Living Word Community Church Basildon

Chrissie uses God's word to encourage Christians not to quit when facing difficult circumstances

Tim Blake draws the series on the love of Jesus to a close looking at how the risen Jesus focuses on the loving relationships with His friends and with us. He wants us to know His love now

As Christmas draws close, Chrissie reminds us that Jesus is our light in a darkened world

Tim draws our look at dreams to a close, but passionately reminds us that we are a spiritual people, that the Spirit of God dwells within us and that as such we can hear Him in the everyday flow of life.

Jim Munson visited us from the US and encouraged us so much. His word from Luke 4 provides us all with some provoking questions regarding our priorities.

David continues our look at the importance of a dream for the Kingdom. He does this by using the Lord's prayer to guide us. This excellent study calls us to see ourselves as part of God's people called to breakthrough our fears doubts and lack of confidence. He calls us to engage in love with those around us, to engage with local and national issues and see ourselves as salt and light. Your Kingdom come Your will be don on earth as it is in heaven

This is an excellent start to looking at how we can hear God in our lives through dreams. The experience Dave & Pete and the life of Joseph as shown in Genesis, provide the basis for a discussion held in groups. It is worth persisting through the feedback to hear the insights from those in the Church and then the excellent encouragement from David based on over 30 years of following a dream that God placed in his heart for the kingdom of God.

The issue of Spiritual warfare is far too often approached from extremes, either causing Christians to retreat hesitantly from any engagement or alternatively implying the enemy has a power and authority over God’s people he does not have. Brian’s excellent teaching brings a balance that is both instructive and a call to the Church to engage in the battle.

Pete & Liz remind us of the importance of living lives submitted to Christ and to one another. Jesus is our role model for servant hearted submission and in all relationships this model is our reference point.

Sam drew out the experience of the Ephesian Christians as they faced the reality that in the absence of an imminent return of Jesus, Paul helped them to see the need for a distinctive contrast in life and behaviour to that in the world around them

Following an exciting and moving time in Praise and worship Tim was only able to share briefly on this passage in Ephesians 3

David draws from Ephesians Chapter 2 the wonderful truth that there is no dividing wall between Jew & Gentile- We are all welcome into the family of God.

Sue encourages us to look again at the position we have in Christ; or staus and privelege.

Chrissie encourages to build a devotional life built on relationship

Francis Pidigu shares the amazing ministry of The Tender Heart Foundation in Goa India and also encourages us from the life of Nehemiah.

Chrissie asks us to look into Chapter 3 of Nehemiah asking questions about or preparedness to build together as the people of Israel did.

In an inspiring presentation of both 2 Corinthians 8 and Philippians 3, Nadim Nassar showed how Jesus who enjoys the eternal riches of His relationship in the Trinity, became poor to the uttermost in His death; so that we, however poor, might know the richness of that same relationship through His resurrection.

Richard calls us all to bring a new season to birth in the Church. He reminds us that birth comes with pain, but that with determination and spiritual hunger we will see a fresh move of God among us.