Balham Vineyard Church Podcasts

Here is a message from SP with an overview of the story of Nehemiah that we have heard so far and how it relates to Jesus and the overarching narrative God is telling in the Old and New Testament. Could what God was looking for in the Old Testament be the same as what God is looking for in us here, today, in the time of the New Testament?

Georgia talks about Nehemiah’s origin story and the faith journey he takes to contend for God’s promise to the people of Israel. She explores topics of favour and God’s will and inspires us to embrace the inherited call on all of our lives to go into all the world and preach the good news of the gospel.

We engage in spiritual battle – But we should never get so distracted by fighting that we forget our main purpose is to rebuild. We fight the good fight of faith in the power of the Holy Spirit and with the sword of God’s Word so that we can build His kingdom with the trowel. And so Nehemiah and the people focused their minds on God.

Tabitha combats the biggest blockages when it comes to helping others. She leads us in creative ways to casting our burdens onto Jesus, and then once free, asking God, what can I do TODAY?

Continuing our series, Phil shows us how Nehemiah turned his sadness at Jerusalem's destroyed walls into an effective strategy to rebuild them. We are invited to follow the same steps in rebuilding our lives and church in 2021.

Viv talks from Nehemiah 1 where we find Nehemiah distraught about the state of Jerusalem. He is real with his grief, takes it to the Almighty God in prayer and determines to do something about it.

Viv shares a little of where we’ve come from in 2020 and where we are going as a church in 2021. Setting the scene for Nehemiah and inviting us to step out of our comfort zones and invite Jesus to come and resurrect and rebuild us.

Elias shares about how God can rebuild those parts in our life that look broken. Through his story and the book of Nehemiah he show us how important is to be open and vulnerable to other and close to God so He can rebuild in our lives, for us and for others.

This is the second of a two-part, advent message. The message explores Jesus’ return and the hope we have as Christians. Kenny looks at this through three questions: What does Jesus say about who we, really are? Where is time and history going? Where does that leave us today?

As we enter Advent, Phil takes us through the earliest written evidence of Jesus' human birth to remind us of the joy and the challenge to be found in 'God con carne'.

Do you sometimes feel a disconnect with God when you’re praying or reading your bible? Georgia talks about where God is when we experience silence and separation from Him and the strength of our prayers even when we don’t see God move immediately. She reminds us that it’s impossible for us to pray and have nothing happen and that God is always with us through every moment of our lives.

Andy Frost explores the context of revival and whether God could be doing something in this time that is helping us rediscover what it means to be his people.

God is not on pause. He is still working and we are called and invited to partner with Jesus - the Shepherd - as He pursues the one! Our Commission is still the same - our circumstances are just different. He wants to use all of us - including you - so don’t count yourself out!

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” -The 2 greatest commandments Jesus gave us are to love God and love others. Thats it. In this world of uncertainty, struggle and loss, NOW is the time to be loving and serving the people around us.

With all that is going on in the world right now, there has never been a more key moment to pray. Zeke encourages us as a community to pray as Jesus taught us. Let’s be a church and a community that begins to pray, seeking to learn and listen to our Heavenly Father, contending for a powerful move of the Spirit that we have never seen before in London and beyond.

Steve shares about the nature of faith and prayer from the example of Elijah shown in I Kings 18. The earliest revivals in human history was often was started by a small group of people praying, often ones and twos, often elderly women or earnest passionate individuals who knew their only option was to pray. Now is the time to pray: Persistently, Fervently and Faith-filled.

God longs to speak to us and one way He does that is through His word. Viv leads us in a Lectio Divina on Blind Bartimaeus.

Steve shares what it means Generosity for V61 based on the Gospel of John. Also its a chance to see in which areas and Charities is V61 Church investing on the community and worldwide.

Viv explores when Simon invites Jesus to his home and a woman pours her perfume over his feet. Jesus goes after impersonal religion, instead what really matters is that we believe in Him, love Him and have a personal and profound encounter with him.

Three ways to hold onto Christian Hope (1 Peter 3.15) In the second part of this teaching, Phil continues to explore how the Biblical authors teach us how we can hold onto our Christian hope in the most difficult of times.