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Resilient: How can I keep going? I Jonathan Dove

Life can be hard at times, so how do you keep going when everything in you wants to give up?
Discover three tips from the Bible that will help you keep going. Be encouraged and develop the ability to keep going when things are challenging.  It’s a skill that we all need, at home, work or wherever you are.  

Resilient: What am I living for? I Margaret Spicer

We all get 24 hours a day, so why are some people more satistifed with life than others?
It comes down to purpose, why we do what we do.  Our purpose motivates us, hold us
through the challenges we face. Discover how to stay focussed and sdevelop habits that can help you live more intentionally. What are you living for? 
1 Peter 4:1-11

Resilient: How do I live well? I Jonathan Dove

Behind our devices we become invincible,  we say and do things we would rarely do in person…..Fight back, get revenge, prove you are right, but at what cost? Discover how being right isn’t the main thing, There is a better way to live, a way to enjoy life and see many happy days. The choices you make today will impact tomorrow! 1 Peter 3:8-22

Resilient: Why am I here? I Brad Carr

We tend to compare our lives with “important people” who seem to have significant purpose. We conclude that we don’t have much to offer, yet we’d be very wrong. Jesus taught everyone was created with purpose. Discover how you can stand out in a self-centered world, living out a purpose that is beyond what you can imagine.

Resilient: Who am I? I Brad Carr

How many times have you asked yourself this question?  The question maybe the same, but where we look for our answers will lead us to very different conclusions. Your identity doesn’t come from people or society around you; their expectations. Nor does your identity come from looking deep inside yourself,  your longings, dreams and feelings. What if your identity comes from the God who created you, who loves you. How would that change your answer?

Resilient: Where is my life going? I Brad Carr

Do you ever watch the end of the movie first, or read the last chapter of the book? We all love to know the ending, when we do, it changes the way we read the rest of the story. Life is like that - while we don’t know the details, we can know how it ends. Discover how you can have hope in Jesus.  Be certain that no matter how hard it is right now, you win in the end,  realise this life is not the main event, there is more to come. If you knew what was in your future, would that change the way you lived today?

I am Jonah: The sulking prophet I Jonathan Dove

We often judge others by their actions, yet ourselves by our intentions. It’s understandable to feel disappointment when our dreams have come crashing down. We all get angry with God at different moments in our lives. The reality is we do not see the master plan that God is enacting, and we do not know everything. None of us deserve God’s grace, all of us need it.

I am Jonah: do you need a second chance? I Nathan Palmer

Ever felt you'd blown it? You've messed uo and there's no going back? No matter what has happened in your past, how many times you messed up, Jesus is willing to forgive you. You are accepted, God is not done with you, He hasn’t set you aside. Discover how God gave Jonah a second chance and he will do that for you too.

I am Jonah: A Grateful Prophet I Jonathan Dove

When you’re facing a crisis, plunging to rock-bottom with no other place else to go, help is just a prayer away. God chooses to say, "Come to me. We can never run so far, we can never fall so deeply, we can never fail so often, that we are beyond crying out to God. Discover this week how Jonah responded to an answered prayer.

I am Jonah: What does it take for God to give up? I Brad Carr

Have you ever been ignored, “unfriended” or have someone you know refuse to speak to you. It’s painful and often leads to resenment and unforginevess. Not so with God, when we choose to walk way, He moves toward us,  he pursues us out of love for us.
Seems hard to understand or believe.  When you’ve run too far, been away too long, or done things you shouldnt have done,  God still welcomes you.  
Not convinced?
Discover what happened to Jonah, then realise how much you are loved.