"If one desires to receive, one must first give. This is called profound understanding"
​- Lao-tzu

Why are we so uncomfortable with the concept of giving? Let alone the concept of giving the 'first fruits' of our time, money, and lives.

What if, by holding back the first things, we are robbing ourselves of the blessings and abundance that are already waiting for us? What if, ironically, the act of trying to hold on to abundance in our lives is the one thing that is stopping us from truly experiencing the abundance we are searching for?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us why an abundant life is so pivotally tied to where we invest our 'first fruits'.

"There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee."
- Francis Chan

​As we move towards 2020, we look towards God's vision for His Church; to abide in Him.

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us the incredible vision God is speaking over this coming season.

Jesus + Nothing Part IV

"With great power comes great responsibility"
- Stan Lee

​Relationship dynamics are difficult in a changing and evolving society. We are constantly challenged to build relationships with others that are socially and emotionally appropriate. But where do we anchor these relationships? What standards do we rely on in creating and maintaining our relationships?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us insights on the basis of healthy, respectful, and love filled relationships with others.

Jesus + Nothing Part III

​" Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive."
- Charles R. Swindoll
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Do you know what is right? Do you know what is wrong? We tend to know what we should and shouldn't do, however why does it so often seem that something is still missing?

Listen as Pastor Nick Barber shares with us why perspective makes all the difference as to why we do what we do, and to its effectiveness.

Jesus + Nothing - Part II

"Until Jesus is enough for you, no person or thing will ever be."
- Steven Furtick

We are constantly told that we need more, need to be better; that we are not enough. And it's true. But what if it's not about us being enough, but about how we choose to respond to one who is enough for us all?

Listen as Deb Glassford shares with us why no add-ons, upgrades, or value adds can ever improve on a relationship that is truly enough.

Jesus + Nothing - Part I

"In vain people busy themselves with finding any good of man’s own in his will. For any mixture of the power of freewill that men strive to mingle with God’s grace is nothing but a corruption of grace. It is just as if one were to dilute wine with muddy, bitter water."- John Calvin

Who takes top billing in your daily life? Is your life a show for others, in a futile attempt to create a favourable legacy for yourself in your community? Or is it a constant demonstration of God's grace, even through your inadequacies, sins, and failures?

“In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him…that we spend a while thinking about Him, meditating on Him, talking to Him, listening in silence, occupying ourselves with Him – totally and thoroughly lost in the hiding place of His presence.”
– Chuck Swindoll

When was the last time you gave yourself entirely to the discipline of rest? Listen as Keith Todd from the Bethany Healing Foundation shares with us why rest is so important to our relationship with our God.

"Faith is not defined by our perfection, it is defined by our perseverance"
- Daniel Neuhaus

Stick it out, work through it, don't give up. We are all told to keep going when the going gets tough, but it's not quite that easy is it? How can we persevere when we just don't have it in us to keep going in our own strength? 

Listen as Steve Hill shares with us how we can keep going in those situations where everything in us tells us to quit.