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Who reigns in our lives? Is it us or is it Jesus? Do we allow the King of Kings to reign in us? We have the status of royalty in His Kingdom, His power through the spirit and live in a Kingdom without end. Stefano recommends a book 'How God became King' by NT Wright.

Ed explores Jesus's teaching on 'Do Not Worry' with a helpful look at how to apply this teaching to our modern lives

On Remembrance Sunday, Ian looks at the biblical call to offer ourselves as living sacrifices. Ian reflects on the thought that we are motivated to sacrifice ourselves because of the great love that God has for us.

Adamo talks about how we come to Jesus, and how the ideas of Belonging; Believing; Behaving - which order do they come in? Looking at the story of Zacchaus, Adamo sees how Jesus wants us to come to him just as we are. We don't need to get our behaviour sorted before Jesus will come to us. We should understand this as we reach out to tell others about the real Jesus. Belong first, then Believe, then Behave.

Lisa reflects on her summer trip to Ghana where she saw just how hard life is there and how God is moving amongst the people. Lisa shares about the power of the gospel to transform lives and communities. Lisa ends by challenging us to hear God for our calling to make a difference.

Being content is not just a passive acceptance of circumstances but includes a sense of straining to improve things for those around you. Contentment does avoid frustration with out material circumstances. Paul teaches us to rejoice in the Lord always and look to Him to provide for our needs, it is God who gives us strength. Ed finishes with a call to rejoice in the incomprehensible majesty of the God who created us.

Adamo talks about the way in which a Christian we grow to be more like Jesus - we are running the race

Ed takes us through the story of the prostitute who annoints Jesus's feet and reveals a message of hope and a message of warning. The message of hope is that it does not matter how big our sins are - Jesus will forgive us. It is an amazing thing that we are forgiven - the slate is clean, it is like our sin never took place. The warning, however is about thinking we are better than others. When we criticise others, we are putting ourselves above them.

In our family service, Adamo re-enacts the story of the good samaritan with the help of a number of 'volunteers'. Following the fun, Adamo helps us see the nature of Jesus who binds up all our wounds and pays all our debt just like the good samaritan. He also compares our salvation to the impossible situation the injured man finds himself in, impossible until his rescuer came for him. We too are saved by grace from our impossible position, saved by the immeasureable riches of God's grace.