What is this series about?
The message of Christianity is simple yet deeply profound. It is a message that has in fact been lost to the world and also to many churches. The message is the incredible love of God for his children. Why do so many of us struggle to accept the truth that God loves us first, without condition and seperate from the way that we behave? The word tells us that in order to see the fullness of God in our lives then we need to be established and grounded in God's unmerited love and favour for us. Without that we will only live as superficial followers who have replaced relationship with religion. In this series discover the incredible love that God has for you, how He loves you and how that living experience will change you from the inside out.
Week 1 - Love Wins
12th September 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
What is your reaction when you here the words "God loves you"? The response to that differs widely but the core truth is the same - without an increasing revelation of Gods love and unmerited favour in our lives then we are destined to live lives that fall short of Gods very best for us. Why? because the entire message of our faith is focused on this one truth - God loved us first. We need to untangle our experience and re-learn what it means to be sons and daughters of the King. In fact the word says that to see the fullness of God in your life, you must be first rooted and grounded in love.To break habits, grow in trust and to see real change requires this revelation. If you have tried everything else then listen to this series and find real freedom in the love of God.
Week 2 - Unconditional Love
19th September 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
The idea of love being without condition seems strange to us. Our experience in the world is predominantly that love is given and received based on our actions and performance. The difficulty with that is God does not love us that way, and when we relate to Him based on a faulty view of His love it leads to all sorts of insecurity, frustration and tiredness. We fail to live out the fullness of life that He has for us. His love is nothing like human love. The Word shows us it is a love based on His commitment to your very best - a deliberate choice that He makes to see you prosper and overcome in every area of your life. In this talk, let the Word show you a whole new realm of God's commitment to you that will heal, encourage and free you.
Week 3 - Extravagantly Committed
26th September 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
Following on in the study of Agape love, Jill looks at the well known passge from 1st Corinthians 13. Often read at weddings it has been used to let us know what our love should be like. The standard though is impossibly high for people to reach. However the whole chapter is a perfect illustration of how God loves us - it describes what His love looks like. Gods love is designed to flow - ony when we have got a deeper understanding and experience of Gods love for us will we ever be able to love like that ourselves. If we try in ourselves we will simply fail. However allowing God to love us and let that love flow through us will open up a whole new dynamic in our lives.
Week 4 - More than a feeling
2nd October 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
Whoever you are there is one amazing truth about God's love - there is always more to see and experience in your life. God wants you to grow into a deeper understanding and real life experience of his incredible love. However many of us are simply led by our emotions and how we feel - God does not lead us be feelings but by truth. Learn how to overcome negative emotions and see how Gods plan for good feelings comes from a foundation in our lives of his love and truth. There is a better way to live than being trapped by negative emotions - and the foundation is love.
Week 5 - Get over yourself
9th October 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
The way to see and experience more of God's love is not to beg God to pour out more. Jesus has already done it. He expressly says that he wants you to know more. Some of us need to think about what is stopping the flow of God in our lives and this week Andrew looks at the story of the 12 spies sent to scout out the promised land. In the detail we see that they suffered from the same thing that hounds many of us today - pride. You might think that pride is simply being full of yourself and thinking that you are better - that is only one side of it. Overcoming pride will release more of God's incredible love through you. Learn how to overcome self and see a flow of God in every area of your life.
Week 6 - No Offence.. but...
16th October 2011 Speaker: Andrew Toogood
Many people are not in church today because at some point on their journey they got offended. In fact it is the universal condition. In a world today that is increasingly rights conscious the opportunity for us to be offended whenever somebody cuts across us is great. In fact Jesus told us to expect that offence would come. How though do we deal with it? The issue is that if we do not deal with our offence then it will lead to isolation, separation & pain. It blocks the love of God in our lives. There is a better way to live and we need to see offence the way that God sees it. This talk will help you to get over those times where offence grips you so that you can live in real freedom.
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Week 7 - Overcoming Unforgiveness Part 1
23rd October 2011 Speaker : Andrew Toogood
Leading on from last week Andrew looks at the area that EVERYONE has to deal with. How to forgive. Offence is the trap that leads us to a prison called unforgiveness. Learning to forgive is difficult, but absolutely essential if we are to walk in freedom and fullness. But how do we actually get free? Some of us just minimise the hurt and say that it is all okay. Some of think that time is a healer. It is not. Some of us don't know really what to do and the result is self destruction, relational destruction (with God and others) and an impact on our physical health. This is a real issue. Gods love leads us out of this prison of unforgiveness. You can get free, live free and develop a new strategy for not allowing the devil a foothold in your life. Life changing.
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Week 8 - Overcoming Unforgiveness Part 2
30th October 2011 Speaker : Andrew Toogood
Following on from last weeks talk on unforgiveness, Andrew continues looking at how we can live in freedom from a life of unforgiveness. Talking about his personal story of how God brought Him and Penny through difficult circumstances, Andrew shows how forgiveness is a choice. The truth is that we will get hurt by people but he problem is that we think that those people our our enemies. Jesus said that even enemies are worse than that but He still told us to love them. How does is that even possible? Pulling from experience Andrew talks about how God helped them to live free even when people were determined to see them fail. You do not need to to live in bitterness. Even if you have been very badly hurt God says that you can live free.
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Week 9 - Overcoming Unforgiveness Part 3
6th November 2011 Speaking : Andrew Toogood
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