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21/06/2026 - Matt RobinsonOur community is spiritually hungry and looking for answers. It’s as Jesus said, the harvest is plentiful… it’s up to us to share with them the good news, the message of the one and only way, truth and life that is Jesus.Primary Text: Acts 26:9-23Here we see Paul stand before a court room and share HIs testimony of how and why he came to believe and follow Christ. He demonstrates how we can use our story as a witness to who God is.Here are three thoughts that to encourage us around sharing about God:Don’t need a degree in theologyKey Text: ‭‭John‬ ‭9‬:‭25‬We don’t need to hold all the answers to have qualifications, your story is unique to you, no one can dispute or argue against what you have lived. People aren’t looking for answers, they are looking for the answer, that there is a God who loves them.Consider how you first came to follow Christ.Your witness is your discipleshipKey Text: Mark 5:18-20For this man, his next step in discipleship wasn’t to sit at Jesus’ feet but to sing of what Jesus had done for him. Be careful not to be so focused on your own faith that you’re not considering what you can do to share it with others.The World needs the TruthKey Text: ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭14The Gospel brings hope, freedom, unity, peace, joy, justice, healing and redemption. How will people come to know Christ unless they are told about Him? It’s often said the first step in someone’s coming to know Christ is by knowing and trusting a christian. This is how the gospel spread and the early church grew, from people sharing their stories about what God was doing in your life.Reflective questions:What’s your story? What is God doing in your life?Consider, what has God done in your life recently?What this could look like:I heard this on the weekend… (Share what you heard or chatted about at church/small group)I’ve been thinking about… (insert what God’s been speaking to you about)I’ve been praying for…When asked: “How was your weekend” you can talk about how you spent it serving coffees and chips.When people notice something different about you and ask “why are you always so… why do you…?” point towards your faith.It doesn’t take a preacher or evangelist to introduce people to Jesus, it takes anybody sharing about their story as a part of God’s story.

07/06/2026 - Matthew DestryPsalm 63:1-8 … A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah.O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,beholding your power and glory.Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,when I remember you upon my bed,and meditate on you in the watches of the night;for you have been my help,and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.Context / exegesis“A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah.”A shepherd turned fugitive.Verse 11: “But the king shall rejoice in God…”“The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.” (2 Samuel 15:13)So, which one is it?Because whichever wilderness you choose, the lesson remains the same. God keeps bringing David back to the same classroom.Into the wildThe wilderness reveals our thirst“O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you…” (Psalm 63:1)True hunger refuses to settle for substitutes“Earnestly I seek you…” (Psalm 63:1)Hunger carries us through success and failureHunger remembers God’s faithfulness“So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.” (v.2)“When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night…” (v.6)Hunger engages the whole person“My lips will praise you…” (v.3)“I will lift up my hands…” (v.4)“My mouth will praise you…” (v.5)“I remember you upon my bed…” (v.6)“My soul clings to you…” (v.8)God Himself is the reward“Because your steadfast love is better than life…” (Psalm 63:3)The satisfied become the sentAm I still hungry?

08/02/2026 - Matthew DestryWhile the world still stands: Serving a Lord who stoops to serveReading – John 13:1–14 (ESV)Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, 4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet,[a] but is completely clean. And you[b] are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. Movement 1 – The setup: love that goes all the way to the bottom (v.1)“He loved them to the end.”Movement 2 – The action: the Lord takes the lowest place (v.2–5)Movement 3 – The protest: when pride dresses up as reverence (v.6–11)“You will never wash my feet. Not as long as the world stands.”Movement 4 – The explanation: clean, but still dusty (v.12–14)Application – three movements of responseCleansing: where have your feet been this week?Questions:What has clung to your soul lately?Where have your reactions been sharper than your character?What attitudes have become normal that should be confessed?Example: if Jesus is Lord, pride cannot be my postureQuestions:What task do you secretly hope someone else will do?Where do you avoid inconvenience because it feels beneath you?Has following Jesus made you more interruptible, or more important?Commissioning: washed people become sent people“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news… who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’” Isaiah 52:7

25/01/2026 - Vincent GulaySolomon was the King, but he was under another authority – the God of Israel.He starts his Wisdom literature with Proverbs 1:7 – The fear of the Lord is the beginning ofknowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.“Fear” or reverence, and submitting to the Lord is key to living wisely, and righteously.With relationships – we look to Jesus as the example. Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”Yes Jesus died for his Bride (the church), but he also lived righteously for his bride. We are to do the same.When it comes to romantic relationships, Song of Solomon shows us imagery using gardens as a metaphor, and we are to cultivate a romantic relationship to full bloom.The Bible gives us some guidance on how we can see our gardens in bloom.– Prepare the Soil –Ecclesiastes 3:1 – “There is a time and season for everything…”Song of Solomon 2:7 – “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.”Song of Solomon 2:11–12 – “For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. Theflowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove isheard in our land.”Song of Solomon 7:12 – “Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, ifthe blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom.”Each of us, regardless of relationship status, are in a specific season of our lives. We arecalled to steward our current season. Let’s ask, “Where do I need healing, where do I needto learn, what do I need to build?”Prepare the soil today, for the garden of tomorrow.Build romance.– Enjoy the Fruit –Ecclesiastes 9:9 – Enjoy life with your wife whom you love – Ecc 9:9Proverbs 5:18–19 – May your fountain be blessed and may you rejoice with the wife of youryouth.Song of Solomon 7:12 – “Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, iftheir blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you mylove.”Enjoy the fruit in your garden, and continue to cultivate it.Build intimacy for romance’s sake!Intimacy > Vulnerability > Romance in bloom– Guarding the Garden –Song of Solomon 2:15 – Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, ourvineyards that are in bloom.(External) Proverbs 7:21(Internal) Song of Solomon Chapter 5 Caution, ‘foxes’ in the Modern Era:Language – ‘work wife/work husband’‘Best friends’ of the opposite genderAny relationship/friendship that, if you really go deep, is serving a need that only yourspouse shouldComfort and convenience – don’t get lazy, don’t make excusesPractical Tips:Commit to high transparencyCommit to accountabilityCommit to healthy coping (stress awareness)Commit to wise stewardshipCommit to wise counselCommit to Christ-like formationSong of Solomon 8 - Commit to a relationship in bloom.

11/01/2026 - Matt RobinsonScripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 and 12:8-13 Point 1: VapourThe word meaningless comes from the hebrew word “Heval” – which means “vapour”Everything under the sun… everything you can see… Solomon is saying that if we look around us and this is all that there is to life, it’s meaningless.Ecclesieastes is making the point that we can’t just look at everything under the sun for life’s purpose. All the work, goals, achievements, ambitions, what do they matter? When we make life about these things, life is meaningless.Vapour – Everything under the SUN is meaninglessSolomon expands on this in Chapter 2 by listing all of his achievements. He’s reminding us that he knows what he’s talking about, he’s had it all: fame, wealth, luxury, romance, wisdom, power. Point 2: The VineThere is God and because there is a God, there is meaning. The world wasn’t an accident but was created and created with intention, reason and purpose.God is goodness, life. In Him we find fulfillment, purpose, joy and worthIn other words, when we live for God, we live for meaning and as a result, what we do has meaning, life has meaning, all “these” things have purpose, defined by God.This God is Christ, all of the bible speaks of God, his character, traits leading to the peak of the story of all human history with Jesus hung on a cross for us.John 5:19 – Jesus lived in accordance to God’s will rather than His ownWe see this in the garden of Gethsemane in Mark 14:36Jesus still: partied, worked, made friends, traveled, celebrated, studied, had hobbies, built things, helped people, told stories. He did all these things and they all had meaning because at the center, God’s will was His focus and that impacted and shaped all these other things.In John 15:1-4 Jesus instructs us to abide in Him, to be planted and rooted in Christ, attached to God and His will.Placing Jesus first and everything else under HimThe Vine – Everything under the SON has meaning Point 3: P.R.A.Y – Peter GriegP: Pause – “Be still and know I am God” Sit quietly, become entirely presentR: Rejoice – Give thanks, acknowledge God for who He is and what He’s doneA: Ask – For yourself, for others, for the big, for the smallY: Yield – Surrender yourself, invite God in, put His will firstThe goal of prayer isn’t to see more miracles but to become a miracle. It isn’t to see more prayers answered but to become an answer to someone prayerC.S.Lewis – “From the highest to the lowest, self exists to be abdicated and, by that abdication, becomes the more truly self, to be thereupon yet the more abdicated, and so forever”Meaning, our goal as Christian is to live in self-surrender of our own will, in order to seek His. This week, Ecclesiastes encourages us to reflect, is there anything we need to surrender to God? Do we need to realign our heart to place Him at the centre?