so well ends up listening to all the wrong people? In A Royal Tragedy, Pastor Shane walks through the rise and fall of Joash, the boy who became king of Judah at just seven years old. Mentored by his uncle, the priest, Joash led a nation into prosperity.…
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Becoming Fruitful like Jesus
🌱 What does a truly fruitful life look like? Guest speaker Pastor Dan Neilsen brings a stirring word to Life Church Roma, sharing a vision of revival spreading across regional Australia and calling us into a season of new growth, new life and lasting fruit. Centred on the picture of the vine and...
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How to kill your Giants
How to Kill Your Giants 🗡️ Giants come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes it's a problem that feels impossible to overcome. Sometimes it's the weight of doing everything right but still feeling stuck. Whatever your giant looks like, there's a blueprint for defeating it. In Micah's first…
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The Pentecostal Distinctive
🔥 What makes a Pentecostal church distinct — and why does it matter? In this Pentecost Sunday message, Pastor Shane unpacks the ancient roots of Pentecost, tracing it all the way back to Mount Sinai, through the Upper Room, and into the lives of believers today. From the three baptisms outlined…
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Time in the Tent
What if the greatest leaders in the Bible all had one secret in common? 🏕️ In this message, Pastor Shane takes us to Exodus 33 and reveals the practice that set Moses and Joshua apart from everyone else. While Moses spoke with God face to face, young Joshua lingered in the tent of meeting…
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The Deborah Way
What does it take to break free from chaos and find lasting peace? 🌿 Pastor Shane takes us back to the time of the judges, when God's people kept falling into a cycle of idolatry, oppression, and rescue 🔄 Sound familiar? Enter Deborah ⚔️ a mother, prophet, judge, and one of Israel's most...
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When out of place, focus on his face
Ever felt completely out of place? Like you're stuck in a season that doesn't match who you're called to be? Kenny opens up 1 Samuel 24 and walks us through one of the rawest moments in David's life, hiding in a cave, on the run from Saul for years, with a real chance to end it all. But instead…
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It starts with the Heart
❤️🔥 What does it really mean to have a heart after God? In part two of this series, Pastor Shane digs into the life of David to uncover the marks of someone whose heart is fully fixed on God. Looking past the Sunday school version of the shepherd boy with a slingshot, we discover a warrior, a...
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Because He Lives
Easter is the best day. Full stop. 🙌 This Easter, Youth Pastor Riley from King's Church on the Gold Coast brings a message about what it actually means that Jesus rose again, not just as history, but as resurrection power available to you right now. Because He lives, you're saved and accepted....
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It 100% Matters
Most of us just get on with it, show up, serve, give, invite a mate without stopping to think about whether any of it is making a difference. This one is a celebration. Clips from people whose lives look completely different because of a country town church that kept showing up. A teenager who's...
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When God's word becomes your Identity
When God's Word Becomes Your IdentityPreached by Pastor Jomar | Life Church Roma Is God's Word something you know, or something you live? 🙏 In this powerful message, Pastor Jomar takes us into James 1:22–25 and unpacks what it truly means to let Scripture shape who we are. Drawing on his years…
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Pursue is a doing word
Here's something that doesn't get talked about enough. Being saved and actually going somewhere with it are two very different things. Because if righteousness is just handed to you at salvation, why does Paul tell Timothy to pursue it? That's not a small question. This week Shane works through…
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Don't stop
What if grace is far bigger than you've ever imagined? Pastor Shane takes us deeper into the often misunderstood relationship between grace, faith, and works — and why the early church never saw them as separate things at all. Drawing from the Book of James, the Sermon on the Mount, and the...
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Everything I do
If we are saved by grace, does what we do still matter? 🤔 In this message, Pastor Shane unpacks a biblical tension that Christians have wrestled with for centuries — grace and law, faith and works, salvation and fruit. Looking at the lives of King Saul and King David, we see two men who both...
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The Love that wears a crown
Love isn’t always soft. Sometimes it wears a crown of thorns. 👑 In this sermon, Kenny takes us to the moment Jesus was mocked and crowned with thorns, revealing a love that is not self-centred, but sacrificial and purposeful. ✝️ What if real love isn’t about how it makes us feel, but about what...
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Your Nursing Home
What legacy are we really building? 👑 In this message, Pastor Shane unpacks where Israel’s kings began and what went wrong when God’s people decided they wanted to be “like everyone else.” Through the lives of Saul, David and Samuel, we’re challenged to think like royalty — chosen, set apart and...
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Choices of Kings
Choices of Kings challenges us to rethink how we live when we truly understand who God says we are. 👑 In this sermon, Pastor Shane explores what it means to be a royal priesthood and how a transformed mindset leads to transformed choices. Drawing from Scripture, history, and practical faith…
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The Power of the Good Samaritan
🎙️ The Power of the Good Samaritan In this message, Pastor Dan Gill unpacks one of Jesus’ most confronting and practical parables. What does it really mean to love your neighbour, and who is your neighbour anyway? 🤔 Through the story of the Good Samaritan, we’re challenged to move beyond…
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So send I you
🎙️ So Send I You Wayne D What does it look like to say “yes” to God when the call feels costly, uncertain, or overdue? 🌍🔥 In this powerful and deeply personal message, Wayne D shares stories from decades of missionary life in the Philippines, moments of fear and faith, miracles of healing, and...
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Start with less of me
🎙️ Start with Less of Me As a new year begins, our natural instinct is to aim higher, be seen more, and do more. But what if the better starting point is actually less of us? In this message, Kenny unpacks the powerful words of John the Baptist: “He must become greater; I must become less.” This...
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Don't let others steal your righteousness
In this message, Matt Starrs shares a powerful but often misunderstood truth about our faith: righteousness is not something we earn, it’s something we receive 🙌 Using a surprising moment from the Garden of Gethsemane, Matt explores how easy it is to let others, or even ourselves, strip away our...
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🎄 Fear Not | Christmas Sermon
In this Christmas message, Pastor Shane unpacks the powerful words that mark the very beginning of the Christmas story: “Fear not.” From the angels appearing to ordinary shepherds to the deeper fears we all carry today, this sermon explores why God chose the unlikely, the unworthy, and the...
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The Power of One Simple Adjustment
What if real change doesn’t require a massive overhaul, but one small, intentional shift? In this message, Pastor Col uses the picture of a guitar needing a tiny adjustment to unlock its full sound, reminding us that spiritual growth often works the same way. 🎸 Through Jesus’ parable of the…
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Don't be the One or Be a Buffalo
Are you curious about the title “Don’t Be the One or Be a Buffalo”? 🦬 Take a listen as Pastor Shane talks about why he chose it and how it speaks straight into the way we live out our faith together. This message digs into 1 Peter 5 and the picture of the enemy prowling like a roaring lion,...
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Big Rock People
This message from Pastor Shane digs into one of the most common lies we tell ourselves… “I didn’t have time”. He unpacks why that phrase holds us back and how shifting to “I prioritised something else” brings honesty, clarity and freedom. Using the well-known jar illustration, Pastor Shane shows...
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Masters of the Margin
In this message, Pastor Shane digs into what it really means to build margin in your life and why it matters for every follower of Jesus. He uses the simple picture of a farmer sowing seed to show that God multiplies what we plant, not what we hold onto. 🌱 You’ll hear how margin shapes…
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🎧 The Power of One Culture: “Fruits Don’t Lie” 🍇🌱
Pastor Shane takes us on a real and raw journey through what it means to live a life that shows what we believe. Using Jesus’ words from Luke 6, he reminds us that the fruit we produce tells the truth about what’s happening in our hearts. 💬💖 It’s a message about digging deep, staying rooted in...
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The Hardened Heart - Pastor Lucas Connell
💔 Has life ever walked all over your heart? In Pastor Lucas Connell's heartfelt message he shares how pain, disappointment, and betrayal can harden our hearts and how the rain of God’s presence can soften even the toughest ground. 🌧️ Through raw stories of healing, forgiveness, and…
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