River of Life Church

Sunday 5th September 2010 – Helen Smith

mark — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:30:35 +0000

Helen continues in the ‘Faith Phenomenon” series, by talking about the way in which our actions and attitudes govern whether people will be drawn to Christ – are we attracive with our faith? Is our faith big and real? Does my faith look big in this?

Sunday 22nd August 2010 – John Greenow (and Samuel Ocansey)

mark — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:19 +0000

Guest speaker, John Greenow, from Newton Aycliffe speaks about Nehemiah the builder. John and his Church (Xcel Church) in Newton Aycliffe and Darlington recently opened a brand new £5.2m facility. He speaks about their experiences facing such a challenging vision.

Leading up to John’s message, Samuel Ocansey, one of our Youth leaders, tells of his decision to be baptised during Hillsong Wildlife Camp in Sussex a couple of weeks ago.

Sunday 15th August 2010 – Helen Smith

mark — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:16:30 +0000

Helen preaches an excellent and challenging message in our series on Faith. This is entitled “Real Faith Shows”, and deals with a number of scripture passages which remind us that faith must be put to work, in order to be real faith and that the way we know it’s active and functioning, is that our lives display the Fruit of the Spirit (love, joy peach patience, kindness, goodness, faithfullness & self-control).

Sunday 8th August 2010 – Mark Smith

mark — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:31:07 +0000

Another in Mark’s series on the Faith Phenomenon. This week, he brings the message that faith enables us to embrace change – and that faith enables change to take place. He also interviews Nick and Anne, who recently experienced God bring immense and wonderful change in their lives and in their relationship.

Sunday 1st August 2010 – Mark Smith

mark — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:04:39 +0000

Mark continues the series on the Faith Phenomenon, with this explanation about the way that faith is designed for pressure – faith in God flourishes when tested through the pressures and challenges of life.

Prayer School – session 3

mark — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:12:45 +0000

Helen Smith delivers the third and last of a three part series on Prayer.

Prayer School – session 2

mark — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:11:29 +0000

Helen Smith delivers the second of a three part series on Prayer. Unfortuately there are a few short breaks in the recording, caused by a defective mic. Apologies for that, but the message is still understandable.

Prayer School – session 1

mark — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:09:22 +0000

Helen Smith delivers the first of a three part series on Prayer.

Sunday 25th July 2010 – Helen Smith

mark — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:40:41 +0000

Helen speaks from the story of Joseph, in Genesis 37

Family – Church family members can severely wound one another. How did Joseph feel?
Falsely accused. Potipher’s wife accused him if rape & he was imprisoned unjustly.
Forgotten about. The butler agreed to plead his case, but didn’t bother for up to 2 years. God had not forgotten.
Finally … it all came together and God brought a wonderful finale to his life. It came to pass, as God had said it would be.

The enemy wants to derail our lives in the same way as he tried with Joseph. But Joseph kept what God had said. We need to treasure the promises of God. Know that He’s inscribed you on the palm of His hand.

He’s your saviour and redeemer. He’s a healer and restorer. Keep close to Him.

Sunday 18th July 2010 – Mark Smith

mark — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:38:27 +0000

Pastor Mark continues his recent series on “The Faith Phenomenon”. This week, he tackles the subject of Doubt – “Faith; no doubt?”.

Faith in God is not a ‘blind faith’; God has built us with intellect, which needs to be used – not worshipped, but harnessed. Doubts cause us to strengthen in Faith.