Every Nation Brisbane

Small Things BIG Differences - Up To Bat

Part Four of our Small Things BIG Difference series. This week Pastor Neli Talks about coming Up To Bat.  Baptizing And Teaching where we baptize and teach people about the word of God.  But to reach those God has sent us to, we must first let go of what's comfortable so we can reach out to those with difference perspectives and interests.   It is by doing this we are able to baptize them with water and build in them a new relationship with God.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

- 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)

Small Things BIG Differences - Who You Wit'?

Part 3 in our Small Things BIG Difference series.  This week we truly find out who we're with and who is with us always.  In the Great Commission Jesus Christ tells us He will be with us always, until the end of age.  Jesus wants to dwell within us, not just visit us.  The way we live our lives are based on the beliefs we hold in our hearts.  So let us be empowered by the Holy Spirit and dedicate our lives to Christ Jesus.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

- Acts 1:8

Small Things BIG Differences - Come and Go

Part 2 in our Small Things BIG Difference series and Ps Neli reaches out for us to listen, Come and Go.  Come in the presence on The Lord and go to where He has called us to go.  Coming is invitational but going is a commandment.  The Lord has already called us to go out and make disciples but how many other times have we either ignored our calling because we are too comfortable in our comfort zone.  Let us step out in faith and continue to do the great works God has planned for us.

Small Things BIG Differences

Ps Neli begins a new series this week.  Small Things, BIG Differences.  At Every Nation Brisbane we are crazy about God and we are committed to grow in the knowledge of who He is in our lives.  We all have an opportunity to lean on Jesus Christ when we deny ourselves and follow God.  We all have a choice to follow God as our beliefs grow.  When we have our beliefs rooted in Christ, our values and how we put them into practice will see a natural growth in His Kingdom.

"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life."

- John 5:24

More Than A Song - In Times Of Injustice

Ps. Taulu Schuster keeps our series coming with Part 4 this week about worshiping God in the times of injustice.  In times of injustice we want to get even, we want to get justice for these wrongdoings.  We let the ideas of this world rule us in the area of injustice.  We therefore become lead by things of this world rather than being lead by the Spirit. Worship is what we do to trust God for what He does for us.  

God will protect us (Psalm 7:1)

God will vindicate us (Psalm 7:8)

God's people will worship Him (Psalm 7:17)

God is our vindicator when we worship Him in times of injustice

More Than A Song - Worship Through The Seasons

Part 3 in our series on More Than A Song.  This week Roisin Welsh shows us the seasons we go through with God.  There's a time for everything and God has made everything beautiful in His timing. God is in charge of both the times and the seasons.  What season are you in?  Will you listen to the voice of God for direction or witness a repeat of the lessons God is teaching you?

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

More Than A Song

Rowena Schuster tells us the importance of worship and our need to build the right relationship with God. Worship is honoring God in everything we do and naturally happens when we're in a relationship with God.  So we should pursue relationship, not religion.  

Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.

- Psalms 63:3

Core - Discipleship

Rebecca Dew continues our Core series this week by speaking about being in a discipleship relationship.  It is so important to understand the key foundations to discipleship by building the relationship we have between each other and and with God.  Discipleship is Learning, it is Relationship, it is Healing, it is Wisdom, it is a Legacy. 

Core - Spiritual Family

Pastor Sam Webb enriches our lives with the importance of a spiritual family.  Family is Family is Family is Family.  It's also a place to develop transparency and being accountable for our actions and behaviours. Pastor Sam reminds us to inquire about a spiritual family, invest our time, talents and treasures into the family and invite others to be part of our family.  

You can bless many things but you an ultimately only build with family. 

Core - Outreach

This week we continue in our series Core with today's service about Outreach.  What is done in secret and what is unseen is the foundation of outreach. The deeper we are planted in God, the higher we grow and reach out. The nutrients of what we need to love and outreach is found in a deep foundation in Christ. Effective outreach can only be gained by digging deeper.  The more we dig, the more we will discover His heart beats for the lost people. If we really get into Gods presence He breaks our heart for the lost and broken allowing our evangelism to flow naturally. Matthew 7:16-20 explains that we are recognized by our fruits.

"You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits."