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‘LORD You are good and your mercy endures for ever!’ Psalm 136 sets the scene for beautiful worship this morning leading us into the throne room of God, followed by a very powerful talk by Pastor Dave Ward from Acts 12 v 1 - 10. Looking at the perplexing circumstances of Acts 12 and asking ‘Why was the apostle James killed and the apostle Peter freed?’ And ‘How are we going to live our lives between now and death?’

‘When Jesus is on the scene we see the extraordinary!’ Following a wonderful time of worship, a fantastic report from our 11-17’s who attended NewDay and the dedication of Levi Ikpe, Pastor Dave Ward spoke from Mark 10 v 13 - 16. Do we see our neediness of God as a baby needs his parents?

‘What is the Gospel?’ Pastor Dave Ward asks this question and looks at Romans 1 v 1 - 6 & 16 - 17 and Galatians 1 v 6 - 10. ‘You cannot receive the gospel if you don’t receive the Lordship of Jesus Christ!’

‘Stay true to the Lord with devoted hearts.’ ‘If you are born again you are not an ordinary person - you are a person of the Spirit!’. Pastor Dave Ward speaks from Acts 11 v 19 - 30 and says ‘You cannot excuse yourself from the call the Lord has put on your lives!’ Looking at Barnabas and the early church in Antioch, we see that this is here for our instruction; a biblical example of how the church uses teaching and the prophetic to function well.

‘Sharing the gospel is the most important thing we will ever do!’ Continuing Acts Chapter 10, Pastor Dave Ward speaks from v 34 - 48 and reminds us that the first 10 chapters of Acts shows that the Holy Spirit should make us visibly different!’ And to earnestly desire spiritual gifts. ‘We cannot exhaust spiritual gifts, why would we not want one that helps us to worship Jesus?’

‘If God tells you to do something, you should be putting everything else aside and do what God has said to do!’ Pastor Dave Ward continues our look at Acts 10 v 1 - 33. ‘Being filled with the Holy Spirit IS the Gospel itself, the Holy Spirit is NOT an add on!’ We see in Acts so many significant conversions only made possible by the Holy Spirit and how in Chapter 10 unity can only be by the Holy Spirit as shown through Peter and Cornelius’ meeting.

Jesus is mighty to save! Hallelujah! Following the most wonderful worship, Pastor Dave Ward reminds us of a prophetic word shared in April saying ‘even this morning we can have a miraculous breakthrough!’. Looking at Acts 9 v 32 - 43 we are brought face to face with two incredible miracles and how Peter walking in the power of the Holy Spirit is not just part of the narrative but giving us instructions on how to walk in the same way - complete dependence on Jesus.

‘How we identify ourselves determines how we live our lives.’ Looking at Acts 9 v 20 - 31 Pastor Dave Ward senses a prophetic element important for us to take hold of today and continues looking at being ‘in Christ’. Will we choose truth over peace? and Who do you worship? being some of the questions challenging us to press deeper into our relationship with Jesus Christ.

‘To be in Christ is the thing that changes everything!’ ‘ Do you consider yourself a Christian or somebody who is in Christ?’ Pastor Dave Ward continues our series on Acts from chapter 9 v 1 -18 and looks at the conversion of Saul and how his encounter with the presence of Jesus blew apart his life and thinking.

‘This Changes Everything!’ Pastor Dave speaks this Easter Sunday from Mark 16 v 1-8 and asks ‘How did the message of Christ crucified change the entire world?’ and asks us to consider ‘Is our view of Jesus too small a thing?’.