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Believe that there is more to life? So do we! Find people like yourself who can help you foster simple rhythms for a thriving spiritual life.
Believe that there is more to life? So do we! Find people like yourself who can help you foster simple rhythms for a thriving spiritual life.
The simplest way to find + follow Jesus yourself is to find your time to pursue a personal relationship with Him by investing time with him every day. It may be a moment, an hour or a morning, but every one of us can discover more about Jesus and following him...
As we read the stories of Jesus and get to know who He is, it becomes clear that we are to invite people into our lives just like He did! We don't all have the perfect house, big budgets or gourmet kitchens, but it's clear that...
Because Finding + Following Jesus is best done together, we encourage every follower of Jesus to find your place to gather with other followers each week and to find a meaningful way to get involved. Jesus didn't give specific requirements on how to gather, but by reading the Bible...
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them” - Jesus in Matthew chapter 18, verse 20 NOTE: Keen to learn how to fast for spiritual reasons? Read a previous email on learning to fast. One of the most beautiful promises Jesus makes to his...
“34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” - Jesus in John 13:34-...
"...when you fast..." - Jesus Ahoy Church, Our goal is that each of us be Fully Alive in Jesus. To encourage us in that, we have a simple model guiding us through the phases of apprenticeship to Jesus that we call FAM, the Fully Alive [discipleship] Model. It'...
"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." - 1 John 4:10 Ahoy Church, So many of our decisions in life are based on love, the lack of it, or...
"For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”" - Isaiah 30:15 Ahoy Church, It's been beautiful to share Sunday arvos at the beach lately. * Great stories...
"Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you." - Jesus in Matthew 7:6 Ahoy Church, I was excited to notice earlier in the week that this Sunday is the first for...