Agora Church

How much love do I need to tell people about Jesus? On almost every page of the Bible, there is the message of God’s love for humanity and that’s before we look at the life of Jesus! While Jesus was on earth we continually read ‘he was moved with compassion.' As amazing as it sounds, God really does love all humans! I guess technically you can share the facts about Jesus without love – but is the truth without love the truth that God calls us to share? This Sunday we looked at the place of compassion in reaching out.

Is a relationship with Jesus boring?
I sometimes talk with people who feel that this whole Christian thing is now boring for them. It feels like a list of rules to do and not do, church I ‘should’ attend and so on.
 

Yet - when we pray, we call out to the creator of all who can do anything in and through us,  calm a storm, move a mountain, stop the sun. Maybe they have stopped daring to believe God for the impossible, and have settled for something much less than Christianity? On Sunday we are looking at the power of prayer in reaching out.

This week we are continuing with part two of a four-part series discussing where God might be leading Agora Church in 2022. Join us as we explore Romans 1:16 and discover the awesome power of the gospel in transforming our lives, our communities and our nation. 

God's will or my will?

It should be an easy question, right? But how do we know if we are following God's will or our own ambitions? How much guidance should we expect?

I think it is always tough figuring out God's will for my life. I often look for the exact direction or position He wants to lead me in, while I think sometimes God is more general than that.

If that is how confusing it can be personally, imagine how hard it is figuring out God's will for a church - whoa!

Starting this Sunday we are in our four part series discussing where God might be leading Agora Church in 2022. 

If you are walking and you trip or skid or something, you instinctively reach out and grab anything nearby - a rail, a branch, a person - anything!

Yet, sometimes when we know God is calling us to something, we hesitate. We know we should reach out and trust Him, but so often we don't. 

Advent is a call to worship the God who came. Jesus is the God who came and made his dwelling among us. This Sunday we explored this Jesus that we are called to worship, who is called to worship him and how that should change everything about us, both at this time of year and every other day too.

So often in life, we allow our past or our current situation to define us, and even limit what we think we are capable of doing.

Think of where Jesus was born, and where He spent His first night. Do you think God allows our past to define us?

This is a phrase we say all the time, 'Jesus is the hope of the world', especially around Christmas time. But, what does this actually mean? And, if it is true - hmmmm - how do I and my friends and family access this hope because it feels like the world is pretty hopeless at present. 

This sermon has nothing to do with the nasty song by Haddaway from the 80s - do not youtube it! We’re working through the book of Philippians for the next 4 weeks, and a key theme in the book is love. But what kind of love? The 'I love Pizza' kind of love, 'I love the gym' kind of love, or 'I love dogs' kind of love? What Paul has to say is WAAAAY more grunty and encouraging than even loving pizza!

Have you ever been accused of being someone you're not? It's one of the devil's go-to tricks. But you're not who he says you are. You're who God says you are. Celebrate that with us as we wrap up this amazing message series.

This is the last and third message for this series but you can view the previous sermons on our youtube channel. Just follow these links:

Week one:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaEGqRXK8A&ab_channel=AgoraChurch

Week two:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjEe7nqhmE0&ab_channel=AgoraChurch