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What motivates you?

in Thoughts by Ben 12/03/202012/03/2020 0 comments

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33

I grew up on this verse. It was referenced in the children’s songs at Sabbath School, the Memory Verses at Pathfinders and frequently brought up throughout the week during my school’s Bible classes. I think I even heard my father quote it, which is a (very) rare occurrence.

Now, I mean to take nothing away from this verse, but I always struggled with it. Maybe it was because heaven, the Kingdom of God, was a very abstract thing to me. I couldn’t, and if I’m honest, still can’t really imagine it.

How to Shift from a Scarcity to an Abundance Mindset: Exploring a Christ-centred Worldview

in Sermons by Jinha Kim 08/03/2020 0 comments

Panic-buying leading to empty supermarket shelves. Feeling jealous of other

Prayer and Trust

in Thoughts by Nyarai 04/03/202004/03/2020 0 comments

“And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Prayer and trust go hand and hand. If we trust God enough to pray to him, shouldn’t we trust him enough to believe he will answer our prayers the best way he sees fit? Remember that God sees what we cannot. If we truly think about some of the things we have prayed for over the course of our lives we should be grateful God did not say yes to everything we asked.

God With Us in Desert Valley

in Sermons by Jinha Kim 02/03/2020 0 comments

What does it really mean that God is with us?

7 ways to creatively uplift your prayer life

in Thoughts by Bronwyn 25/02/202026/02/2020 0 comments

Prayer and devotional life doesn’t have to be on your knees next to your bed at given times in the day. This is definitely an important habit to have but to limit prayer life to these confines could be limiting the depths to which God can reach you and change your life.

Recently I attended a women’s conference for prayer. We practiced several different and creative methods for meditating on God’s word and speaking to Him. It was illuminating, restful and invigorating to commune with God in these different avenues. I want to share some things I have picked up along my Christian sojourn.

If You Had $1 Million….

in Thoughts / Uncategorized by Jinha Kim 19/02/202019/02/2020 0 comments

If you had $1 million, what would you do?

What if you had more?

If you had as much money as you wanted, what would you do with that money?

When Roy and I first moved to Melbourne in 2012, we walked through the streets of Melbourne CBD and looked up at the buildings and dreamed – wouldn’t it be incredible, we said, if one day we could point to all the buildings in the CBD where we knew there was a bible study taking place, a prayer meeting being held, or a person being encouraged through our ministries?

Living in an Uncertain World

in Sermons by Jinha Kim 15/02/2020 0 comments

Coronavirus. Floods. Kobe Bryant. George Calombaris. How can we navigate

Look Up

in Thoughts by Shane 12/02/202012/02/2020 0 comments

I came across a very inspiring testimony by an African-American lady. She shared the story of how her grandfather grew up in America’s south under the Jim Crow laws which enforced racial segregation. He experienced having the KKK regularly harass his family by shooting bullets at their house. In spite of the adversities that took place, he chose not to hold a gripe against the white man and never taught his family to view themselves as victims because of their heritage.