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Serving isn't simply something Christians do. It's part of who we are. In this message, Leeroy explores why we serve, when we serve, and how we serve as followers of Jesus. Looking at the biblical meaning of 'doulos' (servant), we'll discover how serving flows from our identity in Christ and how love, humility, and our God-given gifts can make an impact wherever God places us. -------- For more…
What does it mean to live a life of gratitude, even in difficult seasons? In this message, Imogen explores the biblical call to thankfulness through three key themes: The Choice of Gratitude, The Posture of Gratitude, and The Power of Gratitude. Drawing on scriptures including Psalm 136, 1 Thessalonians 5, Psalm 100, and Philippians 4, this encouraging talk reminds us that gratitude is more than a…
Anita Bates shares about forgiveness in light of our spiritual fitness and spiritual rest. Jesus invites us to hand our burdens over to Him and He will give us rest (Matthew 11:28-30). Unforgiveness is a burden that we should not be carrying as it weighs us down and damages us. We need to learn to forgive in order to grow and the way in which we do that is by first of all praying, seeking wise…
In this message, Krystian Belicki argues that prayer is simple, but it is not easy. He outlines 3 gaps that exist in making prayer difficult: the gap of knowledge, position and persistence. Learning to pray is not easy, therefore, we need to listen, watch and practice in order to learn. Then we can teach other people to pray! The gap of position is also significant, because, if we don't know our…
Senior Pastor Paul Jukes opens our summer series on spiritual fitness in which we are looking at various spiritual disciplines, or exercises. In this message, Paul gives us tips on how to train ourselves to be godly (1 Timothy 4:7-8). Firstly, we need to build resistance and overcome the things that harm us and limit us, such as gossip and negativity. Secondly, we need train ourselves to be godly…
During our All In Service on Sunday 26th July, Ben Hodgson shared three things that we should know about the book of Revelation and what they should mean for us. Firstly, Revelation is all about Jesus; therefore, we should choose to follow Him, the Lamb that was slain. Secondly, although it wasn't written to us, Revelation was written for us, as is the whole Bible; therefore, we should read the…
Recorded at the Go Deeper Night in May, Paul Jukes gives an overview and an introduction to the book of Revelation.
Guest speaker Ps Sheldon Reid (Revive Church, Newfoundland, Canada) shares about grace, which he defines as 'the power to do what I currently can't.' In this message, Sheldon unpacks three dimensions (or levels) of grace; grace for salvation, grace to endure and grace for miracles. In order to receive grace, we need to adopt the position of surrender and repentance, sitting under the umbrella of…
In this message, Ps Paul Jukes shares about some of the challenges that we face in reading the book of Revelation, describing it as fog or mist. So how do we hear God in the fog? Many of us want God to speak instantly, clearly, relevantly and with familiarity; however, the reality is often delay, ambiguity, distance and strangeness. We need patience to counter the delay, discernment to counter the…
In this message, Sara Jukes gives an overview of the letters to the seven churches in Revelation. Each of these letters say something about Jesus so that we can be transformed by who He is. The seven churches each receive a commendation so that they can be known by Him and a challenge so that they can grow through Him. Finally, these churches are encouraged to press on into the blessing and…
Tim Davies shares a message about perseverance and courage in difficult times, identifying 3 battles that we all face; the battle before, during and after. Before a difficult time, we often experience fear which can leave us helpless. Sharing our fears with others and with God in prayer breaks the power of fear to control us. During difficult times, our battle is one of feelings, such as anger and…
In the Apostle Paul's letter to Philemon, we read of Onesimus, the former slave and now fugitive who had escaped from his master Philemon but became a follower of Jesus whilst with Paul in Rome. This letter is Paul's appeal to Philemon to forgive and welcome back his former slave. In this message, Paul Jukes highlights 3 characteristics that define a son. Firstly, a true son must face his past in…
As part of our focus on the Persecuted Church, Ben shared a message about living with hope, even in the face of persecution, suffering and troubles. In Paul's second letter to the church in Corinth, he writes, "our light and momentary troubles" which are, "achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all" (2 Corinthians 4:17). Our suffering and the suffering of the persecuted church…
Special guest, Dan from from Open Doors, shared a number of inspiring stories from the persecuted church around the world as part of his message titled, 'God of the Impossible'. Just like the first church in the book of Acts, the church of today continues to grow despite violent persecution. In Acts 12, we read about the death of James and Peter's miraculous escape from prison. Even in the face of…
What if the ordinary parts of your life could be transformed into something extraordinary? Jesus took ordinary water and transformed it into the best wine at the wedding in Cana (John 2:1-11). This transformation was birthed out of the obedience of the wedding servants who were instructed to follow Jesus' instructions. Jesus' kindness in saving the family from the shame of running out of wine,…
On the day of Pentecost, the disciples were all together and heard a sound like a violent wind from heaven, they saw what seemed to be tongues of fire, and all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (Acts 2). The disciples went from timid people to courageous people, from inward-looking people to outward looking and they were all empowered to speak. Finally,…
In Luke 18, Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, ... for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." On Dedication Sunday, Sara Jukes looked at the hindrances to childlike faith and the qualities of kingdom children. We need to be Jesus centred rather than self-centred, rooted in God rather than shallow, together and dependent instead of egocentric, broad in faith rather than narrow…
With 2.4 billion Christians in the world, we are part of something amazing! One of the reasons that the Evangelical Alliance exists is because the world needs good news people in a bad news world. Guest speaker Phil Knox (Evangelical Alliance) shared about the characteristics of Good News People based on Colossians 1, verses 1-14. Good news, people are relational (verse 7), prayerful (verses 3 and…
When all the people were being baptised, Jesus was baptised in the Jordan river too (Luke 3:21). When we get baptised today, we can know that Jesus is stood there with us, praying and identifying himself with us. Baptism is one way in which we can identify ourselves with Jesus and follow in His footsteps. As He was baptised, Jesus was announced as God's son. We too, can be born of God, if we…
What can we learn about prayer from Jesus? Jesus prayed at the start of the day and before doing anything or going to anyone else. He also prayed in the out-working and during the day-to-day activity of life. When life got busy and loud, Jesus woke up even earlier! He spent the night praying about the big decisions in life and prayed in the painful situations, such as hours before his crucifixion.…
On Sunday 19th April we welcomed special guests Ian and Val Byrd (Lifelinks International). In his message titled, 'Run Your Race', Ian shared from Hebrews 12 about running the race marked out for us. Some people stop running because they grow weary and lose heart, whereas we are encouraged to stop lingering in our past and instead strain towards our destiny (Philippians 3:13). Failures and…
Steff Hodgson takes us back to the original praying community in Acts who met in an upper room to pray and wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them. On the day of Pentecost, the disciples became a community of power but it all started with prayer. A praying community obeys together, are one (united) together, grows together and waits together. -------- For more information about…
On Easter Sunday, Paul Jukes identified three problems that Jesus' resurrection solved for us. The first problem is confusion which needs a Prophet to speak God's truth in order to direct our paths. When we feel lost or confused, we can call on Jesus, the greatest of all Prophets. The problem of separation and condemnation can be solved by the Priest. Jesus came to restore our peace with God by…
Concluding our Fulfilment series on the heart, head, hands and huddle, Paul Jukes shared a Palm Sunday message about 3 huddles or crowds that Jesus faced and how He overcame them. As Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem, the crowd shouted, "Hosanna", and yet the same crowd later called for His crucifixion. People are often moved by emotion, whereas faith is all about discipleship and…
In this message, Ben Hodgson looked at the different uses of the word 'hands' in the old and new testaments, such as in Exodus 4 when God asked Moses, "what is that in your hand?" referring to his staff which would be used by God to perform incredible things. Just as Aaron was to be the hands and feet of Moses, Moses was to be the hands and feet of God. In the same way, we are called to be the…
On Mothering Sunday 2026, Sara Jukes continued our Fulfilment series about heart, head, hands and huddle. In this message, Sara focused on the head and challenged us to fill our mind with Jesus. Negative thoughts inevitably come to us all, therefore, it is vitally important that we remember who we are by practicing mindfulness and gratitude, recognising and identifying what we are thinking about.…
Sara Jukes asks the question, 'how is your heart?' in this message about the unfortunately named, 'woman with the issue of blood' (Mark 5). We all have issues that prevent us from coming to Jesus; however, like this woman, there are things that we can do in order to push through our personal crowd. For example, if we don't feel that we are good enough, we need to push through and believe that we…
During our 9:15am and 11:15am services, Paul Jukes shared a message about fulfilment based on the creation account in Genesis. The God who fills was hovering over the waters in the beginning and is still with us in our chaos. Before God fills something, He forms it first. He formed the sky through separation in order to create the space for Him to fill. In the same way, He's forming each of us and…
On the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), the disciples heard the sound of a violent wind and saw what seemed to be tongues of fire as they began to speak in various languages as the Holy Spirit enabled them. From this moment on, the Church became a worldwide community, with the purpose of reaching the whole world with the message of Jesus. In his message, Ben unpacks what the church in Acts looked like…
On Sunday 15th February, guest speaker Stephen Matthew shared a message about the conversation between Jesus and the Apostle Peter in John 21, in which Jesus reinstates Peter three times. Before Peter went on to do great things, there was still one subtle character flaw that needed to be addressed. Turning to the Apostle John, Peter asked Jesus, "What about him?" The human condition is to compare,…
On Sunday 8th February, we celebrated all of the many nations represented at Breathe New Life Church. Sara Jukes shared a message about God's global heart, based on chapters 3 and 4 in Acts. In the face of threats, imprisonment and persecution, the early church were a praying community. After they prayed (Acts 4:31), they were unified as one in heart and mind and became a caring community. As a…
In his message on Offering Sunday 2026, Ps Paul Jukes challenged us to consider our motives when giving to God. In scripture, there are those who give to show off what they have, those who give with the expectation to be paid back and those who give to fulfil their religious duty. These types of givers will only ever receive short-term fulfilment. If we're looking for long-term fulfilment and…
On Vision Sunday, our Senior Pastors Paul and Sara Jukes unpacked our vision focus for the year; a year of Fulfilment. Based on Ephesians 1:22-23 which states that God placed everything under the feet of Jesus, appointed Him to be the head over His church, which is the body of Christ, the fulness of Him who fills everything in every way. As we grow in maturity individually, the church also grows…
In this message on Review Sunday, Sara Jukes used the example of King David to model 3 things we can do in order to approach our past in a healthy way. Firstly to reflect, then to release and finally to renew. Our past experiences are important because they help to form us; however, we need to allow our past gratitude to shape our future attitude, and in order to grow beyond our yesterday, we…
On Volunteer Sunday, Ben shared about the three stages of Gideon's army (Judges 6 and 7) and three qualities that God is looking for in a volunteer. Firstly, there were 32,000 warriors who responded to Gideon's call to arms and who declared themselves available, which is the first quality. The second quality is authenticity. 22,000 warriors admitted that they were afraid and were free to leave the…
In this new year message, Steff Hodgson looks at the differences between purpose and goals in order to encourage us to live purpose-focused, rather than goal focused. Our purpose is to know God, love Him and others, to become like Jesus and to serve others. Unlike goals which can change, our purpose remains. In this message, Steff gives three keys to living purpose-focused: 1. Stay close to God 2.…
Beccy Pitts - The Power of Testimony sharing by Breathe New Life Church
We read in Luke 2 about the shepherds who were terrified and the host of heavenly angels who praised God, leading to the shepherds glorifying and praising God too! This was not so much a silent night, but most likely a noisy one! In this Carol Service message, Sara Jukes asked the question about what we are listening to this Christmas. We can choose to listen to the fear, the disappointment and…
Special guest, Francis Mugwanya (Father's Heart Mobility) shares about the time that Jesus (and Peter) walked on water as recorded in Matthew 14 and Mark 6. We must not confuse facts with truth, and we should not stay comfortable with the status quo, or be overcome with fear. Instead we should trust in God's faithfulness, power and provision. Even if we are in the middle of a storm, God calls us…
In this message titled, 'The Art of Remembering', Paul Jukes compares two similar miracles in the Gospel of Mark in which multitudes of people are miraculously fed (Mark 6 and Mark 8). On both occasions, the disciples were in a remote, wilderness place, so we need to remember that miracles happen in the wilderness. We also need to remember what we have with us. The disciples had forgotten they had…
Beccy Pitts shares a message about how to read the bible and meditate on scripture, based on Psalm 1. According to the Psalmist, those who delight in the law of the Lord and meditate on it day and night, will be fruitful. If we read the bible prayerfully, intentionally and curiously, we will be fruitful in the season we are in and in the future seasons. If we rely on His strength, we will not…
In a message about fruitful serving and attendance, Paul Jukes shared about the paralyzed man who was carried to Jesus, through the roof of a house (Luke 5:17-26) which proves that there is a power in showing up and a power in agreement. Fruitfulness begins with showing up, being there for others and requires pushing through barriers as well as humility. Just as Jesus had to trust the Father to…
On Remembrance Sunday, Sara Jukes began our disciplines and discipleship series with a message about relationships and connections. In Nehemiah 3, we read of God's fruitful work in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, which the people did as a team. God's work is all about teamwork. If we take ownership and work together, God will turn our mundane into the magnificent and bring about restoration and…
During our All In service on Sunday 2nd November, Ben Hodgson shares about the tricks of Halloween, and the treats that God offers to us instead. Halloween is a celebration of death, whereas Jesus came to give us life. Halloween tries to trick us that darkness wins, and yet God's light can never be extinguished. Halloween offers deception, whereas Jesus is truth personified! Finally, Halloween…
When the Apostle Paul was shipwrecked, they landed on the island called Malta where the natives showed them unusual kindness. In this message, Rob Pitts encourages us to show unusual kindness to other people and also to be kind to ourselves because God made us exceedingly good (Genesis 1:31). The Bible commands us to love each other as we love ourselves, therefore we should be kind to ourselves.…
In Matthew, chapter 22, Jesus instructed us to, “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence." (Matthew 22:37 MSG) and to love our neighbours as our ourselves. Jesus' passion drove him to the cross to die for us. His passion caused Him to overcome the devil's temptations and earthly passions in the wilderness (Matthew 4). In Matthew 21, Jesus' passion overflowed as He…
Tim Davies shares a message about baptism on Sunday 12th October. Using the scripture in Colossians, chapter 2, Tim challenges people to accept Jesus Christ as Lord (Colossians 2:6-7) and allow their roots to grow down into Him and to build their lives on Him. We should be passionate about our relationship with Jesus and celebrate what he has done in the lives of others because Jesus causes us to…
Freedom is one of our three Core Values at Breathe New Life. The only way we can be truly free is to receive freedom in Christ; however, many of us try to earn our permanent place in the family of God with good deeds and our own merit. No matter how many good merits we achieve, we'll never be able to outweigh the guilt of our own sin. Like in Job 33, we needed someone to stand in the gap and save…
Ben compares two similar chapters in the Gospel of John, chapters 13 and 15 to make the point that those who are in relationship with Jesus, those who remain connected to the vine, are already cleaned, purified and pruned. That said, we still need to give Jesus permission to wash our feet by admitting that we need Him, confessing our sins, as well as believing and obeying His word. Jesus' command…
Sara Jukes shares about the process of pruning that Jesus talked about in John 15. If Jesus is the true vine, we are the branches then God - the gardener - is the one who prunes the branches in order to help us remain fruitful. It can be a painful process but also one that brings great joy! All we need to do is trust that the gardener knows best and if we remain in Him, we will bear fruit, much…
