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Andrew Palou & Festival Manchester | Ivy Central by Ivy Church Podcast

The Prayer Test - Daniel 6 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

The Worship Test - Daniel 5 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

Leave your stuff behind - Ivy Central Evening Service by Ivy Church Podcast

The Praise Test - Daniel 4 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

The Gold Test - Daniel 3 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

The Dream Test - Daniel 2 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

The Peers Test - Daniel 1 | Brave By Faith Series by Ivy Church Podcast

How to get the most out of the Bible | Summer of The Word Series by Ivy Church Podcast

God's Word Enlightens Me | Summer of the Word Series by Ivy Church Podcast

God's Word Takes My Guilt Away | Summer of The Word Series by Ivy Church Podcast

God’s Word Brings Me New Life | Summer of the Word Series by Ivy Church Podcast

God's Word Changes Everything | Summer of the Word Series by Ivy Church Podcast

We know Jesus said the most important command is to ‘love your neighbour’ – but did you ever wonder HOW do we practically do that? You’re blessed to be a blessing and B.L.E.S.S. provides a memorable and actionable way following the practices Jesus himself embodied which can change the world around you today. He invites you to BEGIN WITH PRAYER, so today we’ll demystify see how we can naturally connect with the supernatural for ourselves and others.

The most anxiety-producing factor in the world today is uncertainty about the future. What’s going to happen tomorrow, and the next day? There are decisions we must make which bear not only upon our own lives, but everyone with whom we are associated. We’re constantly having to make decisions, then we are frustrated as circumstances change again – so how can we know that we are making the right ones? Psalm 23 says about our Good Shepherd “He guides me along right paths..” The Hebrew word translated "paths" means "a well-defined, well-worn trail,” indicating how silly sheep are, because even when the trail is well laid out, they still need a shepherd! Today we’ll discover how we RECOVER the way forward - wherever we may be.

In Psalm 23 David writes, ‘even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil.’ Each of us will go through times of walking through dark valleys. If we embrace these moments, we will experience God’s comfort and he will do a deep work in us as he leads us through in to new life.

This past year has brought so many difficulties to so many; everyone has faced struggles of some sort. Yet, one of the biggest markers of followers of Jesus is Joy; not that we ignore the hard stuff, but what if we orientate and live our lives in a way that we intentionally choose Joy by rediscovering the art of celebration. Celebration gives birth to Joy, and it is Joy that gives us strength; let us be a church that emerges out of lockdown marked by the joy of the Lord, and let this his Joy be our strength for all that is to come.

The Lord is my Shepherd… he LEADS ME. We are not alone, we are not abandoned. He has a way to REFRESH us on our journey whatever we go through as we stick close to the Good Shepherd and to one another.

Socrates famously said ‘The unexamined life is not worth living” and if ever there was a time to slow down and reflect on our experiences it’s now. 
What we reflect ON, will make all the difference in what we reflect TO others and we want to be a church full of people who look and love like Jesus. 
The old maps we have do not fit the future ahead of us so as we prayerfully begin a new series in sermons and Grow Group studies we’ll take time to reflect, rather than just react, then we can recalibrate, regroup and reimagine the future ways we can worship as individuals, families and as a church family.

As the apostle Paul knew the end of his life was approaching he looked at 3 areas that mattered most to assess what mattered most. Everyone’s giving their life for something, how about you?