THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH
With it's emphases on God's amazing plan to include Gentiles in his family, Ephesians reminds us that ethnic distinctions mean nothing to God and they should mean nothing to God's people (Galatians 3:28). Because God has joined all ethnic backgrounds together in his Church (see 2:14-17; 3:6) believers should respond by warmly welcoming one another in humility, grace, and love, without consideration of ethnic differences (4:1-6). In the church, one's identity is identified only by one's faith in Christ.

Title: THE CONDEMNED NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS
The awareness of grace that pervades the first three chapters of Ephesians is heightened by Paul's contrasting emphasis on sin and God's judgement upon it. What is true of his readers is true of everyone, since by nature all stand under God's judgement (2:1-3, 12), one of the strongest passages in the NT on how lost humans are apart from Christ.
Since, apart from Christ, human beings are by nature driven by sin and subject to the devil, evangelism is an urgent issue in the NT (Mark 16:15, Rom 9:1-3)

PRAISE FOR GOD'S GRACE

Ephesians is filled with gratitude for the saving grace God has shown to those who believe in Jesus Christ. Solely by God's grace, believers have been chosen, forgiven, called into his family, made his children, promised eternal blessings, and given the gift of his Holy Spirit to mark them as belonging to him forever (1:3-14)
Salvation can never be viewed as something that is earned: it is a sheer gift (2:8-9). As a result, believers know they are called to praise God forever for his amazing grace (1:6, 12, 14)

We're more connected than ever before but in this 5 part series, we'll be looking at what connection to God and each other looks like in everyday terms.

We've received grace but we're also called to be gracious. In this sessions we'll look at how we can be grace-dealers. Healthy communities are only ever as strong as the relationships within in.

We're more connected than ever before but in this 5 part series, we'll be looking at what connection to God and each other looks like in everyday terms.

Glorifying: We are built to bring glory to God. How we live our lives and the decisions we make are all reflected in our relationship with our maker.

How would we feel journeying with Jesus?  Elijah delves into the life of Jesus, as our Hero, and looks at how we can run alongside Him.  As we go deeper into our relationship with Jesus are we 'all in' for Him, or do we look for the 'lighter' option? Listen to this latest talk and reflect on what your journey looks like. 

Last week we heard Theresa continuing our Heroes series speaking on Deborah and her role within the book of Judges.  A courageous, brave woman who was obedient to God and showed humility as a hero, making sure that people knew the true hero and rescuer was God.  A great insight from Theresa into another hero in the Bible and how this has meaning for us today to be obedient to God throughout the battles we face in our lives and knowing God is with us.   

Our guest speaker Carson Letts gives an amazing message on Moses and his leadership. We take a deeper look at some of the things that made Moses an incredible hero and spiritual giant.

Richard Covington, our amazing guest speaker from the States, teaches about Micah, a prophet bringing a case against Israel. However, Micah not only has some interesting things to Israel, but also to us as we go about our lives with Jesus.

Elijah walks us through the story of Gideon from the book of Judges and how God sees us differently than we see ourselves.

Listen as Angela unpacks the story of Esther and explains how she is way more than what she appears to be on the surface.

Vanessa unpacks how stepping out of her comfort zone and overcoming fear has helped showed her how great God is and how amazing his plans are.