Every Nation Logan - Sunday Services

This week Pastor Henry encourages us to see our daily lives as an active part of God’s ongoing mission. True mission is not measured by the activity or performance, but by a foundational identity rooted in Christ. Our purpose flows from three key truths: recognising Jesus as Lord, embracing our identity as His witnesses, and orienting our lives to honour God. So move beyond just reading about the church but instead live out your calling through the power of the Holy Spirit, which continues to advance God's mission through us right here and right now.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” - Acts 1:8 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry explores the church's mission by challenging us to consider what truly captures our attention when combined with the constant noise and distractions of modern life. Lift up your eyes and look beyond natural distractions or cultural barriers. Just as Jesus saw transformation where the disciples saw only a place to avoid, we are invited to see people and situations through a lens of potential and hope. People are ready to receive the gospel today.  We are all invited to join in a shared labour where sower and reaper rejoice together.

Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” - John 4:35-38 (ESV)

This week Stephanie explores how we are sent by God, emphasising that we are called to a unified global Jesus does not send us out unsupported - He provides His peace and the power of the Holy Spirit to sustain us. Spiritual exhaustion and "hitting the wall" often come from trying to run God's mission on empty rather than relying on His constant source of strength. Know that you are not alone in your journey, as God breathes fresh life into your mission and empowers you to impact your community through His love.

 

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. - John 20:21-22 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry share the Father’s Love that is so extensive it reaches beyond every boundary. Know you are not here by coincidence but by divine destiny, as God speaks peace and comfort into areas of hurt or instability. You can expect great things from God and attempt great things for God. Because God loves and sends, we are also sent to express His love to those around us. 

 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry teaches that Jesus’ crucifixion is the central turning point of history, where God's redemptive purpose was fulfilled and the way back to the Father was opened for everyone. Although Jesus experienced a deeply troubled soul and felt the weight of suffering, His obedience ensured that a moment of darkness became the path for salvation. God’s mission often advances through suffering rather than ending with it; what may look like a failed mission or a "dead end" in human eyes is often the doorway to something greater in God's hands. 

Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. - John 12:30-33 (ESV)

This week Pastor Neli offers a word of encouragement that the light of Jesus shines in every darkness and can never be defeated. Even when life's sudden trials force us to set aside our own plans, we can find peace in the reality that God is actively present with us. So reflect on Jesus as the Wonderful Counsellor and Prince of Peace who brings justice and joy to the nations. 

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. - Isaiah 9:2-3 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry reflects on the birth of Jesus where they had no room. When Christ comes to you, will you have room for him?. Turn down the world’s volume and tune into Christ, making room for His presence in your heart and home by surrendering the places you have kept closed to Him, so that you may carry His good news with the courage of the shepherds and ponder His truths with the deep posture of Mary.

And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. – Luke 2:18-20 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry reminds us that silence is never the end of God's story, but like a seed unseen underground, God is doing stuff that we don't necessarily see beneath the surface.  Christmas declares that God is with us, that God has visited us, that God has redeemed us, that God has brought light. This light is Jesus Christ, who comes to guide our feet into the way of peace.

 

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.” - Luke 1:76-80 (ESV)

This week Pastor Henry encourages us that our failure does not cancel what God wants to do in and through us. Going back to old ways after a setback feels empty, but Jesus pursues us and initiates a restoration that surgically addresses the depth of our failure. Your ending is God's beginning, and the Lord desires to replace the memory of your worst moment with the reality of His grace, calling you forward into a mission fuelled by your love for Him.

Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, “Follow me.” - John 21:18-19 (ESV)

This week Stephanie encourages us during our own challenging "winter" seasons of life. Winter is not a dead season, but a transforming one where God does deep and necessary work, even beneath the surface. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble, so we do not need to fear when foundations tremble. We can stop striving and release control, knowing that breakthrough and calling often only emerge after a period of stillness, allowing our roots to go deeper.

5 Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him, and he will act.

6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as the noonday.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices! - Psalm 37:5-7 (ESV)